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PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

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PUNJAB AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, LUDHIANA

62nd Year of Education & Service

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics

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Name :	Dr Mahesh Kumar
Designation :	Principal Agronomist (Maize)
Office Phone :	0161-2401960 Ext. 437
Mobile :	+91-9478627910
Email (Office) :	maheshkumarvats@pau.edu
Research Areas :	--
Researcher ID's :	--

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Home

With the understanding of the mechanism of inheritance planned programmes for varietal development in various crops were initiated at the beginning of the twentieth century. Wheat being the most important crop, its breeding in India started in full earnest during 1906 with the efforts of Albert Howard and Gabrielle which were further followed at Lyallpur by D. Milne. During the year 1925 Chaudhary Ramdhan Singh was appointed as Cerealist to concentrate upon the breeding work on cereals. Thereafter, cereal research on sub-stations was strengthened namely, at Gurgaon in 1940, Gurdaspur in 1941 Rawalpindi in 1941, Kulu in 1945 and Jullundur in 1947.

These new centres increased the emphasis of wheat breeding. The work on the improvement of rice, barley, maize and pulses was assigned to the cerealist later, so that, in addition to wheat emphasis could be given on the development of other crops as well. Before the partition of Punjab, the work on rice was carried on at the Research Sub-station, Kal Shah Kaku which is now in Pakistan. Work on rice breeding was also started at Nagrota, Rice Breeding Sub Station which is now in Kangra (Himachal Pradesh) during 1936 to serve the hill zones with rice improvement.

During 1927 Mr. B.S. Sawhney was appointed the Millet Botanist at Lyallpur, where the work on Bajra, gram and tobacco was started. This station was later shifted to Sirsa during 1934, which was the main Bajra growing region at that time. The work was shifted to Ferozepur during 1940 and at the same time also started in Cambellpur (Pakistan). Breeding of cotton was initiated during 1912 at Punjab Agricultural College and Research Institute Lyallpur by Dobbs. During 1924, Mr Trot was appointed Economic Botanist (Cotton) from whom Mr Mohammad Afzal took over during 1936. The testing of varieties of Sugarcane was started during 1911 at Gurdaspur and later on, during 1934, work on sugarcane was started at research station Risalewala near Lyallpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur to conduct need-based research on sugarcane. Sardar Harbans Singh was the first sugarcane specialist to sugarcane breeding research work.

At Lyallpur, the research work on brassicas, linseed and sesamum was initiated with the establishment of the Oilseeds Section under the able guidance of Khan Sahib Chaudhri Ali Mohammad as an Oilseed Botanist. Research on groundnut was started at Ludhiana after the opening of a sub-station during 1933. Considering the importance and need of research on oilseeds three more sub-stations were started at Gurgaon (1937) Rawalpindi (1943) and Kangra (1945) for research on oilseeds on a regional basis.

Chaudhary Ramdhan Singh was appointed Fodder Botanist during 1925 at Lyallpur before he formally joined at Cerealist. After him Sh. Hans Raj Saini continued the work on forages improvement till 1947. During this period the research was shifted to Sirsa during 1934.

After partition, the research stations which were opened in Lyallpur were no more catering to the needs of the Indians living in the other part of the sub-continent. Therefore, the work was consolidated and shifted to Jalandhar to start crop improvement work on cereals, cotton and oilseeds under the charge of Dr S.M.Sikka, the first Economic Botanist. He was succeeded by Dr. L.S. Negi who remained in charge of this section till 1956. During 1956 with the merger of PEPSU with Punjab, two sections were created; namely Cereals Section under Dr L.S. Negi and Oilseed and Cotton Section under Dr Gursham Singh.

The research on sugarcane, millets and fodder continued at Jalandhar, Ferozepur and Sirsa, respectively. During this period (1949 to 1962) several sugarcane research sub-stations were opened at Gurdaspur, Jagadhari, Kheri, Ludhiana and Hisar. Dr. Sukhdev Singh succeeded, Dr. Hardial Singh in Sugarcane Breeding. Many other developments took place after the partition, such as during 1951 substations were established at Rohtak for Bajra, Gurdaspur for gram and at Gurgaon (1954) for tobacco. A Fodder research sub-station was started at Palampur in 1951 to work on hill grasses and a forages sub-station to concentrate on forage improvement work in the central district of the state.

With the opening of Punjab Agricultural University during 1962 at Ludhiana, Hisar and Palampur, different crop sections were formed in the Department of Plant Breeding. Dr. D.S. Athwal was the first Professor and Head of the Department in the College of Agriculture at Ludhiana who played a pivotal role in consolidating and organizing the research work on crop improvement in the department.

During December 1970 a separate department of Genetics was established at PAU Ludhiana, with Dr. B.S. Gill as Professor and Head. Later on, a tissue culture unit was started in the Department of Plant Breeding. Keeping in view the emergence of new areas of Plant Biotechnology, a Biotechnology Centre was established in 1992. The infrastructure for carrying out research on genetic transformation and tissue culture was created. The Department of Genetics and Biotechnology was merged with Plant Breeding during 2003 and re-designated as the Department of Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biotechnology. During April 2008, Biotechnology was demerged and now the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics has seven sections on different crops namely wheat, rice, maize, pulses, oilseeds, forages and cotton.

The teaching section coordinates the teaching of both UG and PG courses in the department. The resident instruction programme in Plant Breeding and Genetics comprises undergraduate instruction for the students of the College of Agriculture, School of Agricultural Biotechnology, College of Basic Sciences, and postgraduate instruction leading to M. Sc. and Ph. D degrees in Plant Breeding. The postgraduate students are trained in various aspects related to the breeding of different field crops.

The Department is also one of the two centres for CAFT in the country.

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Head of Department

Name : Dr. Virinder Singh Sohu

Address : Head, Dept. of Plant Breeding & Genetics

Office : 0161-2401960 Extn.224 (Office), Ext-322

E-Mail : hodpbg@pau.edu

Brief Introduction

Dr. Virinder Singh Sohu, earned his professional degrees from PAU with distinctions having been awarded S. Iqbal Singh Gold Medal for highest OGPA in M.Sc. and ICAR Senior Research Fellowship during Ph.D. with OGPA 4.00/4.00. During his research career in wheat breeding spanning more than 30 years in the Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics at PAU, he made significant contributions as team member towards release of 37 wheat varieties - 28 PAU wheat varieties (22 developed + 6 evaluated), of which 20 were released at national level, and 9 from other institutes. Notable ones are PBW 343, PBW 373, PBW 502, PBW 550, PBW 725, Unnat PBW 343 and PBW 1 Zn. Averaged over the last 25 years, the wheat varieties developed by him occupied more than 60 per cent of wheat area in Punjab annually. These varieties were also very popular at national level as evident from their continued inclusion in list of top 10 varieties in national breeder seed production program out of more than 300 varieties in seed chain. He has 226 publications to his credit, including 60 full research papers (32 with >6 and 14 with ≥10 NAAS rating).

He is recipient of the Borlaug Global Rust Initiative’s 2018 Gene Stewardship Award (as team member) for best wheat research program in the world on rust resistance. He was awarded ICAR Chaudhary Devi Lal Outstanding AICRP Award 2011 for Best AICW&BIP Centre. He was awarded Dr. MV Rao Memorial Award for Distinguished Scientist 2022. He also received Gold Medal for development of wheat variety PBW 343 by PAU at Annual Convocation. Recognizing his contributions, the PAU honoured him with ‘Appreciation Certificate for outstanding research work done in wheat breeding’ during Kisan Mela in 2017. He was elected Fellow of the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, New Delhi and is a life member of several professional societies. He served as Editor-in-Chief, of the ‘Crop Improvement’ research journal and member editorial board of ‘Progressive Farming’ and ‘Changi Kheti’. He is Associate Editor, ‘Agricultural Research Journal’, of PAU.

He has been serving as Zonal Coordinator (North Western Plains Zone of India) of the All India Coordinated Wheat & Barley Improvement Project (ICAR) since 2009. He was a Member, Standing Committee of the PPVFRA (Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority), New Delhi and Member of Institute Management Committee of the ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal. At PAU, he served as Director TMIPRC (additional charge), Technology Marketing and Intellectual Property Rights Cell and for the past six years, he is leading the wheat research team at PAU as Incharge Wheat Section. He has taught plant breeding courses to undergraduate and postgraduate students and guided 10 M.Sc. and 6 Ph.D. students.

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Thrust Areas

Wheat:

Improving yield potential: Exploitation of elite (advanced high yielding lines) and diverse (winter wheat, progenitor species) germplasm using appropriate breeding methodology.
Multiple disease resistance: Efficient incorporation of stripe rust, leaf rust, Karnal bunt, leaf blight and powdery mildew resistance in high yielding/ commercial genetic backgrounds based on sound understanding of pathogen and host
Abiotic stress tolerance: Exploring germplasm based options for enhanced heat tolerance, lodging resistance, water and nutrient use efficiency.
Nutritional and processing quality: Genetic enhancement for grain protein concentration, quality of chapati, bread and other end-products made from bread wheat. Enhancing grain zinc and iron content. Improving durum wheat for pasta quality.
Precision breeding: Systematic parent building, marker assisted gene mobilization, rapid generation advance (offseason nurseries, doubled haploids), efficient - mechanized field evaluation systems, use of well developed genealogical and trait data base.

Barley:

Yield: Development of high yielding feed and malt barley varieties.
Malt/feed quality: Genetic enhancement of quality, particularly malt related quality in two-rowed varieties.
Disease resistance: Resistance to yellow rust, stripe disease and leaf blight.

Rice:

Development of lodging tolerant, disease and insect resistant hybrids with suitable grain quality and growth duration for Punjab conditions.
Development of less water requiring (aerobic) rice genotypes.
Development of semi-dwarf high yielding bacterial blight resistant basmati rice varieties possessing extra-long slender grains with strong aroma and excellent cooking/eating quality characteristics for export.
Development of high yielding lodging tolerant non-basmati varieties with multiple disease and insect pest resistance, abiotic stress tolerance (submergence, salinity) and possessing acceptable grain quality and suitable crop duration
Generation of appropriate production technologies through applied research for increasing and sustaining productivity and income from rice and rice-based cropping systems with special emphasis on labour and water saving.
Study on the occurrence and epidemiology of major rice diseases.

Maize:

Accelerating breeding: Doubled haploid lines, MAS, Off-season nurseries
Strengthening work on specialty maize
Emphasis on long duration hybrids for yield enhancement
Development of cultivars responsive to high density
Tolerance to excess moisture conditions during monsoon season
Water use efficiency in spring maize (Breeding, Resource conservation)
Development of fodder maize varieties
Improving performance of parental lines per se (Breeding, production and protection)

Pulses:

Development of high yielding varieties of different pulses for various cropping systems
Incorporation of resistance/tolerance to various biotic/abiotic stresses through marker
assisted selection
Development of early maturing short-statured varieties of pigeonpea
Introgression of alien genes for desirable traits from related species
Development of food-grade soybean
Improvement in the nutritional quality of various pulse crops
Development of improved production and protection technology, resource conservation
technology, weed management and cropping system-based research
Regulation of source-sink relationship in response to growth regulators
Development of competent microbial consortia for major pulse crops
Identification of potential donors for major diseases and insect pests and development of
integrated disease/pest management technology
Establishing economic thresholds of major insect-pests

Cotton:

Acquisition of germplasm with superior fibre quality, high lint percentage and locule shattering tolerance, it’s evaluation and use in the breeding programme.
Development of higher yielding American cotton cutivars with high fibre strength.
Development of desi cotton lines with locule retention, medium long staple length.
Development of cotton varieties suitable for machine picking.
Conversion of good combining parents into stable CMS lines and restorers.
Development of transgenic cotton against bollworm complex.
Molecular tagging of genes of economic importance such as fibre strength etc.
Seed priming and pelleting for improving seed vigour.
Development of economically viable and eco friendly pest management technologies.
Monitoring and management of insect resistance to insect resistant cotton transgenics and pesticides.
Development and validation of weather based forewarning pest and disease forecasting module.

Sugarcane:

Genetic improvement of sugarcane through conventional breeding and with the outputs of biotechnology based studies of sugar accumulation.
Breeding efforts to be targeted towards developing genotypes having high sugar content per unit area and time with resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses and good ratooning ability.
Best Management Practices (BMPs) encompassing sugarcane production and protection measures that can enhance sustainable sugarcane productivity.

Forage and Millets and NutritionSection:

Germplasm enhancement in the forage crops & grain bajra. To breed varieties of forage crops having low antiquality components and inbuilt resistance to biotic & abiotic stresses.
To breed quick growing water use efficient varieties of forage sorghum & bajra having high regenerability for multicuts to increase the total forage production.
Development of erect type varieties of cowpea to increase the area under cowpea as fodder crop.
Development of high seed & fodder yielding and dual purpose bristled hybrid having inbuilt resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses in bajra.
To find out fertilizer requirements of fodder crops in cropping systems.
Integrated nutrient management.
To minimize the antinutritional components through agronomic manipulations.
Weed management in berseem fodder crop.
Management of Helicoverpa armigera in the seed crop of berseem & shaftal, grass hopper in maize, sorghum & Napier bajra, stem borer in fodder maize and shoot fly in forage sorghum.
Management of stem rot in berseem, leaf spots in sorghum & oats, maydis leaf spot in maize and downy mildew and ergot in grain bajra.

Oilseeds:

CMS based F1 hybrids in sunflower and brassicas.
Designer cultivars for value addition e.g. canola quality in brassica.
Dual purpose (oil and fodder) canola cultivars/hybrids of brassica. Marker assisted selection for key quality and defensive traits in brassica.
Input use efficient (nitrogen / water use efficacy) genotypes in brassica and sunflower.
Confectionery quality cultivars of groundnut, sesame and hybrids of sunflower.
Disease resistance and study of pathogen variation for key diseases.
Disease forecasting models for alternaria, sclerotinia and aphids.
Cost effective, resource conserving and environmentally safe production and protection technologies.

