Dr. Muthukumar. M. currently works at the Division of Crop Improvement and Biotechnology, ICAR-Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow. Graduated from TamilNadu Agricultural University with BSc (Agriculture) degree in 1999 followed by MSc (Biotechnology) in 2001 and PhD (Biotechnology) in 2017 from the same University. He has academic record of having OGPA about 8.5/10.0 throughout the studies. Area of specialization: Plant Biotechnology Expertise: Molecular Biology, Genetics, Molecular breeding, Genomics, Molecular diagnostics, Plant Immunology, Bioprocess technology, Bioinformatics Current area of work: Molecular biology and Genomics in subtropical fruits, Molecular markers, molecular diagnostics of fruit pests and diseases, Metabolomics