2026 Arvind Kumar: Plant Science and Agronomy Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Plant Science and Agronomy	71	687	634	2	2	367	15298

Discipline name

D-Index

World Ranking

Current World Ranking

National Ranking

Current National Ranking

Publications

Citations

Plant Science and Agronomy

687

634

367

15298

Research.com Recognitions

2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Philippines Leader Award

Best Publications

A large-effect QTL for grain yield under reproductive-stage drought stress in upland rice.

Jérôme Bernier;Arvind Kumar;Venuprasad Ramaiah;Dean Spaner

645
Citations
Breeding upland rice for drought resistance

Jérôme Bernier;Jérôme Bernier;Gary N Atlin;Rachid Serraj;Arvind Kumar

487
Citations
Breeding for drought tolerance: Direct selection for yield, response to selection and use of drought-tolerant donors in upland and lowland-adapted populations

Arvind Kumar;Arvind Kumar;Jérôme Bernier;Satish Verulkar;H.R. Lafitte;H.R. Lafitte

425
Citations
Breeding high-yielding drought-tolerant rice: genetic variations and conventional and molecular approaches

Arvind Kumar;Shalabh Dixit;T. Ram;R. B. Yadaw

421
Citations
qDTY 1.1 , a major QTL for rice grain yield under reproductive-stage drought stress with a consistent effect in multiple elite genetic backgrounds

Prashant Vikram;Prashant Vikram;BP Mallikarjuna Swamy;Shalabh Dixit;Helal Uddin Ahmed

417
Citations
Identification and characterization of large-effect quantitative trait loci for grain yield under lowland drought stress in rice using bulk-segregant analysis

Ramaiah Venuprasad;C. O. Dalid;M. Del Valle;D. Zhao

385
Citations
Drought Resistance Improvement in Rice: An Integrated Genetic and Resource Management Strategy

Rachid Serraj;Rachid Serraj;Kenneth L. McNally;Inez Slamet-Loedin;Ajay Kohli

286
Citations
From QTL to variety-harnessing the benefits of QTLs for drought, flood and salt tolerance in mega rice varieties of India through a multi-institutional network.

Renu Singh;Yashi Singh;Suchit Xalaxo;S Verulkar

248
Citations
Improvement of drought resistance in rice.

R. Serraj;A. Kumar;K. L. McNally;I. Slamet-Loedin

222
Citations
5Gs for crop genetic improvement

Rajeev K Varshney;Pallavi Sinha;Vikas K Singh;Arvind Kumar

220
Citations
Meta-analysis of grain yield QTL identified during agricultural drought in grasses showed consensus

BP Mallikarjuna Swamy;Prashant Vikram;Shalabh Dixit;HU Ahmed

216
Citations
Drought yield index to select high yielding rice lines under different drought stress severities

Anitha Raman;Satish Verulkar;Nimai Mandal;Mukund Variar

212
Citations
Genetic, Physiological, and Gene Expression Analyses Reveal That Multiple QTL Enhance Yield of Rice Mega-Variety IR64 under Drought

B P Mallikarjuna Swamy;Helal Uddin Ahmed;Amelia Henry;Ramil Mauleon

210
Citations
Comparisons of energy balance and evapotranspiration between flooded and aerobic rice fields in the Philippines

Ma. Carmelita R. Alberto;Reiner Wassmann;Takashi Hirano;Akira Miyata

206
Citations
Effect of Water Stress on Physiological Attributes and their Relationship with Growth and Yield of Wheat Cultivars at Different Stages

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192
Citations
Breeding resilient and productive genotypes adapted to drought-prone rainfed ecosystem of India

S.B. Verulkar;N.P. Mandal;J.L. Dwivedi;B.N. Singh

180
Citations
The large-effect drought-resistance QTL qtl12.1 increases water uptake in upland rice

Jérôme Bernier;Jérôme Bernier;Rachid Serraj;Arvind Kumar;Ramaiah Venuprasad

179
Citations
qDTY12.1: a locus with a consistent effect on grain yield under drought in rice

Krishna Kumar Mishra;Krishna Kumar Mishra;Krishna Kumar Mishra;Prashant Vikram;Ram Baran Yadaw;BP Mallikarjuna Swamy

177
Citations
Drought susceptibility of modern rice varieties: an effect of linkage of drought tolerance with undesirable traits.

Prashant Vikram;B. P. Mallikarjuna Swamy;Shalabh Dixit;Renu Singh

175
Citations
Comparative analysis of root transcriptome profiles of two pairs of drought-tolerant and susceptible rice near-isogenic lines under different drought stress

Ali Moumeni;Kouji Satoh;Hiroaki Kondoh;Takayuki Asano

173
Citations