Dr. U. K is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Anurag University, School of Agricultural Sciences, Hyderabad. He did his B.Sc. (Ag) from Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. He did his post-graduation and doctoral degree programme from Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidayalaya (B.C.K.V). Earlier he worked as Assistant Professor (GPBR) in N.S Agricultural College (affiliated under from A.N.G.R.A.U) a working tenure of ten months from November 2020 to August 2021, had dealt both agricultural and horticultural courses in the college.
Research Interests
Experimental designs
Development of better HYVP
Quantitative analysis
Data interpretation
Teaching Interests
Plant Breeding
Quantitative genetics
Population improvement
Selected Publications
Umeshkumar, V. and Sarkar, K.K. (2018). Estimates of combining ability effects of parents & crosses for different characters. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 6 (3), 3436-3440.
Umesh Kumar, V., Sarkar, K.K. and Bimal Das (2018). Path and variability in parents and F2 population of different crosses. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 7 (4), 122-126.
Umesh Kumar, V., Sarkar, K.K. and Lakshmi hijam (2018). Genotypic and phenotypic correlation studies among the elven characters of 27 genotypes mung bean (Vignaradiata L. Wilczek). The Pharma Innovation, 7 (8), 25-30.
Umeshkumar, V. and Sarkar, K.K. (2018). Tailoring the genetic diversity of mung bean through cluster analysis for yield attributing traits to obtain efficient hybrids. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 7 (7), 1101-1108.
Umeshkumar, V. and Sarkar, K.K. (2018). Heterosis in F2 population of mung bean germplasm. International Journal of Pure and Applied Bioscience, 6 (3), 38-43.
SohamHazra, ShayreeChaterjee, Umesh Kumar, V.,Subhra Mukherjee and AnirbanMaji (2019). Genetic variability and character association in late sown wheat genotypes. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 8 (5), 707-712.
SohamHazra, ShayreeChaterjee, Umesh Kumar, V.,Subhra Mukherjee and AnirbanMaji (2019). Multivariate analysis in bread wheat genotypes grown under late sown condition. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7 (4), 2549-2552.
Selected Awards and Honors
External Profile Links
Ph.D. in Genetics and Plant Breeding August 2016 to January 2021 Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidyalaya University,Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding,Mohanpur, West Bengal-741252
Master of Science in Genetics and Plant Breeding August 2013 to June 2015 Bidhan Chandra KrishiViswavidyalaya University,Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Mohanpur, West Bengal-741252
Bachelor of Science, Agriculture August 2009 – April 2013 Acharya N.G Ranga Agricultural University, Rajendra Nagar campus, Hyderabad, India.
