Profile of Dr. Sweta Mishra

• B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana
• M.Sc. (Biotechnology and Molecular Biology): Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana
• Ph.D. (Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology): Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University, Banaskantha, Gujarat

Professional Area

• Research Area: Small Millets Crop Improvement
• Research Interests: Molecular Breeding

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Mishra S, Kumar S, Acharya S (2022) Divergence for nutritional traits in cultivated and wild pigeonpea genotypes from India and Africa. Nat Resour Forum 46:330–350
• Mishra S, Kumar S, Acharya S (2018) Targeted traits for enhancement of seed iron and zinc concentrations in pigeonpea. Proc Natl Acad Sci India B Biol Sci 88(3):1199–1205
• Sherpa D, Kumar S, Mishra S (2024) Response of transient soil waterlogging on shoot growth pattern and root architecture of finger millet and barnyard millet seedlings. Plant Sci Today 1(4):1510–1518
• Giri GS, Kishor K, Mishra S, Kumar N (2024) Population dynamics of insect pest associated with barnyard millet in Bihar. J Entomol Res 48(1):64–67
• Ranjan D, Kumar S, Mishra S, Sherpa D, Kumari S (2023) Seed priming with H₂O₂ confers better yield in mungbean by ameliorating the harmful effect of saline–alkaline. Int J Environ Clim Change 13(8):1651–1661
• Kumar J, Kumar S, Mishra S, Singh AK (2021) Role of zinc oxide nanoparticles in alleviating arsenic-mediated stress in wheat. J Environ Biol 42(2S):518–523
• Kumar S, Singh VP, Arora A, Mishra S (2017) Exogenous salicylic acid alleviates high temperature stress on photosynthesis in late sown wheat. Indian J Ecol 44(4):100–104
• Mishra S, Acharya S (2016) Genetic divergence for iron and zinc in pigeonpea using molecular markers. Ecol Environ Conserv 22(Suppl):S261–S268
• Kumar S, Singh VP, Arora A, Mishra S (2016) Salicylic acid decreases susceptibility of photosystem II under heat stress in wheat. Ecol Environ Conserv 22:73–77
• Mishra S, Yadav RC, Yadav NR, Rana MK (2007) A useful somaclonal variant from in vitro hypocotyl culture of tomato. Plant Arch 7(1):115–117

BOOKS/ BOOK CHAPTERS:

• Mishra S, Kumar S, Srivastava RC (2024) Genetic Improvement of Small Millets. Springer. ISBN: 978-981-99-7231-9
• Singh KM et al., including Mishra S (2023) Innovations in Agriculture for Sustainable Food Systems. AERA
• Kumar S, Mishra S, Mishra AP (2009/2016) Plant Tissue Culture – Theory and Techniques. Scientific Publishers
• Mishra S, Kumar S, Yadav RC (2019) Somaclonal Variation and Transformation in Tomato. Lambert
• Mishra S, Kumar S (2020–2024) Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, Vols. 1–11. Akinik Publications
• Gargi, Mishra S, Chaudhary M et al. (2021) Aromatic rice history. In: Advances in Biotech and Bioscience. Akinik
• Chaudhary M, Mishra S et al. (2021) Abiotic stress effects on aroma in rice. In: Advances in Biotech and Bioscience. Akinik
• Kumar S, Sinha T, Mishra S (2024) Physiology traits in small millets. In: Genetic Improvement of Small Millets. Springer
• Kumar S, Sherpa D, Mishra S (2023) Millets for climate resilience. In: Innovations in Agriculture. AERA
• Vetriventhan M et al., including Mishra S (2025) Finger millet. In: Plant Genebank Utilization in Millets. Springer
• Dixit R et al., including Mishra S (2018) Nanobiotech applications. In: Adv. Environ Agric Biotech. Weser
• Kumar S, Mishra S (2010) Carbon isotope discrimination. In: Advances in Plant Physiology, Vol. 11. Scientific Publishers

A. Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, PGCA, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur-848 125 Bihar, India

M. sweta.mishra@rpcau.ac.in

T. +91 9898128548

ORCID: 0000-0002-2572-3606