Position Held: Biochemist (Forage) (10 May 2012 onwards)

Education: B.Sc. Punjab University, Chandigarh M.Sc. PAU, Ludhiana, Ph.D, PAU, Ludhiana

Field of specialization: Nutritional quality of forage crops

Research interest:

1. Quality evaluation of breeding material for development of nutritionally superior forage varieties.
2. Biochemical basis of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in forage crops.
3. Effect of production practices on nutritional quality of forage crops.

Ongoing Projects:

1. All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops and Utilization

Projects Accomplished (PI/Co-PI): 2 (CSIR and ICAR)

1. Breeding for development of baby corn hybrids
2. Development of low lignin mutants sugarcane through mutagenesis and genome editing approach

Selected Research Publications:

1. Gupta H, Goyal M and Roy A K (2024) Lodging susceptibility index is associated with impaired source-sink relationship and sucrose allocation in oat varieties. Cereal Res Commun (NAAS rating- 7.60)
2. Gupta H, Goyal M, Kapoor R and Mittal AD (2024) Role of lignin metabolism and associated metabolites for lodging resistance in oat (Avena sativa L.). Cereal Res Commun https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-024-00537-z.  (NAAS rating- 7.60)
3. Kumari A, Goyal M, Cheema HK and Singh DP 2023 Modulation of enzymes and metabolites in response to shoot fly infestation in resistant and susceptible sorghum genotypes. Cereal Research Communication  https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-023-00387-1(NAAS rating- 7.24)
4. Kumari A, Goyal M, Mittal AD and Kumar R 2021 Defensive Capabilities of Contrasting Sorghum Genotypes against Atherigonasoccata (Rondani) Infestation. Protoplasmahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-021-01703-4 (NAAS rating-8.63)
5. Kaur AD and Goyal M 2021 Metabolic adjustments in forage oats (Avena sativa L.) genotypes under different sowing windows. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 27 (12):2709-2725 {http://dio.org/10.1007/s12298-21-01118-8(NAAS rating- 8.01)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions: —

• Best research paper award of Journal ‘Range Management and Agroforestry’ for the year 2016.
• As a team member, got Best AICRP Forage Crops Centre Award for outstanding contribution in development of Fodder Crop Varieties during NGM 2024.