Education: B.Sc., Dr YSP UHF, Nauni Solan (1999); M.Sc. (Soil Science), CSKHPKV, Palampur (2001); Ph.D. (Soil Science), CSKHPKV, Palampur (2006)

Positions held: Assistant Soil Chemist, PAU, Ludhiana (2012 till now)

Field of Specialization: Soil Micronutrients, Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition

Research Interests:

1. Nutrient dynamics in soil-crop systems.
2. Micronutrients behaviour in soil and plant system
3. Biofortification of crops with micronutrients
4. Nutrients Cycling and Transformations
5. Micronutrients Indexing & Delineation, Pollutant Elements and Phytoremediation,

Research Projects:

1. Integrated approaches to conserve the natural resources for sustainable development & to mitigate the effect of climate change in participatory mode- project funded by Department of Science and Technology under SARTHI scheme period 2014-2018 (PI of the Project)
2. Evaluation of poly-coated urea for improving N use efficiency under stressed and unstressed conditions in cereal crops in Punjab- project funded by GFSC limited, Research Center, Fertilizer Nagar, Vadodra Pin 391750 Gujrat period 2016-2018(Co-PI of the Project)
3. Revival of Village Pond through scientific interventions -Networking project funded by Department of Science and Technology under NRDMS programme period 2017-2019(Co-PI of the Project)
4. Farmers’ livelihood security and environmental sustainability through Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) in Punjab research project funded by Department of Science and Technology under SARTHI scheme period 2018-2021(Co-PI of the Project)
5. Zn and Fe biofortified aromatic rice: potential contribution for dietary mineral and human health- research project funded by NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), Chandigarh, 2022-2025(Co-PI of the Project)

Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 10):

1. Dhaliwal SS, Vivek Sharma and Shukla AK,. Impact of micronutrients in mitigation of abiotic stresses in soils and plants—A progressive step toward crop security and nutritional quality. Adv Agron 173: 1-78(NAAS=15.27)
2. Dhaliwal SS, Vivek Sharma, Kaur J, Shukla AK, Jaswinder Singh and Prabhjot Singh 2022. Cadmium phytoremediation potential of Brassica genotypes grown in Cd spiked Loamy sand soils: Accumulation and tolerance. Chemosphere 302: 134842. DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134842 (NAAS=14.94)
3. Dhaliwal SS, Sharma V, Shukla AK, Verma V, Kaur M, Alsuhaibani AM, Gaber A, Singh P, Laing AM and Hossain A (2023) Minerals and chelated-based manganese fertilization influences the productivity, uptake, and mobilization of manganese in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in sandy loam soils. Frontier in Plant Science 14:1163528. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1163528 (NAAS=12.63)
4. Dhaliwal SS, Vivek Sharma, Shukla AK, Kaur M, Verma V, Sandhu PS, Alsuhaibani AM, Gaber A and Hossain A 2022. Biofortification of oil quality, yield, and nutrient uptake in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) by foliar application of boron and nitrogen. Front Plant Sci 13:976391. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.976391(NAAS=12.63)
5. Salwinder Singh Dhaliwal, Vivek Sharma, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Manmeet Kaur, Janpriya Kaur, Vibha Verma, Prabhjot Singh, Viliam Barek, Ahmed Gaber& Akbar Hossain (2023) Biofortification of mungbean (Vigna radiata L. (Wilczek)) with boron, zinc and iron alters its grain yield and nutrition. Scientific Reports. 13:3506 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30539-6 (NAAS=11.00)
6. Dhaliwal SS, Vivek Sharma, Shukla AK, Taneja PK, Lovedeep Kaur, Verma V, Kaur M and Kaur J 2022. Exploration of Cd transformations in Cd spiked and EDTA-chelated soil for phytoextraction by Brassica species. Environ Geochem Health https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-022-01260-6 (NAAS=10.90)
7. Dhaliwal SS, Vivek Sharma, Taneja PK, Shukla AK, Kaur L, Verma G, Verma V, Singh J 2022. Effect of cadmium and ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid supplementation on cadmium accumulation by roots of Brassica species in Cd spiked soil. Environ Sci Pollut Res 29: 6000–6009. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-16084-7(NAAS=11.19)
8. Dhaliwal, Salwinder Singh, Vivek Sharma, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Janpriya Kaur, Vibha Verma, Prabhjot Singh, Harkirat Singh, Shams H. Abdel-Hafez, Samy Sayed, Ahmed Gaber, Reham Ali, and Akbar Hossain. 2021. "Enrichment of Zinc and Iron Micronutrients in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) through Biofortification" Molecules 26, no. 24: 7671. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26247671 (NAAS=10.93)
9. Dhaliwal SS, Sharma V, Shukla AK , Shivay YS, Akbar Hossain, Verma V, Kaur M, Gill JS, Bhatti SS, Verma G, Singh J and Singh P 2022. Agronomic biofortification of forage crops with Zn and Cu for enhancing nutritive potential- A systematic review. J Sci Food Agric. https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12353(NAAS=9.64)
10. Maini A, Sharma V and Sharma S 2020. Assessment of soil carbon and biochemical indicators of soil quality under rainfed land use systems in North Eastern region of Punjab, India. Carbon Manage 11: 169-182, https://doi.org/10.1080/17583004.2020.1721976 (NAAS=9.18)

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

1. Received best centre award (as Team Incharge) of All India Coordinated Operational Research Project for Dryland Agriculture (AICRP-ORP) during biennial meeting of AICRPDA at College of Agriculture, RVSKVV, Indore in 2014.
2. Received best centre award (Team Award) of All India Coordinated Research Project for Dryland Agriculture (AICRP-Main) at University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore in 2019
3. Received best centre award (as Team Incharge) of All India Coordinated Research Project on Micro and Secondary Nutrients & Pollutants Elements in Soils and Plants biennial workshop at Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar in 2023