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

1. V. K. Vikas , Sundeep Kumar, Sunil Archak, R. K. Tyagi, Jagdish Kumar, Sherry Jacob, M Sivasamy, P. Jayaprakash, M.S. Saharan, A. K. Basandrai, Daisy Basandrai, Kalyani Srinivasan, J. Radhamani, R. Parimalan, Sandhya Tyagi, Jyothi Kumari, Amit Kumar Singh, John Peter, Rebekah Nisha, Mamata Yadav, Jyotisna Kumari, H.K. Dhillon, Divya Chauhan, Shivani, Shiksha Chaurasia, R. K. Sharma, M. Dutta, G. P. Singh, and K. C. Bansal (2020).Screening of 19,460 Genotypes of Wheat Species for Resistance to P
2. Kumar S#, Phogat BS#, Vikas VK#, Sharma AK, Saharan MS, Singh AK, Jyoti Kumari, Rakesh Singh, Sherry R. Jacob, G. P. Singh, M. Sivasamy, P. Jayaprakash, M. Meeta, J.P. Jaiswal, Deep Shikha, B.K. Honrao, I.K. Kalappanavar, P.C. Mishra, S.P. Singh, S.S. Vaish, V.A. Solanki (2019). Mining of Indian wheat germplasm collection for adult plant resistance to leaf rust. PLoS One 14(3): e0213468. (#Equally contributed)
3. Sundeep Kumar#, Sunil Archak#, RK Tyagi#, Jagdish Kumar#,Vikas VK#, Sherry R Jacob, Kalyani Srinivasan,J Radhamani, R Parimalan, M Sivaswamy, Sandhya Tyagi, Mamata Yadav, Jyotisna Kumari, Sandeep Sharma, Indoo Bhagat , Madhu Meeta, NS Bains, AK Chowdhury, BC Saha, P M Bhattacharya, Jyoti Kumari, MC Singh, OP Gangwar, P Prasad, SC Bharadwaj, Robin Gogoi, JB Sharma, Sandeep Kumar GM, MS Saharan, Manas Bag, Anirban Roy,TV Prasad, RK Sharma, M Dutta, Indu Sharma and KC Bansal. (2016). Evaluation of
4. Vikas V. K., M. Sivasamy, J. Kumar, P. Jayaprakash, Sundeep Kumar, R. Parimalan, Arun Kumar, Kalyani Srinivasan, J. Radhamani, Sherry Rachel Jacob, Mamata Yadav, Jyotisna Rani, I. S. Bisht, D. C.Bhandari, Sunil Archak, M. Dutta, R. K. Tyagi, K. C. Bansal (2014). Stem and leaf rust resistance in wild relatives of wheat with D genome (Aegilops spp.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 61:861-874
5. V.K.Vikas, S.M.S.Tomar, M.Sivasamy, J. Kumar, P. Jayaprakash, Arun Kumar, John Peter, R. Nisha and E.Punniakotti (2013). Hybrid Necrosis in Wheat: evolutionary significance or potential barrier for gene flow? Euphytica 194:261-275
6. Subodh K., Subhash C.B., Gangwar O.P., Akanksha S., Naeela Q., Vikas V.K., Hanif K., et al (2020). Lr80: A new and widely effective source of leaf rust resistance of wheat for enhancing diversity of resistance among modern cultivars. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 134: 849-858.
7. V. K. Vikas, Anjan Kumar Pradhan, Neeraj Budhlakoti, Dwijesh Chandra Mishra, Tilak Chandra et al. (2022). Multi-locus genome-wide association studies (ML-GWAS) reveal novel genomic regions associated with seedling and adult plant stage leaf rust resistance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Heredity (Published online)
8. Vikas V.K., Pradheep K., Saini J.S., Chandora R., et al. (2021). First Report of stem smut caused by Tranzscheliella hypodytes on Leymus secalinus in India. Plant Disease 105: 709.
9. Channappa, M., Sharma, S., Kulshreshtha, D. Singh, K., Bhardwaj, S. C., Sivasamy, M. , Sindhu, A., Vikas, V. K. , Aggarwal, R. (2021). Transcriptome profiling and differential gene expression analysis provides insights into Lr24-based resistance in wheat against Puccinia triticina. 3 Biotech 11: 455.
10. Jayaprakash.P, Sheeba D., Vikas V. K., Sivasamy M., Jagdish Kumar, Annapoorani S. and Krishnan N. (2017). A reproducible in vitro pollen germination medium for recalcitrant cereal rye pollen (Secale cereale L): Effect of tryptone. Indian J. Genet., 77(1): 25-31

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

1. Thirty wheat varieties

2. Ten rust resistance genetic stocks

3. Speed breeding protocol in wheat

4. New leaf rust resistance gene, Lr79 & Lr80

5. Pollen germination medium for wheat, Triticale and rye

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. BGRI-Gene Stewardship Award -2018 by Borlaug Global Rust Initiative (BGRI), USA

2. NAAS Associate - 2018 by National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi

3. Shri Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR Award for outstanding interdisciplinary team research in Agriculture and Allied Sciences- 2018 by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

4. Fellow - Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding (ISGPB)-2019

5. Dr. R.S. Paroda award for Young Scientist - 2016 of Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR)