Dr. Harmandeep Kaur joined PAU as Assistant Professor on 23.09.2024 after completing BSc Agriculture (Hons.) from Khalsa College, Amritsar in 2014 and M.Sc (Plant Pathology) from PAU, Ludhiana in 2017. She did her PhD (Plant Pathology) from PAU, Ludhiana in 2021. She has worked as Research fellow in wheat lab at Plant Breeding and Genetics from March, 2022- September, 2024. Her field of specialization is Fungal Pathology. She has published 8 research papers in national and international journals and presented 6 papers in national conferences. She is a member of Indian Phytopathological Society (IPS), New Delhi and Indian Society of Plant Pathology (INSOPP), Ludhiana.

Professional Accomplishments

Research Project

Reappraising the population dynamics of wheat foliar blight pathogen complex in North-Western Plain Zones of India” funded by ANRF-PMECRG in 2025 as PI. 

Research Publications:

1. Kaur M P, Kaur J, Bala R, Srivastava P, Sharma A, Kaur S and Kaur H (2025) Appraisal of European winter wheat against Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici pathotypes prevalent under North Indian conditions. Cereal Research Communications, pp.1-15. (Naas Rating- 7.60)
2. Kaur H, Kaur J, Bala R, Sharma A, Kumari J, Mavi G S, Kaur S (2023) Postulation of leaf rust resistance genes in Indian and exotic wheat germplasm using near-isogenic lines (NILS) and molecular markers. Crop Protection 174: p106431 (Naas Rating- 8.80) 
3. Kaur H, Kaur J, Bala R, Srivastava P, Raheja S, Biswas B (2023) Evaluation of monogenic lines with known Lr genes and commercial wheat cultivars for leaf rust (Puccinia triticina) resistance across different environments in Punjab, India. Cereal Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1007/S42976-023-00405-2. (Naas Rating- 7.60) 
4. Yadav I S, Bhardwaj S C, Kaur J, Singla D, Kaur S, Kaur H, Rawat N, Tiwari V K, Saunders D, Uauy C and Chhuneja P (2022) Whole genome resequencing and comparative genome analysis of three Puccinia striiformis f.sp. tritici pathotypes prevalent in India. Plos One 17: E0261697. (Naas Rating- 9.70) 
5. Kaur J, Kaur J, Dhillon G S, Kaur H, Singh J, Bala R, Srivastava P, Kaur S, Sharma A And Chhuneja P (2021) Characterization and mapping of Spot Blotch in Triticum durum–Aegilops speltoides introgression lines using SNP markers. Frontiers In Plant Science 12: 650400. (Naas Rating -11.60) 
6. Kaur J, Bala R, Kaur H, Pannu P P S, Kumar A and Bharadwaj S C (2018) Current status of wheat diseases in Punjab. Agric Res J 55:113-16 (Naas Rating – 5.16).
7. Kaur H, Kaur J, Bala R, Sharma A, Pannu P P S, Chhuneja P and Bains N S (2017) Virulence and genetic diversity of Puccinia Striiformis f.sp. tritici isolates in Punjab. Indian Phytopathology 70:418-25 (Naas Rating – 5.97)