Anandhan Tamilselvan

About

Dr. Anandhan Tamilselvan is an Assistant Professor (Contract) in Plant Breeding and Genetics at Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute (PAJANCOA & RI), Karaikal, India. He holds a Ph.D. in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, with doctoral research carried out at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines.

His research focuses on developing climate-resilient, high-yielding rice varieties through pre-breeding, hybridization, and molecular breeding approaches. He has contributed to the release of salt-tolerant, submergence-tolerant, and dual-stage salt-tolerant rice varieties and has expertise in root trait characterization, drought physiology, and marker-assisted breeding.

Dr. Tamilselvan has over nine years of combined experience in academia and industry, including leadership roles in private-sector crop research. He has published in leading journals such as Frontiers in Genetics, Plant Physiology Reports, and Functional Plant Biology, and co-authored book chapters on genomic selection, genome editing, and doubled haploid breeding in rice. He is passionate about advancing sustainable agriculture and empowering farmers through innovative breeding solutions.

Employment

• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru College of Agriculture and Research Institute Assistant Professor
  2021 - Present

Education

• Tamil Nadu Agricultural University PhD
  2011 - Present

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (7)

• Multi-trait based index selection for drought stress in foxtail millet genotypes
  Plant Science Today 2025 DOI: 10.14719/pst.9382
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• Translating multi-omics insights into Rice Disease Management: Integrative approaches for sustainable resistance
  Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2025.102694
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• Identification of novel allelic combination for salt tolerance through targeted association mapping in rice
  Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 2023 DOI: 10.1007/s10722-023-01611-x
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• Genetic dissection of photochemical efficiency under water-deficit stress in rice
  Plant Physiology Reports 2019 DOI: 10.1007/s40502-019-00467-7
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• Mild preflowering drought priming improves stress defences, assimilation and sink strength in rice under severe terminal drought
  Functional Plant Biology 2018 DOI: 10.1071/FP17248
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• Genetic control of plasticity in root morphology and anatomy of rice in response to water deficit
  Plant Physiology 2017 DOI: 10.1104/pp.17.00500
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• Agronomic and Physiological Responses to High Temperature, Drought, and Elevated CO2 Interactions in Cereals
  Advances in Agronomy 2014 DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800131-8.00003-0
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