Dr. Gajender Yadav

Name: Dr Gajender
Job Title:
Senior Scientist (Agronomy)
Division of Soil and Crop management
ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute Karnal – 132 001 (Haryana) India
Tel No.: 0184-2209358 ext. 358, (O)
Mob.: 09812566001
Fax No.: 0184-2290480
Email: Gajender@icar.gov.in; gajender.icar@gmail.com
Areas of Interest : Salinity management, agricultural enterprise diversification, crop responses to climate change, environmental effect on seeds, plants and crops, seed/grain quality development under multiple abiotic stresses, water management and use of poor quality water in agriculture, potential non-traditional crops like Edible Cactus and Prosopis in saline arid regions.
Qualifications:
PhD Agriculture (2013) University of Reading, United Kingdom
MSc Agronomy (2004) CCS Haryana Agricultural University, India
BSc Ag. Hons. (2001) CCS Haryana Agricultural University, India
Research Projects (ongoing):

• Farmer participatory enterprise mix diversification on reclaimed sodic land (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Development of Sustainable Resources Management Systems in the water-vulnerable areas of India (JIRCAS -ICAR).
• Developing low cost ameliorating amendments for reclamation of sodic soil by using municipal solid waste (DST)
• Conjunctive water use strategies with conservation tillage and mulching for improving productivity of salt affected soils under limited fresh water irrigation (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Isolation, identification and evaluation of plant growth promoting bacteria for mitigating salinity stress in crops. (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Monitoring of Eucalyptus plantations on water logged saline ecologies (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Characterization and application of sewage sludge and municipal solid waste compost for reclamation of sodic soils (ICAR/CSSRI)

Research Projects (completed):

• Diversifying agriculture on reclaimed sodic land in farmer‟s participatory appraisal (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Evaluation of Cactus and Prosopis for arid biosaline agriculture (ICAR/CSSRI)/
• Evaluation of different biosaline agroforestry systems for dry regions (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Develop techniques for the reclamation of salt affected soils and waters at Vallabhnagar farm of MPUA&T, Udaipur (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Effect of water and salinity stress on the performance of tree species (ICAR/CSSRI)
• Climate change impacts on wheat seed quality and development (PhD research CSCUoR)

International and national awards/ recognitions/fellowships:

• Commonwealth Scholarship Award, 2010 for PhD research tenable in the United Kingdom (2010-2013).
• MASHAV – Israel’s Agency for International Development Cooperation Fellowship for International Training Program on “CROP PRODUCTION UNDER SALINE STRESS” at Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Faculty of Agriculture, Rehovot, Israel (2015).
• Australia Awards–Endeavour Research and Executive Fellowship, 2016-17 by the Australian Government to pursue Post Doc. at The University of Queensland, Australia.

Selected Publications:

• Yadav Gajender and Ellis R. H. (2017) Effects of rain shelter or simulated rain during grain filling and maturation drying on subsequent wheat grain quality in the UK. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge. 155: 300–316
• Yadav Gajender and Ellis R. H. (2016) Development of ability to germinate and of longevity in air-dry storage in wheat seed crops subjected to rain shelter or simulated supplementary rainfall. Seed Science Research. 26: 332–341 /
• Ellis R. H. and Yadav Gajender (2016) Effect of simulated rainfall during wheat seed development and maturation on subsequent seed longevity is reversible. Seed Science Research. 26: 67–76
• Dagar J. C., Yadav R. K., Tomar O. S., Minhas P. S., Yadav Gajender and Lal Khajanchi (2016) Fruit-based agroforestry systems for saline water-irrigated semi-arid hyperthermic camborthids soils of north-west India. Agroforestry System. 90:1123–1132
• Rajkumar, Gora J.S., Kumar, R., Singh A., Kumar A. and Gajender (2016). Establishment, survival and growth of pomegranate cuttings with different concentrations of indole butyric acid and rooting substrates. Ecology, Environment and Conservation. 22: S299-S305
• Gupta, P.S., Yadav, R.K., Kumar, Ashwani, Yadav, Gajender, Kumar, Govind and Yadav, Taramani (2016). Effect of Domestic Wastewater and Irrigation Schedules on Quality of Fodder Sorghum. Journal of Soil Salinity and Water Quality. 8(2), 173-179
• Yadav, R. K., Minhas, P.S., Lal K., Chaturvedi, R. K., Gajender and Verma, T. P. (2015) Accumulation of Metals in Soils, Groundwater and Edible Parts of Crops Grown Under Long-Term Irrigation with Sewage Mixed Industrial Effluents. Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 95:200–206
• Gupta, P. S., Gajender, Yadav, R.K., Singh, M. and Paul, K. (2015) Effect of Irrigation Schedules of Domestic Waste Water on Growth and Yield of Fodder Sorghum. The Indian Journal of Small Ruminants. 21(2): 257-263
• Gajender, Singh, Gurbachan, Dagar, J.C., Lal, K., and Yadav, R.K. (2014) Performance of edible cactus (Opuntia-ficus-indica) in saline environments. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 84 (4): 509–13
• Gajender, Yadav, R. K., Dagar, J. C., Lal, K., and Singh, Gurbachan (2013). Growth and fruit characteristics of edible cactus (Opuntia-ficus-indica) under salt stress environment. Journal of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, 5 (2):136-142

Stakeholders Engagement:

• Co-ordinated International Training Programme for AARDO countries on “Use of Poor Quality Water in Agriculture” at CSSRI, Karnal during 11-24 February, 2015.
• Co-ordinated international training program on “Conservation Agriculture: Developing Resilient Systems” organized by CSSRI and CIMMYT during September 2-11, 2015.
• Completed CIMMYT sponsored Advance Course – Asia on Conservation Agriculture: Gateway for productive & sustainable cropping system during 08-21 October 2014 at PAU Ludhiana.
• Co-ordinated International Training Programme for AARDO countries on “Use of Poor Quality Water in Agriculture” at CSSRI, Karnal during 11-24 February, 2014.
• Co-ordinated Short Course on „Advanced Technologies in Land and Water Remediation and Management at CSSRI Karnal during 15-24 September, 2014.
• Organized short course on “Management of Frost and Prolonged Foggy Weather” during 17-23 December 2014 at ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal.

Biography:
Dr. Gajender belongs to a farming family and learned agriculture as way of life much before started his carrier as scientist. He obtained B.Sc. (Hons) Ag. (2001), M.Sc. Agronomy (2004) from CCSHAU, Hisar and Ph.D. (Ag.) (2013) from The University of Reading, United Kingdom as Commonwealth Scholar. Dr. Gajender served as Scientist (2007-2012), Scientist Sr. Scale (2012-2017) and Senior Scientist (Jan 2017-Till date) in the Division of Soil and crop Management at ICAR-CSSRI, Karnal. Dr. Gajender has made research contributions in the field of management of salt affected soils, agricultural enterprise diversification in salt affected areas, propagation of potential non-traditional crops like edible cactus in saline arid regions of India, seed/grain quality development under multiple abiotic stresses in changing climate and use of poor quality water in agriculture. He has published more than 10 research articles, 25 book chapters and popular articles, edited 4 books and manuals, and presented many papers in seminars/symposia. He has supervised 3 MSc and a PhD student.