Dr. Jaykumar D. Deshmukh (1981) is presently serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, College of Agriculture Parbhani, Maharashtra, India. He obtained his M.Sc. (GPB) in 2005 and Ph.D. (GPB) in 2013 from Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth, Parbhani, Maharashtra. He started his career as an Assistant Professor in 2013. His field of specialisation is Genetics and Plant Breeding. He has published five books and more than 40 research papers in National and international journals. He has participated in International, National and State Level Seminar and Symposiums.