Dr. Anju Mahendru Singh

Dr. Anju Mahendru Singh
Principal Scientist & Head

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Germplasm Conservation

Contact

Off.-011-25802784
Email- anju.singh@icar.gov.in
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Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
M.Sc.Genetics1990
Ph.D.Genetics1994

SPECIALIZATION
Genetics and Plant Breeding

Salient Achievements

Research:

  • I have contributed to the development and release of 25 Wheat Varieties, 3 Rice varieties and one Rice Hybrid.
  • Notable wheat varieties that have made a greater impact on farmers’ fields are : Wheat varieties HD3086, HD2985, HD2987, HI1563, HD2932, HD3226, HD 3271, HI8759, HI8713, HI8805 etc.
  • Notable Rice varieties that have made a greater impact on farmers’ fields are Pusa Basmati 1121, Pusa Sugandh 2, Pusa Sugandh 3. Pusa 1121 Possesses excellent basmati quality, beneficial to the farmer, and has earned export of more than Rs 20000 crores during 2007-2023.
  • I have developed three high yielding soft wheat lines with weak and highly extensible gluten suitable for confectionary. The variety HD3443 has been submitted for protection by Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority for commercialization to domestic Industry and International market.
  • Contributed to the development and registration of two Cytoplasmic Male-sterile lines of Rice
  • Contributed to the development and registration of four Rice male fertility restorers
  • I have developed and registered eight genetics stocks of wheat for important quality traits.
  • 5 Novel subunits of high mol wt glutenin subunit protein in wheat identified and located.
  • 100 Indian wheat strains genotyped for 14 important genes. Donors with single and multiple traitsidentified.
  • Mapping populations were developed for identifying genes/QTLs for five grain quality traits and for two nutritional quality traits: high iron and zinc in wheat.
  • Grain iron, zinc and protein concentration in wheat were mapped. Twelve QTLs and putative genes underlying these QTLs have been identified.
  • The genotypic and environment effects on grain iron and zinc and other quality traits have been studied in wheat and corn crops.
  • The quality traits, genes controlling these traits and the methodologies of their transfer into elite lines has been researched extensively by me
  • The work has been published in National and International Research Journals with high visibility.
  • More than 0.48 million Plant Genetic Resources of 2150 plant species are conserved in the National Genebank of India

Teaching and Research guidance:

  • Mentored 3 MSc and 10 Ph D students from the discipline of Genetics and Plant Breeding as the Chairperson of their Advisory Committee at the ICAR-IARI;s Graduate School
  • Mentored 15 students from discipline of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Agronomy, Seed Science and technology, Post harvest technology etc. as Co-chairman/member, Advisory Committee

Research publications:

  • Research Articles:  92;  Chapters in books: 6;  Reports and technical bulletins: 7 ; Miscellaneous including oral presentations, invited lectures, poster presentations etc: 25

Awards/Honours

  • Bestowed with Nanaji Deshmukh ICAR Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Team Research in Agricultural and Allied Sciences – 2015-16
  • Fellow of the Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding, India
  • Co-ordinated a multicenter programme on wheat Biofortification during 2010-2017. The work was presented in national and international fora. I was instrumental in developing the linkages between the HarvestPlus Consortium and DBT in this project.
  • Received Certificate of appreciation and cash award of Rs 25000 for development of basmati rice varieties as team member during 1997 from GOI.
  • Member-Secretary, National level Plant Germplasm Registration Committee providing soft protection to germplasm with unique or novel traits.

