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Seed Science and Technology(SST)      (13 scientists)

Dr Prashant Vikram

   

Field of Specialisation : Molecular Breeding and Genetics

Dr Prashant Vikram
Sr. Scientist

M.Sc. : Acharya Narendra Dev University of Agriculture & Technology (Gold Medal)

Ph.D : International Rice Research Institute (in Collaboration with VBS Purvanchal University, UP) - Work recognized by ICAR's JNU award.

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PG School, Faculty Disciplines : Seed Science & Technology

No. of Students Guided : -    M.Sc :   1

   Ph.D :   1

Rahman, Hifzur; Vikram (Equal First Author), Prashant; Hu, Yulan; Asthana, Sugandha; Tanaji, Abhinav; Suryanarayanan, Padmaktshni; Quadros, Chris; Mehta, Lovely; Shahid, Mohammed; Gkanogiannis, Anestis et al. (2024). Mining genomic regions associated with agronomic and biochemical traits in quinoa through GWAS, Scientific reports, 14 (1) :9205 (NAAS rating: 9.8)
Vikram, Prashant; Lopez-Vera, Eric E; Bhavani, Sridhar; Thiyagarajan, Karthikeyan; Singh, Sukhwinder; (2024). Identification of genomic regions associated with Ug99 adult plant resistance on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), Discover Life (Springer), 54 (1) :15 (NAAS rating: 7.34)
Vikram P, Sehgal D, Prasad M, Singh S, Raman H. (2024). Editorial: Harnessing crop biodiversity and genomics assisted pre-breeding approaches for next generation climate-smart varieties, volume II, Frontiers in Plant Science, 15:1387016. (NAAS rating: 10.8)
Prashant Vikram, Sajid Shokat, Amita Mohan, Deepmala Sehgal, Mayank Kashyap (2024). Editorial: Genomics assisted improvement of crop plants for adaptation to marginal environments (Editorial Article), Frontiers in Genetics, 15:1461709. (NAAS rating: 8.8)
Talabi, A.O.; Vikram, P. (Equal First Author); Thushar, S.; Rahman, H.; Ahmadzai, H.; Nhamo, N.; Shahid, M.; Singh, R.K. (2022). Orphan Crops: A best fit for dietary enrichment and diversification in highly deteriorated marginal environments (Review article), Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 839704. (NAAS rating: 10.8)
Vikram, Prashant; Franco, Jorge; Burgueo, Juan; Li, Huihui; Sehgal, Deepmala; Saint?Pierre, Carolina; Ortiz, Cynthia; Singh, Vaibhav Kumar; Sneller, Clay; Sharma, Achla et al. (2021). Strategic use of Iranian bread wheat landrace accessions for genetic improvement: Core set formulation and validation, Plant Breeding (Wiley), 140 (1) :87-99 (NAAS rating: 7.5)
Vikram, Prashant; Sehgal, Deepmala; Sharma, Achala; Bhavani, Sridhar; Gupta, Priyanka; Randhawa, Mandeep; Pardo, Neftali; Basandra, Daisy; Srivastava, Puja; Singh, Sanjay et al. (2021). Genome-wide association analysis of Mexican bread wheat landraces for resistance to yellow and stem rust, PloS one, 16 (1) :e0246015 (NAAS rating: 8.9)
Singh, S., Jighly, A., Sehgal, D., Burgueo, J., Joukhadar, R., Singh, S. K., Sharma, A., Vikram, P., Sansaloni, C. P. et al. (2021). Direct introgression of untapped diversity into elite wheat lines, Nature Food, 2(10), 819827. (NAAS rating: 27.9)
Singh, Sukhwinder; Vikram, Prashant (Equal First Author); Sehgal, Deepmala; Burgueo, Juan; Sharma, Achla; Singh, Sanjay K.; Sansaloni, Carolina P.; Joynson, Ryan; Brabbs, Thomas; Ortiz, Cynthia; et al. (2019). Harnessing genetic potential of wheat germplasm banks through impact-oriented pre-breeding for future food and nutritional security, Scientific reports, 8 (1) :12527 (NAAS rating: 9.8)
Vikram, Prashant; Swamy, BP Mallikarjuna; Dixit, Shalabh; Trinidad, Jennylyn; Sta Cruz, Ma Teresa; Maturan, Paul C; Amante, Modesto; Kumar, Arvind; (2016). Linkages and interactions analysis of major effect drought grain yield QTLs in rice, PLoS One, 11 (3) :e0151532 (NAAS rating: 8.9)
Vikram, Prashant; Franco, Jorge; Burgueo-Ferreira, Juan; Li, Huihui; Sehgal, Deepmala; Saint Pierre, Carolina; Ortiz, Cynthia; Sneller, Clay; Tattaris, Maria; Guzman, Carlos; et al. (2016). Unlocking the genetic diversity of Creole wheats, Scientific Reports, 6 (1) :23092 (NAAS rating: 9.8)
Vikram, Prashant; Kadam, Suhas; Singh, Bikram Pratap; Lee, You Jin; Pal, Jitendra Kumar; Singh, Sanjay; Singh, ON; Mallikarjuna Swamy, BP; Thiyagarajan, Karthikeyan; Singh, Sukhwinder; (2016). Genetic diversity analysis reveals importance of green revolution gene (Sd1 locus) for drought tolerance in rice, Agriculture Research (Springer), 5 : 1-12 (NAAS rating: 7.4)
Vikram, Prashant; Swamy, BP Mallikarjuna; Dixit, Shalabh; Singh, Renu; Singh, Bikram P; Miro, Berta; Kohli, Ajay; Henry, Amelia; Singh, NK; Kumar, Arvind; (2015). Drought susceptibility of modern rice varieties: an effect of linkage of drought tolerance with undesirable traits, Scientific Reports, 5 (1) :14799 (NAAS rating: 9.8)
Li, Huihui; Vikram, Prashant (Equal First Author); Singh, Ravi Prakash; Kilian, Andrzej; Carling, Jason; Song, Jie; Burgueno-Ferreira, Juan Andres; Bhavani, Sridhar; Huerta-Espino, Julio; Payne, Thomas; (2015). A high density GBS map of bread wheat and its application for dissecting complex disease resistance traits, BMC Genomics, 16 : 1-15 (NAAS rating: 9.5)
Vikram, Prashant; Swamy, BP Mallikarjuna; Dixit, Shalabh; Ahmed, Helaluddin; Cruz, MT Sta; Singh, Alok K; Ye, Guoyou; Kumar, Arvind; (2013). Bulk segregant analysis:An effective approach for mapping consistent-effect drought grain yield QTLs in rice, Field Crops Research, 134 :185-192 (NAAS rating: 11.6)
Vikram, Prashant; Swamy, BP Mallikarjuna; Dixit, Shalabh; Ahmed, Helal Uddin; Teresa Sta Cruz, Ma; Singh, Alok Kumar; Kumar, Arvind (2011). qDTY1.1, a major QTL for rice grain yield under reproductive-stage drought stress with a consistent effect in multiple elite genetic backgrounds, BMC Genetics (New Name: BMC Genomic Data), 12 : 1-15 (NAAS rating: 8.5)

