Santosh Kumar

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Research Scientist (Wheat Breeder)

Development of premium quality wheat cultivars for Canadian Prairies

Current research and/or projects

  • Marker assisted Canada Western Red Spring (CWRS) Wheat Breeding
  • Molecular physiology of pre-harvest sprouting
  • Germplasm development for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) resistance
  • Transcriptome analysis of emmer wheat flowering time
  • Pathogenesis mechanisms of leaf rust in wheat

Professional activities / interests

  • Plant Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Genomics
  • Plant Breeding

Education and awards

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy (Plant Science)
  • Master of Science (Plant Physiology)
  • Bachelor of Science (Agriculture)

Awards

  •  NSERC visiting Fellow, PBI, Saskatoon (Not Availed)
  • Clark Newman Clayton Award                                                                                           
  • Keystone Symposium Scholarship from NIH, USA                                                 
  • Meredith Fellowship for Barley Research by Canadian Grain Commission           
  • UMSU Travel award from University of Manitoba                                                  
  • Helgason Travel award from University of Manitoba                                               
  • George Duff travel award from Canadian Society of Plant Biology                       
  • University of Manitoba Student Union (UMSU) award for academic excellence
  • International Graduate Student Scholarship from University of Manitoba                      
  • University of Manitoba Graduate (PhD) Fellowship (UMGF)                                 
  • Department of Plant Science PhD UMGF Top-Up Award                                       
  • CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for Ph.D and Lectureship (Not Availed)
  • Research Assistantship in Department of Plant Physiology IARI
  • Junior Research Fellowship for M.Sc
  • University Merit Scholarship and Merit Certificate in Graduation, PAU, Punjab, India

  

Key publications

  1. Neupane A., Morrison M.J., Humphreys D.G., Cuthbert R., Knox R.,Griffiths S., Hawkesford M., Riche A., Hiebert C., Kumar S., Graf R.J. , Brauer E.K., Gahagan A.C., Hotte T., Tabori M., Wang X., McDonald E., Thomsen C., Nicoll J., Burt A.J. Multi-omics approaches for understanding yield and yield stability in wheat (Triticum aestivum). Joint annual meeting of Canadian Society of Agronomy and Canadian Weed Science Society CWSS-CSA, Halifax, Canada, November 14-17, 2022.

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  2. Zhang, W., Ruan, Y., Knox, R.E., Berraies, S., Campbell, H.L., Ragupathy, R., Boyle, K., Polley, B., Henriquez, M.A., Burt, A., Kumar, S., Cuthbert, R.D., Fobert, P.R., Buerstmayr, H., and DePauw, R. 2019. Genome wide association analysis to characterize Fusarium head blight resistance in durum wheat. 1st International Wheat Congress, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, July 21-26, 2019.

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  3. Berraies, S., Cuthbert, R., Knox, R.E., Bokore, F., Ruan, Y., Xiao Fu, B., Henriquez, M.A., Burt, A., Kumar, S., Pozniak, C., N’Diaye, A., Sangha, J., and Meyer, B. 2019. Challenges of trait complexes in spring wheat breeding. 1st International Wheat Congress Saskatoon, Canada, July 21-26, 2019.

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  4. Berraies, S., Cuthbert, R., Knox, R.E., Ruan, Y., Henriquez, M.A., Burt, A., Kumar, S., Pozniak, C., N’Diaye, A. 2019. Quantitative trait loci associated with resistance to fusarium head blight in a CDC hughes x AAC concord derived wheat population. 1st International Wheat Congress Saskatoon, Canada, July 21-26, 2019.

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  5. Sari, E., Knox, R., Ruan, Y., Konkin, D.J., Berraies, S., Cuthbert, R., Kumar, S., Hsueh, E., Tan, Y., Fobert, P.R., Zhang, W., Cabral, A.L., Campbell, H.L., Meyer, B., and Sidebottom, C.H. 2019. High-density genetic mapping of leaf spot resistance quantitative trait loci in a durum wheat × T. Turgidum ssp. Carthlicum population. 1st International Wheat Congress, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, July 21-26, 2019.

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  6. Ragupathy, R., Ruan, Y., Berraies, S., Campbell, H., Meyer, B., Henriquez, M.A., Kumar, S., Burt, A., Zhang, W., Cuthbert, R.D., Fobert, P., and Knox, R.E. 2019. Genomic Selection for Fusarium Head Blight Resistance in Durum Wheat. XXVII International Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, January 12-16, 2019.

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  7. Knox, R.E., Bokore, F.E., Cuthbert, R.D., Berraies, S., McCallum, B.D., Henriquez, M.A., Kumar, S., Burt, A., Fetch, T., Monro, C., Bhavani, S., Piche, I., Campbell, H.L., Meyer, B., Ruan, Y., Bhadauria, V., N'diaye, A., Pozniak, C.J., A. Sharpe, A., R., and DePauw, R. 2019. Molecular Breeding Opportunities and Challenges for Complex Trait Recombination on Wheat Chromosome 4B. XXVII International Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, January 12-16, 2019.

