Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Profile of Dr. T.N. Tiwari

Name	:	Dr. T.N. Tiwari
Designation	:	Principal Scientist (Plant Physiology)
Email	:	tntdsr@gmail.com
Telephone (Office)	:	+91-512-2580987
Mobile No.	:	+91-9450233840
Date of joining ICAR	:	17th April 2007
Discipline and specialization	:	Plant Physiology, Seed and Stress Physiology
Training/advance exposure in the area of work	:	Served as PI/CCPI/CO-PI in Externally funded projects including SARP, NATP and SEED VILLAGE SCHEME during 1991-94, 2000-2004 and 2012-2017 respectively. Served as Director-Incharge no. of times between the period of 2010 to 2017.

Identified the period of defoliation to prevent flowering in sugarcane as it is undesirable for quality parameters.
Identified the leaf sheath moisture is the main cause for Banded Sclerotial disease in sugarcane.
Seed priming of rice seed with KNO3(0.25%) followed by seed coating with complete Hoagland solution (@05ml/kg seed) significantly enhances the seed quality parameters, growth and field performance of rice crop.
Seed priming of moong bean seeds (Samrat, Sulabh and SML668) with Mg(NO3)2 @30mM concentration significantly enhances seed germination, seedling growth, vigour index 1 & 2, yield attributes and yields.
Under salt affected soil seed priming of wheat seeds with Kinetin @100ppm for 12h period significantly enhances the seed quality parameters, growth and finally yield attributes and yield in wheat crop.
Identified the Pigeon pea genotypes for cold tolerance..
Served as Incharge/Nodal Officer of PME Cell, RFD, PERMISNET, HYPM, PULSE SEED HUB, Institute farm at IISS, Mau.
Served as Chief editor of Raj Bhasha Patrika BEEJ and Prasar Patrika.
Served as Chief editor of Institute Annual Reports.

T.N. Tiwari and B.B. Singh (1991). Stress studies in Lentil (Lens esculentaMoench) II. Sodicity induced changes in chlorophyII, nitrate and nitrate reductase, nucleic acids, yield and yield components in lentil. Plant and Soil 136:225-230
B.B. Singh, T.N. Tiwari and A.K. Singh (1993). Stress studies in Lentil (Lens esculentaMoench) III. Leaf growth, nitrate reductase activity, nitrogenase activity and nodulation of two lentil Genotype exposed to solidicity. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 171, 191-205
G.P. Singh, Atul Singh and T.N. Tiwari (1994). Physiological changes associated with Banded Sclerocial disease. Sugarcane Nov/Dec. 1994 pages 17-20
T.N. Tiwari, R.P. Srivastava and G.P. Singh (1997).Salinity tolerance in sugarcane cultivars. Sugarcane No. 1 pages 10-14
T.N. Tiwari, T.K. Srivastava, A.B. Mandal and Dipti Kamal (2015). Effect of Seed coating with Hougland solution on seed quality and field performance in rice (Oryza sativa). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 85(9):1153-57

Awarded with Vice- Chancellor Gold Medal at Master Degree Programme.
Awarded with Certificate of Excellence for Scientific work in Hindi.
Reviewer in Crop Science, Indian J. of Plant Physiology and Sugar-Tech..
Life member of Indian Societies of Plant Physiology, Seed Science &Technology and Pulse Research and Development.