COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

BHUBANESWAR

ABOUT THE COLLEGE

The College of Agriculture was established in 1954 under the administrative control of the State Government and affiliated to the Utkal University. It came to the administrative control of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology located at State Capital, Bhubaneswar in the year 1962. The primary function of the college is teaching at the UG and PG leading to B.Sc. (Ag.), M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph. D. degrees. Nevertheless, it also undertakes research and extension activities in various fields as and when required.

Facilities:

1. Study in agriculture at Undergraduate level leading to B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture degree.
2. Study in Post Graduate level leading to M.Sc. (Ag.) and Ph.D. degrees.
3. Basic and applied research on various subjects of agriculture.
4. Central Laboratory facilities and Tissue Culture-cum-Biotechnology Centre for conducting advanced research on agriculture.
5. A Central farm for conducting field research on various aspects of applied agricultural research.
6. Extension activities concerned with various aspects of agriculture.
7. Excellent library facilities with e-connectivity to hostels and all departments of agriculture.
8. Very good residential hostel facilities for boys and girls separately.
9. Medical and ambulance facilities for all students and staff members.
10. Presence of very good sports complex comprising football, volley ball, cricket, hockey ground, Kho-Kho, badminton court, basket ball court as well as gymnastic facilities for the students and staff members.

 

 

DEAN

 

 

Prof. H. K. Patro

Tel:0674-2397375(Off)
Mob: +91-9861231649

E-mail Id: deanca[at]rediffmail[dot]com

                     deanca[at]ouat[dot]nic[dot]in

 

 

 

DEAN’S OFFICE STAFF POSITION WITH CONTACT DETAILS

Sl.no.	Name	Designation	Contact No.	E-mail Id
1	Dr. H. K. Patro	Dean		deanca[at]rediffmail[dot]com, deanca[at]ouat[dot]nic[dot]in
2	Sri Gopabandhu Pradhan	S.O. Level-I	8763788318	gopabandhupradhan[at]gmail.com
3	Sri Subrat Kumar Patra	P.A. to Dean, CA	7205809859
4	Sri Ganaswar Sahu	Sr. Asst.	49337002010
5	Sri Debashis Pradhan	Jr. Asst	7008466723
6	Smt. Mamata Pani	Suptd. Level-II	9438464138
7	Sri Akshya Kumar Padhi	Suptd. Level-II	9438340961
8	Sri Iswar Chandra Patra	Suptd. Level-II	8763294338
9	Sri Trilochana Samal	Artist	8895758854
10	Sri Bapi Sahoo	Jr. Typist	7008162762
11	Sri Trinatha Martha	Driver	9437025612
12	Sri Binoda Bihari Dash	Peon	9040748474
13	Sri Maghanada Nayak	Peon	9777111375
14	Sri Bhagaban Panda	Peon	9583862795
15	Smt. B. Bhanu	Peon
16	Smt Saria Naik	Peon

 

ACADEMIC PROGRAMME

Name of the College	Courses offered
College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar	B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture
	M.Sc. (Agriculture)
	Ph.D. (Agriculture)

 

There shall be two semesters in one academic year, the duration of each semester is 95 to 105 NID (net insterction days) in addition to 15 days for examination.

 

 

SEMESTERWISE COURSES IN B.Sc. (HONS) AGRICULTURE

FIRST SEMESTER

Course No	C ourse Title	Credit Hour
HORT-111	Fundamental of Horticulture	2(1+1)
AS-111	Statistical Methods	2(1+1)
AC-111	Fundamental of Soil Science	3(2+1)
Fo(Ag)-111	Introduction of Forestry	2(1+1)
AE-111	Fundamental of Agricultural Economics	2(2+0)
AG-111	Fundamental of Agronomy	4(3+1)
EE-111	Rural Sociology & Educational Phychology	2(2+0)
SE-111	Comprehension & Communication Skillsa in English	2(1+1)
AG-112	Agriculture Heritage	1(1+0)
BB-111/BM-111	Introductory Biology*/Elementary Mathematics*	2(1+1)/2(2+0)*
EE-112	Human Values & Ethics**	1(1+0)**
NSS-111/NCC-111/PE-111	NSS/NCC/Physical Education & Yoga Practices**	2(0+2)**
	TOTAL *R:Remedial course;**NC:Non-gradial course	19(13+6)

 

 

SECOND  SEMESTER       

Course No	Course Title	Credit Hours
PBG-121	Fundamental of Genetics	3(2+1)
AC-122	Agricultural Microbiology	2(1+1)
SWE(Ag)-121	Soil & Water Conservation Engineering	2(1+1)
PP-121	Fundamental of Crop Physiology and Application	3(2+1)
AG-123	Crop Geography & Ecology	2(2+0)
PPT-121	Fundamental of Plant Pathology	3(2+1)
ENT-121`	Fundamental of Entomology	4(3+1)
EE-123	Fundamentals of Extension Education	3(2+1)
EE-124	Communication Skills and Personality Development	2(1+1)
TOTAL		24(16+8)

THIRD SEMESTER

Course No	Course Title	Credit Hours
AG-214	Crop Production Technology-I(Kharif Crops)	2(1+1)
PBG-212	Fundamental of Plant Breeding	3(2+1)
AE-212	Agricultural Finance and Cooperation	3(2+1)
AM-211	Introductory Agro-meteorology &Climate Change	2(1+1)
FMP(Ag)211	Farm Machinery & Power	21+1)
HORT-212	Production Technology for Vegetable & Spices	2(1+1)
AC-213	Environmental Studies and Disaster Management	3(2+1)
ABT-211	Fundamentals of Plant Biochemistry & Biotechnology	3(2+1)
LPM-211	Livestock & Poultry Management	4(3+1)
TOTAL		24(15+9)

 

 

 

 

FOURTH SEMESTER

Course No	Course Title	Credit Hours
AG-225	Crop Production Technology-II(Rabi Crops)	2(1+1)
HORT-223	Production Technology for Ornamental Crops,MAP and Landscaping	2(1+1)
FMP(Ag)-222	Renewable Energy & Green Technology	2(1+1)
AC-224	Problematic Soils and their Management	2(1+1)
HORT-224	Production Technology for Fruit and Plantation crops	2(1+1)
SST-221	Principles od Seed Science and  Technology	2(1+1)
AG-226	Farming System and Sustainable Agriculture	1(1+0)
AE-223	Agricultural Marketing Trade & Prices	3(2+1)
AM-222	Agriculture Informatics	3(1+2)
NEM-221	Introductory Nematology	2(1+1)
		21(11+10)
Elective (any one)	Elective Courses
Hort(E)-221	Landscaping	3(2+1)
AC(E)-221	Agrochemicals	3(2+1)
AG(E)-221	Water management & micro-irrigation	3(2+1)
PBG(E)-221	Commercial Plant Breeding	3(1+2)

 

FIFTH SEMESTER

PPT-312	Principle of Integrated Pest and Disease Management	3(2+1)
AC-315	Manures, Fertilizers and Soil Fertility Management	3(2+1)
ENT-312	Pests of Crops and Stored Grain and their Management	3(2+1)
PPT-313	Disease of field and Horticultural Crops and their Management	3(2+1)
PBG-313	Crop Improvement-I (Kharif Crops)	2(1+1)
AE-314	Farm Management, Production & Resource Economics	2(1+1)
SST-312	Seed Quality Testing	1(0+1)
AG-317	Geoinformatics and Nanon-technology for Precision Farming	2(1+1)
CP-311	Practical Crop Production-I (Kharif Crops)	2(0+2)
PBG-314	Intellectual Property Rights	1(1+0)
Elective (any one)	Elective Course	22 credit (12+10)
HORT(E)-313	Hi-Tech Horticulture	3(2+1)FSHT/SWCE
AC(E)-312	Bio-pesticides & bio-fertilizers	3(2+1)SSAC/Ent/Pl.Path
AG(E)-312	Weed Management	3(2+1)- Agronomy
ABT(E)-311	Micropropagation Technologies	3(2+1)- ABT

 

SIXTH SEMESTER 

AG-328	Rainfed Agriculture & Watershed Management	2(1+1)
ASCE(Ag)321	Protected Cultivation and Secondary Agriculture	2(1+1)
PPT-324	Disease of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management-II	3(2+1)
HORT-325	Post-Harvest Management and Value Addition Horticultural Crops	2(1+1)
ENT-323	Management of Beneficial Insects	2(1+1)
PBG-325	Crop Improvement-II(Rabi Crops)	2(1+1)
CP-322	Practical Crop Production-II(Rabi Crops)	2(0+2)
AG-329	Principles of Organic Farming	2(1+1)
EE-325	Enterpreneurship Development and Business Communication	2(1+1)
FSVC(Ag)-321	Principles of Food Science and Nutrition	2(2+0)
		21(11+10)
Elective (any one)
HORT(E)-323	Protected cultivation	3(2+1)
AC(E)-323	Soil ,Plant, Water & Seed Testing	3(1+2)
AG(E)-323	Agricultural Waste Management	3(2+1)
AE(E)-321	Agri-business Management	3(2+1)

 

SEVENTH SEMESTER

Course No	Course Title	Credit Hours
RAWE-411	VillageAttachment/UnitAttachment/College KVK/Res.Stn.	0+14
RAWE-412	Agro-Industrial Attachment	0+6
TOTAL		20

 

EIGHT SEMESTER

Course No.	Course Title	Credit Hours
ELP-421		0+20
TOTAL		20

 

ABOUT DEPARTMENTS

DEPARTMENT OF AGRONOMY

The Department of Agronomy started functioning under the dynamic leadership of late Dr.B.N.Sahu as Head in 1954. The M.Sc and Ph.D programmes commenced in 1960 and 1982, respectively. In the last 65 years of its prevalence, the expendience of the Department has touched colossal heights. Now, the Department protuberates itself as an institution of excellence for teaching, research and extension. The Department is offering 31(as per 5th Deans Committee), 55 (Major 20+ minor 9+ supporting 5+ seminar + research 20) and 75 (Major 15+ minor 8+ supporting 5+ seminar 2+ research 45) credit hours at UG, M.Sc & Ph.D levels, respectively. Besides, the Department is offering courses to UG & PG students of College of Forestry (5+3), College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry (1+1), College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology (2+1), College of Community Science (1+0), Agri Business Management (3+0). Quality education is ensured through use of ICT, good laboratory facilities, practical class rooms, library, well maintained Agronomy Main Research Farm, Instructional Farm, implement shed, and periodical exposure visit of students. Till date 539 M.Sc.(Ag) and 37 Ph.D students have been awarded degree under this Department.

