AK

Kumari A

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-7073-6505

About

Presently working as Senior Scientist (Plant Physiology) at Department of Botany and Plant Physiology CCSHAU, Hisar, INDIA. Initiated as Scientist (Plant Physiology)- posted at ICAR- Indian Grassland and Fodder Research Institute, Jhansi, India (ICAR institute) in 2013. Sepecilzation in abiotic stress physiology ; working salinity, heavy metals, high temperature in different crops. During doctorate research I have worked on effect of heavy metal and salinity stress on chickpea and their possible alleviation by nitric oxide, polyamines and ascorbic acid. Received Post Doctoral fellowship from UGC, New Delhi and worked on project entitled "phytoremediation potential of industrial crops under heavy metal contaminated soil" at CCS HAU Hisar, India.
Ongoing Teaching and Research Activities
Teaching: Different UG and PG courses
Research:
1. DBT Funded Network Project: Minor Oilseeds of Indian origin: Leveraging genetic resources for accelerated genetic improvement of Linseed using comprehensive genomics and phenotyping approaches (PI) (2020-2025)
2. ICAR Funded Project: Molecular genetic analysis of tolerance to different stresses in Indian mustard (ICAR-Co PI) (2015-2025)
3. Institute Funded Project: Root development optimization and its correlation with photosynthesis parameters for enhancement of wheat yield. (Institutional Project- Co PI) (2019-2022).
4. Working as PI and Collaborator in various experiments on different crops.
5. Involved as as Plant Physiologist in development of brassica varieties viz. RH 725 and RH 761 released at National level.
Area of Interest: Abiotic stress physiology.

Employment

  • Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Assistant Scientist
    2013 - Present

Education

  • Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Ph. D. in Plan Physiology
    2004 - 2009

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (7)