Mission : To pursue teaching, research and development in frontier areas of fruit crop improvement and plant genetic resource management

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1 Name : KRISHAN KUMAR Designation : Professor & Head Qualification : B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. (Hons), Ph.D Fellowship/Awards University Merit Scholarship during Masters and Doctoral programmes University Merit Certificate for highest scores in Masters programme Phone Academic Roll of Honour for highest scores in Mobile Doctoral programme in the Faculty of Horticulture Fax drkrishankumar@gmail.com Discipline : Fruit Science Specialization : Fruit Breeding & Genetic Resources Mission : To pursue teaching, research and development in frontier areas of fruit crop improvement and plant genetic resource management Experience : About 30 years of experience in teaching and research including administrative experience as Head of the Department ( to ) and thereafter w.e.f Professional Recognitions / Special Assignments Member, ICAR Quinquennial Review Team ( QRT ) on Temperate Horticulture ICAR Expert for evaluation of CAFT in MPKV, Rahauri in Fruit Science Member, National sub Task Force, PPV & FRA on Temperate Fruits DUS Test Guidelines Member, HPPSC Committee for Accreditation of Tests for College Lecturers in HP Member, Academic Council, Eternal University, Baru Sahib, Sirmour, HP Nodal/Patenting Officer, Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Cell, UHF, Solan Member Secretary, Resident Instructions Committee, UHF, Nauni-Solan Subject Expert, in Recruitment and ARS Examination, ASRB, ICAR and SAUs Member Secretary, Board of Studies and Professor (Academics) COH, UHF, Solan International Exposure Country Purpose / Subject title Year Duration Organisers Taiwan Belgium Participated in International Symposium on off - season production of Horticultural Crops Participated in 25 th International Horticultural Congress days days FFTC, Taiwan ISHS, Belgium

2 Advance Trainings Acquired Plant Breeding Methodology -Today & Tomorrow at Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana ( 6 th -25 th July, 1992) Advances in Fruit Production at Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessaraghatta (Bangalore) India (25 th August -13 th September, 1993) Educational Technology NAARM at University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni-Solan ( 2 nd 8 th July,1994) Commercial Production & Utilization of Tropical Fruits at KKV, Dapoli, Ratnagiri ( 19 th September-18 th October, 1997) WINDOWS & MSWORD at University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni-Solan ( 3 rd - 15 th January, 2000) Enhancement of Temperate Fruit Productivity at University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni-Solan (19 th September - 9 th October, 2002) AFLP Technique for Cultivar Identification and Analysis of Molecular Diversity in Crop Plants at National Research Centre on DNA Fingerprinting, NBPGR, New Delhi ( 2 nd 9 th December, 2003) Teaching Activities Under Graduate and Post Graduate Classes Orientation Elements of Fruit Breeding Breeding of Fruit and Plantation Crops Biodiversity & Conservation of Fruit Crops Breeding Techniques in Fruit Crops Principles of Quantitative Genetics Biotechnology for Crop Improvement Advances in Production of Fruit Crops Advances in Breeding of Fruit Crops Breeding for Biotic and Abiotic Stress Tolerance Breeding of Spices and Plantation Crops Intellectual Property and its Management in Agriculture Guidance of Post Graduate Students Research Students guided so far : M Sc = 14 ; PhD = 03 Students being guided : M Sc = 02 ; PhD = 02 Also guided several M.Sc./PhD students from other disciplines like Biotechnology, Post-harvest Technology, Entomology, Forest Products as Member, Advisory Committee