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Faculty

Faculty

S.No	Name & Designation	E-Mail/Telephone
1.	Dr (Mrs) Achla Sharma Principal Wheat Breeder	achla@pau.edu 91-8146111166
2.	Dr Ashlesha Plant Pathologist (Forages)	ashlesha-atri@pau.edu 91-9872874383
3.	Dr Ashutosh Kushwah Maize Breeder	anshukushwah24@pau.edu 8360653954
4.	Dr Asmita Sirari Sr. Plant Pathologist (Pulses)	asmitasirari@pau.edu +91-9779512281
5.	Dr B S Gill Principal Soybean Breeder	gillbs@pau.edu 9872163567
6.	Dr Beant Singh Principal Entomologist (Wheat)	beant19@pau.edu 09988095878
7.	Dr Buta Singh Dhillon Agronomist (Rice)	bsdhillon@pau.edu 8146100360
8.	Dr (Mrs) Chhaya Atri Sr. Oilseeds Breeder	chhayaatri@pau.edu 9488492588
9.	Dr Devinder Pal Singh Sr. Forage Breeder	devinderpal301@pau.edu 09876375167
10.	Dr Dharminder Bhatia Quantitative Geneticist	d.bhatia@pau.edu +919780807861
11.	Dr Dharminder Pathak Principal Cotton Breeder	dharminderpathak@pau.edu +91-9876197865
12.	Dr G.S.Mavi Principal Wheat Breeder	mavig666@pau.edu +91-9888054666
13.	Dr Gagandeep Singh Maize Breeder	bajwapau87@pau.edu +91-9872985401
14.	Dr Gaurav Kumar Taggar Principal Entomologist (Pulses)	gauravtaggar@pau.edu 9814422183
15.	Dr Guriqbal Singh Principal Agronomist (Pulses)	singhguriqbal@pau.edu +91-9417452596
16.	Dr (Mrs) Gurjit K Gill Professor (Plant Breeding)	gurjit.gill@pau.edu 8146902244
17.	Dr (Mrs) Gurpreet Kaur Principal Scientist (Oilseed)	gurpreetkaur@pau.edu 98149 07951
18.	Dr (Mrs) Gurpreet Kaur Agronomist (Rice)	gurpreet-kpr@pau.edu 9878164518
19.	Dr Hari Ram Principal Agronomist (Wheat)	hari_ram@pau.edu 9501002967
20.	Dr Harish Kumar Plant Breeder	harish10@pau.edu +91-7888614693
21.	Dr (Mrs) Harleen Kaur Principal Pathologist (Maize)	harleenkaur@pau.edu 09501080050
22.	Dr (Mrs) Harpreet Kaur Sr. Agronomist (Pulses)	hkmand@pau.edu +91-8146080300
23.	Dr Harpreet Kaur Oberoi Nutritionist (Forage)	harpreetoberoi@pau.edu 9988032271
24.	Dr Inderjit Singh Principal Pulse Breeder	inderjitpb@pau.edu 8283800981
25.	Dr Indu Rialch Oilseed Breeder	indudehal@pau.edu +91-7814834178
26.	Dr J S Lore Principal Plant Pathologist (Rice)	jagjeetsingh-pbg@pau.edu 91-9646952406
27.	Dr Jasmeet Kaur Oilseed Breeder	jasmeetmann22-coapbg@pau.edu 7888522956
28.	Dr (Mrs) Jaspal Kaur Principal Plant Pathologist	jassu75@pau.edu 9779129665
29.	Dr Jawala Jindal Sr. Entomologist (Maize)	jawalajindal@pau.edu +91-9988401521
30.	Dr Jayesh Singh Principal Agronomist (Wheat)	jayesh_singh@pau.edu +91-9876737802
31.	Dr (Mrs) Jyoti Jain Plant Pathologist (Rice)	jyotijain-pbg@pau.edu +91-9872522880
32.	Dr Lenika Kashyap Analyst (Wheat)	lenika27@pau.edu 9463250932
33.	Dr Mahesh Kumar Principal Agronomist (Maize)	maheshkumarvats@pau.edu +91-9478627910
34.	Mrs Maninder Kaur Agronomist (Wheat)	mkrandhawa@pau.edu 09815098390
35.	Dr Maninder Kaur Agronomist (Forage)	manindersindhu@pau.edu 8607754264
36.	Dr Meenakshi Goyal Biochemist (Forages)	meenakshigoyal@pau.edu 92161-76800
37.	Dr Meenakshi Mittal Oilseed Breeder	meenakshimittal@pau.edu 9646516112
38.	Dr Mehak Gupta Asst. Professor (Cytogenetics)	mehakgupta@pau.edu 8288803058
39.	Dr Navjot Kaur Dhillon Plant Breeder	dhillon.navjot@gmail.com@pau.edu 8360943171
40.	Dr Navjot Sidhu Rice Breeder	navjotsidhu-pbg@pau.edu 91-9914714690
41.	Dr Neemisha Assistant Microbiologist (Soil Science)	neemisha14@pau.edu +91-8427390448
42.	Dr (Mrs) Neerja Sharma Principal Biochemist (Rice)	neerjasharma@pau.edu +91-9417990014
43.	Dr Nida Yousuf Maize Breeder	nidayousuf@pau.edu 7006131925
44.	Dr Opinder Singh Sandhu Scientist (Soils)	ossandhu@pau.edu 09888460091
45.	Dr P.S. Sandhu Principal Plant Pathologist (Oilseed)	prabhsandhu@pau.edu 98555-19676
46.	Dr Pankaj Sharma Plant Pathologist (Sunflower)	pankajsharma@pau.edu 9478949206
47.	Dr Parul Sharma Pulse Breeder	sharmaparul023@pau.edu 9816225882
48.	Dr Preetinder Singh Sarao Principal Entomologist (Rice)	preetento@pau.edu 98720-06248
49.	Dr Pritpal Singh Principal Statistician	pritpal@pau.edu 98881-52783
50.	Dr Puja Srivastava Sr. Wheat Breeder	pujasrivastava@pau.edu +91-9041311227
51.	Dr Pushp Sharma Principal Physiologist (Oilseeds)	pushp20@pau.edu 9915044881
52.	Dr R. S. Sohu Principal Forage Breeder	rssohu@pau.edu 09876743898
53.	Dr Rahul Kapoor Sr. Forage Breeder	rahulkapoor@pau.edu 98155-85599
54.	Dr (Mrs) Ranjit Kaur Gill Principal Plant Breeder (Potential Crops)	rkgillpbg@pau.edu 8146800575
55.	Dr Ranjit Singh Assistant Professor (LPT)	ranjitsingh7319@pau.edu 9463354522
56.	Dr Ranvir Singh Gill Principal Rice Breeder	ranvirgillz@pau.edu 098883-10070
57.	Dr Ravi Prakash Pal Scientist (Animal Science)	raviprakashpal@pau.edu 07404642443
58.	Dr Ravinder Singh Principal Entomologist (Pulses)	ravindergurwara@pau.edu 97800-29107
59.	Dr Ravinder Singh Chandi Senior Entomology	schandi@pau.edu 8146039400
60.	Dr Renu Khanna Rice Breeder	renukhanna-pbg@pau.edu 9855552034
61.	Dr Ritu Bala Plant Pathologist (Wheat)	rituraje2010@pau.edu +91-98557-04774
62.	Dr Ruchika Bhardwaj Millets Breeder	ruchipau@gmail.com@pau.edu 8727044194
63.	Dr Rumesh Ranjan Maize Breeder	rumeshranjan@pau.edu 7838175992
64.	Dr (Mrs) Rupinder Kaur Principal Rice Breeder	kaurrupinder-pbg@pau.edu 81465-60105
65.	Dr (Mrs) S.K. Dhillon Professor (Plant Breeding)	sklb-pbg@pau.edu 94173-18173
66.	Dr Sanjula Sharma Biochemist (Oilseed)	drsanjula@pau.edu 8968543848
67.	Dr Sarwan Kumar Sr. Entomologist (Oilseed)	sarwanent@pau.edu +91-99881-51555
68.	Dr Satinder Singh Plant Breeder	satinder-pbg@pau.edu 9501660915
69.	Dr Shayla Bindra Pulse Breeder	shaylabindra@pau.edu 0 94188-77813
70.	Dr (Mrs) Shelly Nayyar Dhaliwal Agronomist (Sunflower)	shelly@pau.edu 9464879346
71.	Dr Simarjit Kaur Breeder (Barley)	simarjitpau@pau.edu 8198050999
72.	Dr Surinder K Sandhu Principal Maize Breeder	surindersandhu@pau.edu +91-8146238432
73.	Dr Suruchi Vij Pulse Breeder	suruchi09@pau.edu 9888961400
74.	Dr Tosh Garg Maize Breeder	gargtosh@pau.edu 91 9041504496
75.	Dr (Mrs) Upasana Rani Principal Plant Pathologist (Pulses)	upasanarani@pau.edu 94637-53509
76.	Dr Usha Nara Plant Breeder	ushanara@pau.edu +91-9991992578
77.	Dr Vineeta Kaila Sunflower Breeder	vineetakaila@pau.edu +91-8427564490
78.	Dr Virender Sardana Principal Agronomist (Oilseeds)	virsardana@pau.edu 09463747125
79.	Dr Virinder Singh Sohu Principal Wheat Breeder	sohuvs@pau.edu +91-9876134373

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Faculty Distinctions

Eminent Breeders Recipient of Prestigious International & National Awards & Coveted Positions

Recipients of Prestigious International Awards
S.No.	Name	Award	Period
1	Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush	Japan Prize	1987
		International Service in Agronomy Award (American Soc. Agronomy)	1989
		World Food Prize	1996
		Rank Prize (United Kingdom)	1998
		Wolf Prize (Israel)	2000
		Golden Sickle Award (Thailand)	2007
		Mahathir Science Award (Malaysia)	2009
Recipients of Prestigious Awards
S.No.	Name	Award	Period
1	Dr. Dilbagh Singh Athwal	Padma Bhushan	1975
2	Dr. Khem Singh Gill		1992
3	Dr. Ram Badan Singh		2003
4	Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush	Padma Shri	2000
5	Dr. Sant Singh Virmani		2008
6	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon		2019
Recipients of National and State Awards
S.No.	Name	Award	Period
1	Dr. Khem Singh Gill	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Award	1972-73
2	Dr. Amarjit Singh Khehra,		1986-87
3	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon		1986-87
4	Dr. Vijay Kumar Saxena		1986-87
5	Dr. G.S. Nanda		1999-2000
6	Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush	Dr. K. Ramaiah Award (NAAS)	1997
7	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon	Joginder Singh Memorial Award	1997-98
8	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon	NAAS Recognition Award (Plant Improvement)	2003
9	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon	Om Parkash Bhasin Award	2006
10	Dr. G.S.Nanda	Punjab Sarkar Parman Pattar	2001
11	Dr. Sadhu Singh Malhi		2003
12	Dr. R.K.Gumber		2012
13	Dr. Jagir Singh Sidhu	Jawahar Lal Nehru Award (ICAR)	1982
14	Dr. S.K.Sandhu		1995
15	Dr. Gurjit Singh Mangat		2001
16	Dr Mehak Gupta		2017
Vice -Chancellors
S.No.	Name	University	Period
1	Dr. Sukhdev Singh	Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana	1979-1981 1981-1989
2	Dr. Khem Singh Gill	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana	1990-1993
3	Dr. Amarjit Singh Khehra	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana	1994-1997
4	Dr. Ved Paul Gupta	Rajendra Agricultural University, Samastipur	1999-2002
5	Dr. Jai Rup Singh	Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar Central University of Punjab, Bathinda	2006-2009 2009-2014
6	Dr. Manjit Singh Kang	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana	2007-2011
7	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon	Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana	2011 to date
8	Dr. Nachattar Singh Malhi	Guru Kashi University, Talwandi Sabo	2013-2017
9	Dr. Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal	Eternal University, Baru Sahib	2013 to date
10	Dr Jeet Singh Sandhu	Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Faizabad (UP)	2017 to date
Coveted Positions at International & National Organizations
S.No.	Name	University	Period
1	Dr. Dilbagh Singh Atwal	Deputy Director General, IRRI, Philipines Director Technical Cooperation, Winrock International Institute of Agricultural Development, Morrilton, USA	1972-1977 1981-1985
2	Dr. Sukhdev Singh	Deputy Director General (Crop Sciences), ICAR	1974
3	Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu	Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR	2015-2016
4	Dr Ashwani Kumar	Director General, ICFRE	2014 to date
5	Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu	Agriculture Commissioner, GOI	2013-2015
6	Dr. Akshay Kumar Gupta	Director, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur	1992-1997
7	Dr. Ram Badan Singh	Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi	1995-1999
8	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon	Director, National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, New Delhi	2000-2005
9	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon	ADG (Crop Sciences), ICAR	1998-2000
10	Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu	ADG (Seed), ICAR	2010-2013
11	Dr. Pawan Kumar Agarwal	ADG (NFBSFARA), ICAR	2014 to date
ICAR National Professors
S.No.	Name	University	Period
1	Dr. Surinder Singh Banga	Plant Breeding & Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana	2010 to date
Fellows, National Academy of Agricultural Sciences
S.No.	Name	Discipline	Period
1	Dr. Gurdev Singh Khush	Crop Sciences	1991
2	Dr. Khem Singh Gill		1991
3	Dr. Amarjit Singh Khehra		1992
4	Dr. Dilbagh Singh Athwal		1992
5	Dr. Ved Pal Gupta		1992
6	Dr. Daljit Singh Virk		1993
7	Dr. Harcharan Singh Dhaliwal		1993
8	Dr. Sant Singh Virmani		1995
9	Dr. Govinder Singh Nanda		1997
10	Dr. Baldev Singh Dhillon		1999
11	Dr. Surinder Singh Banga		2005
11	Dr. Darshan Singh Brar		2006
12	Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu		2013

Fellowships Monsanto Beachell Borlaug International Fellowship

Mrs Amandeep Sandhu (2009)
Mr Dharminder Bhatia (2010)
Mrs Amandeep Kaur (2012)

Australian Endeavour Fellowship

Dr Chhaya Atri (2008)
Dr P S Sandhu (2009)
Dr Surinder Sandhu (2010)
Dr Virender Sardana (2010)
Dr Ranvir Singh Gill (2011)
Dr. Sarwan Kumar (2018)

