Completed B.Sc. Agriculture in 2008, M.Sc. Plant Breeding and Genetics in 2010 and Ph.D. Plant Breeding and Genetics in 2015 from Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Vishvavidyalaya, Palampur, (H.P.). Working as Assistant Plant Breeder (2015-2019) and Plant Breeder (2019- till date) in the Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, PAU, Ludhiana. Associated with the development of five hybrids of rapeseed-mustard crops (PHR 126, RCH 1, GSH 1699, GSH 1707 andPGSH2155)released at state or national level. Completed three competitive grant projects (1 as PI; 2 as Co-PI) from funding agencies like DBT and ICAR.

Professional Accomplishment :

Important Publications:

1. Kaur J, Sandhu SK, Rialch I, Singh M, Kaur K and Pal L. 2023. Selection of heat tolerant donor lines in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea). Bangladesh Journal of Botany, 52(4); 1007-1013.
2. Sandhu SK, Singh KH, Rialch I, Sharma S and Brar AP. 2023. Developing genetically enhanced Ethiopian mustard (Brassica carinata) lines for utilization as potential biofuel source. Agriculture Research Journal, 60 (4): 494-500.
3. Akhatar J, Goyal A, Kaur N, Atri C, Mittal M, Singh MP, Kaur R, Rialch I, Banga SS. 2021. Genome-wide association analyses to understand genetic basis of flowering and plant height under three levels of nitrogen application in Brassica juncea(L.) Czern&Coss. Scientific Reports 11: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83689-w.
4. Sandhu SK, Sunayana, Pal L, RialchI and Singh M. 2021. Unravelling genetic variability for moisture stress tolerance in Indian mustard and identification of high breeding value donor lines. Journal of Environmental Biology, 42: 1478-1487.
5. Sunayana, Singh M, Rialch I and Sandhu SK. 2021. Genetic assortment of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) germplasm for rainfed conditions. Journal of Oilseed Brassica, 42, 1478-1487

Ongoing Projects:

1. Marker-assisted stacking of genes associated with seed quality and aphid resistance in highy yielding mustard cultivars.

Consortia for Research Platform (CRP)-ICAR on ‘Molecular breeding for improvement of tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, yield and quality traits in crops – Mustard

PG Students (Present Students):

PhD: (1)           Futane Aachal MahadevraoL-2023-A-60-D                   7972214958

MSc:  (2)         Arshdeep Singh            L-2022-A-274-M                     9988094176

                        Muhammad Ameen      L-2024-A-309-M                      9072730785