Mr. Shardendu Kumar Singh

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University of Missouri-Columbia
Division of Plant Sciences
Post-doctoral fellowAppointed: 2008

Mailing Address

1-31 Agriculture Building
Division of Plant Sciences
University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri 65211
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (573) 882-3023
Mobile: (662) 648-8427
singhsk@missouri.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D (ABD), Mississippi State University, Agronomy/Plant physiology, 2008.
M.Sc., Banaras Hindu University, Plant Physiology, 2004.
B.Sc., C.S. Azad University of Agri. & Tech. Kanpur, India, Agricultural Sciences, 2001.

Expertise and Research Interests

The global circulation models (GCM) have projected the abiotic stress factors such as temperature, UV-B radiation and drought to be more pronounced in near future. The research interest includes but not limited to the following area of research:
(1) Developments of screening techniques that can be used identify the mechanism of abiotic stress tolerance in crop plants.
(2) Screening the cultivars for abiotic/biotic stress tolerance based on plant vegetative, physiological and reproductive processes. And by using the molecular techniques related to proteomics and genomics parallel to the plant physiological mechanisms.
(3) Implementation of remote sensing techniques for development of spectral algorithms to assess plant tolerance for a specific and/or a combination of abiotic stress.
(4) Study the crop response to the interaction of multiple abiotic stresses that links between plant physiological processes and plant metabolism.
(5) To implement procedures of proteomics and genomics to understand stress tolerant mechanisms that will lead the development of new crop which will withstand the projected harsher climate in near future.
Experiences to conduct experiments in field and pots, greenhouse, plant growth chambers and laboratory conditions. Use in the statistical tools and graphical software such as SAS, SigmaPlat, Microsoft Office and EndNote. Use of equipments that is used in plant physiology, molecular biology and remote sensing.

Future Research

Plant responses to various environmental variables and their interaction in terms of growth, physiology, molecular biology and reproduction.Cause of the various effects driven under stress conditions. Ecological constraints for food production and their reclamation. Utilization of bio-energy resources and environmental safety.

Industrial Relevance

Identification of tolerant species and cultivars of the same species to a given stress condition or in multiple stress situation.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Agronomy, Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology Or Morphology, Plant Sciences, Soil Sciences.

Additional Terms:

Agronomy, Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology, Space Agriculture.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Hindi: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

American Society of Agronomy
Association of Agricultural Scientist of Indian Origin
Crop Science Society of America
Gamma Sigma Delta
Soil Science Society of America

Honors and Awards

2008, AASIO Outstanding Graduate Student Award 2008, Association of Agricultural Scientist of Indian Origin, Association of Agricultural Scientist of Indian Origin, USA
2007, Award winner first position "Graduate Student Poster Competition--Crops", SB-American Society of Agronomy Meeting Mobile, AL, USA
2007-2008, President of Plant and Soil Sciences Club, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University
2006, "Honourable Mention" Minority Student Poster Contest, American Society of Agronomy, International meeting, Indianapolis, USA
2004, Achieved "Gold Medal" in Master's program by securing first rank, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
2004-2008, Graduate Research Assistant, Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, USA
2002-2004, Junior Research Fellowship, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
1997-2001, State Mandi Parishad scholarship, Utter Pradesh, State Government of India, C.S. Azad University of Agri. & Tech. Kanpur, India

Previous Positions

2004, Research Assistant, Mississippi State University, Plant and Soil Sciences

Publications

  • Singh, S.K., Reddy, K.R. (2008) Searching for photosynthetic and fluorescence variability among cowpea cultivars to water stress, Annals of Applied Biology, Submitted
  • Singh, S.K., Kakani, V.G., Brand, D., Baldwin, B., Reddy, K.R. (2008) Assessment of Cold and Heat Tolerance of winter-grown canola cultivars by pollen-based parameters, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 194, 225-236
  • Singh, S.K., Surabhi, G.K, Gao, W, Reddy, K.R. (2008) Assessing genotypic variability of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.) to current and projected ultraviolet-B radiation, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B:Biology, 93, 71-81, In Press
  • Reddy, K.R., Singh, S.K., Brand, D., Seepaul, R., Macoon, M. (2008) Developing Temperature-Dependent Functional Algorithms for Switchgrass Growth and Development for Modeling, American Society of Agronomy -International Meetings, Huston, TX USA
  • Singh, S.K., Kakani, V.G., Surabhi, G.K., Reddy, K.R. (2007) Screening cowpea cultivars to multiple abiotic stresses, Southern Branch - American Society of Agronomy Meeting, Mobile, AL, USA
  • Singh, S.K., Reddy, K.R. (2007) Reflectance as a tool to identify genotypic variability for drought tolerance in cowpea, American Society of Agronomy -International Meetings, New Orleans, USA
  • Singh, S.K., Kakani, V.G., Brand, D., Baldwin, B., Reddy, K.R. (2007) Assessment of Cold and Heat Tolerance of Field-Grown Winter Canola Cultivars by Pollen-Based Parameters, American Society of Agronomy -International Meetings, New Orleans, USA
  • Singh, S.K., Reddy, K.R. (2007) Searching for photosynthetic and fluorescence variability among cowpea cultivars to water stress, Southern Branch -- American Society of Agronomy Meeting, Mobile, AL, USA
  • Singh, S.K., Surabhi, G.K., Reddy, K.R. (2006) Assessing genotypic variability in cowpea to current and projected ultraviolet-B radiation, American Society of Agronomy -International Meetings, Indianapolis, USA
  • Surabhi, G.K., Singh, S.K., Reddy, K.R. (2006) UV-B radiation induced stress responses in three genotypes of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.), American Society of Agronomy -International Meetings, Indianapolis, USA
  • Reddy, K.R., Matcha, S.S.K., Singh, S.K. (2006) Growth temperature and carbon dioxide concentration alters big bluestem (Andropogon gerardii Vitman.) biomass, seed production and subsequent seed germination, American Society of Agronomy -International Meetings, Indianapolis, USA
  • Singh, S.K. (2004) Effect of salicylic acid, kinetin and gibberellic acid on growth and biochemical behavior of mung bean [Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek] under salt stress, M.Sc. Thesis. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
  • Singh, S.K., Kakani, V.G., Surabhi, G.K, Reddy, K.R., Screening cowpea cultivars to multiple abiotic stresses, Plant Cell & Environment, Submitted
  • Reddy, K.R., Prasad, P.V, Singh, S.K., Ultraviolet-B Radiation and Its Interactions with Climate Change Factors on Agricultural Crop Growth and Yield, , UV Radiation in Global Change: Measurements, Modeling and Effects on Ecosystems, Springer-Verlag and Tsinghua University Press, Submitted, ISBN=Under Review (bookchapter)

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