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Singh Sumit K, S Singhal, J P Jaiswal, U Basu, A N Sahi and Anju M Singh*.(2024). Physico-Chemical and Rheological Trait-Based Identification of Indian Wheat Varieties Suitable for Different End-Uses. Foods, 13(7):1125-.
  2. Harisha R, Sumit K Singh, A K Ahlawat AK, S Narwal, J P Jaiswal, J B Singh,…., A Mahendru-Singh*. (2023). Elucidating the effects on polyphenol oxidase activity and allelic variation of polyphenol oxidase genes on dough and whole wheat-derived product color parameters. International Journal of Food Properties, 26(2):2716–31.
  3. Rai A, Santosh K Singh, Sumit K Singh, Poornima Sharma, Arvind K Ahlawat, Sung-Soo-Haan and Anju Mahendru Singh*. (2023). Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure using glutenin protein markers in various wheat varieties. Plant Genetic Resources, 21(1): 28 – 36, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1479262123000382.
  4. Thribhuvan, R., S. P. Singh, M S. Sankar, Anju M Singh, M. Mallik, T Singhal, J Kumar Meena and C. T. Satyavathi. (2022). Combining ability and heterosis studies for grain iron and zinc concentrations in pearl millet [Cenchrus americanus (L). Morrone]. Frontiers in Plant Science; DOI 10.3389/fpls.2022.1029436.
  5. Rathan, N D, Hari Krishna, R K Ellur, D Sehgal, V Govindan, J P Jaiswal, J B Singh, S V S Prasad, D Ambati, S K Singh, K Bajpai and A Mahendru-Singh*. (2022). Genome wise association study identifies loci and candidate genes for grain micronutrients and quality traits in wheat (Triticum aestivum ). Scientific Reports, 12: 7037 http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10618-w.
  6. Kumar,S, S R Jacob, R R Mir, V K Vikas, P Kulwal, T Chandra, S Kaur, U Kumar, S Kumar, S Sharma, R Singh, S Prasad, A Mahendru-Singh, A K Singh, J Kumari, M S Saharan, S C Bhardwaj, M Prasad, S Kalia and K Singh (2022). Indian wheat genomics initiative for harnessing the potential of wheat germplasm resources for breeding disease resistant, nutrient dense and climate- resilient cultivars. Frontiers in Genetics; http:// doi/10.3389/fgene.2022.834366.
  7. Kaushik, M., E, Mulani, A Mahendru-Singh, G Makharia, S Mohan and P K Mandal (2022). Comparative Expression Profile of Genes Encoding Intolerant Proteins in Bread vs. Durum Wheat During Grain Development.  J Plant Growth Regul (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-022-10785-0.
  8. Awasthi,T, N Singh, AS Virdi, A Mahendru-Singh and AK Ahlawat (2022). Effect of solvents and supercritical‐CO2 extraction of lipids on physico‐chemical, functional, pasting and rheological properties of hard, medium hard and soft wheat varieties. International Journal of Food Science & Technology, 57(8):5057-5067
  9. Kumar, T P J, A K Ahlawat, S K. Singh, N. D. Rathan, N Bedi and A Mahendru-Singh* (2022). Quality evaluation of near isogenic lines of wheat developed through marker assisted backcross breeding for grain softness. Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed., 82(1): 56-64; doi/10.31742/ IJGPB.82 .1.8.
  10. Chandra, S, S P Singh, C T Satyavathi, S M Sankar, Anju Mahendru-Singh and J S Bhat. (2022). Genetics of fertility restoration for the A1 cytoplasmic genic male sterility system in pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br.). Indian J. Genet. Plant Breed., 82(1): 65-72. doi: 10.31742 IJG PB.82.1.9.
  11. Rathan, N D, D Sehgal, K Thiyagarajan, R Singh, A Mahendru-Singh* and V Govindan (2021). Identification of Genetic Loci and Candidate Genes Related to Grain Zinc and Iron Concentration Using a Zinc-Enriched Wheat ‘Zinc-Shakti’. Frontiers in Genetics, https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2021.652653.
  12. Krishnappa, G., N D Rathan, D Sehgal, A K Ahlawat, S K Singh, R B Shukla, J P Jaiswal,Ishwar Singh Solanki, G P Singh and A Mahendru-Singh*(2021).Identification of Novel Genomic Regions for Biofortification Traits Using an SNP Marker-Enriched Linkage Map in Wheat (Triticumaestivum).Front.Nutr., https:/ /doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2021.669444
  13. Kumar, T P J, A Rai, S K. Singh, R R Kumar, A K Ahlawat, S Saini, R B Shukla, N Bedi and A Mahendru-Singh* (2021). Development of near isogenic lines for grain softness through marker assisted backcross breeding in wheat. Journal of Plant Biochem. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-021-00712-x
