Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Janghel
Assistant Professor (Genetics & Plant Breeding)
Qualification: M.Sc., Ph.D.
College/University: Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University,

Introduction: Dr. Dharmendra Kumar Janghel has completed the Ph.D. degree in October, 2020 and M.Sc. degree in November, 2016 in the Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (India) in. He was the recipient of ICAR- SRF and ICAR- JRF fellowships during his Ph.D. and M.Sc. programs, respectively. He did his graduation from Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur (Chhattisgarh). Moreover, Dr. Dharmendra has more than one year research experience in ICAR- AICRP on Pearl Millet as Project SRF in the Bajra Section of the Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana (India).
Publications
Scholarly Journals
- Genetic diversity assessment in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) through agro-morphological and ISSR molecular markers, Legume Research, 44(7): 751-758. Janghel, D.K., Kumar, K., Kumar, M. and Chhabra, A.K., 2021. DOI: 10.18805/LR-4293
- Genetic relationships and principal component analysis in elite chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
genotypes for seed yield and its component traits, Legume Research, 43(6): 770-775. Janghel, D.K., Kumar, K., Verma, S.S. and Chhabra, A.K., 2020. DOI: 10.18805/LR-4036 Physiological characterization of elite chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes for salinity stress tolerance. Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci., 8(4), 228-236. Janghel, D.K., Chhabra, A.K., Kumar, N., Devi, S. and Mor., V.S., 2020. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8277 - Genetic diversity analysis, characterization and evaluation of elite chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci., 9(1): 199-209. Janghel, D.K., Kumar, K., Sunil, R. and Chhabra, A.K., 2020.
- Diversity analysis for seed yield and its component traits among faba bean (Vicia faba L.)
germplasm lines, Legume Research,45(6), 689-694. Dewangan, N.K., Dahiya, G.S., Janghel, D.K. and Dohare, S., 2022. - Correlation and path analysis in exotic and indigenous types of fababean for yield and its component traits, Forage Res., 45(2): 159-161. Dewangan, N.K., Dahiya, G.S., Janghel, D.K. and Arya, R.K., 2019.
- Genetic Diversity Analysis among Genotypes of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) for Yield and Its component Traits under Timely Sown Conditions, International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 34(11): 162-168. Neeru, Singh, V., Anu, Yadav, S., Janghel, D.K. and Kiran, 2022.
- Genetic Appraisal of Wheat Progenies for Grain Yield and Yield Attributing Traits, International
Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 34(12): 26-34. Anu, Singh, V., Janghel, D.K., Kiran, Neeru and Yadav, S., 2022. - Analysis of Genetic Diversity by D 2 -Statistics using Morpho-Physiological Traits of Late Sown
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 34(12): 662-72. Neeru, Singh, V., Panwar, I.S., Anu, Yadav, S., Janghel, D.K. and Kiran, 2022.
Review papers
- Emerging warriors against salinity in plants: Nitric oxide and hydrogen sulphide, Physiologia
Plantarum, 171(4): 469-908. Goyal, V., Janghel, D. and Mehrotra, S., 2021. DOI:
10.1111/ppl.13380 - Dey, S., Khusi-Ram, Chhabra, A.K., Reddy, A.L. and Janghel, D.K., 2018. Aerobic Rice: Smart
Technology of Rice Cultivation. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci., 7(8): 1799-1804. - Dey, S., Khusi-Ram, Chhabra, A.K., Reddy, A.L. and Janghel, D.K., 2019. Current Status of Rice Breeding for Sheath Blight Resistance. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci., 8(2): 163-175.
- Sunil, R., Chhabra, A.K., Kapoor, P. and Janghel, D.K., 2019. Physiological, biochemical and
molecular basis of thermo tolerance in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.). Int.J.Chem.Stud., 7(5): 3252- 3254.
Popular articles
- Nano Sensors – A Fascinating Scientific Approach for Plant Disease Management, Agriculture
letters, 2(10): 32-35. Janghel, D.K., Chhabra, A.K. and Kapoor, P., 2021. - Techniques for identification and discrimination of pathogens and pests, Just Agriculture, 2(7): 1-4. Janghel, D.K., Kumar, A., Rohila, N. and Dey, S., 2022.
- Principle mechanism of salinity stress tolerance in plants, Food & Scientific Reports, 3(4): 49-53. Janghel, D.K., Sharma, V., Kumar, A. and Rohila, N., 2022.
- Allele mining a potential approach to break yield plateau, Agrobios, XVII (9): 86. Janghel, D.K., Vekariya, R.D. and Poonia, A., 2019.
