Dasari Rajkumar is a Botanist in Vibha Agrotech, Ltd. (Pvt.) Hyderabad, India. Rajkumar has received his Masters degree (2006) in botany with specialization in Applied Stress physiology and Molecular biology from university college of Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India. He has got more than ten publications to his credit including research papers in peer reviewed National and international journals and authored two books. Currently he is working on various aspects of abiotic stress tolerance such as Drought, salinity, heat on field crops (cotton, Rice, Maize, sunflower) and vegetable crops (Tomato, chilli, okra).