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Important Achievements

Wheat Varieties

PBW 826
Year of Release	2022
Parentage	WBLL12/KKTS//PASTOR/KUKUNA/3/KINGBIRD#1//INQALAB 912/TUKURU/5/KAUZ// ALTAR 84/AOS/3/MILAN/KAUZ/4/SAUAL
Agronomic condition	Timely sown irrigated conditions North Western Plains Zone comprising states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (excluding Kota and Udaipur division), Western Uttar Pradesh (except Jhansi division), Jammu and Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir, Paonta Valley and Una district of Himachal Pradesh and Tarai region of Uttarakhand under timely sown irrigated conditions & North Eastern Plains Zone comprising states of Eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam and plains of NE States
Salient Features	Ranked first for three consecutive years in breeding trials at NWPZ Bold grain with high 1000 grain weight High hectoliter weight Average plant height: 100 cm Days to maturity: 148 days Average grain yield: 24.0 q/acre
PBW 869
Year of Release	2021
Pedigree	QUAIU #1//2*WHEAR/KRONSTAD F2004
Agro climatic conditions	Timely sown irrigated conditions in Punjab (for sowing with Happy Seeder / super seeder under in situ rice residue retained conditions)
Salient Features	First variety in Punjab for sowing with Happy Seeder / super seeder Average plant height: 101 cm Days to maturity: 158 High 1000 grain weight Average grain yield: 23.2 q/acre Seed rate: 45 Kg seed / acre
PBW 824
Year of Release	2021
Parentage	WAXWING//INQALAB912/KUKUNA/3/WBLL12/TUKURU/8/2NG8201/KAUZ/4/SHA7//PRL/VEE#6/3/FASAN/5/MILAN/KAUZ/6/ACHYUTA/7/PBW3432/KUKUNA
Agronomic condition	Timely sown irrigated conditions in Punjab
Salient Features	Average plant height 104 cm Days to maturity 156 days Average grain yield 23.3 q/acre
PBW 803
Year of Release	2021
Parentage	BWL0762/PBW621//HD3086
Agronomic condition	Timely sown irrigated conditions South Western Region of Punjab State
Salient Features	Average plant height 100 cm Days to maturity 151 days Average grain yield 22.7 q/acre
Sunehri (PBW 766)
Year of Release	2020
Pedigree	NAC/TH.AC//3PVN/3/MIRLO/BUC/4/2PASTOR/5/ KACHU/6/KACHU
Agro climatic conditions	Timely sown irrigated conditions in Punjab
Salient Features	Average plant height: 106 cm Days to maturity: 155 Average yield: 23.1 q/acre
PBW 1 Chapati
Year of Release	2020
Pedigree	WL711- Ae. ovata/CS(S)//WL711 NN/3/3*PBW 175
Agro climatic conditions	Timely sown irrigated conditions in Punjab
Salient Features	PBW1 chapati is premium chapati quality wheat variety especially developed for chapati making and suitable for Indian cooking. It possesses bold grains with 12.13% protein content. Its chapati making quality is comparable to ‘desi wheats’, known for sweet and soft chapati. Chapati made from it is whitish in color, sweet in taste and remains soft even after hours of cooking with good palatability. Average plant height: 103 cm Days to maturity: 154 Average yield: 17.2 q/acre
PBW 771
Year of Release	2020
Pedigree	BW9246/2*DBW17
Agro climatic conditions	Late sown irrigated conditions in North Western Plains Zone comprising states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (excluding Kota and Udaipur division), Western Uttar Pradesh (except Jhansi division), Jammu and Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir, Paonta Valley and Una district of Himachal Pradesh and Tarai region of Uttarakhand under timely sown irrigated conditions
Salient Features	Average plant height: 80 cm Days to maturity: 133 Resistant to yellow and brown rust Average yield: 19.0 q/acre
Unnat PBW 343
Year of Release	2017
Parentage	PBW 343/Tc+Lr37//3PBW 343/4/WH 890-Ae.umb.3732 amph./CS(S)//WL 711NN/3/3PBW 343
Agronomic condition	Timely sown irrigated conditions in Punjab. Also released and notified for the entire North Western Plains Zone of India comprising states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (excluding Kota and Udaipur division), Western Uttar Pradesh (except Jhansi division), Jammu and Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir, Paonta Valley and Una district of Himachal Pradesh and Tarai region of Uttarakhand
Salient Features	Unnat PBW 343 is a gene introgressed rust resistant version of mega-variety PBW 343 Carries five rust resistance genes at two loci- Yr17/Lr37/Sr38 from Triticum ventricosum (syn. Aegilops ventricosa) on chromosome 2AL and Yr40/Lr57 (or its allelic variants Yr70/Lr76 as shown by recent research) from Aegilops umbellulata on chromosome 5DS First wheat variety developed through MABB (Marker Assisted Backcross Breeding) released and notified at National Level for North Western Plains Zone including Punjab Average plant height: 100 cm Days to maturity: 155 days Average grain yield: 23.2 q/acre
Unnat PBW 550
Year of Release	2017
Pedigree	PBW 550//Yr15/6Avocet/3/2PBW 550
Agro climatic conditions	Timely sown irrigated conditions in Punjab
Salient Features	A gene introgressed rust resistant version of popular variety PBW 550 Medium duration variety suitable for mid-late planting Average plant height: 86 cm Days to maturity: 145 Resistant to yellow and brown rust Average grain yield: 23.0 q/acre
PBW 1 Zn
Year of Release	2017
Pedigree	T. dicoccon CI9309/Ae. squarrosa (409)/3/ MILAN/S87230//BAV92/4/2* MILAN/S87230//BAV92
Agro climatic conditions	Timely sown irrigated conditions in Punjab. Also released and notified for the entire North Western Plains Zone of India comprising states of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (excluding Kota and Udaipur division), Western Uttar Pradesh (except Jhansi division), Jammu and Kathua district of Jammu & Kashmir, Paonta Valley and Una district of Himachal Pradesh and Tarai region of Uttarakhand
Salient Features	First bio-fortified wheat variety (with high grain zinc concentration) released and notified at national level for North Western Plains Zone of India (including Punjab) Average plant height: 103 cm Days to maturity: 151 Resistant to yellow and brown rust Average grain yield: 22.5 q/acre

Rice Varieties

PR 130
Parentage	PAU 3842-62-5-1/ HKR 47
Year of release	2022
Days to maturity	135
Avg Paddy Yield (kg/ha)	7500
Salient features	Long slender grains resistant to all the pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen prevalent in Punjab state
PR 131
Parentage	PR121/IR 84678-25-5-B
Year of release	2022
Days to maturity	140
Avg Paddy Yield (kg/ha)	7750
Salient features	Long slender grains resistant to all the pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen prevalent in Punjab state
Punjab Basmati 7
Parentage	Bas 386/IET 17948//Bas 386*2///PB 1121
Year of release	2021
Days to maturity	131
Avg Paddy Yield (kg/ha)	4750
Salient features	It is resistant to all the ten pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen presently prevalent in the State. High yield excellent cooking quality Strong aroma
PR 128
Parentage	PAU 201/PAU 3699-13-2-3-1//PAU 201
Year of release	2020
Days to maturity	141
Avg Paddy Yield (kg/ha)	7625
Salient features	Long slender grains resistant to all the pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen prevalent in Punjab state
PR 129
Parentage	PAU 201/PAU 3699-13-2-3-1//PAU 201
Year of release	2020
Days to maturity	138
Avg Paddy Yield (kg/ha)	7500
Salient features	Long slender grains resistant to all the pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen prevalent in Punjab state
PR 127
Parentage	Pusa44/O.glaberrima (102 600 b)// Pusa 44*3
Year of release	2018
Days to maturity	137
Avg Paddy Yield (kg/ha)	7500
Salient features	Long slender grains resistant to all the pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen prevalent in Punjab state
Punjab Basmati 5
Parentage	Basmati 386/IET 17948//Basmati 386*²///Pusa Basmati 1121
Year of release	2017
Agro climatic conditions	Low land irrigated rice ecosystem. It is recommended for Basmati growing areas of the Punjab state.
Salient features	Its' average plant height is 112 cm and matures in 137 days. It possesses extra-long slender grains with excellent cooking and eating quality characteristics. The grains are non-sticky and highly aromatic. It resists the attack of all the 10 presently prevalent pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen. Average paddy yield: 15.0 q/acre
Punjab Basmati 4
Parentage	Basmati 370/IET 17948//Basmati 370*²///Pusa Basmati 1121
Year of release	2017
Agro climatic conditions	Low land irrigated rice ecosystem. It is recommended for Basmati growing areas of the Punjab state.
Salient features	Its' average plant height is 96 cm and matures in 146 days. It possesses extra-long slender grains with excellent cooking and eating quality characteristics. The grains are non-sticky and highly aromatic. It resists the attack of all the 10 presently prevalent pathotypes of bacterial blight pathogen. Average paddy yield: 17.0 q/acre

