Education: B.Sc. (Honours) Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana (1998); M.Sc. Soils, PAU, Ludhiana (2001)

Positions held: Soil Chemist, PAU, Ludhiana (2010-till date)

Field of Specialization: Soil Fertility/ Chemistry

Present Research Interests/Projects:

Research Interests:

1. Site specific nutrient management

2. Phosphorus dynamics under different soil test P levels

3. Carbon sequestration and soil health

Ongoing Projects:·

• All India Coordinated Research Project on STCR
• Evaluation of bio-efficacy trials for phosgold on Potato crop
• Preparation of GPS and GIS based soil fertility maps for selected districts of the country –Punjab
• Nitrogen management in rice-wheat and maize-wheat cropping systems

Research Publications

1. Jagdeep-Singh and B S Brar (2022) Build-up and utilization of phosphorus with continues fertilization in maize wheat cropping sequence. Field Crops Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2021.108389.
2. Jagdeep-Singh and Varinderpal-Singh (2022) Mid-season proximal sensing for site-specific need-based fertilizer nitrogen management in spring maize. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 45:14, 2146-2157, https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2022.2046075.
3. Jagdeep-Singh and Varinderpal-Singh (2022) Chlorophyll meter based precision nitrogen management in spring maize. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 46: 17-27. https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2022.2071727.
4. ShahidaNisar, Manpreet Singh Mavi, Jagdeep Singh and Pradip-Dey (2022) Integrated nutrient management in spring-maize improves yield, nutrient use efficiency and minimizes greenhouse gas intensity. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2022.2160977.
5. Jagdeep-Singh and Varinderpal-Singh (2021) Prediction of spring maize yields using leaf color chart, chlorophyll meter, and GreenSeeker optical sensor. Experimental Agriculture 57:45-56.
6. Jagdeep-Singh, S S Dhaliwal and M S Mavi (2021) Zinc fractions and nutrition of maize (Zea mays L.) as affected by Olsen-P levels in soil. Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 120: 271–274.
7. Jagdeep-Singh, Varinderpal-Singh, and Satwinderjit-Kaur (2020) Precision nitrogen management improves grain yield, nitrogen use efficiency and reduces nitrous oxide emission from soil in spring maize. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 43:15, 2311-2321https://doi.org/10.1080/01904167.2020.1771588.
8. Subham Mukherjee, M S Mavi and Jagdeep Singh (2019). Differential response of biochar derived from rice-residue waste on phosphorus availability in soils with dissimilar pH. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.17: 3065–3074.

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

Chaudhary Devi Lal award to All India Coordinated Research Project on Soil Test Crop Response Correlations, PAU Centre, Ludhiana -2010.