Jitendra KumarDr Jitendra Kumar is Principal Scientist in the Division of Crop Improvement at Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur. He has over 17 years of research experience in plant breeding using both conventional and molecular marker-assisted breeding pproaches on various crops including sunflower, medicinal and aromatic, cereal and pulse crops. Seven high yielding varieties of lentil have been developed by him so far, with several other varieties in the pipeline. Dr. Kumar also studied the genetics of important traits of lentil and exploited wild species in lentil breeding, leading to the development of a number of prebreeding lines for genetic improvement. He has more than 120 publications including research and review articles in international journals, book chapters, meeting reports, popular articles, and bulletins. His current priorities include use of the molecular marker technology in conventional lentil breeding program for making genetic improvement towards biotic and abiotic stresses. Read More Read Less