DR. PRAVEEN KUMAR SINGH

Dr. Praveen Kumar Singh
Principal Scientist & Head

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Plant Exploration and Germplasm Collection

Contact

Off.-011-25802885
Email-nbpgr.exploration@icar.gov.in; praveen.singh1@icar.gov.in

Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
M. Sc. Vegetable Science 1997
Ph. D. Horticulture 2003

SPECIALIZATION
Vegetable Science

Salient Achievements

  1. Developed and standardized the petaloid type Male sterile system in Asiatic carrot.
  2. Developed Vegetable crop varieties/hybrids as Breeder:

        Tomato varieties:

  1. Pusa Tomato (Protected-1) (For protected conditions)
  2. Pusa Golden cherry no.2 (Late blight resistant variety)
  3. Pusa Prasanskrit (1st Processing tomato variety with ToLCV resistance for northern plains)
  4. Pusa Cocktail tomato (ToLCV resistant variety)
  5. Pusa Cherry tomato hybrid-(ToLCV & Late blight resistant)
  6. Pak Choi variety: Pusa PakChoi-1
  7. Capsicum variety: Pusa Preet
  8.  Longmelon variety: Kashi Santushti

    Contribution as Co-developer:

  1. Tomato: Pusa Rakshit
  2. Tomato: H-81 (dual purpose hybrid, identified by AICRP-VC)  
  3. Ridge Gourd: Kashi Shivani
  4. Satputia: Kashi Khushi

Awards/Honours

  • Young Scientist Associate Award – 2012 by BIOVED RESEARCH SOCIETY, Allahabad.
  • Certificate of Excellence, 5th Academic Achievement Awards-2017 by Education Expo TV., Mumbai
  • Outstanding Horticultist Award-2018 by Society of Horticultural Research and  Development, Ghaziabad, UP
  • Dr. Kirti Singh Memorial Best Vegetable Scientist-2023 by Society of Horticultural Research and Development, Ghaziabad, UP

Recent Publications

          Book (ed): (Three)

  • Singh,P.K., Dassgupta,S.K. and Tripathi, S.K. ( 2005): Hybrid Vegetable Development. Haworth Press Inc.,USA
  • Rathore,RS,Singh, RP,Singh,PK and Narolia,RK (2021): HI-TECH HORTICULTURE Approaches for Cultivation and Value Addition. AGROBIOS(INDIA)PUBLICATION.
  • Rathore,RS,Singh, RP,Singh,PK and Shekhawat,PS (2021): DRYLAND HORTICULTURE Cultivation and Approaches for Cultivation and Management. AGROBIOS(INDIA) PUBLICATION.

    Book Chapters contributed :16

    Research papers: 60

    Recent Publications (Last five years)


  • Pradheep,K., Lepcha,B, Rathi,RS,Vikas,VK and Singh,P.K.(2020). ‘Nakima’ (TupistraclarkeiHook.f.): an underutilised vegetable crop of Sikkim,India. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.https//doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-00916-5.67, pages1619–1626
  • Anil,AS, Sharma,V.K., Barman,M, Datta,S.P., Bandyopadhyay, Singh,PK and Chobe,K.A. (2020). Effect of calcium and boron on biomass yield and nutrient uptake by tomato (Solanum lycopersicum). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 90(6):1176-9.
  • Pandey,A, Ranjan,P, Ahlawat,SP, Bhardwaj,R, Dhariwal,OP, Singh,PK, Malav, PK, Harish,GD, Prabhu,P and Agrawal A (2021). Studies on fruit morphology,nutritional and floral diversity in less-known melons(Cucumis melo L.) of India.Genet Resour Crop Evol.https//doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-01075-3
  • Gautam, R., Singh, P.K., Kumar, P., Selvakumar, R., Singh, M.C., Dhital, S., Rani, M., Shama, V.K., Jnapika, K.H., and Kumar, J. (2021). Advances in soilless cultivation technology of horticultural crops: Review, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 91(11): 503-508.
  • Pradheep,K, John,KJ,Singh,PK,Rathi RS and Pandey,A (2021).A new subspecies and new  records of Trichosanthessps. (Cucurbitaceae) for India, and notes on T. khasiana. Blumea 65,2021:233- 243
  • Pandey,DK,SinghPK,Adhiguru,P and Kumar P(2021). Vocal for local: Diversity of local cucurbits cultivars in East Siang , Arunachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.Vol 20(1): Jan.2021, pp174-79
  • Singla P., Sharda R., Sharma S., Gulati D., Pandey K., Singh. NP, Singh, P.K. and Sharma, A. (2023) Variation in physio-chemical attributes and WUE during growth and development of Pak choi (Brassica rapa L. subsp. chinensis L.) under different drip fertigation and mulching treatments. Acta Alimentaria.11p.(DOI:10.1556/066.2023.00084)
  • Chaithanya, G., Kumar, A., Vijay, D., Singh,P.K., Hussain,Z., Basu,S. and Lal, S.K. (2023). Efficacy of nanoparticles against purple blotch (Alternaria porri) of onion.  Indian Phytopathology 76, 845–852. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-023-00632.
  • Shanmugaraj,C., Kamil, D., Kundu, A., Singh, P.K., Das, A., Hussain, Z., Gogoi, R., Shashank, P.R., Gangaraj, R., Chaithra, M (2023) Exploring the Potential Biocontrol   Isolates of Trichoderma asperellum for Management of Collar Rot Disease in Tomato.  Horticulturae 2023, 9, 1116. https://doi.org/10.3390/Horticulturae 9101116 
  • Kumar Sona, Krishnan P, P K Singh, Ananta Vashisth and Monika Kundu (2023) Biophysical and biochemical changes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) genotypes at different fruit developmental stages under protected cultivation Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 93 (8): 875–880 https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v93i8.136522
  • Kumar Sona, Krishnan P, Singh PK, Vashisth A, Benerjee,K and Kundu, M.(2023). Development of Tomato Fruit Stage Index (TFSI) to characterisediferent fruit growth stages of tomato using multivariate techniques. Journal of Food Measurement and https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-023-02232-9
  • Tripathi,K., Pamarthi,R.K., Gore, P.G., Nagaraju,S., Singh,PK.,Latha,M.,Ramya,KR, Pratap,A., Gautam, R.K., Rana,J.C. and Singh,GP. (2023). Development and standardization of key descriptors for agro-morphological characterization in  Vigna stipulacea (Lam.) Kuntze.: a potential legume for India. Genet Resour Crop Evol (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-023-01732-3
  • Gowda,Manjunatha T. , Prasanna, R, Rao,U  , Somvanshi,V.S., Singh,P.K, Singh, AK  , Chawla,G. (2023). Microbiome transplant can effectively manage root-knot nematode infectivity in tomato. Applied Soil Ecology. 190(2023)105020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2023.105020
  • Ravi Gautam, Reetika, Jnapika KH, Vivek Beniwal, Hussain,Z., Singh,P.K., Sushmitha LC,  Jindal,M and Dhital,S.(2024). Breeding strategies in vegetable crops for protected cultivation for yield and bio-chemical traits. International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research 2024; SP-8(1): 165-172  https://doi.org/10.33545/26174693.2024.v8.i1Sc.301

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