Education: B.Sc. Agri. (Hons), PAU, Ludhiana (1986); M.Sc. Agronomy, PAU, Ludhiana (1989); Ph.D. Agronomy, University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom (1998)

Positions held: Assistant Agronomist (Pulses), PAU, Ludhiana (1990-1999), Agronomist (Pulses), PAU, Ludhiana (1999-2008), Senior Agronomist (Pulses), PAU, Ludhiana (2008-Till date)

Field of Specialization: Agronomy of Grain Legumes

Present Research Interests/Projects:

Research Interests: (Maximum upto three areas of interest)

1. Crop Production
2. Weed management
3. Resource Conservation Technologies

Research Projects:

1. Developing Chickpea Cultivars Suited to Mechanical Harvesting and Tolerant to Herbicides as Co-PI (2013-2017) (NFSM/DAC, New Delhi)
2. Integrated Pest Management for Popularization of Chickpea in Rice–Wheat Cropping System, as Co-PI (2003-2004) (DST funded).
3. Improving Income and Nutrition by Incorporating Mungbean in Cereal Fallows in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia, as Collaborator (2002-04) (DFID-AVRDC funded).
4. Popularization of Extra Short-Duration Mungbean Cultivars for Poverty Alleviation and Improved Nutrition in Bihar, Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu, India based on Punjab Model, as Collaborator (2005-09) (AVRDC).
5. Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Salinity Tolerance in Chickpea, as Co-PI (2007-2009) (COGGO, Australia and ICRISAT)
6. Popularization of Summer Moong and Gram for Crop Diversification in Punjab, as Co-PI (2008-2010) (Sir Rattan Tata Trust)
7. Selection and Utilization of Water-logging Tolerant Cultivars in Pigeonpea, as Co-PI (2011-2012) (NFSM/DAC, New Delhi)
8. Evaluation, Selection and Utilization of Salinity Tolerant Cultivars in Mungbean, as Co-PI (2014-2015) (AVRDC)
9. Weed Management in Mungbean with Post-emergence Herbicides, as PI (2015-2016) (AVRDC)

Selected Research Publications:

1. Virk, H.K., Singh, Guriqbal and Sharma, P. (2017) Effect of tillage, crop residues of preceding wheat crop and nitrogen levels on biological and chemical properties of soil in the soybean-wheat cropping system. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 48(15) : 1764-1771.
2. Kaur, R., Shivay, Y.S., Singh, Guriqbal, Virk, H.K., Sen, S. and Rajni (2018) Increasing area under pulses and soil quality enhancement in pulse-based cropping systems – Retrospect and prospects. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 88(1) : 10-21.
3. Singh, N., Singh, Guriqbal, Aggarwal, N. and Khanna, V. (2018) Yield enhancement and phosphorus economy in lentil (Lens culinaris Medikus) with integrated use of phosphorus, Rhizobium and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Journal of Plant Nutrition 41(6) : 737-748.
4. Virk, H.K., Singh, Guriqbal and Manes, G.S. (2018) Growth, symbiosis, productivity, and profitability of soybean at varying planting methods and nitrogen levels. Journal of Plant Nutrition 41(9) : 1184-1196.
5. Singh, Guriqbal, Virk, H.K., Aggarwal, N., Gupta, R.K. and Khanna, V. (2019) Symbiotic parameters, growth, nutrient accumulation, productivity and profitability as influenced by integrated nutrient management in lentil (Lens culinaris). Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 65(3) : 411-420.

Awards/Honours/Distinctions:

• ICAR Merit-cum-Means Scholarship during B.Sc. Agr. (Hons.) degree (1981-1986)
• ICAR Junior Scholarship during M.Sc. Agronomy degree (1986-1988)
• Commonwealth Scholarship for doing Ph.D. at the University of Wales, Bangor, United Kingdom (1995-1998)
• Dr. P.S. Deshmukh Young Agronomist Award for 1998 by the Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi (2000)
• CGIAR’s King Baudouin Award 2002 and ICRISAT’s Doreen Mashler Award 2002 (Honour to the Chickpea Team, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana by International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) (2003)
• Honour to Mungbean Team, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana by Indian Institute of Pulses Research (IIPR), Kanpur (2007)
• Fellow, Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, ISPRD, Kanpur (1998)
• ISPRD Recognition Award from the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (ISPRD), Kanpur (2009)
• Fellow, Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi (2010)
• Fellow, Indian Society of Weed Science, Jabalpur (2012)
• Team Member, Best Centre Performance Award (2013-14)- AICRP on Chickpe