Profile of Dr. Ashutosh Singh

• B.Sc. (Ag): P.S.B. Visva Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal
• M.Sc. (Plant Biotechnology): UAS, GKVK, Bangalore
• Ph.D. (Plant Biotechnology): UAS, GKVK, Bangalore

Professional Area

• Molecular Breeding, Reproductive biology, Genomics, biotic, abiotic stress etc.

Publications (Number)

• Research articles / Review articles /Short Communication: 40
• Books: 4
• Book Chapter:15

Key Publications:

• Singh, P.K., Singh, A.*, Kumar, V., Sadhukhan, R., Jha, R.K., Siddiqui M.H., and Khan, S., 2025.  Agromorphological and biochemical characterization of mutagens induced M3 mutant lines of grasspea. Scientific Reports, 15:5110.
• Meena, V.K., Thribhuvan, R., Dinkar, V., Bhatt, A., Pandey, S., Abhinav, Ahmad, D., Kumar, A. and Singh, A.*, 2025. Haplotype breeding: fast-track the crop improvements. Planta, 261(3), p.51.
• Singh, S.K., Jha, R., Pandey, S., Mohan, C., Ghosh, S., Singh, S.K., Kumari, S. and Singh, A.*, 2025. Artificial Intelligence-based Tools for Next-Generation Seed Quality Analysis. Crop Design, p.100094.
• Banoriya, R., Chandra, M., Quaiyum, Z., Damdar, P.M., Pandey, S. and Singh, A., 2024. Salicylic Acid: A Key Player in the Regulation of Interactions Between Heat Stress and Plant Defense. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, pp.1-25.
• Bhadraiah, S., Jha, R.K., Kumari, S. and Singh, A., 2024. Methylation-sensitive random amplification polymorphism during pre-anthesis stage heat stress response in maize (Zea mays L.). Cereal Research Communications, pp.1-13.
• Raturi, A., Shekhar, S., Jha, R.K., Chauhan, D., Pandey, S., Kumari, S. and Singh, A.*, 2024. Genome-wide comparative analysis of photosynthetic enzymatic genes provides novel insights into foxtail millet and other cereals. Frontiers in Genetics, 15, p.1449113.
• Kumar, A., Adhikari, S., Joshi, A., Singh, N.K., Bharati, A., Rohit, R., Prasad, B., Dinkar, V. and Singh, A.*, 2024. Study of co-localization of QTL for drought tolerance of morphological traits in teosinte introgressed maize population. Cereal Research Communications, pp.1-12.
• Mishra, A., Khan, N.A., Jha, R.K., Murugesh, T. and Singh, A.*, 2024. Study of resistance mechanism of Alternaria blight (Alternaria brassicicola) by biochemical markers in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern. &Coss.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, p.1420197.
• Pandey, S., Divakar, S. and Singh, A., 2024. Genome editing prospects for heat stress tolerance in cereal crops. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, p.108989.
• Mishra, A., Khan, N.A., Jha, R.K., Murugesh, T. and Singh, A.,* 2024. Study of resistance mechanism of Alternaria blight (Alternaria brassicicola) by biochemical markers in Indian Mustard (Brassica juncea L. Czern. &Coss.). Frontiers in Plant Science, 15, p.1420197.
• Dinkar, V., Sarkar, S., Pandey, S., Antre, S.H., Kumar, A., Thribhuvan, R., Singh, A.*, Singh, A.K., Singh, B. and Ahmad, M.A., 2024. Plant stress phenotyping: Current status and future prospects. 188:1-48
• Singh, R., Dwivedi, D.K., Mishra, A. and Singh, A.*, 2024. Development of sheath blight resistant genotype of rice by mutation breeding and gene expression profiling after inoculation of Rhizoctonia solani. Cereal Research Communications, pp.1-12.
• Dev, D., Antre, S.H., Nandni, S., Pandey, S., Singh, M.K. and Singh, A.*, 2024. Accelerated crop domestication: Candidates, advanced tools and prospects. South African Journal of Botany, 171, pp.237-244.
• Kumar, K.G., Husain, R., Mishra, A., Vikram, N., Dwivedi, D.K., Pandey, S. and Singh, A.*, 2024. Rice crop residue management by the microbial consortium for rapid decomposition of straw. 3 Biotech, 14(5), p.137.
• Kothari, S., Sharma, V.K., Singh, A., Singh, S.K. and Kumari, S., 2024. Genome-wide identification, expression profiling, and network analysis of calcium and cadmium transporters in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Cereal Research Communications, pp.1-24.