3 Sl. No Institution Name of Students & Topics of Research Biswajit Das - Studies on compatibility and xenia in almond (Prunus amygdalus) Umesh Kumar - Studies on pollination behaviour of indigenous seedling selections of almond Sanjay Gupta - Characterisation and evaluation of walnut (Juglans regia L.) Amit Kumar - Studies on pollination and fruit set in Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) Sanjay K Attar - Selection of superior Persian walnut ((Juglans regia L.) seedlings trees from district Shimla Ritu Sharma - Selecting walnuts from seedling tree populations in some villages of district Sirmour Ritu Sharma - Studies on evaluation of some clonal rootstocks of Prunus species Shazia Shah - Studies on reproductive behaviour of F 1 apricot hybrids Shivali Sharma - Studies on characterization and variation in walnut germplasm of diverse origin Sonali Tandon - Studies on evaluation of some peach, plum and apricot cultivars Manpreet Nagi - Evaluation studies on some pecan {Carya illinoensis (Wang) K.Koch} genotypes of seedling origin Manpreet Nagi - Evaluation of some introduced rootstocks for peach, plum and apricot Harbans Singh - Morpho-genetic characterization of some Prunus rootstocks Munmun Joshi Studies on hybridization in peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] Meena Kumari Studies on interspecific hybridization in genus Prunus Akriti Chauhan Characterisation of some peach [Prunus persica (L.) Batsch] germplasm accessions Bhoyar Mahesh Gunvant - Selection and characterization of superior genotypes from seedling tree population of mango (Mangifera indica L.) in Himachal Pradesh Degree M.Sc. Ph.D Any other informatio n M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc Ph.D 2006 M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc Ph.D 2013 M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc M.Sc Ph.D 2016

4 Research Activities Externally funded research projects handled as P.I. 1. Project Code No. HGI (A Network Project funded by DBT) Creating a Genomics Platform for Apple Research in India Objectives Phenotypic and genetic characterization of apple germplasm in India Creation of a reference molecular linkage map of apple QTL analysis for fruit quality and growth patterns Note : Phase II of the Project approved for a period of 3 years w.e.f. December, Project Code No. HGI (Funded by DST under FIST) Strengthening of Infrastructural facilities for PG research and teaching Objectives To procure research equipments to establish molecular breeding laboratory To establish a computer laboratory with internet facilities 3. Project Code No. HGI (Funded by National Horticulture Board) Promotion of clonal rootstocks of stone fruits in Himachal Pradesh Introduction and evaluation of exotic clonal Prunus rootstocks 4. Project Code No. MMM (Funded by ICAR under Horticulture Mini Mission) Planned honeybee pollination for improvement in horticultural crops Standardising judicious use of pollinators and pollinizers to enhance productivity in apple, cherry, kiwifruit and almond 5. Project Code No. HMM (Funded by ICAR under Horticulture Mini Mission) Mass multiplication of improved clonal rootstocks of stone fruits (peach, plum, apricot, cherry) in Himachal Pradesh Standardization of conventional vegetative propagation protocols for exotic clonal Prunus rootstocks 6. Project Code No. (HMS ) (Funded by MOA under RKVY) Survey and selection of superior apple bud sports for commercialization in Himachal Pradesh To identify and select potential apple variants from existing orchards

5 Publications ( Citation Index : ) 1. Kumar, K. and R.K. Kakkar, Changes in the activities of some hydrolases and oxidoreductases in IAA treated cuttings of Phaseolus vulgaris L. during adventitious root initiation and development. Current Science 58 (12): Kumar, K., D.K. Uppal and O.S. Singh, Metroglyph analysis of highly desirable traits in almond selections under the subtropical conditions. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 59(12): Kumar, K., K.L. Ahuja and D.K. Uppal, Kernel quality of almond (Prunus amygdalus Batsch) in terms of oil content, fatty acid composition and phospholipid content. Journal of Food Science and Technology, India 31(4): Kumar, K. and D.K. Uppal, Proteins, free amino acids and carbohydrate content of twenty nine almond selections from Jammu and Kashmir. Journal of Food Science and Technology, India 32(5): Kumar, K. and B. Das, Studies on xenia in almond (Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb.]. Journal of Horticultural Science, U.K. 71(4): Sharma, D.R., R. Kaur and K. Kumar, Embryo rescue in plants A review. Euphytica, The Netherlands 89: Kumar, K. and S.D. Sharma, Breeding scab resistant apples : New Directions. Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Italy 53: Kumar, K. and U. Kumar, Evidence of self compatibility in indigenous almond [Prunus dulcis (Miller) D.A. Webb] selections from India. Jour. of Amer. Pomological Society, USA 54: Kumar, K., R. Sharma and S. D. Sharma, Homogamy in Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) selections of indigenous origin from Himachal Pradesh, India. Advances in Horticultural Science, Italy 19(1): Kaur, R., Nirmal Sharma, K. Kumar, S. D. Sharma and D. R. Sharma, In vitro germination of walnut (Juglans regia L.) embryos. Scientia Horticulturae, The Netherlands 109(4): Singh, D., K. Kumar and V. K. Sharma, Evaluation of raspberry (Rubus ellipticus Smith.) genotypes growing wild in the North Western Himalayas for berry quality traits. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 79 (11) : Singh, D., N. Sharma and K. Kumar, Assessment of phenotypic variability, its heritable components and character association in pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) genotypes. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 80(8) :

