Position Held: Biochemist (Forage) (10 May 2012 onwards)
Education: B.Sc. Punjab University, Chandigarh M.Sc. PAU, Ludhiana, Ph.D, PAU, Ludhiana
Field of specialization: Nutritional quality of forage crops
Research interest:
- Quality evaluation of breeding material for development of nutritionally superior forage varieties.
- Biochemical basis of biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in forage crops.
- Effect of production practices on nutritional quality of forage crops.
Ongoing Projects:
- All India Coordinated Research Project on Forage Crops and Utilization
Projects Accomplished (PI/Co-PI): 2 (CSIR and ICAR)
- Breeding for development of baby corn hybrids
- Development of low lignin mutants sugarcane through mutagenesis and genome editing approach
Selected Research Publications (maximum upto 5):
- Kumari A, Goyal M and Kumar R 2021 Morpho-physiological and biochemical attributes influence intra- genotypic preference of shoot fly {Atherogona soccata (rodani)} among sorghum genotypes. Protoplasma 258:87-102
- Kumari A, Goyal M, Mittal AD and Kumar R 2021 Defensive Capabilities of Contrasting Sorghum Genotypes against Atherigona soccata (Rondani) Infestation Protoplasma https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-021-01703-4
- Kaur AD and Goyal M 2021 Metabolic adjustments in forage oats (Avena sativa L.) genotypes under different sowing windows. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 27 (12): 2709-2725 http://dio.org/10.1007/s12298-21-01118-8
- Kumari A, Goyal M, Cheema HK and Singh DP 2023.Modulation of enzymes and metabolites in response to shoot fly infestation in resistant and susceptible sorghum genotypes. Cereal Research Communication https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-023-00387-1
- Goyal M, Kaur HD, Kaur AD and Kapoor R 2023 Nutritional and yield potential of oat (Avena sativa L.) genotypes in dual-purpose crop system. Cereal Research Communication https://doi.org/10.1007/s42976-022-00348-0
Awards/Honours/Distinctions: - Best research paper award of Journal ‘Range Management and Agroforestry’ for the year 2016. |
