Top 10 Publications having NAAS rating 6 and above with first or corresponding author only

1. Sharma N*, Vittal H, Dubey AK, Sharma RM, Singh SK, Sharma N, Singh N, Khandelwal A, Gupta DK, Mishra GP, Meena MC. Physiological and molecular insights into the alternate bearing in mango (Mangifera indica L.) using next-generation sequencing approaches. Journal of Experimental Botany. erae403, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erae403 (NAAS 11.6)
2. Chand L, Sharma N* R, RSathee L. Physio-Biochemical and Growth Response of Contrasting Reciprocal Grafting in Citrus Under Water Deficit and Rehydration. JOURNAL OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATION. 2024;43. (NAAS 10.4)
3. R Kumar, N Sharma*, AK Dubey, RM Sharma, S Sethi… - Food Technology and Biotechnology, 2024 (NAAS 8.2)
4. Kumar R, Sharma N*, Dubey AK, Sharma RM, Sharma N, Mishra GP, Vittal H, Shivran M, Sethi S. Generation of denovo EST-SSRs and Validation in Newly Developed Interspecific Citrus Hybrids (Citrus maxima Merr.× Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck). National Academy Science Letters. 2024 Oct 10:1-5. (NAAS-7.2).
5. Singh N, Sharma RM, Dubey AK, Awasthi OP, Porat R, Saha S, Bharadwaj C, Sevanthi AM, Kumar A, Sharma N, Carmi N. Harvesting Maturity Assessment of Newly Developed Citrus Hybrids (Citrus maxima Merr.× Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck) for Optimum Juice Quality. Plants (Basel, Switzerland). 2023 Nov 26;12(23):3978. (NAAS-10)
6. Srivastav M, Radadiya N, Ramachandra S, Jayaswal PK, Singh N, Singh S, Mahato AK, Tandon G, Gupta A, Devi R, Subrayagowda SH. High resolution mapping of QTLs for fruit color and firmness in Amrapali/Sensation mango hybrids. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2023 Jun 7;14:1135285. (NAAS 10.6)
7. Vittal H, Sharma N*, Dubey AK, Shivran M, Singh SK, Meena MC, Kumar N, Sharma N, Singh N, Pandey R, Bollinedi H. Rootstock-mediated carbohydrate metabolism, nutrient contents, and physiological modifications in regular and alternate mango (Mangifera indica L.) scion varieties. Plos one. 2023 May 3;18(5):e0284910. (NAAS-9.5)
8. Sharma N*, Shivran M, Singh N, Dubey AK, Singh SK, Gupta R, Vittal H, Singh BP, Sevanthi AM, Singh NK. Differential gene expression associated with flower development of mango (Mangifera indica L.) varieties with different shelf-life. Gene Expression Patterns: GEP. 2022 Dec 14;47:119301-.(NAAS-7.4)
9. Shivran M, Sharma N*, Dubey AK, Singh SK, Sharma N, Muthusamy V, Jain M, Singh BP, Singh N, Kumar N, Singh N. Scion/rootstock interaction studies for quality traits in mango (Mangifera indica L.) varieties. Agronomy. 2023 Jan 9;13(1):204. (NAAS-9.9)
10. Sharma N*, Singh AK, Singh SK, Mahato AK, Srivastav M, Singh NK. Comparative RNA sequencing based transcriptome profiling of regular bearing and alternate bearing mango (Mangifera indica L.) varieties reveals novel insights into the regulatory mechanisms underlying alternate bearing. Biotechnology letters. 2020 Jun;42:1035-50. (NAAS-8.4)

Patent / Technologies / Methodologies / System etc. (Upto Five) :

1. The Institute Varieties Identification Committee for Release and SVRC has identified two hybrids Pusa Deepshikha (Amrapali x Sensation) and Pusa Manohari (Amrapali x Lal Sundari).

2. The Institute Varieties Identification Committee for Release has identified two rootstocks Pusa Moolbrant 1(PAM1) and Pusa Mool Brant 2 (PAM2) for dwaring traits.

