CSIR NBRI

वै.औ.अ.प. - राष्ट्रीय वनस्पति अनुसंधान संस्थान
CSIR - National Botanical Research Institute

Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow, India
राना प्रताप मार्ग, लखनऊ, भारत

An Institute of National Importance under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India

Dr. Devendra Singh
Full Name: Dr. Devendra Singh
Designation: Principal Scientist
Address: Plant Conservation and Agrotechnologies CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute Rana Pratap Marg, Lucknow – 226 001, Uttar Pradesh
Email Address: dev.singh@nbri.res.in
Contact Number: 2297953
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Research Interest

The main focus on our research work is development of agro-technologies for non-traditional economically important medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) by introduction, domestication, crop geometry and nutrient management, aiming at economic utilization of partially reclaimed sodic lands.Our emphasis includes designing and perfecting new cropping systems of MAPs.Different activities to achieve these objectives involve germplasm collection from different agro-climatic conditions, their ex-situ conservation, selection of elite material with good growth and yield attributes, development of their propagation for large scale multiplication and conducting field experiments for development of agro-techniques in different cropping systems including inter-cropping with trees and other economic crops. Under rural development initiative of CSIR, the outreach efforts towards popularizing CSIR-NBRI Green Technologies for economic upliftment of rural population are being undertaken through outreach programmes.

Research

Research Summary


The soil of NBRI Farm sites belongs to Sodic Wastelands category, which has been subjected to various degrees of reclamation during the last few decades and put to diversified land use systems under different activities related to R&D projects and economic land utilization. The long-term field experiments on sustainable development of sodic lands through biological means cover the maximum land area of the sites, mainly accommodating Man-made Forest, Tree Gene Bank of Indo-Gangetic Plains, Field Gene Banks of Medicinal & Aromatic Plants, Comparative Performance Evaluation Trials on various trees and shrubs in reclamation of sodic wastelands etc. The agro-technology and cropping systems research includes development of cropping systems with appropriate agro-technology for organic cultivation and conservation of medicinal and other economic plants, economically utilizing partially reclaimed sodic lands.

The current research includes following activities:

  • Evaluation of non-traditional economic plants for sodic soil

  • Standardization of agro-technology for sustainable utilization of sodic wastelands

  • Providing R & D support services by conservation and enrichment of various germplasm, plant propagation

  • Outreach programmes/ Extension activities

Publications

Devendra Singh - Publications

  • Devendra Singh (2007). "Effect on the efficiency of herbicides in direct seeded rice (Oryza sativa L.) under different methods of sowing," Advances in Plant Sciences, 20(ii): 175-177.

  • Devendra Singh, R. A. Singh, and Lal Bahadur (2013). "Response of wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties to sowing methods and nitrogen scheduling under late-sown conditions," Current Advances in Agricultural Sciences, 5(1): 117-120.

  • Devendra Singh and R. A. Singh (2013). "Effect of wheat (Triticum aestivum) varieties to sowing methods and time nitrogen application in late-sown condition in Eastern Uttar Pradesh," Research Journal of Agriculture Sciences, 4(3): 341-346.

  • Veerendra Dixit, A. K. S. Parihar, Arvind Kumar, Devendra Singh & T. S. Rahi (2012). "Effect of Sulphur and Zinc on Yield, Quality and Nutrient uptake of Hybrid Rice in Sodic Soil," Int. J. Envi Sci. & Tech., 1(1): 53-57.

  • Devendra Singh, R. C. Nainwal, R. S. Katiyar, and S. K. Tewari (2014). "Influence of integrated management of growth and yield of garlic (Allium sativum L.) under partially reclaimed sodic soil," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 9: 783-788.

  • R. S. Katiyar, R. C. Nainwal, Devendra Singh, V. Chaturvedi, and S. K. Tewari (2014). "Effect of spacing and varieties on growth and yield of Coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) on the reclaimed sodic waste soil," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 9: 811-814.

  • R. C. Nainwal, D. Singh, R. S. Katiyar, L. Shrma, and S. K. Tewari (2015). "Response of garlic to integrated nutrient management practices in a sodic soil of Uttar Pradesh," Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops, 24(1): 33-36.

  • Devendra Singh, R. C. Nainwal, L. Bahadur & S. K. Tewari (2015). "Integrated nutrient management in Calendula (Calendula officinalis L.) grown in partially reclaimed sodic soil condition," Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops, 24(2): 129-132.

  • Shweta Singh, Lalit K. Sharma, Suresh K. Sharma, Devendra Singh, Abhishek Niranjan, Manjul Dhima, and Shri Krishna Tewari (2015). "Selection of high-quality turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) genotype for sodic wastelands of Northern India," Medicinal Plants, 7(2): 109-113.