6 13. Singh, D., K. Kumar and V K Sharma, Assessment of genetic diversity in wild raspberry (Rubus ellipticus Smith.) native to North-western Himalayan region. Journal of Horticultural Sciences 6 (2) : Sharma, D., R. Kaur, K. Kumar and S.V. Bhardwaj, Genetic diversity among selected genotypes of almond Prunus dulcis Miller D. A. Webb assessed by random amplified polymorphic DNA ( RAPD ) markers. African Journal of Biotechnology 11(83) : Kumar, K., Sonali Tandon, Dinesh Singh and Vikas Kumar Sharma, Promising Japanese plums (Prunus salicina Lindl.) for mid-hills of Himachal Pradesh. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 70(2) : Kumar, K., Manpreet Nagi, D.Singh, R. Kaur and R.K.Gupta, Heritability estimates, correlation and path analysis studies for nut and kernel characters of Pecan [Carya illinoensis (Wang) K. Koch]. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 8(18) : Kaur, R., Shilpa, K. Kumar and N. Sharma, Genomics in Agriculture. CAB Reviews, 10 (No. 046): Vaidya, E., R. Kaur, K. Kumar and. N. Sharma, Exploitation of Malus ESTs for development of SSR markers after in silico analysis. Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality, 88, DOI: /JABFQ Bhoyar, M. G. and K. Kumar, Suitability of seedling origin mango for distinctive consumptive use. Advances in Life Science, 5 (16): Samriti, R. Kaur, Shilpa, E.Vaidya Malhotra, Poonam, D.Singh and K. Kumar, Assessment of genetic diversity in Rubus ellipticus (Smith) using molecular markers. Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy, 83 (3) : DOI: /ptinsa/2017/ Books/Manuals/Edited Proceedings 1. Kumar, K. and S.D. Sharma, Elementary Fruit Breeding A Practical Manual. DTP systems, UHF, Nauni Solan, India, 64 pp +13 illus. 2. Kumar, K., D.R. Sharma and S.D. Sharma, Polyploidy in Fruit Crops, UHF, Nauni Solan, pp.124+iv illus. 3. Chauhan, J.S., S.D.Sharma, R. C. Sharma, A.S. Rehalia and K. Kumar, Proceedings of the 7 th International Symp. on Temperate Zone Fruits in the Tropics & Subtropics-Part Two. Acta Horticulturae, 696, 599 p. Technical Bulletins 1. Kumar, K., Sharma, J. P., Kumar, R., Thakur, Y. and Sharma, K.C Pollination in Fruit Crops (Apple, Cherry, Almond, Kiwifruit) : Planning and Practices, pp.49. Dept. of FB&GR, Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni, Solan (H.P.).

7 Lab Members (PG Students) Heerendra Prasad Sagar Ph.D Scholar Date of Birth: 07/06/1989 B.Sc.(Horticulture): 2010 M.Sc.(Horticulture) Fruit Science : 2013 Ph.D. : Pursuing Title of thesis : Studies on identification of bud sports in Apple (Malus domestica Borkh.) Contact No heerendrasagar@gmail.com Meena Kumari Ph.D Scholar Date of Birth: 27/07/1991 B.Sc.(Horticulture): 2013 M.Sc.(Horticulture) Fruit Science : 2015 Ph.D. : Pursuing Title of thesis : Studies on low chill apples (Malus domestica Borkh.) in sub-mountain zone of Himachal Pradesh Contact No bhatiameena6@gmail.com Murari Lal Chopra Date of Birth: 02/05/1994 B.Sc.(Horticulture):2016 M.Sc.( Fruit Science): Pursuing Title of thesis : Studies on variability in Guava (Psidium guajava L.) of seedling origin Contact No m.l.chopra2@gmail.com Megha Ahir Date of Birth: 03/07/1994 B.Sc.(Horticulture): 2016 M.Sc.( Fruit Science): Pursuing Title of thesis : Characterizing some guava (Psidium guajava L.) cultivars and hybrids Contact No maggi.ahir@gmail.com