Dr Jawala Jindal, completed his studies at PAU, Ludhiana and his focus is on developing Integrated Pest management for insect pests of maize. He has conducted research on screening of maize germplasm and bases of resistance against insect pests, QTL mapping for insect resistance, population dynamic studies, biological control, chemical control, cultural control and habitat management to strengthen the IPM in maize. Out of research work, he has >20 recommendations to his credit. Most prominent are management of maize stem borer, Chilopartelluswith biocontrol agent Trichogrammachilonis, devised the seed treatment for the control of shoot fly in spring sown maize and development of management strategy for  newly introduced pest, fall armyworm. He has >150 publications to his credit, including 75 research papers in international and national Journals. He is actively engaged in UG and PG students’ research alongwith the direct involvement with the farmers by demonstrating the developed technology at their fields.

Field of Specialization: Economic Entomology (Maize)

Research Interests:

1. Development and popularization of IPM strategies for the insect pests of maize.
2. Maize breeding for improved insect pest tolerance

Research Projects:

Completed:  Ecological implications of abundance of Pink stem borer, Sesamiainferens Walker in rice-wheat cropping system in Punjab funded by SERB-DST.

Ongoing

1. All India Coordinated Maize Improvement Project (ICAR-4).
2. Field efficacy testing of Gaprole FAW 31.4% eco dispenser against fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda on maize (CO-PI).

Selected Research Publications (Last five years best publications):

