Rana D P Singh
Sugarcane Research Station, India
Biography
Rana D P Singh is a distinguished Plant Breeder with over 26 years of experience in Sugarcane Research, has assumed the office of the Joint Director, Sugarcane Research Station, India in the year 2014. Previously, he has worked as Head, Division of Plant Breeding, Sugarcane Research Station, India. He has also served as Nodal Officer, RKVY and Project Incharge, AICRP on Sugarcane at Sugarcane Research Station, India. He has obtained his MSc (Agriculture) and PhD degrees in Genetics and Plant Breeding from Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India. He has developed 12 sugarcane varieties and among these, sugarcane varieties UP 05125 & CoSe 96234 are popular in sub-tropical India. He has several national and international publications to his credit.
Abstract
Abstract : Genetic improvement of sugarcane for quality content and yield through breeding