Education: B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) PAU, Ludhiana (2001); M.Sc. (Agronomy), PAU, Ludhiana (2003); Ph.D. (Agronomy), PAU, Ludhiana (2008)

Positions held: Assistant Professor (Agronomy), Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Ropar (09.04.08 to 10.11.08); Assistant Professor (Agronomy), Institute of Agriculture, Gurdaspur (11.11.08 to 31.12.2013); Assistant Agronomist, PAU Regional Research Station, Gurdaspur (01.01.2014 to 19.11.2020); Senior Agronomist PAU Regional Research Station, Gurdaspur (20.11.2020 to 28.06.2021); Senior Extension Scientist (Agronomy) FASC Hoshiarpur (Gangian) (29.06.21 to till date)

Field of specialization: Weed Management

Research Interests:

Integrated weed management in different crops

Crop diversification and crop residue management

Publications:

Kaur C, Ram H and Mavi GS (2019) Performance of marker assisted back cross bread wheat( Triticumaestivum L.) varieties in relation to sowing environment.Journal of Crop and Weed 15(1) : 73-77 (NAAS rating : 5.28)

Kaur R and Kaur C(2019) Alleviation of herbicide load in maize (Zea mays) through paddy straw mulching and herbicide use. Indian Journal of Agronomy. Indian J Agronomy 64 (4): 533-37(NAAS rating: 5.46)

Prom-u-thai C, Rashid A, Ram H, Zou C, Guilherme LRG, Corguinha APB, Guo S, Kaur C, Naeem A, Yamuangmorn S, Ashraf MY, Sohu VS, Zhang Y, Martins FAD, Jamrus S, Tutus Y, Yazici MA and Cakmak I ( 2020) Simultaneous biofortification of rice with Zinc, Iodine, Iron and Selenium through foliar treatment of a micronutrient Cocktail in five countries. Front.Plant Sci.11:589835.doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.589835 (NAAS Rating -10.11)

Singh R, Paalli SS, Brar A S and Kaur C (2022) Growth and phenology of wheat (Triticumaestivum L.) as influenced by irrigation scheduling under in situ rice residue management. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2022.2089877 (NAAS rating : 9.09)

Singh G, Brar H S, Virk H K, Khokhar A, Kaur C, Singh K and Gupta RK (2022) Effect of foliar - applied urea on symbiotic parameters, yield and monetary returns of irrigated chickpea. Journal of Plant Nutrition. 46 (8)1668-1682 (NAAS rating: 7.71)