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

  1. Design Patent Design No. 424669-001 dated 25th July 2024 IOT Based seed growth chamber
  1. Contribution to rice variety development: 1. CR Dhan-205: Selection from my PhD research material (N22 x Swarna RIL) 2. CR Dhan-801: Broken unholy linkage between drought tolerance gene & sd1 (Vikram et al. 2015), used the linkage free line for pyramiding drought QTLs and sub1 for development of multiple stress tolerance variety CR Dhan-801 3. IR64-Drt1 (DRR-42): Drought tolerant MAS variety (Two QTL Line).
  1. Unique core set formulation methodology: Developed a unique core set development method in which the high-density genomics data (discrete variables) was merged with phenotype information (continuous variables) in a matrix, which was further used for clustering and sample selection. This methodology helped in the recovery of ~90% rare alleles, which was the first of its kind (Vikram et al. 2016, 2021).
  1. Germplasm Resource Enrichment: Developed two wheat landrace core sets (Mexican & Iranian bread wheat landrace core sets) for use in breeding. These core sets are being used globally, including by ICAR scientists (Vikram et al. 2016, 2021).
  1. Contribution to Chenopodium quinoa breeding: Developed a crossing methodology in Chenopodium quinoa in which the Gynomonoecious flowers render it very difficult because hermaphrodite & female flowers look alike until the hermaphrodite flower opens up. (Vikram et al. 2025, MS under review).

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)—2012
  1. Ramanujan Fellowship award (SB/S2/RJN-088/2015) received from Department of Science & Technology in 2015-16 (not availed)
  1. Fellow of Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding - 2017