- Climate Smart Nutri-Cereals: a Food and Nutritional Security to Tackle The Hidden Hunger In
Changing Climate in 21st Century. Agrobios, XVIII (6): 66. Janghel, D.K. and Vekariya, R.D.,
2019. - MutMap – As Novel Approach in Crop Improvement, Agrobios, XVII (8): 88. Vekariya, R.D. and Janghel, D.K. 2019
- Cisgenesis: An approach for crop improvement in 21st century, Agrobios, XVII (12): 71. R
Vekariya, R.D., Janghel, D.K. and Hardik Patel, 2019. - Marker Assisted Selection- Approach for Crop Improvement. Agrobios, XVII (8): 88.
Sangwan, S., Poonia, P. & Janghel, D.K., 2019. - Quality Breeding: Future perspective for nutritional security, Just Agriculture, 2(7): 1-4. Kumar, A., Janghel, D.K., Deep, H. and Rohila, N., 2022
- Heterosis Response in Major Cereal Crops, Just Agriculture, 2(7): 1-4. Rohila, N., Kumar, A. and Janghel, D.K., 2022.
- Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV & FRA), The Marketeers, 2 (13): 3. Kumar, A., Janghel, D.K., Deep, H. and Rohila, N., 2022.
- Fibre quality improvement in cotton: Barriers and methods of enhancing fibre quality, The
Marketeers, 2 (13): 4 Rohila, N., Kumar, A. and Janghel, D.K., 2022. - Agriculture as a Production Engine, Agri Articles, 2 (2): 51-53. Kumar, A., Janghel, D.K., Bankar, A., Neeru, Anu and Sharma, V., 2022.
- Chamomile: Potential Medicinal Plant, Agri Articles, 2 (2): 58-60, Bankar, A., Janghel, D.K., Anu, Singh, V.K. and Neeru, 2022.
- Wheat Diseases and Their Management Agri Articles, 2 (2): 54-57, Anu, Janghel, D.K., Bankar, A., Singh, V.K. and Neeru, 2022.
Book Chapters
- Genomics-Assisted Breeding Approaches in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik)" in Book Technologies in Plant Biotechnology and Breeding of Field Crops, Springer nature, 10.1007/978-981-16-5767-2. Janghel, D.K. and Kumar, V., 2022.
- Application of Recombinant DNA Technology in Book Modern Perspectives in Agricultural
Sciences, SARRD, 1. Rehsawla, R., Naruka, A., Janghel, D.K., Neeru and Kumar, A., 2022. - Nutrigenomics in Book Advances in Biotechnology and Bioscience, Akinik Publication, 3, 79-101. Sunil, R., Janghel, D.K. and Kumar, M., 2019.
- Cytogenetic Stocks: Construction, Identification and Utilization in Plant Breeding in Book Research Trends in Agriculture Sciences, Akinik Publication, 16, 1-16. Kumar, M., Sunil, R. and Janghel, D.K., 2019.
- Agrobacterium Mediated Gene Transfer in Plants: An Extension and Modification of Natural
Process in Book Advances in Biotechnology and Bioscience, Akinik Publication, 20, 25-43. Kumar, K., Das, A., Kishor, S., Tribhuvan, U., Janghel, D.K. and Srivastava, H., 2019. - Controlling Meiotic Recombination’s in Plants: A novel approach in crop improvement in Book
Advances in Genetics and Plant Breeding, Akinik Publication, 16. Deep, H., Langaya, S., Kumar, A., Janghel, D.K. and Saini, Manuj, 2022.
Research Works:
During Ph.D. Dr. Dharmendra worked on topic entitled “Identification of salinity tolerant chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes using morpho-physiological and molecular markers” and during Master’s he worked on topic entitled “Studies on Genetic Diversity in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Genotypes using Morphological and Molecular Markers”
Consultancies (from 2015): Nil
Contribution to Profession and Awards (from 2015):
- Life member of Indian Society of Genetics & Plant Breeding, New Delhi
- Life member of Indian Society of Plant Breeders, CPB&G, Tnau, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Life member of Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources, ICAR-NBPGR, Pusa Campus, New
Delhi - Life member of Agriculture Letters: A Monthly Peer Reviewed Newsletter For Agriculture & Allied Sciences
- Board member of Acta Scientific International Open Library, Hyderabad, India
Awards:
- Best Article Award (2021): First position in Agriculture letters (Vol. 2, Issue 10): on 07/11/2021
- Best M.Sc. Thesis Award (2022): Vigyan Varta- An International E-Magazine for Science
Enthusiasts (E-ISSN: 2582-9467) - Best Research Scholar Award (2022): Vigyan Varta- An International E-Magazine for Science
Enthusiasts (E-ISSN: 2582-9467)
Current Research
Dr. Dharmendra is willing to work in the area of abiotic and biotic stress breeding programme
by employing novel breeding approaches along with molecular markers for the development of
new varieties and hybrids.
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