Academics

Ph.D. in Plant Pathology (Bacteriology)

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

M.Sc. Plant Pathology

CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar (Haryana)

B.Sc. Agricultural

Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli

Projects

• Current projects as PI and CO-PI (In House)
• Morphological and molecular characterization of Macrophomina phaseolina causing charcoal rot in soybean (as PI)
• Soybean Improvement against charcoal rot and anthracnose diseases (as Co-PI)
• Selection of potential fungal and bacterial soybean endophytes and their evaluation against major fungal diseases of soybean (as Co-PI)
• Evaluation of germplasm and breeding for collar rot disease caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc in soybean (as Co-PI)
• Bacterial mediated sulfur bioavailability in soybean (as Co-PI)
• Augmentation, Management and Documentation of Soybean Germplasm(as Co-PI)
• Enhancing disease resistance in soybean using genomic approaches(as Co-PI)

Publications

• Best Five Publications
• Nataraj, V, Shivakumar, M, Giriraj Kumawat, Sanjay Gupta, Rajput, L S, Sanjeev Kumar, Sharma, A N and Bhatia, V S. (2020). Genetic inheritance and identification of germplasm sources for anthracnose resistance in soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merr.]. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 67: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-00917-4(0123456789.
• Rajput, L S, Sharma Taru , Madhusudhan, P, Sanjeev Kumar and Sinha P. (2019). Role of various signaling pathways for glycerol synthesis in appressoria of Magnaporthe oryzae under climate change scenario, Research Journal of Biotechnology. 14(5): 67-73
• Kumar M., Kumar A., Singh, J.K., Kumar, S., and Niwas R. (2018). Influence of soil temperature, moisture and planting depth on black scurf development in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). J. Agrometeorol. 20(4): 342-344
• Kumar, S., Mehta, N., Singh, J.K., Kumar, M., and Kumar A. (2017). A Protocol for Callus Induction in Chilli Genotypes from Hypocotyls as Explant. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 6(10): 4937-4942
• Singh, J.K., Kumar M., Kumar, S., Kumar A., and Mehta, N. (2017). Effect of chemicals and antagonists on growth and sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum causing wilt of chilli (Capsicum annuum L.). Int. J. Chem Studies. 5(5): 2175-2181
• Singh, J.K., Kumar M., Kumar, S., Kumar A., and Mehta, N. (2017). Inhibitory effect of botanicals on growth and sporulation of Fusarium oxysporum inciting wilt of Chilli (Capsicum annuum L.). J. Pharmacogn. Phytochem. 6(5): 2199-2204

Achievements

• Young Scientist Award from Society for Scientific development in Agriculture and Technology at International Conference on Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences-2019 held during October 20-22, 2019 at ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad, India
• ICAR Senior Research Fellowship was award in 2014 in division of Plant Pathology
• Finolex silver jubilee award in 2012 during B.Sc. (Agriculture).
• National Talent Scholarship was award in 2007 for B.Sc. (Agriculture)
• Co-chaired the technical session of pathology in international conference “Global Research Initiatives for Sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences (GRISAAS-2019) on “Screening of soybean germplasm for anthracnose resistance” held from 20–22 October, 2019 at ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad