Profile of Dr. Sumeet Kr. Singh

• B.Sc. (Ag.) – Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.)
• M.Sc. in Seed Science & Technology – ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi
• Ph.D. in Seed Science & Technology – ICAR-IARI, New Delhi

Professional Area

• Research Area: Seed Science & Technology
• Research Interests:  Seed Enhancement, Seed Production Technology, Seed Storage

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Singh SK, Jha R, Pandey S, Mohan C, Chetna, Ghosh S, Singh SK, Kumari S, Singh A (2025) Artificial intelligence-based tools for next-generation seed quality analysis. Crop Des 4:100094.
• Chetna, Suresh K, Kumari S, Singh SK, Mondal RK, Singh A (2025) Electronic nose (e-nose): Principle and advances for seed quality assessment. Food Control 175:111291.
• Kothari S, Sharma VK, Singh A, Singh SK, Kumari S (2024) Genome-wide identification, expression profiling, and network analysis of calcium and cadmium transporters in rice (Oryza sativa). Cereal Res Commun 52(4):1689–1712.
• Singh SK, Chakrabarty SK, Kumar M, Prakash K, Kumari S (2023) Response of early, timely & late genotypes of Brassica spp. grown under different temperature conditions for oil content & fatty acid composition. Int J Plant Soil Sci 35:170–179.
• Nandi A, Singh SK, Kumari S (2022) Seed certification & revalidation in view of climate change and new varieties of crops. Food Sci Rep 3(9):26–28.
• Kumari S, Singh SK, Sharma VK, Kumar R, Mathur M, Upadhyay TK, Prajapat RK (2021) CRISPR-Cas: A continuously evolving technology. Indian J Agric Sci 91(9):1274–1279.
• Kumari S, Singh B, Singh SK, Satya D, Singh S, Tripathy K, Gaikwad K, Rai V, Singh NK (2021) Exploring novel QTLs among backcross lines for salinity tolerance in rice. Indian J Agric Sci 91(3):126–129.
• Singh SK, Tomar BS, Anand A, Kumari S, Prakash K (2018) Effect of growth regulators on growth, seed yield and quality attributes in garden pea (Pisum sativum Hortense) cv. Pusa Pragati. Indian J Agric Sci 88(11):1730–1734.
• Singh SK, Tomar BS, Shivay YS, Joshi MA, Anand A, Prasad R, Kumari S (2018) Effect of level and sources of phosphorus on morpho-physiological, seed yield and quality parameters in garden pea (Pisum sativum). Indian J Agron 63(4):477–481.
• Singh SK, Kumari S, Tomar BS, Shivay YS, Joshi MA (2018) Effect of date, method of sowing and seed rate on growth, yield and seed quality attributes in garden pea. Veg Sci 45(2):220–225.

Books/ Book chapters:

• Chetna, Singh SK, Kumari S (2025) Efficient seed production systems in soybean. In: Lamichaney A, Parihar AK, Bohra A, Karmakar P, Naik SJS (eds) Hybrid Seed Production for Boosting Crop Yields. Springer, Singapore.
• Kumari S, Pathak A, Saroj N, Maurya S, Pramila, Srivastava RK, Rai A, Maurya R, Lal MK, Tiwari RK, Kumar R, Altaf MA, Singh SK, Prasad K (2025) Speciality root & tuber crops: Diversity, quality, production & processing. In: Sustainable Production of Root and Tuber Crops. 1st Ed. ISBN 9781003487159.
• Maurya S, Saroj N, Prasad K, Mishra AK, Bhutia ND, Kumar U, Pramila, Singh SK, Rai A, Srivastava RK, Kumar R, Tigga A (2025) Influence of climate change on quality of root and tuber crops. In: Sustainable Production of Root and Tuber Crops. 1st Ed. ISBN 9781003487159.
• Bharti PK, Santhosh B, Singh SK, Kumari S (2023) Genetic manipulation in medicinal plants for enhancement of secondary metabolites. In: Singh RS, Kumar N (eds) Genetic Manipulation of Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal Plants. Springer, Singapore, pp. 129–146.
• Santhosh B, Bharti PK, Singh SK, Kumari S (2023) Elicitors – Role in secondary metabolites production in medicinal plants. In: Singh RS, Kumar N (eds) Genetic Manipulation of Secondary Metabolites in Medicinal Plants. Springer, Singapore, pp. 147–178.
• Kumari S, Vimanth S, Singh SK (2023) Sugarcane biotechnology: Developments and opportunities. In: Gaur RK (ed) Omics Approaches for Sugarcane Crop, vol. 4, Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, UK, pp. 65–75.
• Kumar R, Kumari S, Singh SK, Singh CM, Suman SK (2022) Recent advances in rice breeding using biotechnology and genomics tools. In: Springer Nature, Singapore.
• Kumari S, Vimanth S, Singh SK (2022) Venture of biotechnological tools for sugarcane improvement. In: Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, UK.
• Prajapat RK, Mathur M, Kumari S, Singh SK, Sharma M, Garg N, Sharma D, Meena NL (2022) Trends and approaches of wheat flour and end product fortification technologies. In: Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 14.
• Nandi A, Singh SK, Kumari S (2022) World developmental programmes on climate change and its implications on agriculture. In: Current Advancements in Climate Smart Agriculture and Its Adoption Mechanisms. Springer Nature, Singapore, pp. 8.

A. Department of Seed Science & Technology, PGCA, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur-848 125 Bihar, India

M. singh@rpcau.ac.in

T. + 91-9334792496

ORCID: 0000-0003-4669-0214

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