Academic record & distinction

B.Sc. (Hort.) from College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat under Central Agricultural University, Imphal

M.Sc. (Hort.) in Floriculture and Landscape Architecture from Dr. Yashwant Singh Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni (Solan)- Himachal Pradesh

Ph. D. in Floriculture and Landscape Architecture from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi.

Areas of Specialization

Floriculture and Landscape Architecture

 Publications & Projects

Publications in Research Journals: 09; Review Papers: 03; Book chapters: 06; Popular Article: 11

 Award

Dr. G.S. Randhawa award for Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in Horticulture for the year 2022-23 by Society for Promotion of Horticulture, ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru.

Latest Publications

1. Gurung, A., Kumar, R., Aswath, C., Tejaswini, P. and Bennurmath, P. (2023). Genetic divergence in Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema x grandiflora Tzvelev) based on morphological traits. Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 18(2).
2. Gurung A., Kumar R., Aswath C. and Tejaswini P. (2023). Assessment of genetic variability, character association and path coefficient analysis in Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema x grandiflora Tzvelev). Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 18(1): 77-83.
3. Bennurmath, P., Kumar, R., Nair, S., A., Venugopalan, R., Dhananjaya, M. V. and Gurung, A. (2023). Character Association and Path Analysis in Chrysanthemum. Agriculture Research Journal, 59(6):1125-1129.
4. Pasi, D., Suresh, C.P., Mathukmi, K., Singh, Y.S. and Gurung, A. (2023). Effect of NAA on the Induction of Flowering in Pineapple var. Queen at Different Growth Stages. Environment and Ecology, 41(2): 741-745.
5. Gurung, A., Kumar, R., Aswath, C., Prakash, T., Bennurmath, P., Manamohan, M. and Reddy, D.C. (2022). Characters Association and Path Coefficient Analysis among Quantitative Traits of Chrysanthemum (Dendranthema x grandiflora Tzvelev). International Journal of Bio-Resource and Stress Management, 13(12).
6. Bennurmath, P., Kumar, R., Sriram, S. and Gurung, A. (2022). Evaluation of chrysanthemum (Dendranthema x grandiflora Tzvelev) for growth, flowering and resistance to white rust disease (Puccinia horiana Henn). Scientist, 2(2):555-560.
7. Gurung, A. Gupta, Y.C. and Bhatia, S. (2020). Effect of Pruning and Biofertilizers with Reduced Doses of Chemical Fertilizers on Production of Hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla Thunb.). Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 11(2): 259-265.

Book chapters

1. Sherpa, T. L., Bhattarai, B., Gurung, A. and Rana, M. (2023). Floriculture Industry in India: Prospects and Issues. In: Frontiers in Horticulture Sustainability. Integrated Publications New Delhi, pp. 121-140.
2. Gurung, A Kumar, R., Dutta, K., Arora, J.S., and Pal, P. (2021). Antirrhimun. In: Commercial Flowers, Vol. 4 (3^rd Revised & amp; Illustrated Edition). (Eds. Aswath C., Bose T.K., Bhatia, R., Saha, T.K., Kumar, R. and Dutta., K. Astral International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 110002. ISBN 978-93-90435-45-6. pp. 137-200.
3. Gurung, A Parthasarthy, V.A., Kumar, R., Barman, K., Arora, J.S. and Pal, P. (2021). Statice. In: Commercial Flowers, Vol. 5 (3^rd Revised & amp; Illustrated Edition) (Eds. Aswath C., Bose T.K., Saha, T.K., Bhatia, R., Dutta, K. and Mukherjee, D.). Astral International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 110002. ISBN 978-93-54610-21-9. pp. 121-162.
4. Gurung, A, Kumar, R., Bennurmath P., Dutta K., Arora J.S. and Biswas B. (2021). Stock. In: Commercial Flowers, Vol. 4 (3^rd Revised & amp; Illustrated Edition). (Eds. Aswath C., Bose T.K., Reeta Bhatia, Saha T.N., Rajiv Kumar, Dutta K. Astral International Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi 110002. ISBN 978-93-90435-45-6. pp. 455- 487.