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Current Projects

R&E Schemes 2022-23
Sr. No.	Type of project	Name of the scheme	Duration	Sponsoring Agency	Scientists involved
1	State Funded	Establishment of Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, R&E-4 (A) (PC-1025.1)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. S. K Dhillon
		Establishment of Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, R&E-4 (B) (PC-1025.2)			Dr. Pritpal Singh
		Establishment of Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, R&E-4 (C) (PC-1025.3)
2	State Funded	Improvement of Forage Crops Deptt. of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana R&E-43 (PC-1026.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. R.S. Sohu
3	State Funded	Quality Breeding in cereals and Pulses, R&E-44 (PC-1027.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State
4	State Funded	Facilities for off-season growing of breeding material of various crops in Lahaul Valley and Southern India, R&E-45 (PC-1028.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. Puja Srivastva
5	State Funded	Breeding Maize for high yield and stress tolerance for cultivation in different seasons, R&E-46 (PC-1029.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. Surinder Sandhu
6	State Funded	Breeding Pulse Crop for high yield, quality and stability of performance, R&E-47 (PC-1030.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. Ajinder Kaur
7	State Funded	Genetics of resistance to insect pests and diseases and identification of genes in crop plants, R&E-49 (PC-1032.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. Jaspal Kaur
8	State Funded	Breeding Cotton for productivity, fiber quality and stability of performance, R&E-50B (PC-1033.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. Dharminder Pathak
9	State Funded	Breeding Cotton for productivity, fiber quality and stability of performance, R&E-50C (PC-1033.3)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State
10	State Funded	Breeding Rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati) for high yield, quality & stability of performance, R&E-51(PC-1034.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. Ranvir Sigh Gill
11	State Funded	Breeding bread & durum wheat for high yield, quality and resistance to diseases in different agro-climates, R&E-52 (PC-1035.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr. V.S. Sohu
12	State Funded	Breeding Oilseeds for productivity, quality and stability of performance, R&E-53B (PC-1036.2)	Continuous Nature	Punjab State	Dr Varinder Sardana
13		Breeding Oilseeds for productivity, quality and stability of performance, R&E-53C (PC-1036.3)
AICAR Schemes 2022-23
Sr. No.	Type of project	Name of the scheme	Duration	Sponsoring Agency	Scientists involved
1	AICRP	All India Coordinated Wheat Improvement Project, ICAR-2 (PC-2002)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr.Achla Sharma
2	AICRP	All India Coordinated Pearl Millet Improvement Project, ICAR-3 (PC-2003)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj
3	AICRP	All India Coordinated Maize Improvement Project, ICAR-4 (PC-2004)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Surinder Sandhu
4	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project on Oilseed Research for rapeseed Mustard, ICAR-5 (PC-2005)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Varinder Sardana
5	AICRP	AICRP for the intensification of Research on the Improvement of Pulses-Chickpea, ICAR-7 (PC-2007)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Poonam Sharma
6	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project on Mullarp, ICAR-8 (PC-2008)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Guriqbal Singh
7	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean, ICAR-9 (PC-2009)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. B.S Gill
8	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage crops, ICAR-10 (PC-2010)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Rahul Kapoor
9	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project Network on potential crops, ICAR-11 (PC-2011)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Ranjit Kaur Gill
10	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project on Sunflower, ICAR-12 (PC-2012)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Pankaj Sharma
11	AICRP	All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project, ICAR-15 (PC-2015)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Rupinder Kaur
12	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project on Pigeonpea, ICAR-16 (PC-2016)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Gaurav Kumar Taggar
13	AICRP	Seed Technology Research Under NSP ICAR-18 (PC-2018)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr.Inderpreet Dhaliwal
14	AICRP	All India Coordinated Research Project on Sorghum, ICAR-44 (PC-2344)	Continuous Nature	75% ICAR 25% State	Dr. Davinder Pal Singh
Ad-hoc ICAR Schemes 2022-23
Sr. No.	Type of project	Name of the scheme	Duration	sponsoring Agency	Scientists involved
1	Competitive	Consortia for Research Platform (CRP) on Molecular breeding for improvement of tolerance to biotic stresses, yield and quality traits in crop-Mustard, ICAR-75 (PC-2342)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur
2	Competitive	Consortia for Research Platform (CRP) on Molecular Breeding for improvement of tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, yield and quality traits in crops- Chickpea, ICAR-76 (PC-2343)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. Shayla Bindra
3	Competitive	Consortia for Research Platform (CRP) on Molecular breeding for improvement of tolerance to biotic stresses, yield and quality traits in crop-Wheat, ICAR-77 (PC-2347)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. Achala Sharma
4	Competitive	Hybrid technology for higher productivity in the selected field and horticultural crops (Pigeonpea-Component), ICAR-78 (PC-2341)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr Inderjit Singh, Sr. Breeder
5	Competitive	Consortia for Research Platform (CRP) on Hybrid technology for high productivity in selected field and horticultural crops-Wheat, ICAR-79 (PC-2345)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. Poonam Sharma
6	Competitive	Consortia for Research Platform (CRP) on Hybrids Technology for higher productivity in selected filed and horticultural crops-Rice, ICAR-80 (PC-2346)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. Rupinder Kaur
7	Competitive	Consortia for Research Platform (CRP) on Hybrid technology for high productivity in selected field and horticultural crops-Mustard, ICAR-81 (PC-2350)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. Chhaya Attari
8	Competitive	Molecular genetic analysis of resistance/tolerance to different stress in Rice, Wheat, Chickpea and Mustard including sheath blight complex genomics-Componen: Chickpea, ICAR-73 (PC-2328)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. Inderjit Singh
9	Competitive	Consortia for Research Platform (CRP) in ‘Biofortification in selected crops for nutritional security – Wheat’ ICAR-89 (PC-2306)	2015-16 to 2023-24	ICAR	Dr. V.S. Sohu
10	Others	Contingency grant for the conduct of experiments on nutrient management through nano-fertilizers, ICAR-92 (PC-2621)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal
11	Others	Contingency grant for conduct of AICRP trials of wheat Rauni Centre, ICAR-93 (PC-2596)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. V.S. Sohu
12	Others	Characterization and evaluation of wild species and inter-specific derivatives of chickpea-Component III (NBPGR), ICAR-114 (PC-2627)	Upto 31.03.2026	ICAR	Dr. Shayla Bindra
13	Others	Evaluation of wheat germplasm under CRP on Agro-biodiversity PGR management component-II, ICAR-113 (PC-2300)	Continuous Nature	ICAR	Dr. Achala Sharma
14	Others	Marker assisting stacking to yellow mosaic disease and broadening the genetic base of soybean resistance null kunitz trypsin inhibitor, null lipoxygenase-2 genes, ICAR-124 (PC-2641)	3 Years Upto 31.07.2025	NASF	Dr. B.S Gill
15	Others	Consortium Research Platform on Agro Biodiversity Maize (CRPAB), ICAR-125 (PC-2632)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Harleen Kaur
16	Others	Conduct of trials under All India Co-ordinated Rice Improvement programme, ICAR-127 (PC-2435)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. B.S Gill
17	Others	All India Coordinated Research Project on Groundnut (Voluntary Centre, PAU, Ludhiana) ICAR-134 (PC-2132)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Pankaj Sharma
18	Others	Front Line Demonstration on Production Potential of Oilseeds Crops- Soybean, ICAR-160 (PC-2126)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Pankaj Sharma
19	Others	Revival of Sunflower cultivation, (Edible Oil-Oilseeds) (Krishionnati Yojna) ICAR-176 (PC-2664)	3 Years Upto 06.10.2025	ICAR	Dr. Vineeta Kaila
20	Others	Implementation of Frontline demonstration on coarse cereals under NFSM-Coarse Cereals, ICAR-175 (PC-2403)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. R.S Sohu
21	Others	Identification and characterization of fungal effectors and host factors in rice- false smut pathosystem, ICAR-177 (PC-2665)	3 Year Upto 31.08.2025	NASF	Dr. Jagjeet Lore
22	Others	Evaluation of Maize hybrids during Kharif Season, ICAR-180 (PC-2438)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Surinder Sandhu
23	Others	CRP on Agro-diversity Lentil Project, ICAR-182 (PC-2667)	5 Year Upto 31.03.2027	ICAR	Dr. Asmita Sirahi
24	Others	Evaluation of Brassica for Sclerotinia rot and Orobranche under CRP on Agrobiodiversity”, ICAR-184 (PC-2668)	4 Year Upto 14.11.2026	NBPGR	Dr.P.S Sandhu
25	Others	Frontline Demonstration on Maize, ICAR-185 (PC-2098)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Jawala Jindal
26	Others	Evaluation of entries from private sector under AICRP-RM, ICAR-192 (PC-2675)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Varinder Sardana
27	Others	Pre-breeding for introgression of desirable traits from wild species to cultivated pigeonpea, ICAR-195 (PC-2488)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Inderjit Singh
28	Others	Front Line Demonstration on Chickpea, ICAR-196 (PC-2188)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Poonam Sharma
	Others	Front Line Demonstration on MULLaRP, ICAR-202 (PC-2183)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Guriqbal Singh
	Others	Conducting Trials on Soybean in Microbiology Pathology and Entomology, ICAR-204 (PC-2121)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. B.S Gill
	Others	Front Line Demonstration on Pigeonpea, ICAR-203 (PC-2181)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Gaurav Kumar Taggar
	Others	Frontline Demonstration on Oilseeds Sunflower” ICAR-205(PC-2137)	One Year	ICAR	Dr. Pankaj Sharma
Misc. (FC) Schemes 2022-23
Sr. No.	Type of project	Name of the scheme	Duration	Sponsoring Agency	Scientists involved
1	Others	Harvest Plus Zinc fertilizer project, Use of Zinc containing fertilizers for enriching cereal grains with zinc and improving yield in different countries, Misc.(FC)-1 (PC-5512)	2009-10 to 2022-23	Harvest Plus through Sabanci University Turkey	Dr. Hari Ram
2	Others	Direct Seeded Rice Consortium, Misc. (FC-2) (PC-5540)	2019-20 to 31.12.2023	International Rice Research Institute, Philippines	Dr Butta Sigh
3	Others	Genetic transformation of PAP 1 gene in American cotton accessions cokes 312 and PAU Bt1 for developing coloured, Misc(FC)-3 (PC-5539)	Five Years Upto 31.03.2024	Nippon Steel Trading Company Ltd. Japan	Dr. Dharminder pathak
4	Others	Climate Smart Management Practices (C-2021-148), Misc (FC)-4 (PC-5545)	2021-22 to 31.03.2024	International Rice Research Institute, Philippines	Dr. Buta Singh
5	Others	Towards effective genetic and sustainable management of Ascochyta blight of chickpea- Misc (FC)-6 (PC-5544)	Three Years	GRDC, Australia (donor) ICARDA, New Delhi	Dr. Upasana Rani
6	Others	Accelerating Genetics Gains in Maize and Wheat for improved livelihoods (AGG)m Misc. (FC)-8 (PC-5543)	Three Years	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through CIMMYT, Mexico	Dr. V.S Sohu
7	Others	Insect pest and disease forecasting and decision support system (under project new rice varieties), Misc. (FC)-9 (PC-5536)	Upto 31.03.2023	International Rice Research Institute IRRI, Philipines	Dr. Jagjit Singh, Lore
8	Others	Accelerating the mainstreaming of elevated Zinc in global wheat breeding: a fluoride in the wheat' approach to nutrition, Misc.-(FC)-10 (PC-5546)	Three Years	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation through CIMMYT, Mexico	Dr. V. S. Sohu
9	Others	HarvestPlus Challenge Program Phase IV Agreement # 6408 research project, “Biofortified wheat for improved human nutrition, Misc. (FC)-7 (PC-5511)	2009-10 to 2022-23	Harvest plus through CIAT, Columbia & IFPRI, USA	Dr. V.S.Sohu
10	Others	AGGRI Alliance (One IRRI Breeding Network-DELS – I) Misc. (FC-11) (PC-5548)	Two Years	ICAR-IRRI	Dr. R.S Gill
Misc. Schemes 2022-23
Sr. No.	Type of project	Name of the scheme	Duration	sponsoring Agency	Scientists involved
1	Others	Evaluation of rice hybrids Misc.-44 (PC-4086)	2012 to 31.03.2024	Private Seeds Company	Dr. B.S Gill
2	Others	Evaluation of Bt maize hybrids during Kharif Season, Misc-45 (PC-4743)	2018-19 to 31.03.24	Private Seeds Company	Dr. Surinder Sandhu
3	Others	Evaluation of Maize hybrids developed by private sector during Kharif 2018, Misc.-46 (PC-4819)	2019-20 to 31.03.24	Private Seeds Company	Dr. Surinder Sandhu
4	Others	Evaluation of corn hybrid, Misc-47 (PC-4992)	2020-21 to 31.03.24	Private Seeds Company	Dr. Surinder Sandhu
5	Others	Evaluation of GEAC recommend Bt. Cotton hynrids in North India during kharif 2021-22, Misc-102 (PC-5068)		Private Seeds Company	Dr. Dharminder Pathak
6	Others	Field screening of summer mungbean against thrips AVRDC WVC ICRISAT, Misc-138 (PC-5065)	2022-23 to 2023-24	AVRDC WVC ICRISAT	Dr. Gaurav Kumar Taggar
7	Others	Evaluation of Maize hybrids for forage purpose, Misc-144 (PC-5049)	2022-23	Private Seeds Company	Dr. R.S Sohu
8	Others	Evaluation of Mungbean varieties, Misc-163 (PC-5192)	2022-23	Private Seeds Company	Dr. R.K Gill
9	Others	Multilocation testing of Sorghum and Pigeonpea, Misc-168 (PC-5134)	2022-23	Private Seeds Company	Dr. R.S Sohu
10	Others	Evaluation of hybrids under direct seeded rice, Misc-185 (PC-5205)	2022 to 31.03.24	Private Seeds Company	Dr. Butta Singh
11	Others	Evaluation of Neonix 20 FS on groundnut, Misc-218 (PC-5084)	2022-23	Private Seeds Company	Dr. Prabjodh Singh Sandhu
CSS 2022-23
Sr. No.	Type of project	Name of the scheme	Duration	Sponsoring Agency	Scientists involved
1		DST-ICRISART Centre of Excellence on Climate Change Research for Plant Protection (CoE-CCRPP): Pest and disease management for climate change adaption, CSS-20 (PC-6268)	2018-19 to 31.03.2023	DST-ICRISART Hyderabad	Dr. Asmita Sirari
2		Genetic Enhancement of Minor Pulses: Characterization, Evaluation, Genetic Enhancement and Generation of Genomic Resources for Accelerated Utilization and Improvement of Minor Pulses: CSS-21 (PC-6287)	24.10.2018 to1 23.04.2023	DBT	Dr. Ranjit Kaur Gill
3		Tracing B Genome introgressions in brassica napus through M-FISH and genotyping by sequencing” under SERB Women Excellence Award, CSS-22 (PC-6299)	20.05.2019 to 19.05.2022	SERB	Dr Mehak Gupta
4		Germplasm Characterization and Trait Discovery in Wheat using Genomics Approaches and its Integration for Improving Climate Resilience, Productivity and Nutritional Quality, CSS-23 (PC-6325)	29.02.2020 to 28.02.25	NBPGR	Dr. V.S Sohu
5		Mainstreaming sesame germplasm for productivity enhancement and sustainability through genomics-assisted core development and trait discovery, CSS-24 (PC-6328)	29.02.2020 to 28.02.2025	DBT	Dr. Pankaj Sharma
6		Mainstreaming rice landraces diversity in varietal development through genomic predictions: A model for large-scale utilization of gene bank collections of rice, CSS-25 (PC-6329)	05.03.2020 to 04.03.2025	DBT	Dr. G.S. Mangat
7		Introgression Breeding for Transfer of Aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi L.) Resistance from Aegilops tauschii, the D Genome Donor of Wheat, CSS-26 (PC-6323)	31.01.2020 to 02.07.2023	DBT	Dr. Beant Singh
8		Exploiting Genetic Diversity for Improvement of Safflower through Genomics-Assisted Discovery of QTLs/Genes Associated with Agronomic Traits, CSS-27 (PC-6327)	29.02.2020 to 28.02.2025	DBT	Dr. Pankaj Sharma
9		Characterization of Chickpea Germplasm Resource to Accelerate Genomics-assisted Crop Improvement CSS-28 (PC 6335)	23.11.2020 to 22.11.2025	DBT	Dr. Inderjit Singh
10		Introgression and mapping of bruchid resistance from ricebean (Vigna umbellate) to mungbean (V. radiata), CSS-29 (PC-6341)	05.01.2021 to 04.01.2023	DBT	Dr. Pankaj Sharma
11		Marker-assisted stacking of genes associated with seed quality and aphid resistance in high-yielding mustard cultivars, CSS-30 (PC-6336)	29.12.2020 to 28.12.2023	DBT	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur
12		National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) (Life Science), CSS-31 (PC-6345)	24.02.2021 to 23.02.2023	SERB	Dr. Harjeevan Kaur
13		Genomics-Led improvement of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in mustard rape for economic and environmental sustainability, CSS-61 (PC-6279)	3 and Half Years Upto 29.09.2022	DBT	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur
14		DAE Raja Ramanna Fellow, CSS-60 (PC-6376)	Two Years	Dept of Atomic Energy	Dr. S.S Banga
15		Unravelling the diversity of R genes against yellow mosaic disease in Vigna, CSS-69 (PC-6368)	28.01.2022 to 27.01.2025	DBT	Dr. Asmita Sirari
16		Imparting Sheath blight disease tolerance in rice, CSS-75 (PC-6357)	08.09.2020 to 31.06.2023	DBT	Dr. J.S. Lore
18		Pyramiding genes for resistance to yellow mosaic disease and null kunitz trypsin inhibitor in two most popular soybean varieties through MAS, CSS-73 (PC 6330)	01.04.2020 to 16.01.2023	DBT	Dr. B.S Gill
19		Development of Haploid Inducer rice lines using CRISPR Cas9 gene editing system for high induction frequency, CSS-87 (PC-6385)	01.08.2022 to 31.07.2025	DBT	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia
20		DUS testing of Fababean CSS-98 (PC-6391)	27.12.2022 to 26.12.25	DBT	Dr. R.K Gill