3. Extraction of high quality DNA of mango for PAC biosequencing has been standarized

4. Genome sequencing of mango variety Amrapali

5. using ddRAD sequencing SNP chip of mango was developed

Varieties (2)

Pusa Deepshikha

Pusa Deepshikha

Division :	Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)
Year of Release :	2021
States for which Released :	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Characteristics :	It is a unique mango hybrid having regularity in bearing, attractive fruit shape, bright red peel and orange-yellow pulp. Trees are semi-dwarf and 278 plants of this hybrid can be accommodated in a hectare at a planting distance of 6 m x 6 m. It has oblong shape and uniform sized fruits having moderate TSS (18.67%), acidity (0.33%), high pulp content (70%) and ascorbic acid content (35.34 mg/100 g pulp). On per tree basis, it yields 50.33 kg and estimated yield is 14.0 t/ha.
Average Yield :	15.5 t/ha
Production Conditions :	-
Scientific Personnel Involved :	Dr Manish Srivastava (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Kanhaiya Singh (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Jai Prakash (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr (Mrs) Nimisha Sharma (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Shruti Sethi (Food Science & Post Harvest Technology)
Other Personnel Involved :	Dr. A.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Late Dr Room Singh, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Late Dr R.R. Sharma, Principal Scientist Dr A.K. Dubey, Principal Scientist Sh. S.K. Bhagat, Scientist (SG) (Retd.) Dr S.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Dr A. Nagaraja, Principal Scientist Sh. Om Prakash Singh, T-9 (CTO) Sh. Ram Bahadur, T-5 (TO
Remarks :	Released by State Seed Sub-Committee for Agricultural & Horticultural Crop, Govt. of NCT of Dellii vide Notification No. F.10(1)2/SI /TA/ Sub-Committee/2017-18/2332-2373.

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Pusa Manohari

Pusa Manohari

Division :	Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)
Year of Release :	2021
States for which Released :	National Capital Territory of Delhi
Characteristics :	It is a unique hybrid obtained by crossing Amrapali and Lal Sundari. It has regular bearing habit, attractive fruit shape, greenish-yellow peel with red tinge on shoulders and yellow orange pulp. It has elongated oblong and uniform fruits. Average fruit weight 223.4 g. It has moderate sweetness, pleasant aroma and good sugar: acid blend. Fruits are fibreless, TSS (20.38%), acidity (0.27%), ascorbic acid (39.78 mg/100 g pulp) and ?-carotene contents (9,738 micro g per 100 g pulp). Suitable for table as well as processing purposes (68.76% pulp content). Trees are semi-vigorous and about 278 plants can be accommodated in a hectare at a planting distance of 6 m x 6 m. Pusa manohari showed field tolerance to mango malformation disease. On per tree basis, it yields 58 kg and estimated yield is 16.1 t/ha.
Average Yield :	16.1 t/ha
Production Conditions :	-
Scientific Personnel Involved :	Dr Manish Srivastava (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Kanhaiya Singh (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Jai Prakash (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr (Mrs) Nimisha Sharma (Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)) Dr Shruti Sethi (Food Science & Post Harvest Technology)
Other Personnel Involved :	Late Dr. P.K. Majumder, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Dr S.N. Pandey, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Late Dr. Room Singh, Principal Scientist (Retd.) Dr. A.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Dr. R.R. Sharma, Principal Scientist Sh. S.K. Bhagat, Scientist (SG) (Retd.) Dr S.K. Singh, Principal Scientist Dr A. Nagaraja, Principal Scientist Sh. Om Prakash Singh, CTO (T-9) Sh. Ram Bahadur, TO (T-5)
Remarks :	Released by State Seed Sub-Committee for Agricultural & Horticultural Crop, Govt. of NCT of Dellii vide Notification No. F.10(1)2/SI /TA/ Sub-Committee/2017-18/2332-2373.

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Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

1. Awarded Gold Medal for M.Sc. Biotechnology in 2006Awarded Gold Medal for B.Sc. Agriculture in 2004.

2. Awarded Chaudhary Charan Singh Award in 2004Awarded Bhamashah Award, Mewar Foundation in 2004.

3. Awarded Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Merit Scholarship for Ph.D. Biotechnology during 2007- 2009.Distinction Certificate for ABC Scientific writing workshop 20th August 2020 to 3 September, 2020.Member on the Transgenic Biosafety Committee IISR, Lucknow.

4. Best oral presentation on flowering mechanism in perennial fruits crop in International Conference organized by DRASS July, 2020.� Best Oral Presentation (First) Award in International Conference on Recent Progress in Biological Science organized by DBT at Department of Zoology, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, Sivakasii, Tamil Nadu, 4-5th March, 2022. Title: �Differential Pathway Analysis to Explore Irregular Bearing Phenomenon in Mango (Mangifera indica L.)�

5. Best Oral Presentation (First) Award in International Conference on Postharvest Disease Management and Value Addition.� at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, 18-20th August, 2021.Title: �In-silico mining of ripening related genes for shelf-life studies in mango (Mangifera indica L.)�.