Name: Dr. Binod Kumar Singh

Designation: Principal Scientist (Horticulture – Vegetable Science)

Email ID: bksinghkushinagar@yahoo.co.in, binod.singh@icar.org.in

Mobile No.: 87653 02392

Education: Ph.D. (Horticulture)

Field of Specialization: Breeding of cauliflower, carrot, radish and spinach beet.

Professional experience:

Research interests: Development of high-yielding varieties and promising CMS/parental lines and CMS-based F₁ hybrids (cauliflower, radish, carrot and spinach beet); identification of abiotic-stress tolerant lines (cauliflower, radish and spinach beet); tropicalization of temperate-specific traits (orange carrot and kale); and development of nutrient-, antioxidant- and bioactive-rich cultivars (carrot, radish and cauliflower).

• Karkute, S.G., Singh, B.K., Krishna, R., Panwar, H.S., Kumar, S., Kumar, R., Rai, N. and Singh, A.K. (2025). High frequency plantlet regeneration in heat tolerant genotype of cauliflower (Brassica oleracea var. botrytis) and assessment of genetic fidelity by ISSR and SCoT markers. Discover Plants 2:43. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44372-025-00129-z.
• Singh, B.K., Koley, T.K., Karmakar, P., Tripathi, A., Singh, B. and Singh, M. (2017). Pigmented radish (Raphanus sativus L.): genetic variability, heritability and inter-relationships of total phenolics, anthocyanins and antioxidant activity. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 87(12):1600–1606.
• Koley, T.K., Khan, Z., Oulkar, D., Singh, B.K., Maurya, A., Singh, B. and Banerjee, K. (2020). High resolution LC–MS characterization of phenolic compounds and the evaluation of antioxidant properties of a tropical purple radish genotype. Arabian Journal of Chemistry 13(1):1355–1366. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.arabjc.2017.11.007.
• Singh, B.K., Koley, T.K., Maurya, A., Singh, P.M. and Singh, B. (2018). Phytochemical and antioxidative potential of orange, red, yellow, rainbow and black coloured tropical carrots (Daucus carota subsp. sativus Schubl. & Martens). Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants 24(5):899–907. DOI: 10.1007/s12298-018-0574-8.
• Singh, B.K., Singh, B. and Singh, P.M. (2017). VRKALE-1: a tropical kale, first of its kind in the world. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 64(2):437–440.
• Singh, B.K., Sharma, S.R. and Singh, B. (2012). Genetic combining ability for concentration of mineral elements in cabbage head (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.). Euphytica 184(2):265–273. DOI: 10.1007/s10681-011-0598-4.
• Singh, B.K., Sharma, S.R. and Singh, B. (2010). Heterosis for superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase enzymes in the heads of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.). Journal of Genetics 89(2):217–221.
• Singh, B.K., Sharma, S.R. and Singh, B. (2010). Antioxidant enzymes in cabbage: variability and inheritance of superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase. Scientia Horticulturae 124(1):9–13.
• Singh, B.K., Sharma, S.R. and Singh, B. (2010). Variation in mineral concentrations among cultivars and germplasms of cabbage. Journal of Plant Nutrition 33(1):95–104.
• Singh, B.K., Sharma, S.R. and Singh, B. (2009). Combining ability for superoxide dismutase, peroxidase and catalase enzymes in cabbage head (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.). Scientia Horticulturae 122(2):195–199.
• Singh, B.K., Sharma, S.R. and Singh, B. (2009). Heterosis for mineral elements in single cross hybrids of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata L.). Scientia Horticulturae 122(1):32–36.

• Fellow, Uttar Pradesh Academy of Agricultural Sciences (2024).
• Fellow, Indian Society of Vegetable Science (2018).
• Dr Harbhajan Singh Memorial Award (2021) for best paper published in Vegetable Science by Indian Society of Vegetable Science.
• ICAR JRF (1996).
• Best Scientist Award (2020–2021), ICAR–IIVR, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, conferred on 28.09.2021.
• Editor, Vegetable Science (2021–2022).
• Chief Editor, Vegetable Science from June 2022 onwards.