MANDATES

• To impart B.Sc(Ag), M.Sc(Ag) and Ph.D courses and acquaint students with crop production packages through the process of teaching and learning by doing

• To carry out basic and applied research on major streams of crop production

• To provide solutions for the emerging problems on crop production in the state in collaboration with the line Departments.
• To disseminate latest technologies on field crop production through training, field demonstration, publication of popular articles, broadcasting, telecasting etc.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No.	Name of Teacher	Designation	Email ID	Mobile No	Area of specialization
1	Dr. R.K. Paikaray	Professor & Head	rkpaikaray[at]rediffmail[dot]com	9437301524	Nutrient management, cropping system
2	Mr. A.K. Behera	Asst. Prof. (S.G.)	aswini_bhr[at]hotmail[dot]com	9437308818	Water management
3	Dr. S.N. Jena	Professor	snjena2008[at]gmail[dot]com	9937282043	Weed management, crop husbandry
4	Dr. S. Biswal	Professor	sbcaagro[at]gmail[dot]com	9439614074	Water management
5	Dr. M.R. Satapathy	Professor	mrsouat[at]gmail[dot]com	9439878950	Nutrient  management, crop husbandry
6	Dr. (Mrs) S. Tripathy	Asso..Prof.	suchiouat[at]gmail[dot]com	94372 84876	Water management
7	Dr. S.K. Dwibedi	Asst.Prof.	sanatdwibdi[at]rediffmail[dot]com	9437160265	Nutrient  management, crop husbandry

 

Student Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	25	25	20	20	40
Ph. D.	7	7	7	9	16

 

Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia and training programme 

Conducted

Sl. No.	Topic	Place	Period
1	National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability	OUAT BBSR	28-29.01.2020
2	Farmers Training programme on ‘Raising of vegetable seedlings by protray’	Gobindapur, Begunia under Farmer FIRST Project	23.10.2019
3	Farmers Training programme on ‘Green house management’	Gobindapur, Begunia under Farmer FIRST Project	02.11.2019

 

Attended 

Name of the Scientist participated	Designation	Topic	Place	Period
Dr. S. K. Dwibedi	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Data Analysis in Agriculture using Statistical Packages	IASRI, New Delhi	16.01.2020 to 05.02.2020
Dr. S. K. Dwibedi	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Training of Masters Trainers (ToMT) by ASCI	OUAT, Bhubaneswar	28.05.2019 to 30.05.2019
Dr. S. K. Dwibedi	Assistant Professor (Agronomy)	Training programme on Geomedia professional and ERDAS imagine	OUAT, Bhubaneswar	06.03.2019 to 08.03.2019
Dr. L. M. Garnayak Dr. R. K. Paikaray Dr. S. N. Jena Dr. M. R. Satapathy Dr. S. Biswal Mr. A. K. Behera Dr. S. K. Dwibedi Dr. (Mrs) S. Tripathy	Professor   Professor and Head Professor Professor   Professor Asst. Prof. (S.G.) Asst. Prof.   Assoc. Prof.	National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Farm Profitability, Indian Society of Agronomy, Odisha Chapter.	OUAT, BBSR, Odisha.	28-29.01. 2020
Dr. S. Biswal	Professor, Agronomy	CCAFS South Asia Regional Meet on Strengthening Climate –Resilient Agriculture Systems in South Asia.	Bali, Indonesia	06-07.10.2019
		Fifth Global Sconce Conference on  Climate Smart Agriculture. 8-10  October, 2019. Bali, Indonesia.  International workshop on  Climate change, agriculture and  food security	Bali, Indonesia	08-09.10.2019
Dr.  B. Behera	Professor and Head, Agronomy & PI, FFP	Seminar on ‘Doubling Farmers Income by 2022’ organized by Ananya on topic “Doubling smallholder farmers income in Odisha through Rainfed Integrated Farming Systems (RIFSs)”	OUAT, Bhubaneswar	07.08.2019
Dr.  B. Behera	Professor and Head, Agronomy & PI, FFP	Training programme on ‘Innovative adaptation strategies for control of Green House Gas (GHG) production through smart-animal agriculture’	CV Sc and AH, OUAT, Bhubaneswar	12.09.2019
Dr. B. Behera	Professor and Head, Agronomy	Package of practices of crops grown organically in Odisha including IPM and biocontrol agents	RCOF, Bhubaneswar	07.11.2019
Dr. B. Behera	Professor and Head, Agronomy	Workshop on ‘Integration of innovative approaches to reinforce one health issue- a step forward’	OUAT, Bhubaneswar	17-18.01.2020
Dr. B. Behera	Professor and Head, Agronomy	Indian Society of Weed Science Biennial Conference on "Weed Management for Enhancing Farmers' Income and Food Security"	ICAR - Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa (India)	5-7.02.2020
Dr.  B. Behera	Professor and Head, Agronomy	National Seminar on ‘Rainfed agriculture:    Strategies for sustainable farm income’	School of Agriculture, GIET University, Gunupur, Odisha	15-16.02.2020
Dr. (Mrs). S. Tripathy	Assoc. Prof.	Interview of innovative approaches to reinforce one health issue	OUAT, Bhubaneswar	17-18.01.2020

 

Research Publications

Divya, R.K.; Behera, B. and Jena, S.N. 2019. Effect of planting patterns and weed management in runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus L.)+maize (Zea mays L.)  intercropping on growth and productivity of component crops. International Journal of Recent Scientific Research, 10(7): 34223-34225.

Divya, R.K.; Behera, B. and Jena, S.N. 2020. Evaluation of competition indices and comparative economics under various planting patterns and weed management practices in maize (Zea Mays L.)+runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus L.) Intercropping. Multilogic in science, 10(33): 534-539.

Divya, R.K.; Behera, B.; and Jena, S.N. 2020. Effect of planting patterns and weed management practices on weed dynamics and nutrient minimg in runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus L.)+Maize (Zea mays) intercropping International Journal of Chemical Studies, 8(1): 2704-2712.

Lokose, R.Y.P.; Jena, S.N.; Satapathy, M.R. and Behera, J. 2019. Impact of herbicides and nutrient management on soil biological properties in maize+cowpea intercropping system; Journal of Crop and Weed, 15(2):100-103.

Modak, D.P.; Behera, B.; Jena, S. N. and Behera, S.D. 2019. Nutrient uptake and yield of maize (Zea mays L.) in rice-maize system under tillage and weed management and impact on soil health. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(3): 1786-1791.

Modak, D.P.; Behera, B.; Jena, S.N.; Roul, P.K. and Behera, S.D. 2019. Effect of tillage and weed management on weed biomass and productivity of summer maize (Zea mays). Indian Journal of Agronomy, 64(2): 262-265.

Mohapatra, S.; Satapathy, M.R.; Pati, P. and Sahoo, T.R. 2019. Growth, yield attributes and yield performances of Indian mustard (Brassica juncea L.) under graded levels of fertilizer. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 8(5): 2360-2363.

Nayak, A. and Biswal, S. 2019. Performance of Rice in Modified Conventional System over System of Rice Intensification (SRI). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6: 2163-2168.

Nayak, A. and Biswal, S. 2019. Productivity and profitability of summer paddy under different establishment method and irrigation management. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(3): 1981-1984.

Nedunchezhiyan, M.; Sahu, B.; Ravi, B.; Sahoo,K.; Tripathy, S.; Sahu, D.B.; Toppo, M. and Munshi, R. 2020. Climatic effect on weed management practices in elephant foot yam under high rainfall sub humid zone. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science, 9(2):985-991.

Patra, A.K.; Garnayak, L.M.; Mishra, K.N.; Paikray, R.K. and Bastia, D.K. 2019.Productivity, resource -use efficiency and economics of rice-based bio-intensive cropping systems in coastal Odisha. Indian Journal of Agronomy 64(2):165-171.

Sahoo, B.; Nedunchezhiyan, M.; Acharyya, P.; Munshi, R.; Sahu, D.; Toppo, M.; Tripathy, S. and Sunita, K. 2019. Site specific nutrient management in elephant foot yam-A Review. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science, 8(9):1591-1596.

Sahoo, H.K.; Behera, B.; Satapathy, M.R. and Behera, S.D. 2019. Sustainable Rural Livelihood Security of small farmers through efficient resource recycling in crop-fish-poultry-mushroom based integrated farming system model. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(12): 1745-1768.

Sahoo, T.R.; Paikaray, R.K.; Behera, B. and Jena, S.N. 2020. Effect of Sunflower residue incorporation, method of establishment and nutrient management on weed population and dry matter in rice. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 9(2):939-941.

Sahoo, T.R.; Paikaray, R.K.; Mishra, K.N. and Rath, B.S. 2020. Microbial activity as influenced by sunflower residue incorporation ,method of establishment and Nutrient management of Rice-greengram-sunflower cropping system in Odisha, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 9(4):924-928.

Samantaray, S.K; Satapathy, M.R. and Jena, S.N. 2020. Effect of nutrient management practices on yield attributes, yield attributes, yield nutrient uptake and pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan L.) and cultivars during Rabi season. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 9(3).

Shatpathy, P.; Arti; Singh, S.P.; Dwibedi, S.K. and Dash, A. 2019. Assessment of Physiological Traits for Adaptation to Flowering Stage Water Deficit in Rainfed Lowland Rice (Oryza sativa L.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(10): 245-255.

 Research papers presented at International and National Seminars/ Symposia

Bastia, D.K.; Behera, S.K.; Panda, M.R.; Tripathy, S. 2020. Climate resilient alternate land use system for rainfed agro-ecology of Odisha. Published in the Souvenir and extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan, 2020.

Behera, B. 2020. Conservation tillage and watershed management. Presented at the National Seminar on ‘Rainfed Agriculture: Strategies for sustainable farm economy’ held at GIET University, Gunupur during 15-16 February 2020. Proceedings, pp.74-82.

Behera, B.; Jena, S.N.; Bedra, S.D. and Nayak, J.K. 2020. Weed management under changing climate scenario. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Behera, S. D.; Pradhan, S.; Jaipuria, D. and Garnayak, L.M. 2020. Zero tillage- a smart Management practice under changing climate. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Biswal, S.; Sharma, P; Sahoo, S. and Das, S. 2020. Response of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) to different irrigation schedules and methods in summer season. The Souvenir of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Increasing Farm Profitability. 28-29 Jan, 2020. OUAT, BBSR, Odisha.: 139-141 

Das, P.; Behera, S.D.; Dash, L.; Panda, B.B., Garnayak, L.M.; Pattnaik, S. and Jaypuria, D. 2020. Effect of establishment method of linseed varieties and foliar nutrition on productivity, Profitability and soil nutrient status of linseed in rice – fallow under changing climate. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Divya, R.K.; Behera, B.; Garnayak, L.M.; Satapathy, M.R.; Behera, S.D.; and Prusty, S. 2020. Assessment of performances of maize+runnerbean cropping under planting pattern and weed management. Published in the Proceeding of ISWS Biennial Conferences Symposium on weed management for Enhancing Farmers Income and Food Security held at Goa for 5-7 Feb 2020.P-43.

Dwibedi, S.K. and Nanda, J. 2020. Effect of fly ash and vermicompost on germination of rice published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Dwibedi, S.K.; Sahu, S.K.; Behera, B. and Srija, M. 2020. Carbon dioxide efflux and population of nematode and earthworm as influenced by levels of fly ash and vermicompost in rice nursery soil published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Dwibedi, S.K.; Sahu, S.K.; Pattnaik, R.K.; Behera, B.: Divyashree, D.; Behera, J.; Panda, A. and Naik, U. 2020. Effect of fly ash and vermicompost on the performance of rice seedlings in West Central Table Land Zone of Odisha published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Lodh, B.; Jena, S. N. and Nayak, J.K. 2020 study of weed flora in rabi maize under different weed management practices under rice-maize cropping system. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Mallick, P.P.; Satapathy, M.R.; Biswal, S. and Jena, S.N. 2020. Effect of irrigation and weed management practices on yield attributes and yield of summer sesame (sesamum indicum L.). The Souvenir of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Increasing Farm Profitability. 28-29 Jan, 2020. OUAT, BBSR, Odisha.:211-212

Mallick, P.P.; Satapathy, M.R.; Biswal, S. and Jena, S.N. 2020. Effect of irrigation and weed management practices on yield attributes and yield of summer sesame. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Mishra, A.K.; Biswal, S.; Sharma, S. and Padbhushan, R. 2020. Climate Smart Approach for Water Management in Summer Paddy under Different Establishment Methods in Odisha. The Souvenir of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Increasing Farm Profitability. 28-29 Jan, 2020. OUAT, BBSR, Odisha.:177-178

Mishra, J.; Biswal, S.; Nayak, A.; Biswal, R.; Mohapatra, A.; Nayak, J. and Sahoo, S. 2020. Crop establishment method and irrigation management in summer paddy. The Souvenir of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Increasing Farm Profitability, 28-29 Jan, 2020. OUAT, BBSR, Odisha, 263-267.

