PROFILE



Department of Soil Science


Dr. Ramesh Chandra
(Retired)


DESIGNATION:Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D. (Soil Science)
SPECIALISATION:Soil Microbiology, Soil Fertility
EMAIL:rc[dot]pantnagar[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9412982048 (M)

Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

  • BNF in Pulse crops, Soil biological properties

  • Research Projects

  • AICRP on MULLaRP (Soil Microbiology component) funded by ICAR
  • AICRP on Chickpea (Soil Microbiology component) funded by ICAR
  • Ad-hoc project on “Impact of Nano fertilizers, biofertilizers and sea weed extracts on crop yields and soil health funded by IFFCO, New Delhi
  • Bio-efficacy study on “Bio-efficacy study of Agma Energy Pvt. Ltd. Mycorrhiza in wheat” funded by Micro Aalgae Solution Pvt. Ltd, Noida

  • Selected Research Publications

    1. Joshi, Divya, Chandra, R.; Suyal, D. C., Kumar, S.; Goel, R. (2019). Impacts of Bioinoculants Pseudomonas jesenii MP1 and Rhodococcus qingshengii S10107 on Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Yield and Soil Nitrogen Status. Pedosphere 29(3): 388-399 (doi:10.1016/S1002-0160(19)60807-6) (NAAS Rating: 8.43)

    2. Khandare, R.N., Chandra, R., Pareek, Navneet and Raverkar, K. P. (2019) Carrier based and liquid bioinoculants of Azotobacter and PSB saved chemical fertilizers in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and enhanced soil biological properties in Mollisols. Journal of Plant Nutrition. (DOI: 10.1080/01904167.2019.1659333) (NAAS Rating: 6.57)

    3. Neha, Chandra, R., Pareek,Navneet and Raverkar, K.P. (2019) Effect of Rhizobium and PGPR Inoculation in Mungbean on Productivity and Soil Properties in Mungbean-Wheat Sequence J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 67(4): 458-464 (DOI: 10.5958/0974-0228.2019.00050.1 (NAAS Rating: 5.23)

    4. Rajwar, Jyoti; Chandra, R; Suyal, D. C.; Tomer, Supriya; Kumar, Saurabh and Goel, Reeta (2018) Comparative phosphate solubilizing efficiency of psychrotolerantPseudomonas jesenii MP1 and Acinetobacter sp. ST02 against chickpea for sustainable hill agriculture. Biologia 73(8): 793–802 (https://doi.org/10.2478/ s11756-018-0089-3) (NAAS Rating: 6.70)

    5. Chandra, R. (2017) Soil biological health: Concerns and management options. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci. 65(supplement):S117-114. (NAAS Rating: 5.23)

    6. Bhattacharjya, Sudeshna, Chandra, R., Sharma, M.P. Sharma, S.K and Agnihotri, Richa. (2017) Biochar and Crop Residue Amendments on Soil Microbial and Biochemical Properties. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. B Biol. Sci. 87(3): 975-983. (NAAS Rating: 4.00)

    7. Bhattacharjya, Sudeshna; Bhaduri, Debarati; Chauhan, Swati; Chandra, R.; Raverkar, K.P; Pareek, Navneet (2017) Comparative evaluation of three contrasting land use systems for soil carbon, microbial and biochemical indicators in North-Western Himalaya. Ecological Engineering 103: 21–30. (NAAS Rating: 9.02)

    8. Bhatt, Babita, Chandra, Ramesh, Shri Ram and Pareek, Navneet (2016) Long-term effects of fertilization and manuring on productivity and soil biological properties under rice (Oryza sativa)–wheat (Triticum aestivum) sequence in Mollisols. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 62(8): 1109-1122 (http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1080/ 03650340.2015.1125471. (NAAS Rating: 8.25)

    9. Bhattacharjya, Sudeshna, Chandra, R. Pareek, Navneet and Raverkar, K. P. (2016) Biochar and crop residue application to soil: effect on soil biochemical properties, nutrient availability and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.) and wheat (Triticum aestivumL.). Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 62(8): 1095-1108DOI: 10.1080/ 03650340. 2015.1118760. (NAAS Rating: 8.25)

    PG/Ph.D. Students Guided

  • Guided 15 M.Sc.(Ag.)
  • 09 Ph.D. students of Soil Science for thesis research

  • Other information

  • Professor IFFCO chair in the University
  • Fellow of the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development (ISPRD), Kanpur
  • Fellow of Indian Society of Agricultural chemists (ISAC), Allahabad
  • Working as Principal Investigator of MULLaRP Microbiology program of AICRP on MULLaRP project (ICAR)
  • Programme Coordinator Pulses in the University