• Lal, D., Dev, D., Kumari, S., Pandey, S., Aparna., Sharma, N., Nandni, S., Jha., R. K., Singh., A.,* 2024. Fusarium wilt pandemic: current understanding and molecular Perspectives Functional & Integrative Genomics, 24:41.
• Dinkar, V., Pandey, S., Kumar, A., Shiv, A., Lal, D., Bharati, A., Joshi, A., Adhikari, S., Singh, A*., Pandey, P.K. and Chandra, A.K., 2024. Epigenetic Regulations Under Plant Stress: A Cereals Perspective. Environmental and Experimental Botany, p.105688.
• Banshidhar, Pandey, S., Singh, A.*, Jaiswal, P., Singh, M.K., Meena, K.R. and Singh, S.K., 2023. The potentialities of omics resources for millet improvement. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 23(3), p.210.
• Divakar, S., Jha, R.K., Kamat, D.N. and Singh, A*., 2023. Validation of candidate gene-based EST-SSR markers for sugar yield in sugarcane. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14.
• Singh, A.*, Ambadas, D.A., Chauhan, D., Jha, R.K. and Sharma, V.K., 2023. Genome-wide dissection of AT-hook motif nuclear-localized gene family and their expression profiles for drought and salt stress in rice (Oryza sativa). Frontiers in Plant Science, 14, p.1283555.
• Singh, A.*, Pandey, H., Pal, A., Chauhan, D., Pandey, S., Gaikwad, D.J., Sahu, C. and Atta, K., 2023. Linking the role of melatonin in plant stress acclimatization. South African Journal of Botany, 159, pp.179-190.
• Singh, A.*, Pandey, H., Pandey, S., Lal, D., Chauhan, D., Aparna, Antre, S.H. and Kumar, A., 2023. Drought stress in maize: stress perception to molecular response and strategies for its improvement. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 23(4), p.296.
• Kumari, M., Pandey, S., Chauhan, D., Pandey, H., Divakar, S., Meena, K. and Singh, A.*, 2023. Differential expression of the AP2/EREBP gene family in the contrasting genotypes of maize provides insights of abiotic stress tolerance. Cereal Research Communications, pp.1-16.
• Rahman, V., Meena, K.R., Al-Ani, L.K.T., Singh, A*. and Kumar, A., 2023. Bacillus velezensis strain improvement to control Helminthosporium maydis causing southern corn leaf blight disease in maize. European Journal of Plant Pathology, pp.1-13.
• Meena, K.R., Satyam, S., Singh, A., Jaiswal, A. and Rai, D., 2022. Benchmarking of different microbes for their biosurfactants antifungal action against plant pathogens. Indian Journal of Experimental Biology (IJEB), 60(12), pp.931-938.
• Singh, A.*, Ravikumar, R.L., Antre, S.H., Kuchanur, P.H. and Lohithaswa, H.C., 2022. Consequence of cyclic pollen selection for heat tolerance on the performance of different generations in maize (Zea mays L.). Journal of Genetics, 101(2), p.33.
• Singh, A., Ravikumar, R.L. and Antre, S.H., 2021. Comparison of methods of pollen selection for heat tolerance and their effect in segregating population of maize (Zea mays). Agricultural Research, 10, pp.15-20.
• Mohapatra, U., Singh, A*. and Ravikumar, R.L., 2020. Effect of gamete selection in improving of heat tolerance as demonstrated by shift in allele frequency in maize (Zea mays L.). Euphytica, 216, pp.1-10.
• Singh, A*., Antre, S.H., Ravikumar, R.L., Kuchanur, P.H. and Lohithaswa, H.C., 2020. Genetic evidence of pollen selection mediated phenotypic changes in maize conferring transgenerational heat‐stress tolerance. Crop Science, 60(4), pp.1907-1924.
• Singh, A., Pandey, H., Pandey, S., Lal, D., Chauhan, D., Aparna, Antre, S.H. and Kumar, A., 2023. Drought stress in maize: stress perception to molecular response and strategies for its improvement. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 23(4), p.296.
• Chandra, A.K., Joshi, A., Tripathi, A., Kumar, A., Pandey, S., Singh, A*., Lal, D., Bharati, A., Adhikari, S. and Dinkar, V., 2023. Climate-Resilience Maize: Heat stress, Signaling, and Molecular interventions. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 42(10), pp.6349-6366.
• Pandey, S., Singh, A.*, Parida, S.K. and Prasad, M.*, 2022. Combining speed breeding with traditional and genomics‐assisted breeding for crop improvement. Plant Breeding, 141(3), pp.301-313.

• Department: Centre for Advanced Studies on Climate Change, RPCAU, Pusa
• Email: ashutosh@rpcau.ac.in
• Contact Number:7892177818