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Dr. Nirmalakumari AProfessor (Plant Breeding)Department of Millets,Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641003Office: 91-422-2450507Fax: 91-422-6611415Mobile: 9994916832Email: anirmalakumari@yahoo.comVarieties released

CO(Ra) 14 Finger millet (2004)

CO(Te) 7 Foxtail millet (2005)

CO(Samai) 4 Little millet (2006)

Education

Ph.D. (Biotechnology) – Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Professional Experience

Plant cell and tissue culture, cell line development, micropropagation, secondary metabolite extraction and cereal breeding.

Courses offered

Cereal breeding

Genetics Cytogenetics

Special Skill

Molecular breeding and maintenance breeding

Current Research Area

Small millets breeding (Finger millet, Foxtail millet, Little millet, Barnyard millet, Kodo millet), Germplasm documentation and utilization

Collaborative Institute / Organization

AICSMIP –ICAR-UAS, GKVK, Bangalore

IIT – Chennai

Recognitions

PG Teacher

Publications

Research articles : National: 13 International: 1 Books (Chapters): 4