Publications (Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only) :

1. Katral A, Muthusamy V*, Zunjare RU, Chhabra R, Maman S, Yadava DK and Hossain F (2022) Allelic variation in Zmfatb gene defines variability for fatty acids composition among diverse maize genotypes. Frontiers in Nutrition 9:845255 https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2022.845255 (NAAS Rating: F090a/12.58) (IF: 6.576)

2. Ragi S, Muthusamy V*, Zunjare RU, Bhatt V, Katral A, Abhijith KP, Chand G, Mishra SJ, Sekhar JC, Yadava DK and Hossain F (2022) Genetic variation for grain phytate and molecular characterization of low phytic acid-2 (lpa2) gene-based maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds. Plant Breeding 141:212�222 https://doi.org/10.1111/pbr.13006 (NAAS Rating: P098/ 7.83) (IF: 1.83)

3. Ragi S, Muthusamy V*, Zunjare RU, Bhatt V, Katral A, Abhijith KP, Kasana R, Gain N, Sekhar JC, Yadava DK and Hossain F (2021) Genetic and molecular characterization of sub-tropically adapted low phytate genotypes for utilization in mineral biofortification of maize (Zea mays L.). Crop and Pasture Science https://doi.org/10.1071/CP21104 (NAAS rating: C168/ 8.29) (IF: 2.286)

4. Dutta S, Muthusamy V*, Chhabra R, Baveja A, Zunjare RU, Mondal TK, Yadava DK and Hossain F (2020) Low expression of carotenoids cleavage dioxygenase 1 (ccd1) gene improves the retention of provitamin-A in maize grains during storage. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 296:141-153 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00438-020-01734-1 (NAAS rating: M081/ 9.29) (IF: 3.09)

5. Dutta S, Muthusamy V*, Hossain F, Baveja A, Chhabra R, Jha SK, Yadava DK and Zunjare RU (2020) Analysis of genetic variability for retention of kernel carotenoids in sub-tropically adapted biofortified maize under different storage conditions. Journal of Cereal Science 93: 102987 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcs.2020.102987 (NAAS rating: J135/ 9.62) (IF: 3.62)

6. Dutta S, Muthusamy V*, Hossain F, Baveja A, Abhijith KP, Saha S, Zunjare RU and Yadava DK (2020) Effect of storage period on retention of provitamin-A carotenoids in biofortified maize hybrids. International Journal of Food Science and Technology https://doi.org/10.1111/ijfs.14785(NAAS rating: I249/ 9.71) (IF: 3.44)

7. Abhijith KP, Muthusamy V*,Chhabra R, Dosad S, Bhatt V, Chand G, Jaiswal SK, Zunjare RU, Vasudev S, Yadava DK and Hossain F (2020) Development and validation of breeder friendly gene based markers for lpa1 1 and lpa2 1 genes conferring low phytic acid in maize kernel. 3Biotech 10:121 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-020-2113-x(NAAS rating: B134/ 8.41) (IF: 2.41)

8. Dutta S, Muthusamy V*, Chhabra R. Zunjare RU and Hossain F (2020) Two-step method for isolation of high-quality RNA from stored seeds of maize rich in starch. 3Biotech 10: DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02424-w (NAAS rating: B134/ 8.41) (IF: 2.41)

9. Muthusamy V, Hossain F, Thirunavukkarasu N, Pandey N, Vishwakarma AK, Saha S and Gupta HS (2015) Molecular characterization of exotic and indigenous maize inbreds for biofortification with kernel carotenoids. Food Biotechnology 29:276-295DOI: 10.1080/08905436.2015.1059768 (NAAS rating: F038/ 7.56) (IF: 1.51)

10. Muthusamy V, Hossain F, Thirunavukkarasu N, Choudhary M, Saha S, Bhat JS, Prasanna BM and Gupta HS (2014) Development of ?-carotene rich maize hybrids through marker-assisted introgression of ?-carotene hydroxylase allele. PLoS ONE 9(12): e113583 doi:10.1371/ journal.pone.0113583 (NAAS rating: P004/ 9.24) (IF: 3.04)

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

1. Pusa Vivek QPM 9 Improved: Early maturing QPM + provitamin-A rich maize hybrid for Northern Hill Zone and Peninsular Zone [Gazette notification No. S.O. 2805(E) dated 25.08.2017]

2. Pusa HQPM5 Improved: Medium maturing QPM + provitamin-A rich maize hybrid for across the country for cultivation across the country [Gazette notification No. S.O. 99(E) dated 06.01.2020]

3. Pusa HQPM7 Improved: Late maturing QPM + provitamin-A rich maize hybrid for Peninsular Zone [Gazette notification No. S.O. 99(E) dated 06.01.2020]

4. Pusa Super Sweet Corn 1: Shrunken-2 based sweet corn hybrid for Northern Hill Zone, North Western Plain Zone, North Eastern PLain Zone and Peninsular Zone [Gazette Notification No. S.O. 6318(E) dated 26.12.2018]

5. Pusa Super Sweet Corn 2: Shrunken-2 based sweet corn hybrid for states of Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan [Gazette notification No. S.O. 99(E) dated 06.01.2020]

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. NASI-Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist Award, The National Academy of Sciences, India (2021)

2. NAAS-Associateship (2022) & NAAS-Young Scientist Award (2021) - National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi

3. ISGPB-Fellow (2020) & Srinivasa Ramanujam Award for Young Scientist (2021) - Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding; Pran Vohra Award by Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata (2019)

4. 2018 Maize-Asia Youth Innovators Award for development of biofortified provitamin-A rich QPM maize hybrids by CIMMYT, CGIAR Research program on Maize and YPARD (2018)

5. ICAR-Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences (2014) & Merit Medal for Outstanding Academic performance in the PhD programme by Indian Agricultural Research Institute (2013)