Vijay Kumar

About

I am Vijay Kumar, completed my PhD from BIT, Mesra, India and currently working as a Assistant Professor at Division of Research and Development, Lovely Professional University, India.
My research interest lies on the application of plant biotechnology in the enhanced productivity and conservation of different plant species. Majority of my research/findings have practical advances in the fields of embryogenesis, transcription factors, plant tissue culture, transformation, secondary metabolites, ethnopharmacology and molecular biology.

Employment

• Lovely Professional University Department of Biotechnology Assistant Professor
  2019 - Present
• University of KwaZulu-Natal - Pietermaritzburg Campus PostDoctoral Research Fellow
  2014 - 2018

Education

• Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ph.D.
  2010 - 2014
• SRM University M.Sc.
  2007 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (69)

• Empowering Plant Biotechnology Research: Super-Pangenomes as a Novel Arsenal for Crop Breeding and Improvement
  Molecular Biotechnology 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-026-01604-y
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• Artificial Intelligence revolutionizing plant biotechnology research: current breakthroughs and future outlooks
  Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11240-026-03570-4
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• PRIMER cells: a new weapon in plant immunity research
  The Science of Nature 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-026-02069-4
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• Brassinolide (BR)-mediated in vitro regeneration and genetic stability assessment of Valeriana jatamansi: an important Himalayan medicinal plant
  Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s11240-026-03525-9
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• Advances in hairy root technology: from pathway elucidation and omics integration for the scale-up production of biomolecules
  3 Biotech 2026 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-026-04834-8
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• The complex interaction between plants and acoustic signals: friends or foes?
  The Science of Nature 2025 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-025-01995-z
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• Epigenetic control of plant regeneration: Unraveling the role of histone methylation
  Current Plant Biology 2024 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpb.2024.100408
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• Lycorine as a lead molecule in the treatment of cancer and strategies for its biosynthesis using the in vitro culture technique
  Phytochemistry Reviews 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s11101-024-09941-z
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• CONSTANS regulates seed size in a photoperiod-dependent manner
  Plant Growth Regulation 2024 DOI: 10.1007/s10725-024-01160-y
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• Single-cell transcriptomics is revolutionizing the improvement of plant biotechnology research: recent advances and future opportunities
  Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 2024 DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2023.2165900
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