Mohanty, T. R.; Patra, A. K.; Paikaray, R.K.; Garanayak, L. M.; Mishra, K. N. and Swain, S. N. 2020. Enhancement in productivity and economics of rice- groundnut cropping system through farmers participatory approach. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Mohapatra, S.; Satapathy, M.R. and Sahoo, T.R. 2020. Growth, yield attributes and yield performances of Indian mustard under graded levels of fertilizer. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Nayak, P.; Dutta, D.; Paikaray, R.K. Tripathy, P.  and Chakraborty, P. 2020- Effect of seaweed extracts on productivity, profitability and sustainability of kharif rice. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Paikaray, R.K.; Baliarsingh, A.; Mohapatra, A.K.B.; Rath, B.S.; Nanda, A.; Panigraghi, G. and Pradhan, A. 2020. Characterisation of temporal variability and trends in seasonal and annual rainfall of district Rayagada. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Pattnaik, R.; Satapathy, M.R.; Biswal, S.; Dash, M.; Debata N.M.; Paramjita, D. and Sethi, S. 2020.Performance of medium duration rice varieties under different fertility levels and split application of nitrogen. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Rath, B.S.; Paikaray, R.K; Garnayak, L.M. and Sahoo, T.R. 2020. Climate smart rice cultivation and food security. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Rath, P.; Paikaray, R.K.; Panda, B. B.; Baral, S. and Tripathy, P. 2020. Effect of organic Sources of nutrients on productivity, profitability and nutrient uptake of rice. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Routaray, S.K. and Paikaray, R.K. 2020 water saving techniques for agriculture under changing climate. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Sahoo, H.K.; Behera, B.; Satapathy, M.R.; Behera, S.D and Barla, S. 2020. Recycling of Recyclable waste in climate smart integrated farming system for reduced environmental pollution, higher system productivity and enhanced farm profitability published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Samant, T.K. and Garanayak, L. M. 2020. Effect of crop establishment on growth and yield of rice under changing climate. Published in souvenir and Extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Samant, T.K.; Garanayak, L.M.; Panigrahi, D.; Mohanty B.; Satapathy, B.; Tripathy, S. and Dhir, B. C. 2020. Effect of integrated nutrient management practices on growth, yield and economics in sesame. Published in souvenir and extended summary of the National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Samantaray, S.K.; Satapathy, M.R.; Nayak, R.; Jena, S.N.; Patra, B. and Nayak, J.K. 2020.Nutrient management for pigeon pea cultivars during rabi season. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Swain, B.; Pradhan, S. and Garnayak, L.M. 2020. Effect of cropping system and nutrient management practices on yield and economics of sweet corn under sweet corn based cropping system. Published in the Souvenir and Extended summary of National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Profitability held at OUAT from 28-29 Jan 2020.

Books 

Sharma, S; Rana, D.S.; Jat, M.L.; Biswal, S.; Arun, K.C. and Pathak, H. 2019. A Compendium Of Technologies,Practices, Services And Policies For Scaling Climate Smart Agriculture In Odisha (India). Compendium, International Rice Research Institute, Pp 85. 

 

Laboratory Manual:

Behera, B. , Biswal,S. and  Mohanty, P. 2019. Manual on Fundamentals  of Agronomy. Dept. of Agronomy, College of Agriculture,OUAT,Pp,120.

 Extension Bulletins/ Booklets 

Sahoo, N.R.; Pal, U.; Behera, B and Malik, D. 2019. Dalmill and Dal processing, Pp,1-6

Tripathy, P.; Sethy K..; Behera, B. and Malik, D. 2019. Cultivation of papaya, Pp,1-10.

   Pradhan, P.C.;  Behera, B. and Malik, D. 2019. Greenhouse management, pp,1-10.

Biswal, S. and Rana, D. S.  2019. Stress tolerant varieties impart resilience to farmers in flood-prone areas. A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.15-16.

Biswal, S. and Panigrahi, T. 2019. Lodging resistant paddy cultivar in cyclone and heavy rainfall situations A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al. p.16-17.

Biswal, S. and Mishra, J. 2019. Non puddled transplanting rice (NPTR) –a resource saving approach: A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.17-18.

Biswal, S. and Panigrahi T. 2019.Crop substitution by green gram and groundnut for resource conservation A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.18-20.

Biswal, S. and Rana, D. S. 2019.Direct seeded rice (DSR) for promoting water use efficiency A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al. p.30-32.

Biswal, S. and Rana, D. S. 2019. Alternate Wetting Drying (AWD) A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al. p.32-34.

Biswal, S. and Panigrahi, T. 2019. Intensifying rice fallows with green gram var. IPM 02-14 A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.34-35.

Biswal, S. and Sah, S. 2019.Integrating weed management (IWM) technology for higher productivity. A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of odisha(India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.36-37.

Biswal, S. and Rana, D. S. 2019. Residues management for improving soil health and yield enhancement A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.45-46.

Biswal, S. and Panigrahi T. 2019. Solar power - a potential source to minimize climate risks A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.46-47.

Biswal, S. and Rana, D. S. 2019. Mechanization of farming A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of Odisha (India): Edited by Sharma et al. p.47-48.

Biswal, S. and Panigrahi. T. 2019.Community mat nursery: ensuring availability of paddy seedlings under contingent situations A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of odisha(India): Edited by Sharma et al. p.65-68.

Biswal, S. and Panigrahi T. 2019.Village level seed training to combat seed shortages A compendium of technologies, practices, services and policies for scaling climate smart agriculture in in the vulnerable areas of odisha(India): Edited by Sharma et al.p.72-73.

Tripathy, P. and Behera, B. 2019. Peshiposhana Kadali Chasa (Cultivation of tissue culture banana. (Publ.) PI, Farmers FIRST Programme, OUAT, Bhubaneswar.

Popular Articles:

Behera, B. 2019. Kshudra chashinka  dwigunita  aya pain  dhana  jamire  samanwita  krishi   byabastha (Integrated farming system in  rice  fields  for  doubling  farmer’s income), Krishi  Sambad (August-October), pp.28-32.

Behera, B. 2019. Khadya ‘o’ phasala paryayare swatantra shasya, laghu shasya ‘o’ shasyarupi  phasalara   bhumika.  Krishi Sambad 

Tripathy, P.; Behera, B.; Mallick, D.; Sahoo, A.; Singh, A. K. and Roul, P. K. 2019. Real time cucumber production benefits farmers and consumers. Indian Horticulture September-October, pp.14-18.

Behera, B. and Behera, S.D. 2019. Conservation agriculture-A tool for mitigating climate change effects, (In) Climate Smart Water Management in Agriculture for Enhancing Farm Profit and Sustainability, (Publ.) ICAR-IIWM, Bhubaneswar pp.49-87.

Tripathy, P.; Behera, B.; Mallick, D. and Behera, S.D. 2020. Farmer FIRST approach for improving livelihood of pumpkin growers in Odisha. Indian Farming, 70(3). 

Sample – Behera, S.; Rai, A.K. and Rout, R. 2018. Salicylic Acid (SA): Growth Booster of Onion. Indian Farmer. 5(7): 715-719.

 

Externally funded projects operating and sanctioned

Project title	Funding agency	Total outlay (Rs. In lakh)	Period (from to)
Enhancing Farm Productivity & Profitability with ‘Farmer-First’ focus in Khordha district of Odisha (PI-Dr. B. Behera).	ICAR, New Delhi	9.25	2019-20
Process development for optimal usage of potential residues from 2G ethanol bio-refinery plant (PI- Dr. S. K. Dwibedi)	BPCL, GOI	21.00	2019-20

 

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BREEDING AND GENETICS

The inception of the present department of Plant Breeding and Genetics dates back to 1954. Post graduateprogramme started in 1961. The department was initially designated as the Department of Agricultural Botany, engaged in teaching and research in the field of Genetics, Cytogenetics, Plant Breeding and Plant Physiology. Subsequently, in the year 1972, a new department of Plant Physiology was carved out of this department and the department was redesignated as Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics. Ph.D. programme started in 1982. The department is offering courses of 14 credit hours & 20 credit hours of Experiential Learning Programme in Agriculture under graduate courses, 3 credit hours in Forestry undergraguate courses, 35 credit hours (Major-20, Minor-9, Supporting-5 & Seminar-1) at P.G. and 30 (Major-15, Minor-8, Supporting-5 & Seminar-2) at Ph.D. levels besides research credit hours of 20 and 45 respectively in post graduate and Ph.D levels. It has so far produced 278 post graduate and 42 Ph.D students.

The department continues to play a pivotal role in development and release of new crop varieties. The founder members of this department were Dr.G.V. Chalam and Dr.P.D.Dixit who contributed substantially to crop improvement, particularly in rice, the premier crop of Odisha state. Continued effortshave been made through departmental student research to develop varieties in different crops i.e. Rice (65 varieties released till date including 12 varieties of recent release), Finger millet (1 line in AICRP testing), Maize(1 hybrid identified for release), Greengram (2 genotype in MLT), Blackgram (1 line in AICRPtesting), Horsegram (3 lines in AICRP testing).Alsothe crop improvement on Groundnut, Sesame, Mustard and Toria is being carried out.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No.	Name of the Teacher	Designation	E mail-ID	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. Bansidhar  Pradhan	Professor & Head	bdpr[at]rediffmail[dot]com	9437278206	Oilseed Breeding, Resistance and Heterosis breeding
2	Dr.Prem Narayan Jagadev	Professor	pnjagadev[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in	9861128437	Cytogenetics
3	Dr.Tapash Kumar Mishra	Professor	tkm[dot]cuttack[at]gmail[dot]com	9437546932	Cereal and Pulse Breeding including Molecular work
4	Dr.Debendranath Bastia	Professor	debendranath[dot]bastia[at] gmail[dot]com	9861106427	Rice Breeding including Molecular work
5	Dr.DevrajLenka	Professor	devraj_lenka[at]yahoo[dot]com	9437232175	Maize and Pulse Breeding, Resistance breeding and Molecular work
6	Dr.Manasi Dash	Assistant Professor	manasi_dash[at]yahoo[dot]com	9437521587	Oilseed Breeding and Biotechnology

 

Student Strength

 

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	16	15	12	17	29
Ph. D.	4	6	9	7	16

 

 

Details of workshops, summer courses, short courses, symposia, training programme 

Attended

Short course on “Managing Rice Genetic Resources for Climate Resilience organized by ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack from 

16^th Oct. to 25^th Oct. 2019  - Attended by Dr. Manasi Dash,  Assistant Professor

 

 

Departmental  Research 

 

            A total no. of  22 entries have been nominated to All India Co-ordinated Testing Programme under different rice growing eco-systems, 07 entries got promotion to next stage testing, 03 entries submitted for release under CVRC, 3500 segregating materials handled, 1795 germplasm lines have been maintained and 274 nucleus seeds stock produced during 2019-2020. 

            The proposals submitted for release under CVRC are:

1. OR2512-5 : average yield - 5700 kg/ha developed for rainfed & irrigated, medium land ecology  condition. 
2. OR 2560-6 : average yield - 5900 kg/ha developed for rainfed & irrigated, medium land ecology  condition. 
3. OR2573-15 : average yield - 5000 kg/ha developed for rainfed & irrigated, medium land ecology  condition. 