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Important Publications

Kaur, H., Oberoi, H. K., Ganapathy, K. N., & Bhardwaj, R. (2023). Effect of popping and malting processing techniques on physiochemical, antinutrients and antioxidant properties of millets flour. Journal of Food Science and Technology, 1-15. (NAAS: 9.61)
Padhy, A. K., Sharma, A., Sharma, H., Srivastava, P., Singh, S., Kaur, P., Kaur J., Kaur S., Chhuneja P., & Bains, N. S. (2023). Combining high carotenoid, grain protein content and rust resistance in wheat for food and nutritional security. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 1075767. (NAAS: 10.60)
Rani, H., Bhardwaj, R. D., & Kaur, S. (2023). Understanding the influence of genotype and temperature on proteolytic activity in distinct barley genotypes. Journal of Food Science, 88(4), 1718-1730. (NAAS: 9.69)
Sharma, H., Singh, S., Shamshad, M., Padhy, A. K., Kaur, R., Kashyap, L., Srivastava, P., Mavi, G. S., Kaur, S., Sharma, A., Sohu, V.S., & Bains, N. S. (2023). Variability in iron, zinc, phytic acid and protein content in pre-breeding wheat germplasm under different water regimes. Plant Growth Regulation, 100(2), 531-543. (NAAS: 9.41)
Sharma, M., Lore, J. S., Kaur, A., & Sandhu, J. S. (2023). Transgenic rice expressing Trichoderma spp. endochitinase gene exhibits moderate resistance to sheath blight. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 153(1), 53-65. (NAAS: 8.71)
Bhardwaj, N. R., Atri, A., Banyal, D. K., Dhal, A., & Roy, A. K. (2022). Multi-location evaluation of fungicides for managing blast (Magnaporthe grisea) disease of forage pearl millet in India. Crop Protection, 159, 106019. (NAAS: 9.04)
Bhinder, G., Sharma, S., Kaur, H., Akhatar, J., Mittal, M., & Sandhu, S. (2022). Genomic regions associated with seed meal quality traits in Brassica napus germplasm. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 882766. (NAAS: 11.57)
Devgan, M., Gill, G. K., Praba, U. P., Singh, G., Garg, T., Karnatam, K. S., Kaur, A., & Vikal, Y. (2022). Biochemical and molecular characterization of sub-tropical maize germplasm for tocopherols. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis, 114, 104842. (NAAS: 10.56)
Kaur, M., Malik, D. P., Malhi, G. S., Sardana, V., Bolan, N. S., Lal, R., & Siddique, K. H. (2022). Rice residue management in the Indo-Gangetic Plains for climate and food security. A review. Agronomy for Sustainable Development, 42(5), 92. (NAAS: 13.83)
Padhy, A. K., Kaur, P., Singh, S., Kashyap, L., & Sharma, A. (2022). Colored wheat and derived products: key to global nutritional security. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 1-17. (NAAS: 17.18)
Palial, S., Kumar, S., Atri, C., Sharma, S., & Banga, S. S. (2022). Antixenosis and antibiosis mechanisms of resistance to turnip aphid, Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach) in Brassica juncea-fruticulosa introgression lines. Journal of Pest Science, 95(2), 749-760. (NAAS: 11.74)
Ram, H., Kaur, H., & Sikka, R. (2022). Need-based nitrogen management of wheat through use of green seeker and leaf color chart for enhancing grain yield and quality. Journal of Plant Nutrition, 45(17), 2655-2671. (NAAS: 8.28)
Ram, H., Singh, B., Kaur, M., Gupta, N., Kaur, J., & Singh, A. (2022). Combined use of foliar zinc fertilisation, thiamethoxam and propiconazole does not reduce their effectiveness for enriching zinc in wheat grains and controlling insects and disease. Crop and Pasture Science, 73(5), 427-436. (NAAS: 8.29)
Sandhu, N., Singh, J., Singh, G., Sethi, M., Singh, M. P., Pruthi, G., Raigar, O. P., Kaur, R., Sarao, P. S., Lore, J. S., Singh, U. M., Dixit, S., Sagare, D. B., Singh, S. P., Satturu, V., Singh, V. K., & Kumar, A. (2022). Development and validation of a novel core set of KASP markers for the traits improving grain yield and adaptability of rice under direct-seeded cultivation conditions. Genomics, 114(2), 110269. (NAAS: 11.74)
Singh, G., Kaur, N., Khanna, R., Kaur, R., Gudi, S., Kaur, R., Sidhu, N., Vikal. Y., & Mangat, G. S. (2022). 2Gs and plant architecture: breaking grain yield ceiling through breeding approaches for next wave of revolution in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Critical Reviews in Biotechnology, 1-24. (NAAS: 14.43)
Singh, H., Kaur, J., Bala, R., Srivastava, P., Sharma, A., Grover, G.,.. & Bains, N. S. (2022). Residual effect of defeated stripe rust resistance genes/QTLs in bread wheat against prevalent pathotypes of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici. Plos one, 17(4), e0266482. (NAAS: 9.24)
Upadhyay, P., Gupta, M., Sra, S. K., Sharda, R., Sharma, S., Sardana, V. K., Akhatar, J., & Kaur, G. (2022). Genome wide association studies for acid phosphatase activity at varying phosphorous levels in Brassica juncea L. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 1056028. (NAAS: 12.63)
Dhillon, B. S., Kumar, V., Sagwal, P., Kaur, N., Singh Mangat, G., & Singh, S. (2021). Seed priming with potassium nitrate and gibberellic acid enhances the performance of dry direct seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.) in north-western India. Agronomy, 11(5), 849. (NAAS: 9.69)
Gill, K. S., Kaur, G., Kaur, G., Kaur, J., Kaur Sra, S., Kaur, K., Gurpreet, K., Sharma, M., Bansal, M., Chhuneja, P., Banga, S.S., & Banga, S. S. (2021). Development and validation of kompetitive allele-specific PCR assays for erucic acid content in Indian mustard [Brassica juncea (L.) czern and coss.]. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 738805. (NAAS: 12.63)
Longmei, N., Gill, G. K., Zaidi, P. H., Kumar, R., Nair, S. K., Hindu, V., Vinayan, M. T., & Vikal, Y. (2021). Genome wide association mapping for heat tolerance in sub-tropical maize. BMC genomics, 22(1), 1-14. (NAAS: 9.59)
Sharma, A., Srivastava, P., Mavi, G. S., Kaur, S., Kaur, J., Bala, R., Singh, T.P., Sohu, V.S., Chhuneja, P., Bains, N. S. Singh, G. P. (2021). Resurrection of wheat cultivar PBW343 using marker-assisted gene pyramiding for rust resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 570408. (NAAS: 11.75)
Singh, J., Sharma, S., Kaur, A., Vikal, Y., Cheema, A. K., Bains, B. K., Kaur, Noorpreet Gill, G. K,, Malhotra, P. K., Kumar, A., Sharma, P., Muthusamy, V., Kaur, Amarjeet Chawla, J. S., & Hossain, F. (2021). Marker-assisted pyramiding of lycopene-ε-cyclase, β-carotene hydroxylase1 and opaque2 genes for development of biofortified maize hybrids. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 12642. (NAAS: 10.01)
Singh, S., Jighly, A., Sehgal, D., Burgueño, J., Joukhadar, R., Singh, S. K., Sharma, A., Vikram, P., Sansaloni, C. P., Govindan, V., Bhavani, S., Randhawa , M., Solis Moya, E., Singh, S., Pardo, N. Arif, M. A. R., aghari, K. A., Basandrai, D. , Shokat, S., Chaudhary, H. K., Saeed, N. A., Basandrai, A. K., Ledesma-Ramírez, L.,. Sohu , V. S., Muhammad Imtiaz, S. M., Ali, P., Wenzl, G. P., Singh, & Bains, N. S. (2021). Direct introgression of untapped diversity into elite wheat lines. Nature Food, 2(10), 819-827. (NAAS: 20.43)
Akhatar, J., Singh, M. P., Sharma, A., Kaur, H., Kaur, N., Sharma, S., Bharti, B., Sardana, V. K., & Banga, S. S. (2020). Association mapping of seed quality traits under varying conditions of nitrogen application in Brassica juncea L. Czern & Coss. Frontiers in Genetics, 11, 744. (NAAS: 10.77)
Dhillon, B. S., Uppal, R. S., & Goyal, M. (2020). Forage quality and productivity of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) as influenced by cutting management under staggered sowing in North-West India. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 66(9), 1244-1258. (NAAS: 8.25).
Mwathi, M. W., Gupta, M., Quezada-Martinez, D., Pradhan, A., Batley, J., & Mason, A. S. (2020). Fertile allohexaploid Brassica hybrids obtained from crosses between B. oleracea and B. juncea via ovule rescue and colchicine treatment of cuttings. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 140, 301-313. (NAAS: 8.00).
Vikal, Y., Kaur, A., Jindal, J., Kaur, K., Pathak, D., Garg, T., Ashanpreet, S., Pal, S.P., & Yadav, I. (2020). Identification of genomic regions associated with shoot fly resistance in maize and their syntenic relationships in the sorghum genome. Plos one, 15(6), e0234335. (NAAS: 9.24)
Atri, C., Akhatar, J., Gupta, M., Gupta, N., Goyal, A., Rana, K., Kaur, R., Mittal, M., Sharma, A., Singh, M. P., Sandhu, P.S., Barbetti, M. J., & Banga, S. S. (2019). Molecular and genetic analysis of defensive responses of Brassica juncea–B. fruticulosa introgression lines to Sclerotinia infection. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 17089. (NAAS: 10.12)
Blümmel, M., Updahyay, S. R., Gautam, N., Barma, N. C. D., Hakim, M. A., Hussain, M., ... & Joshi, A. K. (2019). Comparative assessment of food-fodder traits in a wide range of wheat germplasm for diverse biophysical target domains in South Asia. Field Crops Research, 236, 68-74. (NAAS: 9.13)
Goyal, M., & Kaur, R. (2019). Interactive effect of nitrogen nutrition, nitrate reduction and seasonal variation on oxalate synthesis in leaves of Napier-bajra hybrid (Pennisetum purpureum× P. glaucum). Crop and Pasture Science, 70(8), 669-675. (NAAS: 7.35)
Greenlon, A., Chang, P. L., Damtew, Z. M., Muleta, A., Carrasquilla-Garcia, N., Kim, D., Nguyen, H.P., Suryawanshi, V., Krieg, C.P., Yadav, S.K., Patel, J.S., Mukherjee, A., Udupa, S., Benjelloun, I., Thami-Alami, I., Yasin, M., Patil, B., Singh, S., Sarma, B.K., EJB von Wettberg, Kahraman, A., Bukun, B., Assefa, F., Tesfaye, K., Fikre, A. & Cook, D. R. (2019). Global-level population genomics reveals differential effects of geography and phylogeny on horizontal gene transfer in soil bacteria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(30), 15200-15209. (NAAS: 15.50)
Gupta, S., Akhatar, J., Kaur, P., Sharma, A., Sharma, P., Mittal, M., Bharti, B., & Banga, S. S. (2019). Genetic analyses of nitrogen assimilation enzymes in Brassica juncea (L.) Czern & Coss. Molecular biology reports, 46, 4235-4244. (NAAS: 7.89)
Gupta, S., Sharma, N., Akhatar, J., Atri, C., Kaur, J., Kaur, G., & Banga, S. S. (2019). Analysis of epigenetic landscape in a recombinant inbred line population developed by hybridizing natural and re-synthesized Brassica juncea (L.) with stable C-genome introgressions. Euphytica, 215, 1-11. (NAAS: 7.55)
Kaur, H., & Goyal, M. (2019). Salicylic acid priming enhances low temperature stress tolerance in Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.) by influencing antioxidant system. Indian J Experimental Biology 57:507-15. (NAAS: 7.48)
Kaur, H., Gill, R. S., & Kaur, R. (2019). Correlation between biophysical seed characteristics of rice bean, Vigna umbellata (Fabaceae: Faboideae: Phaseoleae) and the development of Callosobruchus maculatus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Bruchinae). Journal of Stored Products Research, 83, 9-13. (NAAS: 7.83)
Kaur, K., Grewal, S. K., Gill, P. S., & Singh, S. (2019). Comparison of cultivated and wild chickpea genotypes for nutritional quality and antioxidant potential. Journal of food science and technology, 56, 1864-1876. (NAAS: 7.80)
Kaur, S., Bhardwaj, R. D., Kapoor, R., & Grewal, S. K. (2019). Biochemical characterization of oat (Avena sativa L.) genotypes with high nutritional potential. LWT, 110, 32-39. (NAAS: 9.13)
Kumawat, K. C., Sharma, P., Sirari, A., Singh, I., Gill, B. S., Singh, U., & Saharan, K. (2019). Synergism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (LSE-2) nodule endophyte with Bradyrhizobium sp. (LSBR-3) for improving plant growth, nutrient acquisition and soil health in soybean. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 35, 1-17. (NAAS: 8.10)
Priya, M., Sharma, L., Singh, I., Bains, T. S., Siddique, K. H., Bindumadhava, H., Nair, R. M., & Nayyar, H. (2019). Securing reproductive function in mungbean grown under high temperature environment with exogenous application of proline. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 140, 136-150. (NAAS: 8.72)
Ramesh, S. V., Shivakumar, M., Ramteke, R., Bhatia, V. S., Chouhan, B. S., Goyal, S., Singh, A., Praveen, S., Gill, B. S., & Chand, S. (2019). Quantification of a legume begomovirus to evaluate soybean genotypes for resistance to yellow mosaic disease. Journal of virological methods, 268, 24-31. (NAAS: 7.76)
Rana, K., Atri, C., Akhatar, J., Kaur, R., Goyal, A., Singh, M. P., Kumar N, Sharma A, Singh, P. S., Kaur, G., Barbetti, M.J., & Banga, S. S. (2019). Detection of first marker trait associations for resistance against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in Brassica juncea–Erucastrum cardaminoides introgression lines. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1015. (NAAS: 9.68)
Randhawa, M. S., Bains, N. S., Sohu, V. S., Chhuneja, P., Trethowan, R. M., Bariana, H. S., & Bansal, U. (2019). Marker assisted transfer of stripe rust and stem rust resistance genes into four wheat cultivars. Agronomy, 9(9), 497. (NAAS: 7.42)
Sachdeva, S., Dawar, S., Rani, U., Patil, B. S., Soren, K. R., Singh, S., Sanwal, S.K., Chauhan, S.K., & Bharadwaj, C. (2019). Identification of SSR markers linked to Botrytis grey mould resistance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum). Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 58(2), 283-292. (NAAS: 7.44)
Sharma, P., Singh, I., Sirari, A., Khosla, G., Singh, G., Ludhar, N. K., & Singh, S. (2019). Inheritance and molecular mapping of restorer?of?fertility (Rf) gene in A2 hybrid system in pigeonpea (Cajanus cajan). Plant Breeding, 138(6), 741-747. (NAAS: 7.39)
Singh, G., Virk, H. K., Aggarwal, N., Gupta, R. K., & Khanna, V. (2019). Symbiotic parameters, growth, nutrient accumulation, productivity and profitability as influenced by integrated nutrient management in lentil (Lens culinaris). Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 65(3), 411-420. (NAAS: 8.25)
Sra, S. K., Sharma, M., Kaur, G., Sharma, S., Akhatar, J., Sharma, A., & Banga, S. S. (2019). Evolutionary aspects of direct or indirect selection for seed size and seed metabolites in Brassica juncea and diploid progenitor species. Molecular biology reports, 46, 1227-1238. (NAAS: 7.89)
Garg, T., Mallikarjuna, B. P., Thudi, M., Samineni, S., Singh, S., Sandhu, J. S., Kaur, L., Singh, I., Sirari, A., Basandrai, A., Basandrai, D., Varshney, R. K., & Gaur, P. M. (2018). Identification of QTLs for resistance to Fusarium wilt and Ascochyta blight in a recombinant inbred population of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Euphytica, 214, 1-11. (NAAS: 7.63)
Grover, G., Sharma, A., Gill, H. S., Srivastava, P., & Bains, N. S. (2018). Rht8 gene as an alternate dwarfing gene in elite Indian spring wheat cultivars. PLoS One, 13(6), e0199330. (NAAS: 8.81)
Kumar, K., Sarao, P. S., Bhatia, D., Neelam, K., Kaur, A., Mangat, G. S., Brar, D. S., & Singh, K. (2018). High-resolution genetic mapping of a novel brown planthopper resistance locus, Bph34 in Oryza sativa L. X Oryza nivara (Sharma & Shastry) derived interspecific F 2 population. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 131, 1163-1171. (NAAS: 10.13)
Rani, A., Kumar, V., Gill, B. S., Shukla, S., Rathi, P., & Singh, R. K. (2018). Mapping of duplicate dominant genes for Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus resistance in Glycine soja. Crop Science, 58(4), 1566-1574. (NAAS: 7.63)
Sahoo, P., Brar, A. S., & Sharma, S. (2018). Effect of methods of irrigation and sulphur nutrition on seed yield, economic and bio-physical water productivity of two sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) hybrids. Agricultural Water Management, 206, 158-164. (NAAS: 8.85)
Sharma, S. R., Singh, S., Aggarwal, N., Kaur, J., Gill, R. K., Kushwah, A., Patil, S. B., & Kumar, S. (2018). Genetic variation for tolerance to post-emergence herbicide, imazethapyr in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.). Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 64(13), 1818-1830. (NAAS: 8.14)
Singh, S., Vikram, P., Sehgal, D., Burgueño, J., Sharma, A., Singh, S. K., Sansaloni, C. P., Joynson, R., Brabbs, T., Ortiz, C., Solis-Moya, E., Govindan, V., Gupta, N., Sidhu, H. S., Basandrai, A. K., Basandrai, D., Ledesma-Ramires, L., Suaste-Franco, M. P., Fuentes-Dávila, G., Moreno, J. I., Sonder, K., Singh, V. K., Singh, S., Shokat, S., Arif, M. A. R., Laghari, K. A., Srivastava, Puja., Bhavani, S., Kumar, S., Pal, D., Jaiswal, J. P., Kumar, U., Chaudhary, H. K., Crossa, J., Payne, T. S., Imtiaz, M., Sohu V. S., Singh, G. P., Bains, N. S., Hall, A., & Pixley, K. V. (2018). Harnessing genetic potential of wheat germplasm banks through impact-oriented-prebreeding for future food and nutritional security. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1-11. (NAAS: 11.58)
Sita, K., Sehgal, A., Bhandari, K., Kumar, J., Kumar, S., Singh, S., Siddique, K. H. M., & Nayyar, H. (2018). Impact of heat stress during seed filling on seed quality and seed yield in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) genotypes. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 98(13), 5134-5141. (NAAS: 8.69)
Trethowan, R., Chatrath, R., Tiwari, R., Kumar, S., Saharan, M. S., Bains, N., Sohu, V.S., Srivastava, P., Sharma, A., Nitish, D., Prakashe, S., Singh, G.P., Sharma, I., Eagles, H., Diffey, S., Bansal, U., & Bariana, H. (2018). An analysis of wheat yield and adaptation in India. Field Crops Research, 219, 192-213. (NAAS: 9.05)
Kaur, A., Kaur, K. P., Kalia, A., Rani, U., Kahlon, J. G., Sharma, R., Malaviya, D., Kapoor, R., & Sandhu, J. S. (2017). Generation of interspecific hybrids between Trifolium vesiculosum and T. alexandrinum using embryo rescue. Euphytica, 213, 1-15. (NAAS: 7.63)
Kaur, B., Sangha, M. K., & Kaur, G. (2017). Development of near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy (NIRS) calibration model for estimation of oil content in Brassica juncea and Brassica napus. Food Analytical Methods, 10, 227-233. (NAAS: 8.17)
Kaur, D., Grewal, S. K., Kaur, J., & Singh, S. (2017). Differential proline metabolism in vegetative and reproductive tissues determine drought tolerance in chickpea. Biologia plantarum, 61, 359-366. (NAAS: 7.55)
Kaur, D., Grewal, S. K., Kaur, J., & Singh, S. (2017). Free radical scavenging activities can mitigate the effect of water stress in chickpea. Crop and Pasture Science, 68(6), 544-554. (NAAS: 7.80)
Krishnamurthy, S. L., Sharma, P. C., Sharma, D. K., Ravikiran, K. T., Singh, Y. P., Mishra, V. K., Burman D., Maji B., Mandal S., Sarangi S. K., Gautam R. K., Singh P. K., Manohara K. K., Marandi B. C., Padmavathi G., Vanve P. B., Patil K. D., Thirumeni S., Verma O. P., Khan A. H., Tiwari S., Geetha S., Shakila M., Gill R.S, Yadav V. K., Roy S. K. B., Prakash M., Bonifacio J., Ismail, A., Gregorio G. B., & Singh, R. K. (2017). Identification of mega-environments and rice genotypes for general and specific adaptation to saline and alkaline stresses in India. Scientific reports, 7(1), 7968. (NAAS: 11.23)
Mwathi, M. W., Gupta, M., Atri, C., Banga, S. S., Batley, J., & Mason, A. S. (2017). Segregation for fertility and meiotic stability in novel Brassica allohexaploids. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 130, 767-776. (NAAS: 9.90)
Nair, R. M., Götz, M., Winter, S., Giri, R. R., Boddepalli, V. N., Sirari, A., Bains, T. S., Taggar, G. K., Dikshit, H. K., Aski, M., Boopathi, M., Swain, D., Rathore, A., Kumar, V. A., Lii, E. C., & Kenyon, L. (2017). Identification of mungbean lines with tolerance or resistance to yellow mosaic in fields in India where different begomovirus species and different Bemisia tabaci cryptic species predominate. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 149, 349-365. (NAAS: 7.49)
Pal, R., Mahajan, G., Sardana, V., & Chauhan, B. S. (2017). Impact of sowing date on yield, dry matter and nitrogen accumulation, and nitrogen translocation in dry-seeded rice in North-West India. Field Crops Research, 206, 138-148. (NAAS: 8.93)
Rana, K., Atri, C., Gupta, M., Akhatar, J., Sandhu, P. S., Kumar, N., Jaswal, R., Barbetti, M. J., & Banga, S. S. (2017). Mapping resistance responses to Sclerotinia infestation in introgression lines of Brassica juncea carrying genomic segments from wild Brassicaceae B. fruticulosa. Scientific Reports, 7(1), 5904. (NAAS: 11.23)
Rani, A., Kumar, V., BS, G., Rathi, P., & Shukla, S. (2017). Linkage mapping of Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus (MYMIV) resistance gene in soybean. Breeding science, 67(2), 95-100. (NAAS: 7.54)
Sehgal, A., Sita, K., Kumar, J., Kumar, S., Singh, S., Siddique, K. H., & Nayyar, H. (2017). Effects of drought, heat and their interaction on the growth, yield and photosynthetic function of lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) genotypes varying in heat and drought sensitivity. Frontiers in plant science, 8, 1776. (NAAS: 10.30)
Sita, K., Sehgal, A., Kumar, J., Kumar, S., Singh, S., Siddique, K. H., & Nayyar, H. (2017). Identification of high-temperature tolerant lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) genotypes through leaf and pollen traits. Frontiers in plant science, 8, 744. (NAAS: 10.30)

