Dr. Paramjit Kaur joined PAU as Assistant Acarologist on 02.01.2009 after completing BSc (Hons.) Agriculture from PAU, Ludhiana in 2002 and MSc (Entomology) from PAU in 2004. She did her PhD (Entomology) from PAU in 2008. She joined as Senior Acarologist on 03.01.2021 (till date). Her field of specialization is bio-ecological studies of predatory and phytophagous mites, acaricide resistance monitoring, host plant resistance, management of mites, taxonomic and genetic variability studies of family Tetranychidae and Phytoseiidae. She is working in All India Network Project on Agricultural Acarology funded by ICAR, New Delhi. She has completed one project as PI funded by Science and Engineering Research Board under Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi in 2025. She has guided 3 MSc students as major advisor. She has published 54 research papers in national and international journals, 35 abstracts in national and international conferences and 12 extension bulletins. She has given 6 recommendations for the management of mites to the farmers. She is a Life fellow of “The Entomological Society of India”

Professional Accomplishments Research Projects completed

1. Biosystematic studies of Phytoseiid mites on fruit crops from Trans-Gangetic plain and North Western Himalaya funded by SERB, DST, New Delhi in 2025 as PI
   

Research Publications:

1. Kaur P and Zalom F G (2019) Consumption rate and predatory preference of the predacious mite, Neoseiulus californicus to Tetranychus urticae and Eotetranychus lewsi on strawberry. Current Science, 116 (12) : 2097-2101 (NAAS rating : 6.88 )

2. Kaur P and Bhullar MB (2019). Acaricide resistance in Tetranychus urticae on cucumber under protected cultivation. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 89 (9)

: 1462-1467. (NAAS rating : 6.23)

• Bhullar MB, Heikal HM, Kaur P and Kaur R (2021) Efficacy of natural products and biorationals against two-spotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acari : Tetranychidae) infesting brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) under protected cultivation. International Journal of Acarology, DOI: 10.1080/01647954.2021.1987982. (NAAS rating : 7.24)

• Doker, I, Robin, Jose A, Kaur P, Gowda CC, Bhullar MB (2025). Some species of Euseius Wainstein (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) from India: description of new species, complementary description of known species with new synonyms. Systematic and Applied Acarology 30 (7): 1297-1324. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.30.7.9 (NAAS

rating: 7.3)

• Robin, Döker I, Kaur P, Bhullar MB, Gowda CC. (2025) A New Species of Neoseiulella Muma (Parasitiformes: Phytoseiidae) from Northwestern India. Acarologia (Accepted on 02.07.2025; https://doi.org/10.24349/wpop-gesj) (NAAS rating: 6.9)

Awards and Recognitions:

1. Second Best Research Centre Award to AINP on Agricultural Acarology, PAU Centre by the ICAR, New Delhi in 2025 in XXI Annual Group Meeting of AINP on Agricultural Acarology from 03.07.2025 to 04.07.2025 at TNAU, Coimbatore

2. First poster presentation award in National Conference on Plant Protection in Agriculture through Eco-friendly Techniques and Traditional Farming Practices held at Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Station, Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Durgapura, Jaipur, India from February 18-20, 2010

3. First poster presentation award in 4th International Conference on Insect Science” held at GKVK, UAS, Bangalore from Feb 14-17, 2013