Education: B.Sc., GNDU, Amritsar (2002); M.Sc., PAU, Ludhiana (2004); Ph.D.(Horticulture), PAU, Ludhiana (2008)
Positions held: Assistant Horticulturist, PAU Ludhiana (2008 till date)
Field of Specialization: Molecular fruit breeding, Plant tissue culture, Mutation breeding
Research Interests:
1. Development of new fruit cultivars using rapid breeding techniques.
2. Application of tissue culture techniques for fruit crop improvement.
3. Mapping important genes(s) /QTL(s) in fruit crops and their use in Marker Assisted Selection
Research Projects:
- UGC Funded Project Rapid production of virus free Daisy tangerine on Carizzo rootstock by in vitro shoot tip grafting (PI)
- UGC Funded Project Standardization of in vitro clonal multiplication protocol for nematode resistant prunus rootstock ‘Flordaguard’ (CoPI)
- DST Funded Project Assessment of existing potential and identification of required interventions for strengthening of plant tissue culture industry in Punjab.(PI)
- DBT Funded Mapping of phytophthora resistance in intergeneric rootstock population and development of improved rootstocks in citrus (PI)
Selected Research Publications:
- Sidhu GS, Malhotra PK and Menon R (2019) Rapid and mass multiplication of three peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) collections through in vitro propagation. Agricultural Research Journal 56(1):33-39. (NAAS 4.71)
- Singh G, Aulakh PS, Sarao NK, Rattanpal HS and Sidhu GS ( 2018) Molecular verification of putative zygotic seedlings in different intra-specific crosses in mandarins (Citrus reticulata) by SSR markers. Agricultural Research.doi.org/10.1007/s40003-018-03551.1. (NAAS 5.9)
- Arora S, Mohanpuria P and Sidhu GS (2018) Citrus limonoids: mechanism, function and its metabolic engineering for human health. Fruits 73(3): 158-173.(NAAS 6.63)
- Singh J, Dhaliwal H S, Thakur A, Chhuneja P, Sidhu G S and Singh R (2017) Morphological and genetic diversity in citrus genotypes to substantiate breeding for root rot resistance .Indian J Hort.74(3):326-333. (NAAS 6.13)
- Rattanpal HS and Sidhu GS (2015) Development of low seeded kinnow through mutation breeding. Agric Res J. 52(2):198-199. (NAAS 3.01)
- Kaur M, Dhaliwal HS, Thakur A, Singh G and Kaur M (2015) In vitro plantlet formation in Carrizo citrange: A promising citrus rootstock. Indian J Hort.72(1):1-6. (NAAS 6.11)
Awards/Honours/Distinctions:
- S. Gurcharan Singh Nihal Singhwala memorial Fellowship during M.Sc.
- University Merit Fellowship during Ph.D.
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