  14. Soumya P R, D Singh, S Sharma, A Mahendru-Singh and R Pandey (2021). Evaluation of Diverse Wheat (Triticum aestivum) and Triticale (× Triticosecale) Genotypes for Low Phosphorus Stress Tolerance in Soil and Hydroponic Conditions. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr.  21, 1236–1251. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42729-021-00436-w
  15. Singh N, A S Virdi, M Katyal, A Kaur, D Kaur, A K Ahlawat, Anju Mahendru-Singh and R K Sharma (2021). Evaluation of heat stress through delayed sowing on physicochemical and functional characteristics of grains, whole meals and flours of India wheat. Food Chemistry: 344, 1218725; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128725
  16. Kaur N, B Singh , A Kaur , M P Yadav, N Singh, A K Ahlawat, Anju Mahendru-Singh (2021).Effect of growing conditions on proximate, mineral, amino acid, phenolic composition and antioxidant properties of wheatgrass from different wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties. 2021. Food Chemistry, 341(1): 121; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128201
  17. Rai, A, Arvind K. Ahlawat, R. B. Shukla, N Jain, Rajeev Ranjan Kumar and A Mahendru-Singh*(2021). Quality evaluation of near‑isogenic line of the wheat variety HD2733 carrying the Lr24/Sr24 genomic region. Biotech-3: 11, 130
  18. Sharma, S, M Katyal, N Singh, A Mahendru-Singh and A K Ahlawat. (2021). Comparison of the effect of using hard and soft wheat on molecular weight glutenin subunits profile and quality of produced cookie. J Food Sci and Technology: http://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-021-05272-5.
  19. Rathan, N, A Mahendru-Singh*, V Govindan and M I Ibba(2020). Impact of High and Low-Molecular-Weight Glutenins on the Processing Quality of a Set of Biofortified Common Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Lines. Front. Sustain. Food Syst., https:// doi. org/ 10.33 89/fsufs.2020.583367.
  20. Azizi, A F, S Sethi, A Joshi, A Mahendru-Singh, P Raigond, M K Singh and R K Yadav (2020). Biochemical and functional attributes of raw and boiled potato flesh and peel powders for suitability in food applications. J Food Sci Technol,57, 3955–3965.https://doi.org /10. 1007/s1 3197-020-04424-3.
  21. Katyal, M, K N Singh,A S Virdi, A Kaur,  AK Ahlawat, A Mahendru-Singh and R Bajaj. (2019). Comparative analysis of native and defatted flour from hard, extraordinarily soft, and medium‐hard wheat varieties for protein solvation, pasting, mixing, and dough rheological behaviour. Journal of Food Science, 85(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/1750-3841.14944.
  22. Rai, A, A Mahendru-Singh*, A, Ahlawat, A, K, Kumar, K, Raghunandan, S. Saini, D Ganjewala and R B Shukla. (2019). Quality evaluation of near isogenic lines of the wheat variety carrying Sr26, Lr19 and Yr10 genes. Journal of Cereal Science. 88: 110-119.
  23. Rai, A, Mahendru-Singh*, K, Raghunanadan, TPJ, Kumar, P Sharma, AK Ahlawat, SK Singh, D Ganjewala, RB, Shukla and M Shivasamy. (2019). Marker assisted transfer of PinaD1a gene to develop soft grain wheat cultivars. Biotech-3, 9:183-189.
  24. Rai, A, A Mahendru-Singh*, D Ganjewala, R R Kumar, A K Ahlawat, S K Singh, P Sharma and N Jain (2019). Rheological evaluations and molecular marker analysis of cultivated bread wheat varieties of J Food Sci. Techno,. 56: 1696-1707https://doi.org/10.1007/s13197-019-03593-0.
  25. Krishnappa, G., Ahlawat, A.K., Shukla, R B, Singh, S K, Anju M Singh*, and Singh G P. (2019). Multi-environment Analysis of Grain Quality Traits in Recombinant Inbred Lines of a Biparental Cross in Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum). Cereal Res. Commun. 47:334-344.
  26. Krishnappa G, K Srinivasan, A Mahendru-Singh*, A Mishra, A K Ahlawat, G P Singh and S Rachel-Jacob (2019). Exploratory studies on components of variability for seed longevity and quality traits in bread (Triticum aestivum) and durum (Triticum durum) wheat, Ind JAgri Sci, 89(3): 515–21.
  27. Ranjan, R, Yadav, R, Pandey, R, Jain, N, Bainsla, N, Gaikwad, K & Anju M Singh (2019).Variation in wheat (Triticum aestivum) advance lines and released cultivars for traits associated with nitrogen use efficiency under N limiting environment. Ind J Agri Sci, 89: 99-104

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