Proposals to be submitted for variety release under SVRC/CVRC 

 

Sl. No.	Name	Parentage	Duration	Av. yield (Kg/Ha)	Tobe released under CVRC/SVRC	Status
1	OR 2380-2	Mahanadi / Rayada-B3	150	5000	SVRC		To be submitted
2	OR 2418-2	Mahanadi / OR 1898-2	155	4200	SVRC		To be submitted
3	OR2542-12	Mahanadi / Rayada-B3	135	5300	SVRC		To be submitted
4	OR2573-15	Birupa /IR76561-AC-8-8	135	5000	CVRC		Submitted
5	OR2512-5	Kharavela / IR 62037-93	125	5700	CVRC		Submitted
6	OR2560-6	Pratikshya / IR 32253-7	125	5900	CVRC		Submitted
7	OR2413-9	Indravati /CN1231-11-1	150	4700	SVRC		To be submitted
8	OR2519-1	Sarathi / Subhadra	125	4800	SVRC		To be submitted

 

 

Proposal to be submitted for release under SVRC: 

 

Crop	Cultures
GREENGRAM	OBGG-56
	OBGG-58
FINGER MILLET	OEB-602

 

Entries under IVT, AVT/ MLT

CROP	CULTURE	STATUS IN AICRP
Maize	OMH 17-19	AVT-I
Finger millet	OEB-604	AVT-I 2019-20
	OEB-608	IVT 2019-20
	OEB-603, OEB-605	MLT
Greengram	OBGG-101	AVT-I Rice fallow
	OBGG-103, OBGG-104	IVT Kharif, 2019
	OBGG-105, OBGG-106	IVT Rabi,2019-20
	OBGG-107	IVT Rice fallow, 2019-20
	OBGG-108	IVT Summer 2020
Blackgram	OBG-41	AVT-I Kharif, 2019-20
Horse gram	OHG-3, OHG-16, OHG-142	IVT 2019-20

 

Lines maintained in different segregating generation of mungbean

Generation	Cross	No. of lines
F4	VROCB/NM94	14
F4	VROG/ML818	12
F4	VROCB/ML1628	9
F5	LGG460/EC693376	20
F5	IPM02-3/BKG	25
F5	OUM11-5/NM94	32
F5	OUM11-5/ML818	35
F5	ML1299/ EC693376	38
F5	EC693369/TCR20	20
F5	EC693369/NM94	18
F6	BKG/TCR-192	22
F6	PAU911/PDM139	25
F6	V2-22/TCR 243	50
F6	OUM 11-5/IPM 02-	35
F6	IPM 02-3/ OUM 11-5	20
F6	BKG/IPM 205-7	20
F7	NM-94/V04718	210

 

Breeding materials maintained and screened for different characters

Crop	No. of breeding lines/ germplasm	Remarks
Maize	Inbreds	Yellow lines - 165  QPM   -     41
Greengram	232 germplasm	High yielding lines : 10 Tolerance to YMV : 25
	100 locals Advance breeding lines : 320	High yielding lines : 06           Tolerance to YMV : 15
Blackgram	156 germplasm	Tolerance to YMV and high yielding lines : 35 lines
	37 locals	High yielding lines : 11 lines Tolerance to YMV lines : 7 lines
Finger millet	Germplasm : 95  Advance breeding lines : 30	High yielding : 11 Lines
Mustard	Advance breeding lines : 56	High yielding: 16 Lines
Linseed	Advance breeding lines : 52	High yielding: 11 Lines
Horse gram	Advance breeding lines : 170	High yielding: 20 Lines Advance lines: 3 numbers
Sesame	Advance breeding lines : 70	Mutants:20, Crosses: 50

 

 

Research Publications 

1. Dash, M., Singh, S.K. and Pradhan, B. 2020. Identification of important characters by principal component analysis in sesame germplasm. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 37: 29-30. NAAS rating :5.02.
2. Imran, M., Dash, M., Manjunath, P. and Reddy, M.P. 2020. Studies on capsule shattering character in sesame (Sesamum indicum L.). Journal of Oilseeds Research, 37: 67-68. NAAS rating :5.02.
3. Kar, R.K., Mishra, T.K. and Pradhan, B. 2019. Induced polygenic variability by combining hybridization and chemical mutagen in F₁M₁ generation of sesame hybrids. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences, 7(4): 343-348. NAAS rating :5.07.
4. Kar, R.K., Mishra, T.K. and Pradhan, B. 2019.   Studies on frequency distribution, skewness and kurtosis in F₁M₁ mutant populations of sesame. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(4): 1755-1760. NAAS rating :5.38.
5. Sahoo, C.R, Dash, M and Acharya, N. 2019. Biochemical responses of Indian mustard to water stress. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(2):1711-1718. NAAS rating :5.38.
6. Kabi, M., Baisakh, B., Dash, M. and Tripathy, S.K. 2019. Phenotyping of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) genotypes for powdery mildew resistance. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8(3):1865-1867. NAAS rating :5.21.
7. Mishra, D., Bhoi, L., Dash, M., Tripathy, S.K., Mishra, T.K., Behera, M.P. and Pradhan, B. 2019. Mutagenic effectiveness and efficiency of EMS and gamma rays on rice bean (Vigna umbellata Thunb, Ohwi and Ohashi): An underutilized legume crop. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(3): 2060-2064. NAAS rating :5.31.

 Research papers presented at International and National Seminars/ Symposia

1. Sibadatta, A., Routray, A and Dash, M. 2019. Enhancing bioenergy crops for carbon neutral future. In: National Seminar on “Harnessing Science and Technology for a better future. 23-24^th Nov.2019, ITER, SOA University, Bhubaneswar.
2. Singh, S.K. and Dash, M. 2019. Reverse Breeding: A novel breeding method to accelerate plant improvement. In: National Seminar on “Recent advances in plant sciences: strategies and applications. Ravenshaw University, Cuttack. 23^rd Feb.2019, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.
3. Naik, S., Routray, A and Dash, M. 2019. The caulogenic effect of hormones on anther explants of sesame. In: National Seminar on “Recent advances in plant sciences: Strategies and applications. Ravenshaw University, Cuttack. 23^rd Feb.2019, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.
4. Bandhavi, D and Lenka, D. 2019. Character association and diversity analysis of maize hybrids under drought conditions. In: National Seminar on “Recent advances in plant sciences: strategies and applications. Ravenshaw University, Cuttack. 23^rd Feb.2019, Ravenshaw University, Cuttack.
5. Sahoo.C.R. and Dash, M. 2020. Nutrient management in Rice. In: National Seminar on Climate smart agriculture for enhancing farm profitability. 28^th -29^th January, 2020, OUAT, Bhubaneswar.

 

   Externally funded projects operating and sanctioned

Project title	Funding agency	Total outlay	Period (from   to)
Pyramiding of Resistance genes for BLB and submergence tolerance into Pratikshya, a popular rice variety of Odisha	IRRI-OUAT collaborative project	78,00,000/-	2017 to 2022
Improving rice varieties tolerance to submergence and stagnant flooding	IRRI-OUAT collaborative project	21,00,000/-	2017 to 2020
Screening and development of rice genotypes for improved biofuel traits and high cellulose content	BPCL, India	46,56,250/-	2018 to 2023

 

DEPARTMENT OF SOIL SCIENCE AND AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY

The department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry came into existence in 1954 right from the year of establishment of Collage of Agriculture with the objective of teaching in the undergraduate level. Subsequently post graduate courses at M. Sc.(Ag.) level were introduced in 1964 and Ph.D level in 1982 with the prime objective of doing teaching, research and extension in the field of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry. The department presently offers 38 credit hours of courses at Undergraduate level, 74 credit hours masters level including 20 credit hour of research and 74 credit hours at Ph. D level along with 45 credit hours of research. Besides, the department also offers 40 credits under experiential learning programme and the teachers are involved under RAWE programme of under graduate students in agriculture. So far, this department has produced 283 masters and 21 Ph.D students.

Faculties of the department are also involved in research either directly through various research projects or by research projects or by research works undertaken by students under M.Sc.(Ag.) and Ph.D course programmes.

The department produces (i) Consortia biofertilizers (Azotobactor + Azospirillium +PSB) ( ii) PSB and (iii) Rhizobium in the name of Sadhan 1, 2 and 3, respectively.

         The department has the facility for analysis of soil, water, plant,manure, biofertilizers and chemical fertilizers submitted by farmers, students, government and NGOs.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No.	Name	Designation	Email Address	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. R. K. Patra	Professor & Head	grkpatra[at] yahoo[dot]com, granjanpatra[at] gmail[dot]com	9437628881	Soil Microbiology, Biofertilizer
2	Dr. A. K. Dash	Professor (IFFCO Chair)	dashashish63[at] yahoo[dot]com	8763685201	Soil Physics, Soil Conservation
3	Dr. K. N. Mishra	Professor	khiturajprav[at] yahoo[at]co[dot]uk	9938309860	Soil Chemistry, Pedology, Remote Sensing
4	Dr. N. Panda	AssistantProfessor	npandasoil[at] yahoo[dot]com	9439264749	Soil Fertility, Microbiology

 

 

 

Students Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	24	37	22	15	37
Ph. D.	5	12	7	5	12

 

Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia and training programme

 

Conducted

1. Skill Development Course  on “Biofertilizer Production” to UG students (02 nos of trainings concurrently) under NAHEP, ICAR from 7.01.20 to 23.01.20
2. Entrepreneuship Development Course  on “Biofertilizer Production” to UG students under NAHEP, ICAR from 15.2.20 to 13.3.20

Attended  

84^th ISSS Convention-2019 and national Seminar on “Developments in Soil Science” at BHU, Varanasi , Uttar Pradesh from 15.11.2019 to 18.11.2019 attended by 

            Dr. R.K. Patra , Professor 

Dr A K Dash, Professor

Dr N Panda, Asst.  Professor

Research Publications

1. Mandal, M., Rout, K. K., Panda, N. and Singh, M. 2020. Stabilization of Functional Soil Organic Matter Fractions in Response to Long-Term Fertilization in Tropical Rice–Rice Cropping System. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 51(1): 136-148. NAAS rating: 6.69
2. Nayak, B. R., Swain, D., Panda, N., Barik, K. C. and   Padhiary, A. 2020. Effect of Irrigation and Nitrogen Levels on Productivity of Aerobic Rice in West Table Land Zone of Odisha, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science, 9(2): 2493-2497. NAAS rating: 5.38
3. Dey, R., Dash, A.K., Panda, N., Dash, R.R., Nayak, B.R. and Sahu, S.G. 2019. Effect of continuous irrigation on soil texture, bulk density and saturated hydraulic conductivity of some soils of Hirakud command area of Odisha, India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science,8(8) 836-843. NAAS rating: 5.38 
4. Pradhan, P.P., Dash, A.K., Panda, N.,  Samant, P.K. and Mishra, A. P. 2019. Effect of graded doses of neem coated urea on productivity of low land rice. ORYZA- An International Journal on Rice, 56(1): 68-74.  NAAS rating:  4.44 
5. Purohit, D., Mandal, M.,  Dash, A.,  Rout, K. K.,   Panda, N. and Singh, M. 2019. Influence of long term fertilization on soil microbial biomass and dehydrogenase activity in relation to crop productivity in an acid Inceptisols, ORYZA- An International Journal on Rice, 56(3): 305-311. NAAS rating: 4.44 
6. Patra, A.K., Garnayak, L.M., Mishra, K.N, Mohanty, T.R., Mohapatra, B.K., and Swain, S.K. 2019. Balanced fertilization in rice (Oryza sativa)- groundnut (Arachis hypogeae) cropping system.  Indian Journal of Agronomy, 64(3): 293-297, NAAS rating 5.46

Research papers presented in International & National Seminars/ Symposia:

1. Pati, M.M., Panda, N., Sethi, D. and Dash, A.K.  2019. Characterization of sources of biochar and its influence on soil properties. In: 84^th ISSS Convention-2019 and national Seminar on “Developments in Soil Science”, 15-18, November, 2019, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. 

2. Patra, R.K., Verma, H. And Sethi, D. 2019. Isolation and characterization of efficient strains of Rhizobium from Raikia french bean growing soils of Kandhamal district of Odisha.  In: 84^th ISSS Convention-2019 and national Seminar on “Developments in Soil Science”, 15-18, November, 2019, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. 

3. Dash, A.K., Mohanta, B. and Sahu S.G. 2019. Study on physical properties associated with soils of Ganjam district, Odisha. In: 84^th ISSS Convention-2019 and national Seminar on “Developments in Soil Science”, 15-18, November, 2019, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. 

4. Mandal, M., Panda, N. and Sethi, D. 2020. Effect of long term manuring on stabilisation of functional soil organic matter fractions in tropical rice –rice agroecosystem. In: National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Farm Profitability, 28-29 January, 2020, Indian Society of Agronomy, Odisha Chapter, OUAT, Bhubaneswar. 