1. AmandeepKaur, GurpreetKaur, Navpreet Nil, AshmitaSethi, Jawala Jindal, Ramesh Kumar, Pardeep Kumar, YogeshVikal and Priti Sharma (2025) Gaining insights into genomic regions associated with Chilopartellus resistance in Teosinte derived maize population. Frontiers in Genetics. (Accepted: Manuscript ID: 1577830) (NAAS rating: 8.80)
2. Jawala Jindal, SunitGoyal and Tosh Garg (2025) Development and utilization of susceptibility index for screening maize germplasm against shoot fly, AtherigonanaqviiMaize Journal, 14(1): 40-46. (NAAS rating: 4.28)
3. KomaljotKaur, HarpreetKaurCheema ,Jawala Jindal, Tosh Garg, Gagandeep Singh and AshleshaAtri (2024) Categorization of resistance against the fall armyworm, Spodopterafrugiperda (J.E. Smith) in select maize inbred lines. Crop protection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2024.106581 (NAAS rating: 8.80)
4. Naveen Aggarwal, Jawala Jindal, Pukraj Singh,  OshinBhargav and  KanuPriya Sharma (2023) Thermal Indices of Spodopterafrugiperda (J. E. Smith) on maize in northern India. Indian Journal of Ecology, 50 (6): 2065-2070 (NAAS rating: 5.79). (NAAS rating: 5.79)
5. SarbjitKaur, KamaljitKaur, Jawala Jindal and GurjitKaur Gill (2023) Characterization and inhibition kinetics of gut α‑amylase from Chilopartellusthrough Lineweaver‑ Burk, fractional velocity and combination plots. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42690-023-01101-8(NAAS rating: 7.20)
6. MunazzaAnwer, KamaljitKaur, Jawala Jindal, YadhuSuneja and Tosh Garg (2023) Peroxidase, β‑1,3 glucanase, chitinase and protease inhibitor activities in conjunction with phenols owe tolerance to wild and backcross derived maize genotypes against Cereal Research Communications. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-023-00445-8. (NAAS rating: 7.60)
7. SarvjeetKaur, KamaljitKaur and Jawala Jindal (2022) Status of phenolic metabolism and α‑amylase inhibitor in maize under ChilopartellusCereal Research Communication: https: //org/10. 1007/s42976-021-00230-5 (NAAS rating: 6.85)
8. Jawala Jindal, KanuPriya Sharma, Parminder Singh Shera and HarpreetKaurCheema (2022) Native parasitoids of fall army worm Spodopterafrugiperda (J E Smith) in maize. Indian Journal of Entomology. 84(4): 865-867 : 10.5958/IJE.2021.72 (NAAS rating-5.08) 
9. HarpreetKaurCheema, Jawala Jindal, Naveen Aggarwal, Sanjiv Kumar and Ubhi Sharma (2021) Insecticidal Management of Spodopterafrugiperda(JE Smith) on Grain and Fodder Maize in Punjab. Pesticide Research Journal33(1): 72-77. (NAAS rating: 5.49)
10. HeenaBarmota, KousikMandal, Smriti Sharma and Jawala Jindal (2021) Dissipation studies of chlorantraniliprole in maize leaves, grains, baby corn and soil. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry. https://doi.org/1080/ 03067319 .2021 .1974427 (NAAS rating: 7.43)
11. Kaur S, Kaur K, Jindal J and Kaur G (2021) Salivary amylase from Chilopartellus – its characterization and mode of inhibition through analysis of double reciprocal, fractional velocity and combination plots. Indian Journal of experimental Biology.59: 88-96 (NAAS score-6.78)
12. Jindal J, Aggarwal N and Kumar A (2020) Efficacy of thiamethoxam 30 FS seed treatment against shoot fly AtherigonanaqviiSteyskal in spring maize. Indian Journal of Entomology. DoI No.: 10.5958/0974-8172.2021.00004.3 (NAAS score-5.89)
13. Pradyumn Kumar, Suby S B, KaurJaswinder, Bajya D R, Sekhar J C, Soujanya P Lakshmi, Jindal Jawala, Singh Ranvir, Bana J K, Reddy L M and Girish K Jha (2021) Assessment of crop loss caused by Chilopartellus in maize. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 91 (2): 218–21 (NAAS score-6.21)
14. Adrish Dey, Pathour R. Shashank, Naresh M. Meshram,Sabtharishi Subramanian, Mallikarjuna Jeer, C. M. Kalleshwaraswamy, Sachin MahadevChavan, Jawala Jindal and S. B. Suby (2021) Molecular diversity of Sesamiainferens (Walker, 1856) (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) from India. 3 Biotech11, 134 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02678-y(NAAS score-7.80)
15. Goyal S, Jindal J and Kaur K (2020) Physico-chemical bases of resistance in maize against shoot fly, AtherigonanaqviiSteyskal during spring season in north India. 216:1-20DOI: 10.1007/s10681-020-02665-z (Nass rating: 7.53).
16. Vikal Y, Kaur A, Jindal J, Kaur K, Pathak D, Garg T, et al. (2020) Identification of genomic regions associated with shoot fly resistance in maize and their syntenic relationships in the sorghum genome. PLoS ONE 15(6): e0234335. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0234335(NAAS score-8.78)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

• University merit scholarship during B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) and M. Sc. Entomology.
• University merit certificate during B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) and M. Sc. Entomology.
• ASPEE Gold medal during B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) for securing highest OCPA in Plant Protection elective.
• Got 2^nd position during B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) 1996 batch.
• Sardar Singh Gold medal during M. Sc. Entomology for securing highest OCPA.
• S. Atwal Gold Medal for Best Post Graduate student of the University for the Year 2003.

Membership of professional societies:

Life membership of Maize Technologists Association of India (MTAI)

Life membership of Indian society for the improvement of insect science, P.A.U., Ludhiana.

Life membership of Crop improvement society of India, PAU, Ludhiana.

Courses Teaching :

Ent301 :Pests of Crops and Stored Grains and their Management

Ent-PP 202 :Principles of Integrated Pest and Disease Management                    

Student Guidance:

1. D.: Ms. Vani (L-2021-A-030-D)
2. D.: Ms. Akshul (L-2023-A-39-D)
3. Sc: Ms. PoonamBangar (L-2023-A-44-M)
4. Sc: Mr. Veeraragul R (L-2024-A-292-M)