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

1. Chakrabarti, D.K.; Singh, A and Singh, K. (1990). Physiological and biochemical changes induced by accumulated mangiferin in Mangifera indica. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology. 65 (6): 731-737
2. Chakrabarti, D.K.; Prasad, J. and Singh, K. (1994). Effect of mangiferin on vegetative growth of mango. Indian J. Hort. 51 (1): 37-40.
3. Singh, M. K., Singh, K., Haq, Q.M.R., Mandal, B. and Varma, A. (2011). Molecular characterization of tobacco leaf curl Pusa virus, a new monopartite Begomovirus associated with tobacco leaf curl disease in India. Virus Genes. 43(2):296-306
4. Jai Prakash, Singh, K., Goswami, A.K.and Singh, A. K. (2015). Comparison of plant growth, yield, fruit quality and biotic stress incidence in papaya var.Pusa Nanha under polyhouse and open field condition. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 72 (2):183-186.
5. Thakre, M., Verma, M. K., Singh, K., Awasthi, O. P., Verghese, E.and Sharma, V. K.(2015). Effect of nutrition, harvesting date and fruit canopy position on yield and quality of Kinnow mandarin (Citrus nobilis × Citrusdeliciosa). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 85 (11): 1455–60
6. Thakre, M., Verma, M. K., Singh, K., Awasthi, O. P., Sharma, R. R. and Ray, M. (2018). Proposal and validation of colour index for Kinnow mandarin (Citrus nobilis × Citrusdeliciosa). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 88 (8): 1179–1183
7. Jai Prakash, Srivastava, V., Goswami, A.K., Singh, K., and Singh, A. K. (2016).Nutritional composition in fruits of gynodioecious papaya genotypes. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 73 (2):183-187.
8. Singh, P., Jai Prakash, Goswami, A. K., Singh, K., Hussain, Z. and Singh, A. K. (2018). Genetic variability and correlation studies for vegetative, reproductive and yield attributing traits in papaya. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 75 (1):1-7.
9. Singh, P., Jai Prakash, Goswami, A. K. and Singh, K., (2019). Heterosis for growth, yield and fruit quality traits in papaya. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 76 (4):576-580.
10. Sagore, B., Singh, K., Jai Prakash, Srivastava, V., Vignesh, M. and Yadav, B. K. (2023). Elucidating the effect of plant bioregulators on embryo maturation for shortening the breeding cycle in papaya. Indian Journal of Horticulture 80(3): 233-238.

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

1. Pusa Deepshikha (Hybrid 11-2): It is a hybrid of ‘Amrapali’ x ‘Sensation’ having regularity in bearing and uniform sized fruits. Fruit are oblong in shape, bright red peel with orange-yellow pulp, moderate TSS (18.67%), high pulp (70%), ascorbic acid (35.34 mg/100 g pulp) and β-carotene content (9.48 mg per kg pulp) and good shelf-life (7 to 8 days) at room temperature. It is semi-dwarf and suitable for medium density planting (6 m x 6 m), yield per tree is 50.33 kg.

2. Pusa Manohari (Hybrid 8-11): It is a hybrid of Amrapali x Lal Sundari having regularity in bearing and field tolerance to mango malformation (10-15%). Trees are semi-vigorous and suitable for medium density planting (6 m x 6 m). Medium sized fruits (223 g) having greenish-yellow peel with red tinge on shoulders, yellowish-orange pulp, fibreless, good TSS (20.38%), acidity (0.27%), ascorbic acid (39.78 mg/100 g pulp) and β-carotene content (9.73 mg per kg pulp), yield per tree is 58 kg.

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. Fellow, Indian Society of Horticultural Research and Development (2010)

2. Fellow, International Society for Noni Science Chennai (2022)

3. Eminent Scientist Award, Royal Association for Science- led Socio-cultural Advancement New Delhi (2019)

4. Centenary Award, Vigyan Parishad Prayag Allahabad (2013)

5. U.G.C. Junior Research Fellowship for Ph. D. Programme (1990-93)