Books

1.  Panda, N.  2019. Principles of Soil and Water Analysis. NIPA Publishers, New Delhi, 

ISBN – No. 978-93-8797-360-2

2. Panda, N.  2019. Soil, Plant, Water and Seed Testing- A Text Book, Kalyani Publications, New Delhi, ISBN – No. 978-93-5359-148-9

3.  Panda, N. and Mandal, M. 2020. Soil dehydrogenase: Concepts and Application, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN No. 978-620-0-54912-9

DEPARTMENT OF VEGETABLE SCIENCE

The Department of Vegetable Science was created during the year 2009 based on reports of a high power committee framed by ICAR who visited OUAT, Bhubaneswar emphasizing the important of Horticulture during 8th plan period. This resulted in the division of the erstwhile department of horticulture in to four separate departments with the existing human resources and physical facilities and the department started functioning from 1st April 2010. So far the department has produced 68 M.Sc.(Ag) and 11 students are continuing their M. Sc.(Ag) programme till date. Similarly 5 students have successfully completed their Ph.D. study and 18 students are continuing the Ph. D. studies in this department. Besides, the Technology & ELP course in the 4TH YR. b. Sc. (Ag). The department has facilities for smooth conduct of student’s research.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No.	Faculty Name	Designation	E-mail ID	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. G. S. Sahu	Professor and Head      & OIC, AICRP on Vegetable crops	gourihort[at]gmail[dot]com	9861007826	Vegetable Science
2	Dr. P. Tripathy	Professor	Ptripathy_ouat05[at]rediffmail[dot]com	943867762	Vegetable Science

 

Student Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	20	22	07	12	19
Ph. D.	12	16	04	08	12

 

Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia, training programmes 

 

Attended

Name of the Scientist participated	Designation	Topic	Place	Period
Dr. Gouri Shankar Sahu	Prof. & Head, Departmen of Vegetable Science & OIC, AICRP on Vegetable Crops	XXXVI Annual Group Meeting of AICRP on Vegetable Crops	Tamil Nadu Agril. Univ., Coimbatore	22-25 June, 2019

 

Research Publications

1. Ansaba V, M Pathak and SK Dash. Soil properties and yield as influenced by bulky manures and chemical fertilizers in French bean. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(6): 494-497. NAAS rating: 5.31
2. Barik, S., Dash, L., Das, M.P., Panigrahi, Tapas, Naresh, P., Kumari, Meenu, Sahu, G.S. and Acharya, G. C. 2020. Screening of brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) genotypes for resistance to spotted beetle, Henosepilachnavigintioctopunctata (Coccinellidae, Coleoptera). Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8 (2):297-301. NAAS rating:5.53
3. Dash, S.K., Pathak,M,, Tripathy, L. and Barik, S. 2019. Studies on effect of integrated nutrient management on growth and yield attributes in radish (Raphanus sativus L.) and its residual effect in coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) in radish- coriander cropping sequence. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8 (1):319-322. NAAS rating:5.21
4. Dash, S.K., Sahu, G.S., Das, S., Sarkar, S. and Pathak, M. 2019. Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Yield Attributes and Economics of Broccoli. International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences, 8 (6):3254-3258 .NAAS-5.38
5. Dash,S.K., Ansaba, V., Tripathy and Pathak, M. Effect of Integrated nutrient management on growth, yield and yield attributing parameters of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.).The Pharma journal,8 (11): 98-100. NAAS rating:5.03
6. Dhal, P., Sahu, G. S., Dhal, A. and Dash, S.K. 2020. Efficacy of seed priming on yield and yield attributing characters in French bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.). International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences,9(2): 915-922. NAAS rating:5.38
7. Dhal, P., Sahu, G.S., Mohanty, S. and Dhal, A. 2020. Effect of priming on seed characters, disease incidence & yield in French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 9 (1): 1028-1032. NAAS rating:5.21
8. Dhal, P., Sahu, G.S., Mohanty, S., Dash, S.K., Tripathy, P. and Dhal, A. 2020. Effect of seed priming on growth behaviour of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). International Journal of Chemical Studies, 8(1): 1366-1369. NAAS rating:5.31
9. Gowda, Pooja P, Tripathy,P., Sahu,G.S., Dash, S.K. and Pradhan, B.2020. Character association studies in F3 segregating population of  bitter  gourd  (Momordica charantia L.), International journal of Chemical Studies, 8 (1): 2024-2028. NAAS rating:5.31
10. Mishra, A., Nandi,A., Das,A.K., Das, S., Mohanty,I.C., Pattanayak, S.K., Sahu, G.S. and Tripathy, P. 2019. Correlation and Path Analysis Studies for Yield in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences. 8(9): 489-497. NAAS rating:5.38
11. Mishra, A., Nandi,A., Das,A.K., Das, S., Mohanty,I.C., Pattanayak, S.K., Sahu, G.S. and Tripathy, P. 2020. Studies of combining ability in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) for vegetative growth, yield and quality traits. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 9(1): 466-473 NAAS rating:5.21
12. Mishra, B., Sahu, G.S., Tripathy, P., Mohanty, S. and Pradhan, B. 2019. Effect of integrated nutrient management (INM) on growth, yield, nutrient uptake and soil fertility in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Pusa A-4. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry . 8 (5) : 1011-1014. NAAS rating:5.21
13. Mishra, B., Sahu, G.S., Tripathy,P., Mohanty, S. and Pradhan, B. 2019. Effect of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth, yield and quality of okra under integrated nutrient management. International Journal of Current Microbiology and applied Sciences. 8 (8) :  66-73. NAAS rating:5.38
14. Pradhan, P., Tripathy, P., Sahu, G.S., Dash, S.K., Pradhan, B., Tripathy, B., Sahu, P., Nayak, N.J., Saurabh, S. and Mishra, S. 2019. Evaluation of F4 segregating population of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.) for qualitative and quantitative traits. Journal of Crop & Weeds (Accepted). NAAS rating:5.28
15. Pradhan, P., Tripathy, P., Sahu, G.S., Tripathy, B. and Sourabh, S. 2019. Assessment of genetic variability in F4 segregating population of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.). International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology (Accepted). NAAS rating:4.10
16. Pradhan, R., Nandi,A., Sahu, G.S. and Tripathy, P. 2019. Evaluation of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) hybrids during rainy season in coastal plain of Odisha. International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences,8(7): 2410-2417. NAAS rating:5.38
17. Pradhan,R.,Nandi,A.,Tripathy,P. and Sahu, G.S. 2019. Heterosis for yield and its components in rainy season tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under coastal plain zone of Odisha, India. International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences. 8(7): 2511-2517. NAAS rating:5.38
18. Sahoo, B.B. and Tripathy, P. 2019. Scheduling weed management practices for improving weed control efficiency and bulb yield in onion. Indian Journal of Weed Science, 51(3):308-311. NAAS rating:5.17
19. Sahu, Priyanka, Tripathy,P., Sahu, G.S., Dash, S.K., Pattnayak, S.K., Sarkar, S., Tripathy, B., Nayak, N.j. and Mishra, S. 2019.Effect of Integrated  Nutrient Management on growth and fruit yield of Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Journal of Crop & Weeds (Accepted) NAAS rating:5.28
20. Sarkar,S., Sahu,G.S., Das,S., Dash, S.K., Mohanty, A., Pattnaik, A. and Pathak, M. 2019. Variation in the susceptibility of Okra (Abelmushes esculentus L.Moench) genotypes to yellow vein mosaic virus disease under field condition”. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry , 8(5): 247-250. NAAS-5.21
21. Sourav, S.,Tripathy,P., Sahu, G.S., Dash, S.K., Nayak, R.K., Nayak, N.J., Sahu, Priyanka, Tripathy, B. ,Pradhan, P. and Mishra,S. 2019. Effect of lime, micronutrients and spraying schedule on growth and yield of broccoli variety “Palam Samridhi”. Journal of Crop & Weeds (Accepted) NAAS rating:5.28
22. Tripathy,B., Tripathy,P., Sahu,G.S, Dash,S.K., Pradhan,B., Sahu, P., Nayak, N.J., Pradhan, P., Sourav, S. and Mishra, S..2019. Evaluation of brinjal landraces  of Odisha  for  fruit  yield  and  its  components.  Journal  of  Crop  &  Weeds  (Accepted)

NAAS rating:5.28

 

Research papers presented at International and National Seminars/Symposia:

1. Dash,S.K.; Tripathy,P.; Sahu,G.; Pathak,M.; Pradhan,  B.  and  Nayak,  H.  2019. Effect of integrated weed management practices on growth, yield and it’s attributes in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench) cv. Utkal Gaurav. In: International seminar on “Agriskills for convergence in research, industry & livelihood (ACRIL)”Organized by Crop and Weed Science Society (CWSS), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) At Farmers’ Academy Convention Centre (FACC ), BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India On November’ 28 to December’  01, pp:144
2. Jena, S.N., Patra, B., Patra, M., Behera, S.D., Balabantray, S. and Pathak, M. 2020. Nutrient uptake by weeds and potato under different weed management practices. In: National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Farm Profitability,  OUAT.   SOUVENIR   &    EXTENDED   SUMMARY,   2020.    Agronomy   national Seminar, pp:199
3. Lipsa Dash, V Rama Laxmi, Deepayan Padhi and Barsha Tripathy.2019. Host range, life aspects & nature of damage of brinjal shoot and fruit borer.In: National seminar on science & technology: rural development.13-14 December, 2019, pp:61
4. Nayak, H. and Sahoo, D. and Pathak, M. 2019. Effect of fertigation and mulching on growth, yield and nutrient status of fruit and leaf of pointed gourd (Trichosanthes dioica Roxb.) cv. Swarna Alaukik. In: International seminar on “Agriskills for convergence in research, industry & livelihood (ACRIL)”Organized by  Crop  and Weed Science Society (CWSS), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) At Farmers’ Academy Convention Centre (FACC ), BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal, India On November’ 28 to December’ 01, pp:67-68
5. Padhiary,G.G., Sahu,G.S., Tripathy,P., Mishra, S. 2019. Biofertilizers, a way towards organic agriculture- a review (Both abstract and oral presentation). In: International seminar on “Agriskills for convergence in research, industry & livelihood (ACRIL)”Organized by Crop and Weed Science Society (CWSS), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV) At Farmers’ Academy Convention Centre (FACC ), BCKV, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal,  India  On  November’  28  to  December’  01, pp: 92
6. Pathak, M., Tripathy,P., Sahu,G.S., Dash, S.K. and Pattnayak, S.K.. 2019. Effect of residual fertility of preceding radish crop on growth,  yield  ,quality and nutrient uptake of coriander. In Indian Horticulture Congress-2019. Shaping Future of Indian Horticulture .The Horticulture Society of India is organizing  its  8th  Indian Horticulture Congress-17th  to 21st, January,2019, IGKV, C.S.
7. Pathak,M.; Dash,S.K.; Patra,B.; Nayak,N.J.; Das,M.P.; Barik, S.P. and Nayak, H. 2019. Potential  impact of climate change in vegetable  production. SOUVENIR & EXTENDED SUMMARY, 2020 .In: National Seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for Enhancing Farm Profitability, OUAT (28-29 January, 2020). Indian Society of Agronomy, Odisha Chapter, Department of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture and  Technology,  Bhubaneswar-751003,  pp:  126- 127
8. Pradhan,P.,Tripathy, P., Sahu, G.S. 2019. Genetic Variability studies in  F4 segregating population of bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L.). In: National seminar on "Rainfed Agriculture: Strategies for a sustainable farm economy". School of Agriculture, GIET University, Gunupur, Rayagada. Feb 15-46, 2020
9. Tripathy,B., Tripathy,P.,Sahu,G.S.,Dash,S.K., Pradhan,B. Lenka,D., Sahu,P. and Rojalin,M. 2019. Genetic variability studies in brinjal using local landraces of Odisha. In: Indian Horticulture Congress-2019. Shaping Future of Indian Horticulture(17-21 January, 2019), IGKV, C.S., pp: 299

