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Assi Prof. Ashokkumar Kaliyaperumal

Affiliation :
Kerala Agricultural University,India

Biography :

Dr. Kaliayaperumal Ashokkumar is presently working as Assistant Professor in Plant Breeding and Genetics from Kerala Agricultural University, Cardamom Research Station, Pampadumpara, Idukki, Kerala, India. He has completed his graduation from Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam, Tamil Nadu and his post-graduation and doctoral studies was Plant Breeding and Plant biotechnology, respectively from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. He has completed his Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2010-2014) from Department of Plant sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. He worked Assistant Professor (Plant Breeding/ Biotechnology) from School of Agriculture, PRIST Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India. He published about 53 scientific articles in international journals like Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Crop science, Food composition and analysis, Natural product research and Materials letters. He published 5 books in reputed publishers. He also published about 55 popular articles in Tamil and English in monthly science magazines. He obtained nine awards from conference participation and his outstanding contributions in Agricultural research.

Research Interest :

Plant Breeding, Genomics and Phytochemistry