Education:B.Sc. Agri. (Hons), PAU, Ludhiana (1995); M.Sc. Agronomy, PAU, Ludhiana (2001); Ph.D. Agronomy, PAU, Ludhiana (2016)

Positions held:Assistant Professor, KVK, Ferozepur (2005-2010), Assistant Agronomist, PAU, Ludhiana (2010-till date)

Field of Specialization:Agronomy of Grain Legumes

Research Interests: (Maximum upto three areas of interest)

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

Research Projects:

1. All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean
2. Associated with All India Coordinated Research Projects on Chickpea, MuLLaRP and Pigeonpea.

Selected Research Publications (maximum upto 5):

1. Virk, H. K., Singh, G. 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. DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2017.1395446 (NAAS rating: 6.53)
2. Virk, H. K., Singh, G. and Sharma, P. (2017). Productivity, nutrient uptake, energy indices and profitability of soybean (Glycine max) as influenced by planting methods, Bradyrhizobium and plant growth promoting rhizobacteria. Indian Journal of Agronomy 62(3) : 341-347 (NAAS rating: 5.46)
3. Singh, G., Virk, H. K., Aggarwal, N., Gupta, R. K. and Khanna, V. (2018): 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, DOI: 10.1080/03650340.2018.1506102 (NAAS rating: 8.14)
4. Virk, H. K., Singh, G. 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, DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2018.1434542 (NAAS rating: 6.62)
5. Virk, H. K., Singh, G. and Sharma, P. (2018) Efficacy of post-emergence herbicides for weed control in soybean. Indian Journal of Weed Science 50(2): 182–185. (NAAS rating: 5.17)

Awards/ Honours/ Distinct

• Awarded University Merit Certificate during B.Sc. Agri. (Hons.) by Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana