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Fruits and Horticultural Technology(FHT)      (10 scientists)

Dr S.K. Singh

   

Field of Specialisation : Breeding and genomics of mango and grape, tree physiology, and plant tissue culture of fruit crops

Dr S.K. Singh
Head (Acting), Principal Scientist

M.Sc. : Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005

Ph.D : Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005

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PG School, Faculty Disciplines : Fruit Science

No. of Students Guided : -    M.Sc :   6

   Ph.D :   16

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

  1. Megha, R., Singh, Sanjay K., Srivastav, Manish, Prakash, Jai, Saha, Supradip and Pradhan, Satyabrata. (2022). Physico-chemical characterization and biochemical profiling of mango genotypes during different fruit development stages. South African Journal of Botany 149: 476-486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.06.023
  2. Kumar, C., Singh, S. K., Verma, M. K., Pramanick, K. K., Srivastav, M., Kaur, S., & Kumar, R. R. (2022). Morpho-physio and anatomical characterization of the indigenous Himalayan crabapple: Malus baccata (L.) Borkh.(Rohru) and exotic Malus pumila Mill. for dwarfing traits. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 69(2), 645-659.
  3. Pradhan, S., Singh, S. K., Srivastav, M., Prakash, J., Lal, S. K., Padaria, J. C., ... & Maurya, N. K. (2021). Poly ethylene glycol mediated in vitro screening and physico-biochemical changes induced in mango callus due to moisture stress. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 145(1), 155-172.
  4. Kumar, C., Singh, S. K., Singh, R., Pramanick, K. K., Verma, M. K., Srivastav, M., ... & Choudhury, D. R. (2019). Genetic diversity and population structure analysis of wild Malus genotypes including the crabapples (M. baccata (L.) Borkh. & M. sikkimensis (Wenzig) Koehne ex C. Schneider) collected from the Indian Himalayan region using microsatellite markers. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 66(6), 1311-1326.
  5. Kumar, C., Singh, S. K., Pramanick, K. K., Verma, M. K., Srivastav, M., Singh, R., ... & Naga, K. C. (2018). Morphological and biochemical diversity among the Malus species including indigenous Himalayan wild apples. Scientia Horticulturae, 233, 204-219.
  6. Kumar, C., Singh, S. K., Singh, R., Pramanick, K. K., Verma, M. K., & Srivastav, M. (2018). Genetic diversity and population structure studies of the wild apple (Malus sp.) genotypes using RAPD markers. Indian J Hort, 75(4), 557-564.
  7. Krishna, H., Singh, S. K., Minakshi, Patel, V. B., Khawale, R. N., Deshmukh, P. S., & Jindal, P. C. (2006). Arbuscular-mycorrhizal fungi alleviate transplantation shock in micropropagated grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.). The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 81(2), 259-263.
  8. Khawale, R. N., Singh, S. K., Garg, G., Baranwal, V. K., & Ajirlo, S. A. (2006). Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of Nagpur mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Current Science, 1700-1705.
  9. Khawale, R. N., Singh, S. K., & Vimala, Y. (2006). Assessment of clonal fidelity of micropropagated grape (Vitis vinifera L.) plants by RAPD analysis. PHYSIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF PLANTS, 12(2), 189.
  10. Alizadeh, M., Singh, S. K., Jhang, T., & Sharma, T. R. (2008). Inter simple sequence repeat analysis to confirm genetic stability of micropropagated plantlets in three grape (Vitis spp) rootstock genotypes. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 17(1), 77-80.

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

  1. Development of improved varieties: Grape: Pusa Aditi, Pusa Trishar & Pusa Swarnika and mango: Pusa Deepshikha & Pusa Manohari
  1. Mass multiplication of grape genotypes through repetitive in vitro double-node micro-cuttings, pomegranate and citrus and their bio-hardening of plantlets using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi
  1. Standardized the technique of in-ovulo embryo rescue and in vitro mutagenesis in grape; In vitro regeneration protocol for somatic embryogenesis in mango and guava; and in vitro screening of grape and citrus genotypes for salinity (NaCI) tolerance
  1. Leaf transcriptome sequencing for identifying genic-SSR markers and SNP heterozygosity in mango variety �Amrapali�
  1. Standardized pruning intensity in mango genotypes planted under high density planting.

Awards / Recognitions / Fellowship (Upto Five) :

  1. Hari Om Ashram Trust Award of the ICAR for the biennium (2005-06) in 2007
  1. Bharat Ratna Dr C. Subramanium Best Teacher Award of the ICAR-2017
  1. Sh. G.L. Chadha Memorial Gold Medal-2009- of the Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences
  1. Fellow of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, New Delhi -2018
  1. Best Teacher Award-2005- PG School, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi