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Renu Munjal

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, CCS Haryana Agricultural University

ORCID iD 0000-0001-8262-261X
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Dr. Renu Munjal Ph.D
Associate Director cum Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology) [email protected], [email protected] 9466018199(M)

Brief Biodata
1. Name Dr (Mrs.). Renu Munjal
2. Date of Birth 01.06.1966
3. Date of joining CCS HAU, Hisar 29/06/1993
4. Present position Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology), Wheat & Barley Section, Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, CCS HAU,Hisar (Haryana)

Associate Director
Directorate of Human Resource Management
CCS HAU, Hisar

Ex Head
Department of Botany & Plant Physiology College of Basic Sciences
CCS HAU,Hisar
Educational career
Degree/
Diploma University/
Board Year Specialization
Ph. D. CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India 1993 Major Plant Physiol. Minor- Biochemistry
M.Sc. CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India 1989 Major Plant Physiol. Minor- Biochemistry
B.Sc. Kurkshetra University, Kurkshetra India 1985 Botany, Zoology Chemistry
Employment record
Designation Institute Nature of work Duration From To
ARS Scientist Central Institute for Cotton Research (ICAR), Sirsa, India Research 14-9-1993 to
28-6-1996
Assistant Professor CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, India Teaching 29-6-1996 to
18-9-2001
Assistant Scientist CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, India Teaching Research 19-9-2001 to
14.9.2002
Scientist/ Associate Prof. CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, India Teaching Research 15.9.2002 to
31.12.2008
Principal Scientist CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, India Teaching Research 01.01.2009 to
30.11.2017
Prof & Head Dept of Botany
& Plant Physiology CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, India Teaching Research 01.12.2017 to
30.11.2021
Principal Scientist CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, India Teaching Research 01.12.2021 to
Till date Continue
Associate Director HRM CCS Haryana Agricultural University Hisar, India Teaching Research 30.01.2024 to Till date Continue

Ongoing Research Activities

1. Accelerating Genetic Gains in Maize and Wheat for Improved Livelihoods (CIMMYT)

2. Screening of Wheat Nursery for Drought and heat tolerance (All India Co-ordinated Wheat Project


3. Screening of wheat varieties for saline/alkaline conditions (Station trial)

Project Completed
1. SPARC Project funded by Ministry of Human Resources, New Delhi India on entitled “Combining rust resistance with non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) in wheat to achieve food security” in collaboration with The University of Sydney, Australia
2. Development of Heat Tolerant Wheat for South Asia (ARCADIA-CIMMYT-USAID project)

3. Screening of Double Haploid Wheat lines for Drought Tolerance (Network project with Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley, Karnal)

4. Thermal Tolerance in Wheat : Phenotyping for adaptive mechanisms to facilitate MAS Based Wheat Breeding (Network project with Indian Institute of Wheat & Barley, Karnal)
5. Scaling breeding and agronomic management for increasing wheat productivity and adaptation to climate change causing rising temperatures and water scarcity in South Asia funded by CIMMYT
6. Enhancement of wheat productivity under changing climatic conditions in Haryana funded by RKVY, Haryana.
7. Screening of wheat genotypes for Nitrogen Use Efficiency (Multilocation Trial)
8. Genetic analysis of physiological traits adapted to different environments using diverse wheat genotypes (Collaborative trial with BISA, Ludhiana)

Publication list of some recently published research papers
1. Dhanda, S. S. and Munjal, Renu. 2006. Inheritance of cellular thermotolerance in bread wheat. Plant Breeding (Germany), 125: 557—564.
2. Dhanda, S. S. and Munjal, Renu. 2009. Cell membrane stability: Combining ability and gene effects under heat stress conditions. Cereal Res. Comm. 37(3): 409-417.
3. Dhanda, S. S. and Munjal, Renu. 2009. Genetic Designing of Plant Architecture in Wheat. The Icfai University Journal of Genetics & Evolution,Vol. II, No. 2 4:1-17.
4. Sheikh, S., Behl, R. K., Dhanda, S. S. and Munjal, R. (2010). Membrane thermostability and chlorophyll fluorescence as indices of high temperature stress tolerance and performance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Cereal Research Communications 38(3): 335–344
5. Sareen S. Munjal R. Singh N.B. Singh B.N.. Verma R.S Meena B.K. Shoran J. Sarial A.K.. Singh S.S (2012).Genotype × Environment Interaction and AMMI Analysis for Heat Tolerance in Wheat. Cereal Research Communications, 40(2), pp. 267–276
6. Dhanda S. S. and Renu Munjal (2012).Heat tolerance in relation to acquired

thermotolerance for membrane lipids in bread wheat. Field Crops Research 135: 30–37
7. Gupta Mamta, Chawla Veena, Dhanda S.S., Saharan R.P., Munjal Renu and Garg Pankaj (2015). Effect of terminal heat stress on yield and yield components of bread wheat genotypes. Res. on Crops 16(1):42-52
8. Rao, D. S., Raghavendra, M., Gill, P., Madan, S., & Munjal, R. (2021). The Effect of Drought Stress Treatment on Some Grain Quality Traits in Wheat (Triticum a

Employment

  • Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University Associate Director cum Principal Scientist
    2009 - Present

Education

  • CCS Haryana Agricultural University Ph D
    1989 - 1993

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (4)