He previously worked as a Scientist at ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Thiruvananthapuram and is currently working at Central Horticultural Experiment Station (CHES), Bhubaneswar. He was the recipient of North South Foundation fellowship during UG, ASPEE Agricultural Research and Development Foundation fellowship during MSc and DST-INSPIRE fellowship during PhD. He obtained his PhD degree from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, West Bengal in 2016. During his PhD, he identified stable brinjal genotypes for yield and fruit quality and further established morphological, biochemical basis of fruit and shoot borer resistance besides influence of weather variables on borer infestation in brinjal. At ICAR-CTCRI, he identified phenotypically stable superior cassava clones 8S501 and CR 43-7 with high drought tolerance along with the profuse flowering clones CI-130, FB-1 and CI-448 with high number of female flowers and high per cent fruit set in crosses. He demonstrated the importance of early vigour in cassava to effectively tolerate the mid period drought stress. He introduced the leafiness indicator and relative leaf retention index to quantify the leaf retention and formula for measurement of pith density in cassava under water deficit stress conditions. He also standardized the gamma irradiation dose of varieties Sree Jaya and H-226 of cassava and identified mutants with high yield; dry matter, CMD resistance, yellow tuber flesh and profuse flowering. He was the part of the team that released two cassava varieties Sree Reksha and Sree Kaveri. He further developed cassava hybrids with high yield, drought tolerance and disease resistance. He was instrumental in evaluating 375 indigenous cassava germplasm and publishing the germplasm catalogue. He also contributed in standardizing the cassava synthetic seed technology and pollen cryopreservation of cassava, yams and taro. He was pivotal in popularizing and distributing the planting material of the cassava variety of Sree Raksha and Micronol - a micronutrient formulation of cassava and elephant foot yam along with customized fertilizers in East Godavari and West Godavari district of Andhra-Pradesh through Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan. He was the part of the team that popularised the orange fleshed sweet potato in Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya during 2020 under North-Eastern Hill Scheme. At CHES (ICAR-IIHR), Bhubaneswar, he is evaluating the segregating progenies of French bean from three crosses for earliness, yield and disease resistance besides evaluating the superior pointed gourd clones for yield and quality. He is actively involved in imparting training to farmers of Odisha on commercial vegetable seed production. He has 5 book chapters, 26 research papers, 3 review articles to his credit. He is also reviewer of the journals such as Journal of Water and Climate Change, Scientia Horticulture, Agronomy Research, Psyche and International Journal of Vegetable Science. He has guided six MSc students so far.
Research Accomplishments
• Identification of phenotypically stable superior cassava clones 8S501 and CR 43-7 with high drought tolerance
• Identification of the profuse flowering clones CI-130, FB-1 and CI-448 with high number of female flowers and high per cent fruit set in crosses
• Standardizing the gamma irradiation dose of varieties Sree Jaya and H-226 of cassava and identification mutants with high yield; dry matter, yellow tuber flesh and profuse flowering
• Popularizing and distributing the planting material of the cassava variety of Sree Raksha and Micronol - a micronutrient formulation of cassava and elephant foot yam along with customized fertilizers in East Godavari and West Godavari district of Andhra-Pradesh through Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan
Research Papers
• Koundinya AVV, Ajeesh BR, Lekshmi NS, Hedge V and Sheela MN 2023. Classification of genotypes, leaf retention, pith density and carbohydrate dynamics in cassava under water deficit stress conditions. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 45:83 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-023-03557-0
• Koundinya A V V, Ajeesh B R, Hegde V, Sheela M N, Mohan C and Asha K.I. 2021. Genetic parameters, stability and selection of cassava genotypes between rainy and water stress conditions using AMMI, WAAS, BLUP and MTSI. Scientia Horticulturae, 281: 109949 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2021.109949
• Koundinya A V V, Pandit M K, Ramesh D and Mishra P. 2019. Phenotypic stability of eggplant for yield and quality through AMMI, GGE and Cluster analyses. Scientia Horticuturae, 247: 216-223 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2018.12.019
• Koundinya A V V, Pandit M K, Dolui S, Bhattacharya A and Hegde V. 2019. Multivariate analysis of fruit quality traits of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.). Indian Journal of Horticulture, 76(1): 94-103.
• Hegde V, Koundinya A V V, Sheela M N, Visalakshi Chandra C and Mukherjee A. 2019. Storage of cassava pollen for conservation of nuclear genetic diversity and overcoming hybridization barriers. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 76(1): 104-111.
