Research Focus

1. Development of production technology of cut flower crops in protected conditions
2. Production technology of loose flowers in open field conditions
3. Off season flower production technology of flower crops
4. Introduction, domestication of wild ornamental flora for commercial exploitation
   Generation and supply of quality planting material of flower crops to growers under rural development
5. On and off-campus demonstration-cum-training programme on agro-technologies and  postharvest management of commercially important cut flower crops

Achievements / Awards

Delivered presentation in National workshop on 'Floral Craft: The art and technique for value addition in Flowers, Navsari Agriculture University, Navsari (Gujarat) on the topic Biocolours - A new generation value addition from flowers.

First prize in poster presentation in 1st Biennial International Congress on Urban Green Space, New Delhi entitled, Use of Carnivorous Plants for Urban Landscaping.

Third prize in poster presentation in 1st Biennial International Congress on Urban Green Space, New Delhi on the topic Indoor landscape Plants for Indoor Air pollution Abatement.

Delivered an oral presentation in National Conference on Recent Trends and Future Prospects in Floriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut (U.P) on the topic Impact of global economic crunch on floriculture industry.

Best poster award at National Conference on Recent Trends and Future Prospects in Floriculture, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut (U.P) entitled Seed priming technology in floriculture crops.

Appointed as a student reviewer for the courses under the NAIP subproject Development of e-courses for B.Sc. (Hort.) degree programme.

Bhargava Bhavya, Gupta Y C and Sharma P. 2014. Performance of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.) under protected and open field conditions in H.P. Proc.Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. DOI 10.1007/s40011-014-0406-8

Bhargava Bhavya, Gupta Y C, Dhiman S R and Sharma Priyanka. 2014. Effect of seed priming on germination, growth and flowering of snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus L.). National Academy Science Letters. DOI 10.1007/s40009-014-0298-4

Bhargava Bhavya, Dilta B. S., Gupta Y.C., Dhiman S.R. and Modgil Manju. 2013. Studies on micropropagation of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii Bolus). National Journal of Applied Research 3(11): 8-13

Sandeep Bisht, Piyush Pandey, Bhavya Bhargava, Shivesh Sharma, Vivek Kumar, Krishan D. Sharma. 2015. Bioremediation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) using rhizosphere technology. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-838246120131354

Priyanka Sharma, Y. C. Gupta, S. R. Dhiman, Puja Sharma, Bhavya Bhargava. 2015. Effect of planting time on growth, flowering and seed yield in Dianthus barbatus L. National Academy Science Letters DOI: 10.1007/s40009-014-0336-2

Powar Vivek, Bhargava Bhavya and Ghumare Vikas. 2014. Study on waxing of cut foliage post harvest life of few ornamental species.Journal of Applied and Natural Science 6 (2): 619 - 624

Major Publications

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Research Group

Dr Sanatsujat Singh, Dr Ashok Kumar, Sandeep Kumar, Anjali Rakhwal, Sultan Singh, Pritish Joshi