  • Devendra Singh, R.C. Nainwal, R.S. Katiyar, and S.K. Tewari (2015). "Integrated nutrient management on growth and yield of garlic under sodic wasteland conditions," Indian Journal of Horticulture, 72(3): 434-437.

  • Devendra Singh, R. C. Nainwal, and S. K. Tewari (2015). "Integrated nutrient management in non-traditional crop Oat (Avena sativa L.) under the partially reclaimed soil," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 10(Sp-V): 2499-2502.

  • R. S. Katiyar, R. C. Nainwal, Devendra Singh and S. K. Tewari (2015). "Genetic characterization and performance of diverse cultivars of Damask Rose (Rosa damascene mill L.) in sodic soil," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 10(Sp-V): 2643-2645.

  • Rohit Kumar Verma, Devendra Singh, R. C. Nainwal, Ajay Kumar, and V. Rajamani (2015). "Study on plant diversity of Vijay Sagar Bird Sanctuary, a wetland of Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 10(Sp-V): 2660-2665.

  • Ajay Kumar, Devendra Singh, R. C. Nainwal, Rohit Kumar Verma, and T. Thomas (2015). "Assessment of various soil and their properties of different districts of Uttar Pradesh," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 10(Sp-V): 2757-2759.

  • Goyat, Shalini; Grewak, Anita; Singh, Devendra; Katiyar, R. S.; Tewari, S.K.; Nainwal, R.C.; and Hima Bindu K. (2016). "Evaluation of genetic diversity of Piper betel cultivars using ISSR markers," International Journal of Advances Research, 4(1): 571-579.

  • R. C. Nainwal, Devendra Singh, R. S. Katiyar, S. S. Tripathi, S. K. Sharma, S. Singh, L. K. Sharma, V. Chaturvedi, and S. K. Tewari (2016). "Rehabilitation of sodic wasteland through agroforestry system," International Journal of Plant and Environment, 2(1-2): 29-35.

  • R. C. Nainwal, R. S. Katiyar, Devendra Singh, and S. K. Tewari (2016). "Genetic studies in relation to improvement of gladiolus grown in partially reclaimed sodic soil," Indian Journal of Horticulture, 73(3): 396-399.

  • Devendra Singh, R.C. Nainwal, Lal Bahadur, and S. K. Tewari (2016). "Site specific nutrient management in oat (Avena sativa L.) under partially reclaimed sodic soil," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 11(Sp-VIII): 5230-5233.

  • A. K. Gupta, R. C. Nainwal, Devendra Singh, and A. K. Singh (2016). "Response of irrigation scheduling on growth and yield of late sown wheat," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 11(Sp-VIII): 5307-5310.

  • S. C. Saxena, Rakesh Chandra Nainwal, and Devendra Singh (2016). "Evaluation of integrated nutrient management practices for soy bean based cropping systems in Uttarakhand," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 11(Sp-VIII): 5432-5434.

  • Shalini Goyat, Anita Grewal, K. Hima Bindu, Devendra Singh, R. S. Katiyar, S. K. Tewari, and Rakesh Nainwal (2018). "Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) based genetic diversity study in Betel vine (Piper betle) L.," East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 83:1-14. DOI: 10.1080/00128325.2017.1364479.

  • Devendra Singh, R. C. Nainwal, A. Bajpai, and S. K. Tewari (2018). "Effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and flowering yield of African marigold (Tagetes erecta L.) in partially reclaimed sodic wasteland condition," Progressive Research – An International Journal, 13(2): 122-125.

  • Shalini Goyat, Anita Grewal, Devendra Singh, R. S. Katiyar, S. K. Tewari, Rakesh Nainwal, and K. Bindu (2018). "Sex-linked AFLP marker identification in dioecious Betelvine (Piper betle L.)," Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 94(4): 422-27. DOI: 10.1080/14620316.2018.1538707.

  • A. Bajpay, R. C. Nainwal, D. Singh, and S. K. Tewari (2018). "Medicinal value of Cyprus rotundus Linn: An updated review," Medicinal Plants, 10(3): 165-170. DOI: 10.5958/0975-6892.2018.00027.8.

  • A. Bajpay, R. C. Nainwal, and D. Singh (2019). "Coptis teeta: A potential endemic and endangered medicinal plant of Eastern India," Medicinal Plants.
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Plant Conservation & Agrotechnology

Banthra Research Station

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute

Location: Lucknow 226001 (U.P.)

Phone: 0522-2297953 (NBRI), 0522-2861815 (BRS)

Email: dev.singh@nbri.res.in

Alternate Email: singhdrdevendra@gmail.com

Mobile: 9451872996