Scientist Profile

Dr.A.Selvakumar

Dr.A.Selvakumar

Prinicipal Scientist (Plant Pathology)
ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore 641 007, Tamil Nadu India E-mail : r.selvakumar@icar.org.in ; selvakumar2000@gmail.com; Mobile +91 9487581838
  • Screening of sugarcane germplasm and progenies for disease resistance
  • Survey and Surveillance for sugarcane diseases under changing climate conditions
  • Epidemiology and management of newly emerging diseases
  • Life member of Indian Society for Sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD)
  • Life Member of SISMA
  • Life member of Indian Phytopathological Society, India
  • Selvakumar R. and R. Viswanathan (2019) Sugarcane rust: changing disease dynamics and its management. Journal of Sugarcane Research 9: 97-118.
  • Selvakumar,R., R Viswanathan 2021 A low cost method for early detection of airborne Puccinia rust spores using glass slides and foldscope in the sugarcane field Indian Phytopathology, 1-3
  • Viswanathan R., and R. Selvakumar (2020) Varietal breakdown to red rot in sugarcane revealed by comparing two Colletotrichum falcatum inoculation methods. Sugar Tech DOI: 10.1007/s12355-020-00855-6
  • Viswanathan R., C. G. Balaji, R. Selvakumar, P. Malathi, A. Ramesh Sundar, A. Annadurai, Adhini S. Pazhany, K. Manivannan and R. Nithyanantham (2019) Identification of sources of resistance to wilt caused by Fusarium sacchari in Indian sugarcane parental population. International Sugar Journal 121 (1451): 838-846.
  • Viswanathan R., P. Padmanaban and R. Selvakumar (2020). Emergence of new pathogenic variants in Colletotrichum falcatum, stalk infecting ascomycete in sugarcane: role of host varieties. Sugar Tech 22: 473–484
  • Viswanathan R., P. Padmanaban and R. Selvakumar (2020). Emergence of new pathogenic variants in Colletotrichum falcatum, stalk infecting ascomycete in sugarcane: role of host varieties. Sugar Tech 22: 473–484
  • Viswanathan R., P. Padmanaban, D. Mohanraj, N. Prakasam, N. Singh, R. Selvakumar, P. Malathi and A. Ramesh Sundar (2018). Status of red rot resistance in wild relatives of sugarcane, Saccharum spontaneum, interspecific hybrids and intergeneric hybrids. Journal of Sugarcane Research 8(2): 169 – 184
  • Viswanathan R., R. Selvakumar, K. Manivannan, R. Nithyanandam and K. Kaverinathan (2020). Pathogenic behaviour of soil borne inoculum of Colletotrichum falcatum in causing red rot in sugarcane varieties with varying disease resistance. Sugar Tech 22(3):485–497
  • Viswanathan, R R Selvakumar, N Geetha, CG Balaji, A Annadurai, …2021. Epidemiology of sugarcane wilt: predisposition by root borer Polyocha depresella a myth or reality Indian Phytopathology, 1-12
  • Viswanathan, R Selvakumar, P Govindaraj, ML Chhabra, … 2021. Identification of resistance to red rot in interspecific and intergeneric hybrid clones of sugarcane Agra Europe Ltd.
  • Viswanathan,R R Selvakumar, P Malathi, AR Sundar 2021 Modified Scale for Evaluating Sugarcane Clones for Fusarium wilt Resistance with Plug Method of Inoculation Sugar Tech, 1-11
  • Viswanathan,R R Selvakumar, P Malathi, N Prakasam 2021 Controlled Condition Testing (CCT): An Ideal High-Throughput Method for Screening of Pre-Release Clones and Progenies for Red Rot Resistance in Sugarcane Sugar Tech, 1-11