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Academic Programs

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS, PAU, LUDHIANA
SCHEDULE OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING 2nd SEMESTER 2023-24

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher with Designation
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Theory	Practical
1	PBG 502	Principles of Cytogenetics	2+1	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist
2	PGS-503	Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture	1+0	Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (Sec. A) Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder (C) (Sec. B) Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder (Section C) Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder (Section D)
3	PBG 505	Heterosis Breeding	2+1	Dr. Gurjit Kaur, Professor	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder
4	PBG 601	Genomics in Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
5	PBG 602	Molecular and Chromosomal -- Manipulations for Crop Breeding	2+0	Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist
6	PBG 604	Breeding Designer Crops	2+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. S.K.Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist–cum-HOD, Department of Botany	Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder Dr. Sanjula Sharma, Biochemist Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist –cum-HOD, Department of Botany
7	PBG 591/ GPB-591	Seminar	0+1	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor, Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist and Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder
8	GPB-691	Seminar-I	1+0	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor, Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist and Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder
9	GPB-692	Seminar-II	1+0	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor, Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist and Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder

Incharge Teaching Section, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Theory	Practical
1	GPB-503	Fundamentals of Quantitative Genetics	2+1	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Pritpal Singh, Sr. Statistician Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
2	GPB-504	Varietal Development and Maintenance Breeding	1+1	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder (C ) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
3	GPB-506	Molecular Breeding and Biotechnology	2+1	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist (C) Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist	Dr. Snehdeep Kaur, Asstt. Prof. (Edu.) Simarjeet Kaur Sra, Project Scientist-1
4	GPB-512	Crop Breeding- II (Rabi crops)	2+1	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder	Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Plant Breeder
5	GPB 513	Breeding Vegetable Crops	2+1	Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. R.K. Dhall, Principal Olericulturist	Dr. R.K. Dhall, Principal Olericulturist
6	GPB-516	Breeding for Stress Resistance and Climate Change	2+1	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder	Dr. Jaspal Kaur, Plant Pathologist (W) Dr. Navjot Kaur, Plant Physiologist (Seed Tech.)
7	GPB 517	Germplasm Characterization and Evaluation	1+1	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Plant Breeder	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Plant Breeder
8	GPB-518	Genetic enhancement for PGR utilization	1+1	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder (C) Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder	Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
9	GPB-604	Plant Genetic Resources, conservation and utilization	2+0	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder (C) Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
10	GPB-605	Genomics in Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
11	GPB-608	Breeding Designer Crops	1+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. S.K.Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist –cum-HOD, Department of Botany	Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder Dr. Sanjula Sharma, Biochemist Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist –cum-HOD, Department of Botany
12	GPB-609	IPR and Regulatory Mechanism	1+0	Dr. Devinderpal Singh, Sr. Forage Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (C)
13	GPB 610	Genome Editing in Plants	2+0	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist (C) Dr. Prashant Mohanpuria, Asstt. Prof. (Biotech.) Dr. Pooja Manchanda, Molecular Geneticist
14	PGS-505	Agricultural Research, Research Ethics and Rural Development Programmes	1+0	Dr. Pankaj Sharma, Plant Pathologist (C) (A) Dr. Devinder Tiwari, Extension Scientist Dr. Harish Kumar, Extension Scientist (Plant Breeding) (B) Dr. Lopamudra Mohapatra, Asstt. Professor Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder (C ) Dr. Lakhwinder Kaur, Extension Scientist Dr. Jasmeet Kaur, Plant Breeder (D) Dr. Kamalpreet Kaur, Extension Scientist

SCHEDULE OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING 2nd SEMESTER 2023-24

Incharge Teaching Section, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

SCHEDULE OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING 2nd SEMESTER 2023-24

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Section	Name of Teacher with Designation Practical
1	PBG 102	Fundamentals of Genetics	2+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)I/4 year & III/6 yr -A	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist (Oilseed)	Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder Dr. Jasmeet Kaur, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)I/4 year & III/6 yr -B	Dr. R.K.Gill, Principal Pulses Breeder Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)I/4 year & III/6 yr-C	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Simarjit Kaur, Plant Breeder	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder
2	PBG 201	Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	2+1	B.Tech. (Biotech.) 1^st year	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder(C) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder	Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder
3	PBG 302	Crop Improvement II (Rabi crops)	1+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -A	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Puja Srivasvata, Sr. Plant Breeder(C) Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist Dr Mamta Pathak, Principal Olericulturist	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Forage Breeder Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist Dr Mamta Pathak, Principal Olericulturist
				B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -B	Dr. Inderjit Singh, Principal Plant Breeder Dr. Gangandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. Gagandeep Kaur, Sr. Fruit Scientist Dr O.P. Meena, Vegetable Breeder	Dr. Gangandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr Gagandeep Kaur, Sr.Fruit Scientist Dr O.P. Meena, Vegetable Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr-C	Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder Dr. Jasmeet Kaur, Plant Breeder Dr. Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr. Hira Singh, Asstt. Professor	Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder Dr Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr. Hira Singh, Asstt. Professor
				B.Tech. (Biotech.) III yr.	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Manveen Kaur, Extension Specialist (Fruits) Dr. Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor	Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Plant Breeder Dr. Manveen Kaur, Extension Specialist Dr. Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor
4	PBG 304	Principles of Seed Technology	1+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -A	Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder (C ) Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder	Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -B	Dr. Meenakshi Mittal, Plant Breeder Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Millet Breeder	Dr. Meenakshi Mittal, Plant Breeder Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Millet Breeder
				B.Sc (Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr-C	Dr. Navjot Dhillon, Plant Breeder Dr. Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.)	Dr. Navjot Dhillon, Plant Breeder Dr. Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder
5	PBG 305	Molecular Breeding Technologies	2+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr	Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder	Dr. Satinder Singh, Wheat Breeder
6	PBG 492	Experiential Learning in Seed Production and Technology	0+20			Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder (C) Dr. T.P. Singh, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.)

Incharge Teaching Section, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING &GENETICS, PAU, LUDHIANA SCHEDULE OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING SEMESTER 1st, 2023-24

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Section	Name of Teacher
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.		Theory	Practical
1	PBG 102	Fundamentals of Genetics	2+1	B.Tech. (Biotech.) 1^st year	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder (C) Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist	Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder
2	PBG 201	Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	2+1	B.Sc.(Ag)II/4 year & IV/6 yr–Sec A	Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder	Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Ag)II/4 year & IV/6 yr –Sec B	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder	Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Plant Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
				B.Sc.(Ag)II/4 year & IV/6 yr –Sec C	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Maize Breeder Dr. Suruchi Vij, Plant Breeder
3	PBG 301	Crop Improvement I (Kharif crops)	1+1	B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr –Sec A	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr. Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr. Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year &V/6 yr –Sec B	Dr. Inderjit Singh, Principal Plant Breeder (C) Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist Dr. Madhu Sharma, Assistant Professor	Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist Dr. Madhu Sharma, Assistant Professor
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year &V/6 yr –Sec C	Dr. Gurjit Kaur, Professor Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist Dr. Manveen Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr. M.K. Sidhu, Vegetable Breeder	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist Dr. Manveen Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr. M.K. Sidhu, Vegetable Breeder
				B.Tech. (Biotech.) 3^rdyr	Dr. Navjot Dhillon, Plant Breeder Dr. Jasmeet Kaur, Plant Breeder Dr. Yogesh Khokhar, Fruit Scientist Dr. Hira Singh, Asstt. Professor	Dr. Navjot Dhillon, Plant Breeder Dr. Yogesh Khokhar, Fruit Scientist Dr. Hira Singh, Asstt. Professor
4	PBG 303	Intellectual Property Rights	1+0	B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr –Sec A	Dr. Devinderpal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Simarjit Kaur, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr -Sec-B	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr –Sec C	Dr. Gurjit Kaur, Professor (C) Dr. Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder
5	PBG 491	Agro-industrial attachment Commercial Hybrid Seed Production Unit	0+4	B.Sc. (Agri.)IV/4 yr & VI/6 yr	Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder (C) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder

The course PBG 491 is being offered by the teachers working on crops in which hybrid seed can be produced. Therefore, the coordinator is from research side.

