ROSHNI VIJAYAN

About

Roshni Vijayan is an Assistant Professor Plant Breeding and Genetics at Regional Agricultural Research Station-Central Zone of Kerala Agricultural University Kerala, India
Plant Breeder and Geneticist specialized in breeding of maize, rice and food legumes with eight years of experience in agricultural research. Expertise in various field of research like flowering time QTL identification in maize, development of hybrids in maize with drought tolerance, in developing resilient and productive rice and cowpea varieties for drought prone environments and in grain storage studies in pulses and rice. Future plan of work includes the improvement of pulse production of Kerala through the development of new varieties of major food legumes like cowpea, green gram, black gram, horsegram, pigeon pea etc., which are climate resilient multiple stress tolerant, higher yielding using the new and advanced breeding technologies.

Employment

• Kerala Agricultural University Assistant Professor
  2019 - Present

Education

• Cornell University MS International Agriculture and Life Sciences
  2009 - 2010
• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University MSc. Agriculture
  2007 - 2009
• Kerala Agricultural University BSc. Agriculture
  2002 - 2006

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (16)

• Millets in Sustainable Agriculture Genetic Improvement, Nutritional Quality, Cultivation, and Integrated Pest-Disease Management
  Apple Academic Press, Inc. USA. 2026
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• Androgenesis in soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.): a critical revisit
  In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology - Plant 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s11627-023-10402-z
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• Efficacy of Botanicals on Seed Quality Enhancement in Cowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.] on Yield and Yield Attributes
  International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 2023 DOI: 10.9734/ijpss/2023/v35i234214
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• Adaptations of Horsegram [Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam.) Verdc.] to water deficit during critical growth phases of flowering and pod setting
  3rd International Conference on “Innovative Approaches in Agriculture, Horticulture and Allied Sciences 2023
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• Harnessing heterosis and male sterility in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]: A critical revisit
  Frontiers in Plant Science 2022 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2022.981768
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• Handbook of Cereals
  Kalyani Publishers, NewDelhi 2022
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• Nitrogen use efficiency (NUE): elucidated mechanisms, mapped genes and gene networks in maize (Zea mays L.)
  Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 2021 DOI: 10.1007/s12298-021-01113-z
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• Agro-morphological characterization and assessment of variability in Horsegram (Macrotyloma uniflorum (Lam) Verdc.
  International Conference on Future Challenges and Prospects in Plant Breeding 2021
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• Drought and Heat Stress in Cool-Season Food Legumes in Sub-Tropical Regions: Consequences, Adaptation, and Mitigation Strategies
  Plants 2021 DOI: 10.3390/plants10061038
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• Pulses as Nutri foods- Processing, Quality and Applications
  33rd Kerala Science congress 2021
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