Climate Change

Rajeev Kumar is presently working as a Scientist at ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. He completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Plant Physiology in 2015 and 2021, respectively from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. India. His research interests are phenotyping of vegetables (tomato, okra, Indian bean, cowpea, pea, French Bean and cucurbits etc.) for abiotic stresses like drought, high temperature and salinity. Moreover, he also has expertise in post-harvest physiology and image-based phenotyping. His findings have been published in various national and international peer-reviewed journals. He is the recipient of awards like young scientist award and best oral/poster awards of different scientific professional societies.

Dasari Sreekanth is working as a Scientist (Plant Physiology) at ICAR- Directorate of Weed Research, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He is an expert worker in the area of climate change such as the impact of elevated CO2, temperature and drought stress on crop-weed interaction and herbicide efficacy in various major crops like rice, wheat and green gram. Moreover, he is also working on the aspect of the effect of biotic stress such as weeds on crop physiological, biochemical and molecular responses. His findings have been published in various international peer-reviewed journals. He has published several research papers/reviews articles in national/international peer reviewed journals, books, and book chapters, technical bulletins, edited Institute publications like newsletters and annual reports. He is the recipient of Awards like best scientist award, best oral/poster awards of different scientific professional societies.

P.S. Basavaraj is working as a Scientist (Genetics and Plant Breeding) at ICAR- National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, Maharashtra. He has a specialization in physiological breeding for abiotic stress tolerance in field crops, particularly grain legumes for drought, high temperature, and water logging stresses. Currently, his research interests are in pre-breeding for genetic enhancement of abiotic stress tolerance in grain legumes and trait discovery to integrate into breeding programs for abiotic stress tolerance. His findings have been published in various national and international peer-reviewed journals. He is the recipient of awards including the young scientist award and best oral/poster awards from different scientific professional societies.