Head

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS, PAU, LUDHIANA SCHEDULE OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING SEMESTER 1st, 2023-24

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Theory	Practical
1	PBG 433	Genetics of Crop Plants	2+1	Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder	Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder
2	PBG 501	Principles of Genetics	2+1	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist (Oilseeds) (C ) Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
3	PBG 503	Principles of Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder (C ) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
4	PBG 506	Mutagenesis and Mutation Breeding	1+1	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder (C )	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder
5	PBG 512	Gene Regulation and Expression	2+0	Dr. S.K. Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder (C ) Dr. Meenakshi Mittal, Oilseed Breeder
6	PBG 513	Maintenance Breeding and Concepts of Variety Release and Seed Production	1+1	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder (C ) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
7	PGS 502	Intellectual Property Management Biodiversity and Biosafety	2+0	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder (Section A) (C ) Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (Section B) Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder
8	PBG 603	Advances in Plant Breeding Systems	2+0	Dr. S.S.Banga, Honorary Adjunct Professor Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Oilseed Breeder (C ) Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder
9	PBG 605	Plant Genetic Resources & Crops evolution	2+0	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder
10	PBG 606	Advanced Biometrical and Quantitative Genetics	2+1	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist (C )	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
11	PBG 607	Advances in Breeding of Major Field Crops	3+0	Dr. V.S. Sohu, Principal Wheat Breeder-cum-HOD Dr. S.K.Dhillon, Professor (C) Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder Dr.Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Plant Breeder Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder

Chairman, Teaching Committee

Head Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
REVISED SCHEDULE OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING SEMESTER 1st, 2023-24

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Theory	Practical
1	GPB-501	Principles of Genetics	2+1	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist (C) Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
2	GPB-502	Principles of Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
3	GPB-505	Principles of Cytogenetics	2+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder
4	GPB- 508	Mutagenesis and Mutation Breeding	2+1	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder (C)	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder
5	GPB-509	Hybrid Breeding	2+1	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder
6	GPB-510	Seed Production and Certification	1+1	Dr.T.P.Singh, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.) Dr.Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder (C)	Dr.T.P.Singh, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.) Dr.Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.)
7	GPB-511	Crop Breeding –I (Kharif Crops)	2+1	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder
8	PGS-503	Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture	1+0	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder (Sec. A) Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (C) (Sec. B) Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder
9	PGS-505	Agricultural Research, Research Ethics and Rural Development Programmes	1+0	Dr. Pankaj Sharma, Plant Pathologist (C) Dr. Manmeet Kaur, Associate Prof., Deptt. of Ext. Edu.
10	GPB-601	Advances in Plant Breeding System	3+0	Dr. S.S.Banga, Honorary Adjunct Professor Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Oilseed Breeder (C ) Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder
	GPB-607	Crop Evolution	3+0	Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dhraminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
11	GPB-591/ PBG 591/	Seminar	1+0	Drs. S.K. Dhillon, Gurjit Kaur Gill, B.S. Gill, Dharminder Pathak, Dhraminder Bhatia (C) and Mehak Gupta
12	GPB-691	Seminar I	1+0	Drs. S.K. Dhillon, Gurjit Kaur Gill, B.S. Gill, Dharminder Pathak, Dhraminder Bhatia (C) and Mehak Gupta

Chairman, Teaching Committee

Head Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS, PAU, LUDHIANA SCHEDULE OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING SEMESTER 1st, 2022-23

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Section	Name of Teacher Theory Practical
1	PBG 102	Fundamentals of Genetics	2+1	B.Tech. (Biotech.) 1^st year	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder (C) Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist	Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder
2	PBG 201	Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	2+1	B.Sc.(Ag)II/4 year & IV/6 yr–Sec A	Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder	Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Ag)II/4 year & IV/6 yr –Sec B	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder	Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Plant Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
				B.Sc.(Ag)II/4 year & IV/6 yr –Sec C	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Maize Breeder Dr. Suruchi Vij, Plant Breeder
3	PBG 301	Crop Improvement I (Kharif crops)	1+1	B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr –Sec A	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor Dr. Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor Dr. Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year &V/6 yr –Sec B	Dr. Gurjit Kaur, Professor Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist Dr. Mamta Pathak, Principal Olericulturist Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist Dr. Mamta Pathak, Principal Olericulturist Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year &V/6 yr –Sec C	Dr. Inderjit Singh, Principal Plant Breeder (C) Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. M.K. Sidhu, Vegetable Breeder Dr. Manveen Kaur, Fruit Scientist	Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. M.K. Sidhu, Vegetable Breeder Dr. Manveen Kaur, Fruit Scientist
				B.Tech. (Biotech.) 3^rdyr	Dr. Navjot Sidhu, Plant Breeder Dr. Jasmeet Kaur, Plant Breeder Dr. Hira Singh, Asstt. Professor Dr. Yogesh Khokhar, Fruit Scientist, USF Ladhowal	Dr. Navjot Sidhu, Plant Breeder Dr. Hira Singh, Asstt. Professor Dr. Yogesh Khokhar, Fruit Scientist, USF Ladhowal
4	PBG 303	Intellectual Property Rights	1+0	B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr –Sec A	Dr. Devinderpal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Simarjit Kaur, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr -Sec-B	Dr. Gurjit Kaur, Professor Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (C)
				B.Sc.(Ag)III/4 year & V/6 yr –Sec C	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder Dr. Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder
5	PBG 491	Agro-industrial attachment Commercial Hybrid Seed Production Unit	0+4	B.Sc.(Agri.)IV/4 yr & VI/6 yr	Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder (C) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder

*The course PBG 491 is being offered by the teachers working on crops in which hybrid seed can be produced. Therefore, the coordinator is from research side.

Head,Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS, PAU, LUDHIANA

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Theory	Practical
1	PBG 433	Genetics of Crop Plants	2+1	Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder	Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder
2	PBG 434	Cytogenetics of Crop Plants	2+1	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist (C ) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder	Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist
3	PBG 435	Theory and Practice of Plant Breeding	3+1	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder (C ) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder
4	PBG 437	Crop Experimentation	1+1	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist (C ) Dr. Pritpal Singh, Sr. Statistician	Dr. Pritpal Singh, Sr. Statistician
5	PBG 501	Principles of Genetics	2+1	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist (Oilseeds) (C ) Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Dr. Snehdeep Kaur, Asstt. Prof. (Edu.) Dr. Meenakshi Mittal, Oilseed Breeder
6	PBG 503	Principles of Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder (C ) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
7	PBG 506	Mutagenesis and Mutation Breeding	1+1	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder (C )	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder
8	PBG 512	Gene Regulation and Expression	2+0	Dr. S.K. Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder (C ) Dr. Meenakshi Mittal, Oilseed Breeder
9	PBG 513	Maintenance Breeding and Concepts of Variety Release and Seed Production	1+1	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder (C ) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
10	PGS 502	Intellectual Property Management Biodiversity and Biosafety	2+0	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder (Section A) Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (C ) (Section B) Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder
11	PBG 603	Advances in Plant Breeding Systems	2+0	Dr. S.S.Banga, Honorary Adjunct Professor Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Oilseed Breeder (C ) Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder
12	PBG 605	Plant Genetic Resources & Crops evolution	2+0	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder
13	PBG 606	Advanced Biometrical and Quantitative Genetics	2+1	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist (C )	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
14	PBG 607	Advances in Breeding of Major Field Crops	3+0	Dr. V.S. Sohu, Principal Wheat Breeder-cum-HOD Dr. S.K.Dhillon, Professor (C) Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder Dr.Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Plant Breeder Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder
15	PBG 591	Seminar	1+0	Drs. S.K. Dhillon, Gurjit Kaur, Dharminder Pathak, Dhraminder Bhatia (C), Mehak Gupta and Nida Yousuf

Head, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

SCHEDULE OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING SEMESTER 1st, 2022-23
Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana
TEACHING SCHEDULE OF POSTGRADUATE (M.Sc.) COURSES AS PER BSMA FOR NEW STUDENTS, SEMESTER 1, 2022-23

Sr. No.	Course No.	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher
Sr. No.	Course No.	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher	Theory	Practical
1	GPB-501	Principles of Genetics	2+1	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist (C) Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Dr. Snehdeep Kaur, Asstt. Prof. (Edu.) Dr. Meenakshi Mittal, Oilseed Breeder
2	GPB -502	Principles of Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
3	GPB -504	Varietal Development and Maintenance Breeding	1+1	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder (C) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder

4	GPB- 508	Mutagenesis and Mutation Breeding	2+1	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder (C)	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder
5	GPB-509	Hybrid Breeding	2+1	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder
6	GPB-510	Seed Production and Certification	1+1	Dr.T.P.Singh, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.) Dr.Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder (C)	Dr.T.P.Singh, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.) Dr.Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.)
7	GPB-511	Crop Breeding –I (Kharif Crops)	2+1	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Plant Breeder
8	PGS-503	Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture	1+0	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder (Sec. A) Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (C) (Sec. B) Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder
9	PGS-505	Agricultural Research, Research Ethics and Rural Development Programmes	1+0	Dr. Pankaj Sharma, Plant Pathologist (C) Dr. Manmeet Kaur, Associate Prof., Deptt. of Ext. Edu.

Chairman, Teaching Committee

Head, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana
TEACHING SCHEDULE OF POSTGRADUATE COURSES AS PER BSMA FOR NEW STUDENTS, SEMESTER 2nd, 2022-23

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Theory	Practical
1	GPB-503	Fundamentals of Quantitative Genetics	2+1	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Pritpal Singh, Sr. Statistician Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
2	GPB-504	Varietal Development and Maintenance Breeding	1+1	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder (C ) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
3	GPB-506	Molecular Breeding and Biotechnology	2+1	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist (C) Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist	Dr. Snehdeep Kaur, Asstt. Prof. (Edu.) Dr. Mehak Gupta, Geneticist
4	GPB-512	Crop Breeding- II (Rabi crops)	2+1	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Gagandeep Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Plant Breeder
5	GPB-516	Breeding for Stress Resistance and Climate Change	2+1	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder	Dr. Jaspal Kaur, Plant Pathologist (W) Dr. Navjot Kaur, Plant Physiologist (Seed Tech.)
6	GPB-518	Genetic enhancement for PGR utilization	1+1	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder	Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
7	GPB-604	Plant Genetic Resources, conservation and utilization	2+0	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder
8	GPB-605	Genomics in Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticis Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
9	GPB-608	Breeding Designer Crops	1+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. S.K.Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist –cum-HOD, Department of Botany	Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder Dr. Sanjula Sharma, Biochemist Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist –cum-HOD, Department of Botany
10	GPB-609	IPR and Regulatory Mechanism	1+0	Dr. Devinderpal Singh, Sr. Forage Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (C)

Incharge Teaching Section

Head, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING AND GENETICS, PAU, LUDHIANA

SCHEDULE OF UNDERGRADUATE COURSES BEING OFFERED DURING 2nd SEMESTER 2022-23

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Section	Name of Teacher with Designation Theory Practical
1	PBG 102	Fundamentals of Genetics	2+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)I/4 year & III/6 yr -A	Dr. S.K.Dhillon, Professor Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist	Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder Dr. Jasmeet Kaur, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)I/4 year & III/6 yr -B	Dr. R.K.Gill, Principal Pulses Breeder Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)I/4 year & III/6 yr-C	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C) Dr. Simarjit Kaur, Plant Breeder	Dr. Nida Yousuf, Maize Breeder Dr. Suruchi Vij, Plant Breeder
2	PBG 201	Fundamentals of Plant Breeding	2+1	B.Tech. (Biotech.) 1^st year	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder(C) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder	Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder
3	PBG 302	Crop Improvement II (Rabi crops)	1+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -A	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Puja Srivasvata, Plant Breeder Dr Gagandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr Sat pal Sharma, Principal Vegetable Breeder	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Forage Breeder Dr Gagandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr Sat pal Sharma, Principal Vegetable Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -B	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor (C ) Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder Dr Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr Jiffinvir Singh Khosa, Vegetable Breeder	Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder Dr Kirandeep Kaur, Fruit Scientist Dr Jiffinvir Singh Khosa , Vegetable Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr-C	Dr. Inderjit Singh, Principal Plant Breeder Dr. Gangandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist Dr Hira Singh, Assistant Professor	Dr. Gangandeep Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. Kuldeep Singh, Fruit Scientist Dr Hira Singh, Assistant Professor
				B.Tech. (Biotech.) III yr.	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Manveen Kaur, Extension Specialist Dr Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor Biotechnology	Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Plant Breeder Dr. Manveen Kaur, Extension Specialist Dr Ruma Devi, Assistant Professor Biotechnology
4	PBG 304	Principles of Seed Technology	1+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -A	Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder (C ) Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder	Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder
				B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr -B	Dr. Navjot Sidhu, Plant Breeder Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Millet Breeder	Dr. Navjot Sidhu, Plant Breeder Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr. Millet Breeder
				B.Sc (Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr-C	Dr.T.P. Singh, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.) Dr. Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.)	Dr. T.P. Singh, Plant Breeder Dr. Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder
5	PBG 305	Molecular Breeding Technologies	2+1	B.Sc.(Agri.)III/4 year & V/6 yr	Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder
6	PBG 492	Experiential Learning in Seed Production and Technology	0+20			Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder (C) Dr. T.P. Singh, Plant Breeder (Seed Tech.)

Incharge Teaching Section

Head, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING & GENETICS, PAU, LUDHIANA

Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Name of Teacher with Designation
Sr. No.	Course No.	Course Title	Cr. Hr.	Theory	Practical
1	PBG 504	Principles of quantitative Genetics	2+1	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist (C)	Dr. Pritpal Singh, Sr. Statistician Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
2	PBG 508	Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics	2+1	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Forage Breeder (C) Dr. Snehdeep Kaur, Asstt. Professor (Edu.) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Forage Breeder Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
3	PBG 509	Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Resistance	2+1	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder	Dr. Jaspal Kaur, Plant Pathologist (Wheat) Dr. Navjot Kaur, Plant Physiologist (Seed Tech.)
4	PGS 502	Intellectual Property Management, Biodiversity and Biosafety	2+0	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder (C) (Sec. A ) Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (Section B) Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder
5	PGS-503	Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture	1+0	Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder (Sec. A) Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder (C) (Sec. B) Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder (Section C) Dr. Parul Sharma, Plant Breeder (Section D)
6	PBG 505	Heterosis Breeding	2+1	Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder Dr. Jasmeet, Plant Breeder	Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder Dr. Jasmeet, Plant Breeder
7	PBG 513	Maintenance Breeding and Concepts of Variety Release and Seed Production	1+1	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder( C) Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder Dr. Satinder Singh, Plant Breeder
8	PBG 601	Genomics in Plant Breeding	2+1	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist
9	PBG 602	Molecular and Chromosomal -- Manipulations for Crop Breeding	2+0	Dr. S.S.Banga, Professor (Honorary Adjunct) Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder (C) Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist
10	PBG 604	Breeding Designer Crops	2+1	Dr. R.S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder (C) Dr. S.K.Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Plant Breeder Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist –cum-HOD, Department of Botany	Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder Dr. Sanjula Sharma, Biochemist Dr. Pushp Sharma, Principal Physiologist –cum-HOD, Department of Botany
11	PBG 591	Seminar	0+1	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist (C) Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Maize Breeder

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Facilities & Services

Extensive field and laboratory facilities, including those at research station representing different agroclimatic zones of Punjab.
Offseason crop raising facility at Keylong (HP), Cuttack and Coimbatore.
Molecular Biology Laboratory in wheat, rice, oilseeds, cotton and pulses.
Processing and nutritional quality evaluation laboratory in wheat, rice, forage and oilseeds.
Germplasm enhancement laboratory in all sections of the department.
Screen house, glass house and growth chamber facility.
149 internet service to all departmental faculty.
Cytogenetic laboratory in oilseeds.
Fibre quality laboratory in cotton.
Crop physiology laboratory in pulses.
Computer laboratory.
Departmental Library.
UG and PG laboratory.
Conference/ Seminar hall.
Plant Breeding museum.

