Dr. Sayeed Patel has authored 23 research papers, two review papers, five book chapters, presented 13 papers in international and national conferences. He also published 19 popular articles, delivered two radio talks and 13 extension lectures. He has a teaching experience of seven years to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. He guided two M.Sc. as major advisor and currently one M.Sc and one PhD is working under his mentorship. He completed one research project as Co-PI and actively involved in crop improvement of tomato, chilli and capsicum. An AICRP (VC) Best Centre team award was confirmed during annual meet on 3-5th March 2025. He was a university merit scholarship holder during 1st year of PhD and.also awarded the merit fellowship during his Ph.D and received international travel grant and summer scholarship to attend summer school at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot Campus, Israel.

Research Papers (>6NAAS rating) 2020 onwards: 

• Saini P, Sirari A, Gnanesh B N, Mandahal K S, Ludhar N K, Nagpal S, Patel S A H, Akhatar J, Saini P, Pratap A and Bains T S. (2023) Assessment of Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers Derived from Whole-Genome Sequence (WGS) of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L. Wilczek): Cross-Species Transferability and Population Genetic Studies in Vigna Species. Horticulturae. 10(1):34.

• Aeer S D, Jindal S K, Patel S A H and Chawla N (2023) Assessment of combining ability comprising alc, nor and rin mutant alleles of tomato under main and late planting seasons Genetika 55 (2), 743-757.

• Aeer S D, Jindal S K, Patel S A H and Chawla N (2023) Heterotic pattern involving rin, nor and alc alleles for yield and quality traits in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1590/1678-4324-2023230169.

• Patel SAH, Dhatt A S, Sharma S P and Vashisht V K (2024). Heterosis and combining ability for economic fruit traits in melon (Cucumis melo L.) Involving genetic male sterile and snapmelon line. Genetika 56(1): 121-141.

• Singh R, Jindal S K and Patel S A H (2024) Exploring pickled chilli genotypes through evaluation of variability parameters, character association studies and genetic divergence. Scientia Horticulturae. 329:113018.

• Anjum F, Urvashi, Patel S A H, Jindal S K, Ramandeep K and Chawla N (2024) Portraying phytochemical and genetic components of elite cultivated chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) genotypes. Natural Product Research.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2024.2429129

Research Papers (< 6 NAAS rating) 2020 onwards

• Patel S A H and Sharma Y (2023) Use of agro-waste as nutritional component in nursery growing media. Agricultural Research Journal 60 (4): 533-539.

• Patel S A H, Dhatt A S, Sharma S P and Thakur H (2023) Screening of muskmelon (Cucumis melo L.) germplasm against fusarium wilt (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis) and its utilization in hybrid development. KAVAKA. 59 (2), 65-74

• Gandikota B, Jindal S K, Abhishek Sharma and Patel S A H (2024) Exploring bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L. var grossum) germplasm resilient to Leaf curl disease. Vegetable Science 51(1): 33-39.

• Arman Thakur, Patel SAH, Jindal S K and Chawla N (2024) Appraisal of cherry tomato genotypes for diversity and principal component analysis. Vegetable Science 51(1): 103-114.

• Gandikota B, Jindal S K, Sukhjeet Kaur and Patel S A H (2024) Identification of resistance in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L. var. grossum) germplasm against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Indian Journal of Nematology. 54(1): 37-47.

• Sran T S, Jindal S K, Patel S A H, Sharma A and Bhullar H S (2024) Overview of Chilli leaf curl virus disease: Breeding and advance genetic management strategies. Himachal Journal of Agricultural Research. 50(2):153-161.

• Thakur A, Patel S A H, S. K Jindal and Sukhjeet Kaur (2024) Identification of Resistant Genotype(s) of Cherry Tomato against Root-knot Nematode under Controlled Epiphytotic Conditions. Indian Journal of Nematology. 54(2): 214-226.

• Parmar M, Patel S A H, Phutela U G and Dhawan M (2024) Comparative Analysis of Ligninolytic Potential among Pleurotus ostreatus and Fusarium sp. with a Special Focus on Versatile Peroxidase. Applied Microbiol. doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol4030093.

Awards and honors (Till date):

• Stood 35th position in 16th All India Entrance Examination (AIEEA-PG-2011).
• Stood 24th in All India Common Entrance-SRF-Post Graduate Studies (AICE-SRF-PGS) during 2015.
• Awarded with UGC- Maulana Azad National fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. program from 2013-2017.
• Awarded with International Travel Grant – 2017 from Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi.
• Awarded with Scholarship for Summer Program in Agriculture 2017 at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot Campus, Israel by the council for higher Education, Government of Israel.

• Best poster Award for “2G Cutting: A Technique for Increasing Yield of Sponge Gourd (Luffa cylindrica L.) by Multiple times” at International Horticulture Conference- Next Generation Horticulture held at TNAU from 16-19th Sept 2021.

• Best poster Award for “Vegetable nutrition garden model for healthy food in urban and peri-urban areas” held at International conference on Vegetable research and Innovations for nutrition, Entrepreneurship and Environment (ICVEG-21) held on 14-16 December 2021