Extension Bulletins/ Booklets:

1. Tripathy P.; Behera B.; Malik D.; Sahoo A.; Singh A.K. and Roul P.K. (2019). Real time cucumber production benefits farmers and consumers. In: Indian Horticulture, 64 (5): 14-18
2. Tripathy P.; Sethy K..; Behera B. And Malik D.(2019). Cultivation of papaya. Pages 1-10

  

DEPARTMENT OF FRUIT SCIENCE AND HORTICULTURE TECHNOLOGY

The Department of Horticulture co-started during 1954 with the College of Agriculture and continued till 2009-10 as such. Later on, it was divided into four Departments like Fruit Science, Vegetable Science, Floriculture &Landscaping and Post Harvest Management in 2009-10.During 2013, the Department of Post Harvest Management merged in the Department of Fruit Science, as a result it was renamed as the Department of Fruit Science & Hort. Technology from 1st Jan.2013.It started functioning with a mandate of teaching, carrying out student research works related to the production, propagation, improvement and post harvest management of fruit crops and other extension activities. Provision for keeping 10 seats for M.Sc(Ag) and 5 seats for Ph. D. were made with the available funding and human resource. To cater to the needs of the students, a Horticulture Research Station with different varities of mango, banana, citrus, sapota, guava, litchi, dragon fruit and miscellaneous fruit crops is maintained. Besides there are three All India, Coordinated research projects on Cashew, Banana and Palms along with a Precision Farming Development Centre functioning under this department. Well equipped UG and PG laboratories are being maintained to render its services for undergraduate practical classes and post graduate research work.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No.	Faculty Name	Designation	E-mail ID	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. D.K. Dash	Professor and Head	dilip_palms[at]gmail[dot]com	9437463602	Fruit Crops
2	Dr. S.C.Sahoo	Professor	palmsbbsr[at]yahoo[dot]com	9437463242	Fruit Crops
3	Dr. S. Dash	Professor	satya1962[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in	9861216071	Fruit Crops
4	Dr. C.M. Panda	Professor	anniee_19[at]yahoo[dot]com	9437185175	Fruit Science

 

Students Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	SC	ST	OBC	Total
Master’s degree	14	14	06	08				14
Ph. D.	04	04	nil	04				04

 

       

 

 Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia, training programmes 

 

Attended

1. Oil Palm Production Technology organized by ICAR-Indian Institute of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, Andhra Pradesh from 19.08.2019-24.08.2019   attended by Dr. C.M. Panda, Professor
2. Fruit Fly Surveillance & Management organized by National Institute of Plant Health Management, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad from 21.10.2019-25.10.2019 attended by Dr. C.M. Panda, Professor

Research Publications :

1. Kommana Pavani, Subhrajyoti Mishra, Lhingneivah Chongloi, Divya Vani Vaka, Dilip Kumar Dash. 2019. A Review on Combined Effect of Pruning and Foliar Application of Chemicals on Flowering and Fruiting of Acid Lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle). International Journal of Chemical Studies; 7(2): 368-374. NASS-5.31
2. Prativa Sahu, D. K. Dash, J. Lenka, S. N. Dash, S. K. Tripathy, A. Mishra and Sahu, A. 2019. Standardisation of Gamma Dose in Papaya cv. Ranchi Local and Arka Surya. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.8(10):361-373. 

 

3. Prativa Sahu, D. K. Dash, J. Lenka, S. N. Dash, S. K. Tripathy, A. Mishra and Sahu, A. 2019. Gamma radiosensitivity study on papaya cv. Ranchi local & Arka Surya . International Journal of Chemical Studies.7(6): 146-153.

 

4. Sethy, B.K., Dash, D.K., Tarai, R.K., Dash, S.N. and Dash,A.K.2019. Effect of Integrated            Nutrient Management on Vegetative Growth, Flowering and Yield of Papaya (Carica papaya L.) cv. Coorg Honey Dew. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci 8(10): 2400-2407. NAAS rating :5.38
5. Sethy, B.K., Dash, D.K., Tarai, R.K., Sahoo, S.C., Sahoo , A. K. and  Lenka, P.C.2019. Effect of integrated nutrient management on yield and physico-chemical characteristics of papaya (Carica papaya L.) Cv. coorg honey dew . International Journal of Chemical Studies 2019; 7(5): 73-76 NAAS rating :5.31.
6. Lenka, J., Acharya G.C., Sahu, P., Dash, D.K., Samanta, D., Panda, C.M., Mishra K.N., and Panda, R.K.2019.Assess the effect of micro-nutrients bio-regulators on growth flowering and fruiting and yield of Guava cv. Allahabad safeda. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science. 8(10):401-409.
7. Lenka, J., Acharya G.C., Sahu, P., Dash, D.K., Samanta, D., Panda, C.M., Mishra K.N., and Panda, R.K.2019.Effect of foliar nutrition of micro-nutrients and plant growth regulators on yield and quality of Guava cv. Allahabad Safeda. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 7(05):1327-1333.

 

 

 Popular Articles: 

 

 

Externally funded projects operating and sanctioned - 

Project title	Funding agency	Total outlay	Period (from to)
Applied Hi-Tech Horticulture (ICAR ELP)	ICAR	Rs.34,000/- (revolving fund)	2019-20

 

DEPARTMENT OF FLORICULTURE AND LANDSCAPING

 

The Department of Floriculture and Landscaping was created on 29th October 2009 after bifurcation of the Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar. The department has been functioning since 2009 with an objective of strengthening teaching, facilitating innovative research and aiming towards development of floriculture in Odisha. The department aims at development of human resources specialized in the subject at MSc.(Ag) and Ph.D. level. The mandate of the Department is development of commercial floriculture with standardization of package of practices for various traditional flower crops as well as introduction of new high value flower crops like orchids, lilium, anthurium, china aster and popularizing upcoming flower crop like hydrangea. The department has also been striving hard towards development of gardens, parks and landscaping for a clean and green environment with aesthetic value. Since inception AICRP on Medicinal and Aromatic plants (NHM) a Central Sector Scheme on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and AICRPon Floriculture are operating under the Department at Biotechnology cum Tissue Culture Centre . These projects are involved in research on ornamental crops like marigold rose, tuberose, gladiolus, chrysanthemum and medicinal crops viz. sarpagandha, pippali, citronella, lemon grass, kewda etc. Recently research on native /indigenous crops of the state like water lilies, lotus and orchids has also been initiated. The department is presently offering 3 elective courses at graduation level viz. Hort(E)- 221(Landscaping), Hort(E)-323 (Protected cultivation)and ELP(Hi-tech Horticulture).

After creation of the department 54 MSc.(Ag) and 2 Ph.D. students have completed their study successfully. Presently 12 students for MSc.(Ag) and 15 students for Ph.D degree are continuing their study in this department. Since inception 10 students have been placed in Banks as Specialist officers (Agriculture), 15 students as Assistant Horticulture Officer/ Assistant Agriculture Officer in the Govt. sector, 5 students in private sector, 7 students in OUAT and 5 students in other Agriculture Universities (SOA, Centurion& Gunupur)

FACULTIES

Sl. No.	Faculty Name	Designation	E-mail ID	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr.(Mrs.) Sashikala Beura	Professor and Head	skbeura2002[at] gmail[dot]com	9861138029	Floriculture Landscaping& Biotechnology
2	Dr.(Mrs.) Kaberi Maharana	Assistant Professor	kaberi[dot]maharana[at] gmail[dot]com	9937689608	Floriculture& Landscaping
3	Dr.(Mrs.) Geeta Pandey	Assistant Professor	geeta[dot]pandey21[at] gmail[dot]com	9438864865	Flower crop production & Landscaping

 

 

 

Student Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	24	23	4	3	17
Ph. D.	20	20	5	10	15

         

         Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia and training programme Conducted

Sl. No.	Topic	Place	Period
	Skill Development course on “Landscaping Architecture” under IDP-NAHEP, course Director,       Dr. S. Beura	Ramiah Hall, College of Agriculture, OUAT,BBSR	16.12.19-22.12.2019 (1 week )
	Entrepreneurship Development on “Hi tech Horticulture” under IDP-NAHEP, course Director,       Dr. S. Beura	Ramiah Hall, College of Agriculture, OUAT,BBSR	03.1.2020-30.1.2020 (28 days)
	Rose show and seminar, Organizing Secretary ,       Dr. S. Beura	Ramiah Hall & premises of  College of Agriculture, OUAT,BBSR	04.03.2020

 

Attended

Name of the Scientist	Designation	Topic	Place	Period
Dr.(Mrs) Sashikala Beura,	Professor & Head
		Progressive Horticulture Conclave-2019	ICAR-CISH, Lucknow	8.12.2019-10.12.2019
		Rose show & seminar	College of Agriculture, OUAT, BBSR	4.03.2020
Dr. (Mrs.) Kaberi Maharana	Assistant  Professor	Rose show & seminar	College of Agriculture, OUAT, BBSR	4.03.2020
Dr. (Mrs) Geeta Pandey	Assistant Professor	Rose show & seminar	College of Agriculture, OUAT, BBSR	4.03.2020

 

Research Publications 

 

Beura, S., Pradhan, G. , Jagadev, P.N. and Seet, R.R. 2019. Vegetative and flowering behavior of gerbera cultivars in different months under polyshadenet structure., Acta Horticulture, 1237:213-220.

 

Giri, B. and Beura, S. 2019. Impact of INM practices on vegetative growth and flowering of hybrid gerbera (Gerbera Jamesonii B.) cv. Shimmer in open field condition. Progressive horticulture. 51(2):192-195.

 

Kumura, A., Pandey, G., Mishra, P. P. and Kumar, R.2019. Effect of Integrated Nutrient Management on Growth and Flowering of African Marigold (Tagetes erecta) cv. Pusa Narangi Gainda. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(11): 1271-1278.

 

Seet, R.R., Beura, S. and Jagadev, P.N. 2019. Integrated plant nutrient supply for export quality cut flower production in LA lilium ‘Nashville’. Acta Horticulture, 1237:207-212.

 

Research papers presented at International and National Seminars/ Symposia

Beura, S., Pradhan, G. , Jagadev, P.N. and Seet, R.R. 2019. Vegetative and flowering behavior of gerbera cultivars in different months under polyshadenet structure. International Society for horticultural Science, Acta Horticulturtre. Held at Seoul, South Korea 3^rd – 5^th May, 2019. 

 

Seet, R.R., Beura, S. and Jagadev, P.N. 2019. Integrated plant nutrient supply for export quality cut flower production in LA lilium ‘nashville’. International Society for horticultural Science, Acta Horticulturtre Held at Seoul, South Korea 3^rd – 5^th May, 2019. 

 

Books 

Jagadev, P.N. and beura, S. 2019. Bioinformatics in Agriculture and allied sectors. New India Publishing Agency, 101, Vikas Surya Plaza, CU Block, Pitam Pura, New Delhi, 178 pp

 

Popular Articles

Beura, S. 2019. Prospects of Anthurium Cultivation in Odisha. Sabujima 2019,

Volume-27, Plant Lovers’ Association, Bhubaneswar. pp. 58-61.

 

Beura, S. 2020. Classification of Rose. Rose Annual 2020, 05-14.

 

Beura, S. and Mishra, S. 2020. Floricultural special practices in  Rose. Rose Annual 2020, 51-52.

 

Giri, T.K. and Beura, S. 2020. Advanced Pest Management in Rose. Rose Annual 2020, 59-63.

Kumar R., Singh, A.K., Tomar, K.S. and Pandey, G. 2019. Significance of biofertilizers in flower crops. Indian Farmer. 6(6): 385-391

 

Maharana, K. 2020 Prospects of value addition in rose. Rose Annual 2020, 45-50.

 

Pandey, G. 2020. Impact of Plant growth regulator in rose. Rose Annual 2020, 40-44.

