Dr. Namarta Gupta joined PAU as Assistant Professor (Botany) at CoHSC, Kaoni on 29.09.1995 after completing BSc (Medical) from MCM DAV College for women, Chandigarh, and MSC (Botany) from PAU, Ludhiana in 1991. She did her PhD (Botany) from PAU, Ludhiana in 1996. She joined as Associate Professor on 21.04.2007 and Professor on 21.04.2013. Her field of specialization is Plant Physiology and areas of interest are Abiotic Stress Tolerance, Seed Physiology, Biofortification, Use of Plant growth promoting substances and bacteria. She has guided 18 MSc students and 4 PhD students as major advisor, published    30 research papers in national and international journals. Presently she is the chairperson of the extension committee of department of Botany and member of teaching committee of department of Botany. She is a member of Society for the Advancement of Academics, Sports, and Cultural Activities (SAASCA)  and anti ragging committee of the college of Basic Sciences and Humanities

Professional Accomplishments

Research Publications :

1. Kaur H, Gupta N, Gill GK and Chaudhary A (2024) Assessment of foliar micronutrient fertilization on leaf and crop growth attributes in sweet corn (Zea mays L. saccharata). Commun Soil Sci Plant Anal 55 (7): 976-97 (NASS Rating: 7.80)
2. Kaur H and Gupta N (2023) Seed treatment with ascorbic acid and proline improved salt tolerance in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cv Roma by enhancing antioxidant enzyme activity. Plant Physiol Rep 28 : 568-76 (NAAS Rating: 7.70)
3. Murria S, Gupta N, Kaur N, Bhardwaj R and Sharma A B (2022) Impact of Sclerospora graminicola infection on physiological mechanisms and hormonal regulation of floral reversion in pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum (L.) R. Br]. Physiol Mol Pl Pathol 118: 101806 (NAAS Rating: 8.75)
4. Kaur M, Gupta N, Kaur N, Sohu R S, Mahal A K, Choudhary A (2022) Preliminary screening of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) germplasm for salinity stress tolerance at the early seedling stage. Cereal Res Commun https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-022-00327-5 (NASS Rating: 6.85).
5. Kaur H, Gupta N, Gill G K (2022) Sole and combined effect of micronutrients on germination and seedling growth attributes of sweet corn (Zea mays L. saccharata). J Plant Nutr https://doi.org/ 10.1080/01904167.2022.2155558 (NASS Rating: 7.71)

Award and Recognitions:

Poster Presentation- First Prize

Kaur, A, Gupta N, Vyas,P and Kapoor, R (2023) Effect of biochar on germination and early seedling growth of oat genotypes under salt stress conditions. In Proc :International Conference on “Strategies for global food and Nutritional Security, Sustainability and wellness” organized by CCS HAU, Hisar dated Dec, 4 th -6 th 2023 pp 267