Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Profile of Dr. Archana Singh

Personal Information

Name	:	Dr. Archana Singh
Designation	:	Principal Scientist
Email	:	Archana.Singh2@icar.gov.in, archanasingh.iipr@gmail.com
Telephone (Office)	:	+91-94736 18363
Mobile No.	:	+91-91311 14703
Date of joining ICAR	:	18th June 2009
Discipline and specialization	:	Economic Boatany & Plant Genetic Resources ; Genetics of Pulse crops and medicinal plants (Tissue culture and molecular biology).
Training/advance exposure in the area of work	:	Conservation of Molecular Markers and Biodiversity at M. S. Swaminathan Reesearch Foundation, Chennai, India. Quantitative Decision Making Techniques for Agricultural Management and Research for Scientific personnel of IGFRI at IIFM, Bhopal, India. An exposure visit at ICARDA, Syria. General Management Programme for middle & senior level women scientists at ASCI, Hyderabad, India . International Workshop on “Breeding Data Management and Recent Advances in Data management & Bioinformatics” at Debre Zeyit, ICRISAT-Ethiopia. International Training course on “Breeding approaches for enhancing genetic gains in Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals” at The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Arusha, Tanzania.

Professional Information

Contribution to the scientific advancement

Three varieties of Artimisia annua / Ocimum bacilicum (Jeevan Raksha, Suraksha & Kusumohak), one Clitoria ternatea variety (JGCT 2010-3) and three varieties of urdbean (IPU 13-1, IPU 10-26 & IPU 11-02).

Current area of research

Characterization and evaluation of plant genetic resources of Pulse crops, pre-breeding / breeding / mutation breeding.

Publications

Archana Singh, N.P. Singh, S. N. Gurha and A.N. Asthana(1999). In Vitro Selection against Ascochyta Blight of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 8(2): 117-119.
Archana Singh, N.P. Singh and A.N. Asthana(1999). Genetic Potential of Wide Crosses in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Legume Research 22(1): 19-25.
Archana Singh and N.P. Singh(2009). Estimation of genetic parameters in recombinant line (RIL) populations derived from inter-specific cross of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 69(2): 1-5.
Archana Singh and N.P. Singh(2012). Development of inter-specific hybrid between Cicer arietinum and Cicer judaicum through embryo rescue and characterization of interspecific derivatives for various traits of economic importance. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding. 72(2):174-182.
Archana Singh, D. Deb, U.P. Singh and A.K. Roy(2012). Multivariate analysis for morphological characters of grasspea (Lathyrus sativus L.) . Journal of Food Legumes. 25(2):112-115.

Awards and Fellowships

Fellow, Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.