This book presents an in-depth exploration of the winged bean (Psophocarpus tetragonolobus L.), a highly nutritious and underutilized legume with immense potential for sustainable agriculture, food security, and industrial use. The content spans the plant’s morphology, anatomy, and environmental requirements, alongside its rich nutritional profile, anti-nutritional factors, and phytochemical composition, highlighting its role in human health and diet diversification. Detailed chapters discuss the bean's nitrogen-fixing ability, biological activities, and livestock feed value, emphasizing its contributions to both soil fertility and animal nutrition. The book also explores value-added products, industrial applications, and genetic improvement strategies, offering insights into breeding, biotechnology, and future research directions. Further, it examines the integration of artificial intelligence for optimizing winged bean cultivation and yield sustainability. With national and international perspectives on research and development, this volume is a valuable resource for agronomists, nutritionists, researchers, students, and policy makers working toward agro-biodiversity conservation, climate-resilient farming, and sustainable food systems.

SIMARDEEP KAUR
Dr. Simardeep Kaur is working as an ARS-Scientist (Plant Biochemistry) at ICAR-Research Complex
for North Eastern Hill Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India. She completed her graduation in
Biochemistry (2017) from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana, then attended Post
Graduate School PAU for her M.Sc. in Plant Biochemistry (2019). During her Masters she received
Gold medal for excellence in chemistry/biochemistry, PAU Merit fellowship, Pyara Singh Parmar
award, and qualified CSIR-JRF (NET). Later, she completed her Ph.D. (Plant Biochemistry) at ICAR-
Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. She is recipient of JRF and SRF from the
CSIR during her Ph.D. She also grabbed the opportunity to continue part of her Ph.D. program at the
Utah State University, U.S.A. on receiving the most prestigious Nehru-Fulbright Doctoral fellowship
(2022-23). She has published several articles in high impact journals including Planta, Journal of
Plant Growth Regulation, Current Plant Biology, Smart Agricultural Technology, Plant Stress etc. She
was also awarded the Springer Nature Young Scientist Award for her Ph.D. work at an international
conference. Currently, she is working in developing of NIRS-based prediction models and GWAS for
key nutritional traits in orphan or underutilized crops of Southeast Asia. In addition, she is
investigating the effects of concurrent abiotic stress responses in indigenous rice varieties of Northeast
India.
BINAY K. SINGH
Dr. Binay K. Singh graduated in Agriculture from the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras
Hindu University, Varanasi, in 2000. He completed his M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Molecular Biology and
Biotechnology from the National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Indian Agricultural
Research Institute, New Delhi, in 2002 and 2008, respectively. After completing his Ph.D., he joined
as Scientist – B (Biotechnology) at the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education, Dehradun,
and served at the Institute of Forest Productivity, Ranchi (Jharkhand) from 2006 to 2008. In 2008, he
was selected for Agricultural Research Services (ARS) and served as a Scientist at the Directorate of
Rapeseed-Mustard Research, Bharatpur (Rajasthan) for nearly eight years. In 2015, he was selected as
a Senior Scientist at the Indian Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology, Ranchi, through direct
selection by the ICAR. In 2018, he was promoted to Principal Scientist in the same institute. In 2023,
he was selected as Head of the Division of Crop Science at the ICAR Research Complex for NEH
Region, Barapani (Meghalaya). Dr. Singh has published more than 60 research articles, 16 popular
articles, 2 books, 18 book chapters, 6 technical bulletins, and 7 extension folders. He has guided 4
M.Sc. students as Major Guide and 4 M.Sc. and one Ph.D. students as Co-Guide. He has developed
seven high-yielding varieties in rice, mustard, and perilla and registered three genetic stocks for white
rust resistance and one for drought tolerance in Indian mustard.
NASEEB SINGH
Dr. Naseeb Singh is an ARS-Scientist (Farm Machinery and Power) at at ICAR-Research Complex
for North Eastern Hill Region, Umiam, Meghalaya, India. He holds a B. Tech in Agricultural
Engineering from the College of Agricultural Engineering, Raichur, Karnataka, and an M. Tech and
Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. Dr. Singh specializes in computer
vision, deep learning, sensors, and agricultural robotics. His notable projects include the development
of a robotic arm for harvesting cotton bolls and an automatic two-row precise maize planter for hill
regions. He has published extensively in high-impact journals including Smart Agricultural

Technology, Journal of Field Robotics, Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture etc. and filed several
patents for innovative farm machinery. He had also participated in global conferences, including
presenting at the Annual International Meeting by the American Society of Agricultural and
Biological Engineers in Spokane, Washington, USA. Recognized with multiple awards, including
MHRD scholarships and the National Talent Scholarship from ICAR, Dr. Singh actively contributes
to professional societies and has developed several AI-based mobile applications to enhance
agricultural productivity in NEH Region of India.
VINAY KUMAR MISHRA
Dr. Vinay Kumar Mishra is working as Director ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam,
Meghalaya. He had worked as Head, ICAR – Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Regional
Research Station, Lucknow. Since joining the present institute, he has made innumerable efforts to
completely change the view of this institute dynamically among the scientific and farming fraternity.
He has to his credit over 150 scientific publications in national and international journals of repute. He
was conferred with National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) Fellow in the year 2021. He
has won many laurels during his illustrious career in the ICAR system. He was also conferred with
Fellow of Indian Society of Soil Salinity and Water Quality.