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / PG Students

M.Sc. students

M.Sc. students 2021
Sr. No.	Name of student	Admission No	Major Advisor	Thesis title
1	Alka	L-2021-A-82-M	Dr. Arvinder Kaur Toor, Plant Breeder (Gurdaspur)	Genetic and biochemical characterization among diverse set of linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) germplasm
2	Anmol Singh	L-2021-A-83-M	Dr.Navjot Sidhu, Plant Breeder	Morphological and molecular characterization of advanced backcross basmati breeding lines for yield and multiple biotic stresses
3	Gurmeet Kaur	L-2021-A-84-M	Dr. Tarvinderpal Singh, Plant Breeder	Morpho-agronomic and molecular characterization of napier grass germplasm (Pennisetum purpureum schumach)
4	Himanshu Agarwal	L-2021-A-86-M	Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Plant Breeder	Studying genotype × environment effect on bread making quality in wheat
5	Khushnoor Singh Brar	L-2021-A-90-M	Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	CRISPR/CAS9 based editing of ospld3 gene for unrevealing haploid induction ability in rice (Oryza Sativa L.)
6	Manavpreet Singh	L-2021-A-92-M	Dr.Usha Nara, Plant Breeder	Genetic analysis for morphological and quality traits in field Pea (Pisum sativum L.)
7	Navreet Kaur	L-2021-A-95-M	Dr. Ashok Kumar, Plant Breeder (Gurdaspur)	Marker assisted transfer of yellow mosaic disease resistance into susceptible genotypes of urdbean Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper)
8	Priyam Kathuria	L-2021-A-98-M	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor	Generation of imidazolinone herbicide resistance trait in wheat by base editing of ALS LOCUS
9	Sanjay Kumar	L-2021-A-335-M	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder	Mapping the genomic regions for waterlogging tolerance associated traits in maize
M.Sc. students 2022
1	Arshdeep Kaur	L-2022-A-65-M	Dr. Puja Srivastava, Sr. Wheat Breeder	Enhancing the expression of Yr36 gene against stripe rust of wheat through genome editing
2	Harshdeep Kaur	L-2022-A-67-M	Dr. Mehak Gupta, Cytogeneticist	I (L.) using donor specific molecular markers
3	Horender Sharma	L-2022-A-68-M	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Identification of QTL regions governing neck blast resistance in rice (Oryza Sativa L.)
4	Jassimran Kaur	L-2022-A-70-M	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Forge Breeder	Generation of imidazolinone herbicide resistant mutant for als locus in oats by genome editing
5	Lakshdeep Jhans	L-2022-A-71-M	Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Characterization of advanced breeding lines for agro- morphological traits and brown plant hopper resistance in rice (oryza sativa L.) and its transfer using marker assisted selection
6	Navpreet Kaur	L-2022-A-72-M	Dr. G.S. Mavi, Principal Wheat Breeder	Genetic dissection of drought responsive agronomic traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum)
7	Nitin Khosla	L-2022-A-73-M	Dr. Shayla Bindra, Plant Breeder	Inheritance and mapping of resistance to chickpea ascochyta blight in HC5 X IC117744 cross
8	Remanpreet Singh	L-2022-A-74-M	Dr. R. S. Gill, Principal Rice Breeder	Incorporation of neck blast resistance and herbicide tolerance into elite basmati genotype ‘Punjab basmati 7’
9	Sarvmittar	L-2022-A-75-M	Dr. Ranjit Kaur, Principal Plant Breeder	Morphological and physio-biochemical characterization of mungbean (Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek) genotypes for heat stress
10	Sonam	L-2022-A-76-M	Dr. Chhaya Atri, Sr. Oilseed Breeder	Associating genome structural variations with fertility and seed traits in Brassica allohexaploid radiation panel
11	Suraj Kumar	L-2022-A-77-M	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder	Marker assisted transfer of herbicide tolerance (ahas gene) in PR 126 variety of rice (Oryza sativa L.)
12	Tanisha Bansal	L-2022-A-78-M	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist (Oilseed)	Development of Diplotaxis erucoides specific markers for alternaria resistance in Brassica juncea (L.)
13	Tarun Kapoor	L-2022-A-79-M	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder	Understanding the genetics of high grain protein (GPC) from aegilops kotschyi and its transfer to commercial wheat
14	Amanpreet Singh	L-2022-A-272-M	Dr. S.K. Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder	Understanding genotypic response and mechanism of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) tolerance in maize (Zea mays L.)
15	Anamika Kumari	L-2022-A-273-M	Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder	DNA fingerprinting for accurate identification of wheat varieties currently recommended for cultivation in Punjab
16	Arshdeep Singh	L-2022-A-274-M	Dr. Indu Rialch, Plant Breeder	Genome wide association mapping for yield and its component traits in Brassica napus L.)
17	Harmanjot Kaur	L-2022-A-275-M	Dr. Inderjit Singh Principal, Pulses Breeder	Phenotypic and molecular evaluation of chickpea germplasm collection for salinity and drought tolerance
18	Pushpinder Kaur	L-2022-A-276-M	Dr. R.S. Sohu, Principal Forage Breeder	Morpho-biochemical studies to identify dual purpose sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ) inbreds
19	Sandeep Singh	L-2022-A-277-M	Dr. Ashutosh Kushwah, Plant Breeder	Elucidating Molecular Responses To Waterlogging Stress In Maize (Zea mays L.) Using Transcriptome Profiling
20	Updesh Kaur	L-2022-A-278-M	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Sr.Forage Breeder	Characterization of pearl millet inbred lines for flour rancidity
M.Sc. students 2023
1	Anchal Dhadwal	L-2023-A-69-M	Dr. Gurjit Kaur Gill, Professor
2	Komal Mahajan	L-2023-A-79-M	Dr. Gulzar Singh (Kapurthala), Principal Sugarcane Breeder
3	Ishika Verma	L-2023-A-76-M	Dr. Vineeta Kaila, Plant Breeder
4	Suman Rani	L-2023-A-86-M	Dr. Paramjit Singh (Bathinda), Principal Cotton Breeder
5	Kiranbir Kaur	L-2023-A-78-M	Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder
6	Rohit	L-2023-A-83-M	Dr. Rumesh Ranjan, Plant Breeder
7	Arshdeep Kaur	L-2023-A-71-M	Dr. V.S. Sohu, Principal Wheat Breeder-cum-Head, Department of Plant Breeding & Genetics
8	Anurag Kaur	L-2023-A-70-M	Dr. B.S. Gill, Principal Soybean Breeder
9	Liza Goyal	L-2023-A-80-M	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder
10	Gurpartap Singh	L-2023-A-73-M	Dr. Tarvinderpal Singh, Sr. Plant Breeder
11	Rajanroop Singh	L-2023-A-82-M	Dr. Gaurav Khosla, Plant Breeder
12	Sukhmandeep Kaur	L-2023-A-85-M	Dr. Ashok Kumar (Gurdaspur), Plant Breeder
13	Harsharan Kaur	L-2023-A-74-M	Dr. Simarjit Kaur, Barley Breeder
14	Dharamjot Singh	L-2023-A-72-M	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder
15	Karanpreet Singh	L-2023-A-77-M	Dr. Navjot Dhillon, Soybean Breeder
16	Iqbal Singh	L-2023-A-75-M	Dr. Vineet Kumar (Bathinda) Plant Breeder
17	Simran Bodal	L-2023-A-84-M	Dr. Harish Kumar (Faridkot), Plant Breeder
18	Neethu Thomas	L-2023-A-81-M	Dr. Usha Nara, Plant Breeder

Ph.D. Students 2019

Sr. No.	Name of student	Admission No	Major Advisor	Thesis title
1	Arun Thakur	L-2019-A-47-D	Dr. S.K. Dhillon, Professor	Fine mapping and pyramiding of yellow mosaic disease resistance in soybean (Glycine max L. Merril)
2	Gazal Saini	L-2019-A-49-D	Dr. Simarjit Kaur, Plant Breeder	Molecular mapping and validation of stripe rust resistant gene(s) in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)
3	Gurpreet Singh	L-2019-A-50-D	Dr. Gulzar Singh, Principal Sugarcane Breeder, RRS, Kapurthala	Morpho-physiological, biochemical and molecular characterization of sugarcane clones for cold tolerance under subtropical conditions
4	Lakshay Goyal	L-2019-A-53-D	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Development of haploid inducer stock using DNA free crispr/cas9 based editing of OsMATL + OsDMP genes in rice
5	Ramanjot Kaur	L-2019-A-54-D	Dr. Pankaj Rathore, Principal Cotton Breeder, RRS, Faridkot	Molecular mapping of cotton leaf curl disease resistance in upland cotton
6	Shivani Yadav	L-2019-A-56-D	Dr.Navjot Sidhu, Plant Breeder	Molecular mapping and transfer of QTLs for higher grain number per panicle in basmati rice

Ph.D. Students 2020

Sr. No.	Name of student	Admission No	Major Advisor	Thesis title
1	Revanayya Mallayya Gothe	L-2021-A-47-D	Dr. Inderjit Singh, Principal Pulse Breeder	Identification of candidate genes governing pod borer resistance in wild relatives of chickpea
2	Arshvir Kaur Boparai	L-2021-A-48-D	Dr.V.S. Sohu, Principal Wheat Breeder	Combining resistant starch and chapatti quality in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.): A molecular genetics approach
3	Bikkasani Mythri	L-2021-A-49-D	Dr. Tosh Garg, Plant Breeder	Genome wide association and genomic prediction for silage component traits in tropical maize (Zea mays L.)
4	Chayanika Lakhar	L-2021-A-50-D	Dr. Ranjit Kaur, Principal Plant Breeder	Characterization and molecular mapping of yellow mosaic virus resistance gene(s) in mungbean (Vigna radiat (L.) Wilczek) and urdbean (Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper)
5	Om Prakash Raigar	L-2021-A-51-D	Dr. Rupinder Kaur, Principal Rice Breeder	Harnessing the allelic variations for improving nutrient deficiency tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under direct seeded cultivation conditions
6	Daya Nand	L-2021-A-52-D	Dr. Ruchika Bhardwaj, Millet Breeder	Genome-wide association studies for important seed enzymes, fat content and flour rancidity related parameters in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R.BR.]
7	Shah Mohammad Usman	L-2021-A-54-D	Dr. Johar Singh, Principal Wheat Breeder	Study of the alpha amylase gene function using RNAi technology in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
8	Praveen Kumar A	L-2021-A-55-D	Dr. Inderpreet Dhaliwal, Plant Breeder	Development of nutritionally enhanced wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) germplasm
9	Meghna Mandal	L-2021-A-56-D	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Genome editing of DST and DEPI gene to enhance grain yield and abiotic stress tolerance in basmati rice
10	Vivek Kumar	L-2021-A-57-D	Dr. Chhaya Atri, Oilseed Breeder	Genetic analysis of shade tolerance responses in a Brassica juncea (L.) czern diversity set

Ph.D. Students 2022

Sr. No.	Name of student	Admission No	Major Advisor	Thesis title
1	Rutuparna Pati	L-2022-A-33-D	Dr.S.K. Sandhu, Principal Maize Breeder	Deciphering Water Deficit Stress Tolerance Mechanism In Maize (Zea mays L.) Through Morpho-Biochemical and Dynamic Transcriptomic Studies
2	Shivani Upadhyay	L-2022-A-34-D	Dr. Achla, Principal Wheat Breeder	Stacking genes of economic importance for yield sustainability in high yielding wheat variety PBW826
3	Saatu Madhu	L-2022-A-35-D	Dr. Dharminder Bhatia, Quantitative Geneticist	Molecular mapping of foot rot resistance in rice and its accelerated transfer in Basmati rice
4	Kawadiwale Ankita Kedarnath	L-2022-A-36-D	Dr. Rahul Kapoor, Sr. Forage Breeder	Accelerated breeding through chromosome elimination based doubled haploid production in Oats (Avena sativa L.)
5	Dilbagh	L-2022-A-37-D	Dr. Johar Singh, Principal Wheat Breeder	Gene expression analysis of selected copies of Alpha amylase in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
6	Pardeep Beniwal	L-2022-A-38-D	Dr. Gurpreet Kaur, Principal Scientist	Functional Annotation of Diplotaxis erucoides genome and transfer of alternarai blight resistance into Brassica napus
7	Gagandeep Kaur	L-2022-A-39-D	Dr. Gangandeep Singh, Maize Breeder	Genetic analysis and elucidating heterotic patterns for high planting density from diverse set of maize (Zea mays L.) Inbred lines
8	Sunidhi Saroch	L-2022-A-40-D	Dr. Dharminder Pathak, Principal Cotton Breeder	Genomics Assisted Mapping of Leafhopper Tolerance in Asiatic Cotton (G. arboreum L.)
9	Simranjeet Kaur	L-2022-A-41-D	Dr. Renu Khanna, Plant Breeder	Functional validation for grain number and grain weight coupled with marker-assisted stacking of genes for biotic stress tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
10	Ritesh Kaushal	L-2022-A-42-D	Dr. Devinder Pal Singh, Sr. Forage Breeder	Accelerated Development of Low Phytate Fodder Maize Hybrids through MAS

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62nd Year of Education & Service

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics

College of Agriculture / Plant Breeding & Genetics / Faculty

Name :

Dr Mahesh Kumar

Designation :

Principal Agronomist (Maize)

Office Phone :

0161-2401960 Ext. 437

Mobile :

+91-9478627910

Email (Office) :

maheshkumarvats@pau.edu

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Name : Dr. Virinder Singh Sohu

Address : Head, Dept. of Plant Breeding & Genetics

Office : 0161-2401960 Extn.224 (Office), Ext-322

E-Mail : hodpbg@pau.edu

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