• Koundinya A V V, Pandit M K and Saha A. 2019. Association of fruit and shoot borer infestation in eggplant with morphological, yield, quality and external weather variables. Agricultural Research, 8(3): 309-319. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-018-0380-0
• Das A, Koundinya A V V, Pandit M K, Layek S and Pal S. 2018. Interrelationship and multivariate analysis of floral and fruit attributes in brinjal. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 75(4): 625-630.
• Koundinya A V V, Kumar P P, Ashadevi R K, Hegde V, Arunkumar P. 2018. Adaptation and mitigation of climate change in vegetable cultivation: A review. Journal of Water and Climate Change, 9(1): 17-36. https://doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2017.045
• Koundinya A, Sidhya P and Pandit M K. 2014. Impact of climate change on vegetable cultivation-A review. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment & Biotechnology, 7(1): 145-155.
• Koundinya A V V, Dhankhar S K and Yadav A C. 2013. Genetic variability and divergence in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 83(6): 685–688.
Book Chapters:
• Koundinya A V V, Das A, Hegde V. 2023. Mutation Breeding in Tropical Root and Tuber Crops. In: Penna S, Jain SM. (eds) Mutation Breeding for Sustainable Food Production and Climate Resilience. Springer, Singapore. ISBN: 978-981-16-9720-3
• Koundinya A. V. V. and More S. J. 2021. Breeding for Drought Tolerance in Cassava, pp 337-354. In: More S.J., Giri N. A., Kumar S. J., Chandra V. C. and Tadigiri S. (eds.) Recent advances in root and tuber crops, Brillion publishing, New Delhi. ISBN: 9789390757442
• Dhankhar S. K. and Koundinya A. V. V. 2020. Accelerated Breeding in Okra, pp 337-354. In: Gosal S.S. and Wani S. H. (eds.) Accelerated Plant Breeding Vol-2: Vegetable Crops, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-47298-6
• Koundinya A V V and Pandit M K. 2016. Snake gourd, Taxonomy, Botany, Cultural Practices, Harvesting, Major Diseases and Pests. In: Pessarkli M (ed.), Handbook of Cucurbits: Growth, Cultural Practices and Physiology. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida, USA. ISBN: 13: 978-1-4822-3458-9.
• Koundinya A V V and Kumar V S. 2014. Vegetable Grafting: A Step towards Production of Quality Seedlings. p. 217-222. In: Munsi P S, Ghosh S K, Bhowmick N and Deb P (eds.), Innovative Horticulture: Concepts for Sustainable Development, Recent Trends. New Delhi Publishers, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-93-81274-85-9.
- Received Best Oral Presentation Award in National Seminar on Horticulture for Sustainable Development, Nutritional and Livelihood Security from Uttara Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Cooch Behar during 26-27 May 2022
- Received Best Oral Presentation Award in National Symposium on Ornamental and Edible Horticulture: Emerging Challenges and Sustainable Goals held at BCKV, Mohanpur during 21-22 Feb 2022
- Received Best Poster Presentation Award in International Horticulture Conference (NextGen Hort 2021) at TNAU, Coimbatore during 16 to 19th September 2021
- Received Best Poster Presentation Award during in the 8th Indian Horticulture Congress, January 17-21, 2019 held at Indira Gandhi Krishi, Viswavidyalaya, Raipur, Chattisgarh
- Received Young Scientist Research Award from Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India consists of a research grant of 23.04 lakhs in 2019
- Received Best Oral Presentation Award during National Seminar on Integrated Approaches in Horticulture for Sustainable Development -2014 at Visva Bharathi University, Sriniketan, West Bengal.
- Delivered an invited lecture in "National Webinar on Agriculture Education, Research and Employment in India with Special Reference to ICAR" on 7th August 2020 organized by St. Paul’s College, Kalamassery.
- Delivered an invited lecture on “Seed production of bulb crops” during a national webinar on “Seed production of vegetable crops: A lucrative venture” organized by College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University, Pasighat, Arunachal-Pradesh 26-28 August 2021
- Delivered an invited lecture on “Impact of Climate Change on Vegetable Cultivation: Adaptation and Mitigation Strategies” in the online training programme entitled “Climate Smart Vegetable Farming for Ensuring Nutritional Security” organized by ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Center, Ooty and MANAGE, Hyderabad from 27-29 April, 2022
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