Division of Vegetable Science

ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India

Email: pritam.kalia@gmail.com

Qualifications

1983 Ph.D., Himachal Pradesh Agricultural University, Palampur, HP, India

Publications (Selected)

1. Saha, P., Kalia, P., Sharma, M., Sharma, P., Ghoshal, C., Verma, A., ... & Tomar, B. S. (2025). Novel sources of cauliflower for resistance to downy mildew disease, genetic analysis and design suitable breeding strategy using advanced breeding lines. South African Journal of Botany, 184, 349-361.
2. Chaudhary, P., Kalia, P., Aminedi, R., Bansal, S., & Kumar, S. (2020). Optimization of in vitro conditions favourable for effective regeneration in Pusa Meghna Indian cauliflower. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 77(1), 134-139.
3. Muthukumar, P., Jat, G. S., Kalia, P., Pandey, C. D., Selvakumar, R., Lata, S., ... & Tomar, B. S. (2024). Morphological characterization and screening of Solanum habrochaites accessions for late blight (Phytophthora infestans) disease resistance. Genetic resources and crop evolution, 71(4), 1369-1377.
4. Manjunath, K. S., Singh, S., Kalia, P., Mangal, M., Sharma, B. B., Singh, N., ... & Tomar, B. S. (2024). Commercial suitability and characterization of newly developed Erucastrum canariense (Can) sterile cytoplasm based cytoplasmic male sterile (CMS) lines in Indian cauliflower. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 2346.
5. Kalia, P., Singh, B. K., Patel, V., & Selvakumar, R. (2023). Carrot: Breeding and genomics. Vegetable Science, 221-230.
6. Palanisamy, M., Jat, G. S., Kalia, P., Pandey, C. D., Raman, S., Kumari, S., ... & Tomar, B. S. (2023). Screening and validation of Ty-1, Ty-3 and Ty-3 a specific markers in Solanum chilense accessions for resistance to Tomato leaf curl virus. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 70(8), 2567-2574.
7. Gaikwad, K., Ramakrishna, G., Srivastava, H., Saxena, S., Kaila, T., Tyagi, A., ... & Singh, N. K. (2023). The chromosome-scale genome assembly of cluster bean provides molecular insight into edible gum (galactomannan) biosynthesis family genes. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9941.
8. Selvakumar, R., Kalia, P., Raje, R. S., & Kar, A. (2023). Revealing gene action of different root pigments in tropical carrot (Daucus carota). Agricultural Research, 12(1), 53-61.
9. Selvakumar, R., Kalia, P., Manjunathagowda, D. C., & Raje, R. S. (2022). Inheritance of purple colour and its different flavonoids profiling in F2 populations of tropical carrot (Daucus carota L.). Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 69(7), 2413-2423.
10. Selvakumar, R., & Kalia, P. (2022). Genomic designing for abiotic stresses in carrot (Daucus carota L.). In Genomic Designing for Abiotic Stress Resistant Vegetable Crops (pp. 309-324). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
11. Singh, S., Kalia, P., & Sharma, S. R. (2022). New sources of downy mildew resistance in cauliflower and their prospects in resistance breeding. European Journal of Plant Pathology, 163(4), 813-826.
12. Singh, S., Kalia, P., Meena, R. K., Sharma, B. B., & Parihar, B. R. (2022). Agro-morphological and molecular diversity analysis of new cytoplasmic male sterile lines in Indian cauliflower for their use in hybrid breeding. Scientia Horticulturae, 301, 111107.
13. Selvakumar, R., & Kalia, P. (2022). Genomic designing for biotic stress resistance in carrot (Daucus carota L.). In genomic Designing for biotic stress resistant vegetable crops (pp. 301-343). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
14. Singh, S., Kalia, P., Mangal, M., Prakash, V., & Parihar, B. R. (2022). Development of Ogura CMS lines in Indian cauliflower and their characterization using agro-morphological traits and mtDNA markers. Scientia Horticulturae, 291, 110589.
15. Singh, S., Kalia, P., Parkash, C., Kumar, S., Sharma, B. B., & Saha, S. (2022). Seventy five years of research and development in cauliflower and cabbage: A journey from temperate to tropicalization and aristocrats to commoners. International Journal of Innovative Horticulture, 11(2), 184-197.

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