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  8. Kumar, S., Fox, S.L., Fetch, J.M., Green, D., Fetch, T., McCallum, B., Aboukhaddour, R., Henriquez, M.A. (2019). Aac warman canada western red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 99(2), 289-298. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2018-0221

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  9. Kumar, S., Fox, S.L., Mitchell Fetch, J., Green, D., Fetch, T., McCallum, B., Aboukhaddour, R., Henriquez, M.A. (2019). AAC magnet Canada western red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 99(6), 988-996. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2019-0180

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  10. Kumar, S., Fox, S.L., Mitchell Fetch, J., Green, D., Fetch, T., McCallum, B., Aboukhaddour, R., Henriquez, M.A. (2019). AAC LeRoy Canada western red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 99(6), 997-1005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjps-2019-0184

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  11. Ruan, Y., Barraies, S., Sari, E., Knox, R.E., Cuthbert, R., Piché, I., Henriquez, M.A., Kumar, S., Burt, A., Konkin, D., Campbell, H.L., Li, L., Ragupathy, R., Zhang, W., and Fobert, P.R. 2018. Marker validation for FHB resistance in durum wheat. National Fusarium Head Blight Forum, St. Louis, MO, USA. December 2-4, 2018.

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  12. Ragupathy, R., Ruan, Y., Berraies, S., Campbell, H., Meyer, B., Cuthbert, R.D., Henriquez, M.A., Kumar, S., Burt, A., Zhang, W., Fobert, P., and Knox, R.E. 2018. Genomic selection in durum wheat: prediction accuracies of FHB resistance in a diversity panel and its application in biparental breeding populations. 9th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight/4th Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, Canada, November 19-22, 2018.

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  13. Ehsan Sari, Wentao Zhang, Peng Gao, Kerry Boyle, Adrian Cabral, David Konkin, Maria Antonia Henriquez, Andrew Burt, Santosh Kumar, Randy Kutcher, Curtis J. Pozniak, Yuefeng Ruan, Ron Knox, and Pierre R. Fobert. 2018. Applying genomics to characterize and improve Fusarium head blight resistance in durum wheat. 9th Canadian Workshop on Fusarium Head Blight/4th Canadian Wheat Symposium, Winnipeg, Canada, November 19-22, 2018.

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  14. Sari, E., Berraies, S., Knox, R.E., Singh, A.K., Ruan, Y., Cuthbert, R.D., Pozniak, C.J., Henriquez, M.A., Kumar, S., Burt, A.J., N'Diaye, A., Konkin, D.J., Cabral, A.L., Campbell, H.L., Wiebe, K., Condie, J., Lokuruge, P., Meyer, B., Fedak, G., Clarke, F.R., Clarke, J.M., Somers, D.J., Fobert, P.R. (2018). High density genetic mapping of Fusarium head blight resistance QTL in tetraploid wheat. PLoS ONE, [online] 13(10), http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0204362

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  15. You, F.M., Xiao, J., Li, P., Yao, Z., Jia, G., He, L., Kumar, S., Soto-Cerda, B., Duguid, S.D., Booker, H.M., Rashid, K.Y., Cloutier, S. (2018). Genome-wide association study and selection signatures detect genomic regions associated with seed yield and oil quality in flax. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, [online] 19(8), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms19082303

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  16. Jain, P., Mulligan, B., Kareem, S., Huang, D., Ehman, L., Bock, C., Flatman, L., Hovland, H., Karunakaran, C., Cuthbert, R., Knox, R., Ruan, Y., Fetch, J.M., Tabil, L., Burt, A., Santosh Kumar, S., Cutler, A., and Feurtado, A. 2017. Judge the Weak to Assess the Strong: Identifying Determinants of Wheat Standability. Wheat Science and Business Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, November 8-9, 2017.

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  17. Sari, E., Knox, R., Ruan, Y., Konkin, D., Cuthbert, R., Henriquez, M.A., Kumar, S., Burt, A., Berraies, S., Campbell, H., Lokuruge, P., and Fobert, P. 2017. Introgression of FHB resistance from Sumai 3-derived hexaploid wheat lines into Canadian durum wheat germplasm. Wheat Science and Business Workshop, Saskatoon, SK, Canada, November 8-9, 2017,

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  18. Kumar, S., Fox, S.L., Humphreys, D.G., Mitchell Fetch, J., Green, D., Fetch, T., McCallum, B., Menzies, J. (2017). AAC prevail Canada western red spring wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, [online] 98(2), 475-482. http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2017-0193

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  19. Sari, E., Knox, R., Ruan, Y., Cuthbert, R.D., Henriquez, M.A., Kumar, S., Burt, A., Campbell, H., Lokuruge, P., Yates, S., Berraies, S., Bokore, F.E., and Fobert, P. 2017. Fine mapping of a FHB resistance QTL using genome-wide association study of a durum breeding population derived from DT696 source of resistance. XXV International Plant and Animal Genome Conference, San Diego, CA, USA, January 13-18, 2017.

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  20. Kumar, S. (2016). Spring Wheat - AAC Jatharia / BW483, BD110B-POR-215-C-8-1-PNB-13-N.

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Research facility

2701 Grand Valley Road, P.O. Box 1000A
Brandon, MB R7A 5Y3
Canada

Affiliations

  • Canadian Society of Plant Biologists
  • Canadian Society of Agronomy
  • American Society of Plant Biologists

Language

English

Other languages

Hindi, Punjabi