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY

 

The Department of Entomology as a constituent department of the College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar or the then Utkal Krushi Mahavidyalaya came into existence in 1954. Since inception of this department the faculties are actively engaged in teaching, research and extension.

The teaching at post graduate M.Sc.(Ag.) and Ph.D. level initiated since 1963 and 1982 respectively. The department is offering 09 credit hours at UG, 55 at M.Sc.(Ag.) and 75 at Ph.D. level. During the course of journey over 6 decades since its inception, the department has produced 357 M.Sc.(Ag.) and 33 Ph.D. Scholars till date in addition to educating B.Sc.(Ag.) and B.Sc. Community Science students in the field of Entomology. Presently the department is offering 3 numbers of courses having 9 credit hours in College of Agriculture. Apart from that joint responsibility constituting 4 credit hours with other departments and 2 credit hours in Community Science are being offered n UG course. Besides this, 40 (20+20) credit hours are being offered under ELP in Biological control (Business mode) and Apiculture (Skill Development mode) at UG level. The department has an intake capacity of 16 students for M.Sc.(Ag.). At M.Sc.(Ag.) level the department is offering 24 major courses with 20 credit hours and 3 minor courses with 9 credit hours along with supporting courses of 5 credit hours, one seminar and 20 credit hours of PG research work. At doctoral level, the department has an intake capacity of 5 students. Out of total courses, 15 credit hours of core courses, 8 credit hours of minor courses, 5 credit hours of supporting courses along with 2 Ph.D. seminars and 45 credit hours of research are offered by the department.

 

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No.	Name of Teacher	Designation	E-mail ID	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. L. K. Rath	Professor & Head	lkrath04[at]rediffmail[dot]com	8658594456	Host Plant Resistance & IPM
2	Dr. L. N. Mohapatra	Professor	lnmohapatra[dot]ento[at]gmail[dot]com	9437958295	IPM & Biological control
3	Dr. S. K. Mukherjee	Professor	mukherjee[dot]sandeep1962[at]gmail[dot]com	9438676370	Pest Management & Biological control
4	Dr. P. R. Mishra	Professor	prmishra1963[at]yahoo.com	9937667500	Storage Entomology
5	Dr. J. Padhi	Professor	jayarajpadhi[at]gmail[dot]com	9437130730	Apiculture & Pest Management
6	Dr. T. Samal	Professor	tribikram[dot]samal[at]gmail[dot]com	9438073235	Pest Management & Biological control
7	Mr.A.Kar	Asst.Prof.	abhijitkar0101[at]gmail[dot]com	8895558732	Insecticide toxicology & Ecology

Student Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Student admitted	Student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master degree (Entomology)	16	15	4	11	15
Ph.D	7	7	4	3	7

 

Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia, training programmes 

Conducted 

Mitigating Challenges in Household, Public health and stored grain pest management on 18^th January, 2020

Attended

Name of the teacher(s) participated	Designation	Topic	Place	Period
Dr.L.K.Rath	Professor	XVIIth AZRA International conference on“ Frontier Research in applied zoology and Insect pest management strategies: A way forward for food and nutritional security	UAS, Raichur	12-14 Feb,2020
Dr.J.Padhi	Professor	ESS Workshop, IDP, NAHEP	College of Veterinary Science, Kharapara, Guwahati,	6th Dec 2019
Dr.R.N. Mohapatra	Professor	Training programme on Fruitfly surveillance and management	NIPHM, Hyderabad	21-25  Oct 2019
Dr.T. Samal	Professor	Training programme on non-insect pests management,	NIPHM, Hyderabad	22-24th July,2019
Sri A. Kar	Assistant Professor	Three days training programme on non-insect pest management	NIPHM, Hyderabad	22-24th July,2019
Sri S.K. Das	Assistant Professor	National seminar on Climate smart Agriculture for enhancing farm profitability	OUAT, Bhubaneswar	28-29 Jan,2020

 

Research publications:

Bal.S. S. and Kumar,S.,Kar A,Mishra I.O.P  and Panda P.K. 2019. Screening of germplasm for  

resistance against important diseases under rice-fallow conditions. Journal of Plant Protection and Environment, 16(1):34-37. NAAS rating: 1.52

Behera Kshanaprava and Misra, H.P. 2019. Residual effects of chemical insecticide sprays over 

rice crop on bacterial and fungal population in soil. Journal of Plant Protection and Environment,16 (1): 20-24. NAAS rating :1.52

Bhattacharya,K.,Das,A.,Mondal,B.,Bhattacharya,M.,and Mohapatra,L.N.2019.Seasonal incidence of some sucking pests in cotton and their correlation with abiotic factors at south central districts of Odisha. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 7 (2): 949-953. NAAS rating : 5.53

Dohling,P.N.K,,Padhi J,Adhikari B and Reshma M,2020. Field efficacy of different insecticides  against aphids in Chilli.Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 8(2): 1407-1410. NAAS rating:5.53

Mahato, S. and Misra H.P. 2019. Efficacy of tolfenpyrad against red pumpkin beetle Aulacophora  foveicollis Lucas in cucumber. Indian Journal of Entomology, 81(1): 48-50. NAAS rating:5.89

Mahato, S. and Misra H.P. 2019. Aphid (Aphis gossypii Glover) control activity of some new broad-spectrum insecticides and their effect on predatory coccinellid population on cucumber. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 7 (4): 417-420. NAAS rating:5.53

Mahato, S. and Misra H.P. 2019. Efficacy of different insecticides against flea beetle (Podagrica spp.) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). Journal of Applied Zoological Researches,30 (2): 180-184. NAAS rating: 4.22

Mohapatra,L.N.,Nayak,S.K. and Mohanty,S.K. 2019. Diurnal foraging pattern of rock bee, Apis dorsata F. in castor. Journal of Plant Protection and Environment,16 (1): 17-19. NAAS rating :1.52

Nayak,G.S.,Samal,T.,Dohling,P.N.K. and Reshma,M. 2019. Impact of IPM modules in the management of insect pests of sesame under Bhubanrsear agroclimatic conditions. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 7 (1): 591-596. NAAS rating : 5.53

Padhy D,Satapathy, C.R and Mohapatra R.N.2019. Insect fauna associated moth pigeon 

pea(Cajarus cajan L.) in Odisha. Journal of Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry,8(4):766-768: NAAS rating: 5.28

Routray, S. and Misra, H.P. 2019. Establishment of baseline toxicity data to thiamethoxam for adult black legume aphid, Aphis craccivora Koch. by leaf dip bioassay method. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 7(4): 990-993. NAAS rating :5.53

Routray, S. and Misra, H.P. 2019. Studies on persistence toxicity of thiamethoxam 25 WDG, imidacloprid 17.8 SL and dimethoate 30 EC against Aphis craccivora Koch in cowpea. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8 (12): 2706-2716. NAAS rating:5.38

Tripathy S and Rath L.K .2019 Non-preference mechanism of reduced resistance in rice to 

white backed plant hoppers through application of zinc. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies,7(1): 1240-1243. NAAS rating: 5.53

Tripathy S and Rath L.K  2019. Antibiosis in rice to white backed plant hopper as influenced by 

            zinc application. Indian Journal of Entomology, 81 (4):888-892. NAAS rating:5.89

Tripathy S and Rath L.K..2020.Induced tolerance mechanism of resistance in rice to WBPH  

through zinc application. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science, 9(1):1870-1876. NAAS rating: 5.38

Research papers presented at International and National Seminars / Symposia:

Das S.K.,Rath L.K.,Sarangi P.K.,Mishra P.P and Babu S.B.2020 Efficacy of bio-pesticides against  

yellow mite, Polyphago tansinemus lotus(Bonk)(Prostigmata:Transonenidae) in jute (Cowchorus olitoniua Linn.) In: XVII AZRA International Conference on “Frontier Research in Applied Zoology and Insect Pest Management Strategies: A way forward for Food and Nutritional Security”. 12-14 February, 2020 University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka.

Jena ,S,Rout M.K. Das,S.K. and  Das  G.B .2020 . Comparative study of intercropping and 

application of herbicide for management of weed in jute.In: National seminar on  climate smart Agriculture for enhancing Farm profitability. 28-29 Jan. 2020. OUAT, Bhubaneswar

Mahato, S. and Misra, H.P. 2020. Bait efficacy of insecticides in the laboratory and field against 

Melon fruitfly, BactroceracucurbitaeCoquillet on cucumber (Cucumis sativus L. In: 

                        Compendium of Abstracts: XVII AZRA International Conference on “Frontier Research 

                         in Applied Zoology and Insect Pest Management Strategies: A way forward for Food and Nutritional Security”. 12-14 February, 2020 University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka.

Rath,L.K.2020.“Induced Reference –a novel concept in IPM” In: XVII AZRA International 

                        Conference on “Frontier Research in Applied Zoology and Insect Pest Management Strategies: A way forward for Food and Nutritional Security”. 12-14 February, 2020 University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, Karnataka.

 Extension Bulletin/ Booklets: 

Misra, H.P. 2019. Dalire Saita Sashaya Satru Parichalana. In: Odishare Dali Phasalara Utpadana 

Brudhi Pain Samanwita Padahkepa. Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production, Odisha, pp, 32-35. 

Mohapatra,R.N.,Behera,P. and Satapathy,C.R.2019. Anusachita janajatimananka jibika

sambrudhi pain mahaumachhi palana(Scientific beekeeping for Tribal farmers),AICRP on Honey bees and Pollinators,O.U.A.T., pp-8.

Mohapatra,R.N.,Behera,P.,Satapathy,C.R.and Mohanty,N.C. 2019. Information Bulletin in 

            scientific beekeeping. AICRP on Honey bees and Pollinators,O.U.A.T., pp-18.

 Popular article: 

Misra, H.P. 2019. Phasalaku Poka Akramanaru Rakshya Kariba Pain Phasala Jyamitira 

            Abashyakata. Krishi Sambad (Akshyaya Tritiya Bisesanka), pp, 18-20.

Misra, H.P. 2019. “Bideshi Kitanka Bharatare Prabesha O Semanankara Niyantrana”, Krishi 

            Sambad (Independence Day Special), pp, 20-27.

 

Misra, H.P. 2019. Udyana Phasalare Jibanashaka Gudikara Abasesha Samashya O Tara 

            Pratikara. Chasir Sasansar, 54 (2&3): 35-36.

Misra, H.P. 2019. Biswa Khadya Divasa Abasarare Swathyakara Khadya Anwesana. Krishi 

            Sambad (World Food Day Special): 08-10.

Externally funded projects operating and sanctioned      : 

 

Project title	Funding agency	Total outlay(Rs)	Period(from  to)
Establishment of Pesticide Residue Laboratory at OUAT	RKVY	298.8lakh	2017-2020

 

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY

 

The Department of Plant pathology as a constituent department of the College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar came into existence in 1954 under the then Utkal Krushi Mahavidyalaya. Since inception of this department, the faculties are actively engaged in teaching, research and extension.

