Profile of Dr. Shailesh Kumar

• B.Sc. in Agriculture: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, UP, India
• M.Sc.: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India
• Ph.D.: ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

Professional Area

• Research Area: Plant Physiology
• Research Interests: Abiotic stress physiology, Millet & Wheat Physiology

Memberships/Fellow of Societies: 

• The Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, India
• K. K. Nanda Foundation For advancement of Plant Sciences, Delhi, India
• Prof. H. S.Srivastava Foundation For Science and Society, Lucknow, UP, India
• Indian society for Plant Physiology, New Delhi, India

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Sherpa, D., Kumar, S., & Mishra, S. (2024). Response of Different Doses of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles in Early Growth of Mung Bean Seedlings to Seed Priming under Salinity Stress Condition. Legume Research-An International Journal, 1, 7
• Sharma, A. K., Pradhan, J., Kumar, S., Pramanik, K., Kastury, C., Kumari, G., & Jena, C. (2024). Root responses under water deficit stress: unraveling the impact on wheat crop and the ameliorating role of brassinolide. Journal of Environmental Biology, 45(1), 87-95.
• Mishra, S., Kumar, S., & Srivastava, R. C. (Eds.). (2024). Genetic Improvement of Small Millets. Springer Nature Singapore, Imprint: Springer.
• Mishra, S., Kumar, S., & Acharya, S. (2022). Divergence for nutritional traits in cultivated and wild pigeonpea genotypes from India and Africa. In Natural Resources Forum, 46(3), 330-350.
• Kumar, J., Kumar, S., Mishra, S., & Singh, A. K. (2021). Role of zinc oxide nanoparticles in alleviating arsenic mediated stress in early growth stages of wheat. Journal of Environmental Biology, 42, 518-523.
• Sinha, T., Singh, A. K., & Kumar, S. (2021). Cross-tolerance physiology of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes under combined salinity and high temperature stress condition. Legume Research-An International Journal, 44(10), 1144-1151.
• Kumar, S., & Singh, B. (2009). Effect of water stress on carbon isotope discrimination and Rubisco activity in bread and durum wheat genotypes. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants, 15(3), 281-286.

Achievements

A. Department of Botany, Plant Physiology & Biochemistry

M. shaileshk@rpcau.ac.in

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