M.Sc. : ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
Ph.D : ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
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PG School, Faculty Disciplines : Genetics and Plant Breeding
No. of Students Guided : - M.Sc : 6 completed + 2 pursuing
Ph.D : 2 completed + 3 pursuing
Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only
- Katral A, Hossain F, Zunjare RU, Mishra SJ, Ragi S, Kasana RK, Chhabra R, Thimmegowda V, Vasudev S, Kumar S, Bhat JS, Neeraja CN, Yadava DK and Muthusamy V* (2024) Enhancing kernel oil and tailoring fatty acid composition by genomics-assisted selection for dgat1-2 and fatb genes in multi-nutrient rich maize: new avenue for food, feed and bioenergy. The Plant Journal https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.16926 (IF: 7.2) (NAAS: P113/ 13.20)
- Gopinath I, Hossain F, Thambiyannan S, Sharma N, Duo H, Kasana RK, Katral A, Devlash R, Veluchamy SSKR, Zunjare RU, Sekhar JC, Guleria SK, Rajasekaran R and Muthusamy V* (2024) Unraveling popping quality through insights on kernel physical, agro-morphological, and quality traits of diverse popcorn (Zea mays var. everta) inbreds from indigenous and exotic germplasm. Food Research International 191: 114676 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114676 (IF: 8.1) (NAAS: F061/ 14.10)
- Gopinath I, Hossain F, Zunjare RU, Thambiyannan S, Kumar S, Bhatt V, Chand G, Veluchamy SSKR, Kumar B, Sekhar JC, Singh G, Rajasekaran R and Muthusamy V* (2024) Genetic analysis of popping quality traits and development of superior quality popcorn hybrids for sustainable popcorn breeding program in India. Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.13748 (IF: 4.1) (NAAS: J575/ 10.10)
- Katral A, Hossain F, Gopinath I, Chand G, Mehta BK, Kamboj MC, Zunjare RU, Yadava DK and Muthusamy V* (2023) Genetic dissection of embryo size and weight related traits for enhancement of kernel oil in maize. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 197: 107668 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107668 (IF: 5.437) (NAAS: P119/11.44)
- Katral A, Hossain F, Zunjare RU, Chhabra R, Vinutha T, Duo H, Kumar B, Karjagi CG, Jacob SR, Pandey S, Neeraja CN, Vasudev S and Muthusamy V* (2023) Multilocus functional characterization of indigenous and exotic inbreds for dgat1-2, fatb, ge2 and wri1a genes affecting kernel oil and fatty acid profile in maize. Gene 895: 148001 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2023.148001 (IF: 3.5) (NAAS: G002/9.50)
- Maman S, Hossain F, Katral A, Zunjare RU, Gain N, Reddappa SB, Kasana R, Sekhar JC, Neeraja CN, Yadava DK and Muthusamy V* (2023) Influence of storage duration on retention of kernel tocopherols in vte4-based biofortified maize genotypes. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 123: 105626 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfca.2023.105626 (IF: 4.3) (NAAS: J257/10.30)
- Gopinath I, Muthusamy V*, Katral A, Zunjare RU, Madhavan J, Yathish KR, Sekhar JC and Hossain F (2023) Meta-QTL analysis and identification of candidate genes governing popping quality attributes in maize. South African Journal of Botany https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.06.032 (IF: 3.111) (NAAS: S066/9.11)
- 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 (IF: 2.536) (NAAS: P098/8.54)
- 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 (IF: 4.075) (NAAS: J135/10.08)
- 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 (IF: 2.980) (NAAS: M081/8.98)
Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :
- Biofortified Maize Hybrids (rich in QPM + provitamin-A): Pusa Biofortified Maize Hybrid-4, Pusa Biofortified Maize Hybrid-3, Pusa Biofortified Maize Hybrid-2, Pusa Biofortified Maize Hybrid-1, Pusa VQPM-9 Improved, Pusa VH27 Improved, Pusa HQPM1 Improved, Pusa HQPM5 Improved and Pusa HQPM7 Improved
- Sweet Corn Hybrids: Pusa Super Sweet Corn-1 and Pusa Super Sweet Corn-2
- Baby Corn Hybrids: Pusa HM4 Male Sterile Baby Corn (Shishu), and HM4 Male Sterile Baby Corn-2
- Popcorn Hybrids: Pusa Popcorn Hybrid-1 and Pusa Popcorn Hybrid-1
- Fodder Maize: Pusa Forage Maize Hybrid-1
Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :
- Young Scientist Award by three National Science Academies INSA (2022), NASI (2021) and NAAS (2022)
- NAAS-Associateship (2022) and 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)
- 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)
- ICAR-Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences (2014) & IARI-Merit Medal for Outstanding Academic performance in the PhD programme (2013)