The teaching on Master's programme and Doctoral programme initiated since 1963 and 1982 respectively. The department is offering 31 credit hours at UG,55 at Master's level and 75 at Doctoral level. During the course of journey over 6 decades since its inception, the department has produced 386 M.Sc.(Ag) and 30 Ph.D scholars till date. Besides, the department also offers courses on Plant Pathology to B.Sc. and M.Sc. forestry and MBA (Agribusiness) students. Presently the department is offering 3 numbers of courses having 9 credit hours in College of Agriculture. Apart from that, joint responsibility constituting 4 credit hours with other departments are being offered in UG level .The department has an intake capacity of 16 students for Master's programme, where it offers 24 major courses with 20 credit hours and 3 minor courses with 9 credit hours along with supporting courses of 5 credit hours, one seminar and 20 credit hours of research work. For Doctoral programme, the department has an intake capacity of 5 students with 15 credit hours of core courses, 8 credit hours of minor courses, 5 credit hours of supporting courses along with 2 Doctoral seminars and 45 credit hours of doctoral research. Apart from this, research on tropical mushroom is a continuous programme of the department through Centre for Tropical Mushroom Research and Training (CTMRT).It also undertakes research activities through other sponsored projects.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No.	Name of Teacher	Designation	E-mail ID	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. Surjya Kanta Beura	Professor & Head	jayasurya_bbsr[at] yahoo[dot]co[dot]in	9437105617	Fungal Pathology
2	Dr. Akshaya Ku. Senapati	Professor	akshayasenapati[at] yahoo[dot]co[dot]in	9777551188	Plant Bacteriology
3	Dr.Mihira Ku.Mishra	Professor	agripath5691[at] gmail[dot]com	9437115119	Plant Virology
4	Dr.(Mrs.) Gayatri Biswal	Professor	gayatribiswal1965[at] gmail[dot]com	8338971684	Plant Bacteriology

 

 Student Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	15	35	15	20	35
Ph. D.	4	15	08	07	15

 

 Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia and training programmes Conducted

Sl. No.	Topic	Place	Period
1.Dr M.K.Mishra	Conducted two Skill Development Course for “Automated system for Mushroom cultivation and spawn production” under Institutional Development Plan (IDP),National Agricultural Higher Education Project(NAHEP)	Centre  of  Tropical Mushroom Research and Training, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar	18.12.19 to 24.12.19
2. Dr M.K.Mishra	Conducted Entrepreneurship Development Course for “Development of Spawn unit and Automatic Production and Processing of Mushroom” under Institutional Development Plan (IDP), National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP)	Centre  of     Tropical Mushroom Research and Training, Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar	26.12.19 to 22 .01.20

 

Attended

Name of the Scientist	Designation	Topic	Place	Period
1.Dr S.K.Beura, M.K.Mishra,Dr.(Mrs.)G.Biswal	Professor	Attended 7th Padmanava Panda memorial  lecture on “ Sustainability of Indian Agriculture” by Mr Chhabilendra Raul,IAS,Secertery,Fertilizer Dept,Govt of India,New Delhi	Swaminathan hall,OUAT	19.02.20
2.Dr M.K.Mishra	Professor	Attended two days workshop on AICRP on Mushroom	Held at Directorate of Mushroom Research,DMR-ICAR,Solan	28-29,June,2019
3. Dr M.K.Mishra	Professor	Attended one day Odisha Livelihood Mission (OLM) workshop in ICRISAT	ICRISAT, Hyderabad	13.2.20
4. Dr M.K.Mishra	Professor	Attended Interface meeting on Enhancing the Preparedness of Agricultural contingencies in Kharif-2019 jointly  organized by ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dry land Agriculture (CRIDA)-Hyderabad , ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management (IIWM) –Bhubaneswar, OUAT and Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Empowerment, Govt. of Odisha	Krushi Bhawan,Bhubaneswar	10.7.19
5.Dr.(Mrs.)G.Biswal	Professor	7th International conference of Indian Phytopathology	IARI,New Delhi	16-20,January 2020
6.Dr.(Mrs.)G.Biswal	Professor	National seminar on Harnessing Science & Technology for a Better Future,Organised by Orissa Environmental Society and Siksha ‘O’Anusandhan University,Bhubaneswar	ITER,SOA University, Bhubaneswar	23-24,Nov.,2019
7.Dr.(Mrs.)G.Biswal	Professor	National seminar on rainfed Agriculture:Strategies for a Sustainable Farm Economy	School of Agriculture,GIET University,Gunupur,Odisha	15-16 Feb,2020

 

Research Publications 

1. Sahoo.S and Beura S.K..2019.Helminthosporium vignicola-A new report of target leaf spot disease of cowpea Vigna unguiculta(L.) Walp.from Odisha,India,International journal of current microbiology and applied sciences.8(04):809-813.

2. B.Boblina,S.K.Beura,M.K.Mishra and A.G.Panda .Evaluation and assessment of shelf life of liquid substrates and talc formulation for mass production of native Trichoderma spp. B.Boblina,S.K.Beura,M.K.Mishra and A.G.Panda :Journal of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry

 

3. Behera.L,Datta.D,Senapati A.K. and Chandra R.,2018.Biochemical responses of rice (Oryza sativa L.) as influenced by Trichoderma spp. Under stresses like drought and blast disease.Journal of Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry,7(6):1181-1184

 

4. Panda, K. K. and Mishra M.K. 2019,Effect of various sources of nutrients on growth of Sarocladium oryzae (Sawada) Gams and Hawksworth causing sheath rot of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry; 8(4): 3131-3135. (NAAS-5.21).

5. Panda, K. K. and Mishra M.K. 2019, Studies on Physiological Characteristics of Sarocladium oryzae  Causing Sheath Rot of Rice . International Journal of  Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences .8 (8) :1767-1774. (NAAS-5.38)

6. Panda,A.G.,  Mishra M.K.,Beura,S.K. and Boblina,B. 2019,Evaluation of  local Trichoderma isolates against potential soil borne pathogens of pulses. International Journal of  Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences .8 (9) :2499-2505. (NAAS-5.38)

7. Boblina,B, Beura,S.K.,  Mishra M.K., and Panda,A.G. 2019, Growth of Trichoderma spp on different solid substrates. International Journal of  Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences .8 (9) :2519-2529. (NAAS-5.38) 

8. Biswal.G.Pradhan.B.K.,Pradhan.J.S. and Panda.S.2019.Studies on efficacy of bioagents and chemicals in the management of grain discolouration disease of paddy in coastal plains of Odisha .Environment and Ecology.37(3A):794-796

9. Biswal G.2019.In-vitro assay of antibiotics agents putobacterium cerotovorum pr.carotovorum causing black legand soft rot of potato. International journal of  tropical Agricullture.36(4):921-923

10. Biswal G. and Dhal.N.K..2018 Bioefficacy of some acqueous fruit extracts against phytopathogenic bacteria causing diseases in potato. International journal of current microbiology and applied science.8(11):235-240.

11. Behera S.,P Sial Biswal G.2019.In-vitro evaluation of chemical fungicides and bio agents against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing anthracnose disease in black pepper. Journal of Pharmacognosy and phytochemistry 8(5):787-789

12.Pradhan B.K ,Biswal G. and Swain S.2020 Management of sigatoka leaf spot disease of banana with fungicides and petroleum based mineral oil formulations. Journal of Eco friendly Agriculture 15   : (Accepted)

 

 

DEPARTMENT OF NEMATOLOGY

 

The Nematological research and education in College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar was initiated with the pioneering effort of Dr. S. N. Das, the then Associate Professor, Plant Pathology by opening a section of Nematology in the Department of Plant Pathology during 1970. Under his dynamic leadership and vision, he founded the full-fledged independent Department of Nematology, first of its kind among State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) in India during 1972, offering both Under Graduate and Post Graduate teaching in Nematology. Subsequently Ph.D. programme was introduced during 1999. Apart from P.G. and Ph. D course programmes, this department also offers Nematology courses in the Under graduate classes of College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar (2 credit hours) ,College of Agriculture, Chiplima (2 credit hours), College of Agriculture, Bhawanipatna (2 credit hours), College of Horticulture, Chipilima (2 credit hours) and College of Forestry, Bhubaneswar (2 credit hours), 35 credit hours (Major 20, Minor-9, Supporting-5 & Seminar-1) at P.G. level and 30 (Major-15, Minor-8, Supporting-5 and seminer-2) at Ph.D. level besides research credit hours of 20 and 45 respectively in P.G. and Ph.D. levels. It has produced 191 post graduate students and 19 Ph.D. students. Besides, this department also offer courses of 3 credits (combined course) of basic Agriculture for managers in ABM. Faculties of the department are also involved in research either directly through various research works under taken by students under P.G. and Ph.D. course programme.

This department has the facilities for the analysis of soil samples and plant sample for isolation and identification of plant parasitic nematodes submitted by farmers, students, Govt. officials and other agencies. In addition to teaching, an AICRP project on Nematodes in Agriculture was initiated at Bhubaneswar centre under the Department of Nematology. The project caters to the need based multi-location trials against economically important nematodes infecting cereals, pluses, oilseeds, fiber crops, horticultural and vegetable crops under diverse agro climatic zones of the state.

FACULTIES

Sl. No.	Name of Teacher	Designation	E-mail-ID	Mobile No.	Area of specialization
1	Dr. D. K. Nayak	Professor &Head	nema[dot]ouat[at]gmail[dot]com, dhirendranayak[dot]1586 [at] rediffmail[dot]com	9938363404	Nematode Managemen, Physiology & Biochemistry
2	Dr. B. K. Dash	Associate Professor	nema[dot]ouat[at]gmail[dot]com, byomakeshdash[at] yahoo[dot]com	9437100431	Bio-management of Nematodes & EPN

 

Student Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	ST	ST	OBC	Total
Master’s degree	10+	11	12	12				24
Ph.D.	4	2	4	7				11

  Research Publications: 

 

1.         Mahantheshwara B, Nayak D.K. and Patra Mukesh, (2019). Protein estimation through biochemical analysis in resistant and susceptible cultivars of cowpea against infection by root-knot nematode, Melidogyne incognita, journal of Entomology and zoology studies, 2019, 7(4) ; 1191-1193.

2.         Patra M.K. and Nayak D.K. (2019). Screening and evaluation of tomato verieties against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Journal of Entomology and Soology studies 2019, 7(3); 820-823.

3.         Mahapatra M, and Nayak D.K. (2019) Biochemical and physiological changes in susceptible and resistant bitter gourd cultivars/varities as influenced by root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita* 2019; 7(3); 80-87.

4.         Pandey, R.K. and Nayak D.K. (2019). Effects on macronutrient contents in susceptible and resistant ridge gourd cultivars against induced population of root knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Indian Phytopathology (2019); 72(1) 125-129. DOI 10.1007/S 42360-018-00108-3.

5.         Patra M.K. and Nayak D.K. (2020) – Interaction effects of root-knot nematodes. Meloidogyne incognita and vesicular abrbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on chlorophyll and sugar content of resistant and susceptible cultivars of tomato. Journal of Entomology and Zoology studies 2020; 8(1); 55-62.

6.         Mahapatra,M. and Nayak D.K. (2020). Variation in nutrient status of susceptible and resistant bitter gourd varities infected by root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Journal of Entomology and Zoology studies (2020); 8(1); 1639-1646.

        

DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

 

The Department of Plant Physiology started under the department of Agricultural Botany as an undergraduate subject when the college of Agriculture was established in 1954 at Bhubaneswar. In 1960, Post graduate department in Agricultural Botany was opened in which Plant Physiology was taught as a major subject and students were conducting research in Plant Physiology for their thesis leading to M.Sc (Ag) degree. A separate Post Graduate department of Plant Physiology was created in the year 1972 and Dr.P.C.Paricha became the first Head of the Department leading the department up to 1988. Research and teaching at Post graduate level were carried out in various branches of Plant metabolism and physiology of growth and yield, mineral nutrition, water relation of crop plants, stress physiology, plant growth regulations, reproductive and developmental physiology, seed physiology, storage and post-harvest physiology. Ph.D program in plant physiology was started in the year 1999 with an intake capacity of 4 seats. The department has one undergraduate laboratory to accommodate 32 students and a well equipped post-graduate laboratory in the name of Dr.P.C.Paricha for conducting research work of PG & Ph.D students with the facilities for analysis of plant sample for micro and macro nutrients, amino acids, protein, carbohydrates, photosynthetic pigments etc. Till date, 159 students have received their Master's degree and 09 have received their Ph.D degree in Plant Physiology. The department has also a net house for conducting experiment on pot culture.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No	Name of Teacher	Designation	Email ID.	Mobile no	Area of specialization
1	Prof. G.R. Rout	Professor & Head (I/C)	ppacouat[dot]ouat@ gmail[dot]com, grout[at] rediffmail[dot]com	9437308014	Stress Physiology
2	Dr. R.K. Panda	Asst. Professor	rajendra210kp[at] gmail[dot]com	8895878159	Stress Physiology of Rice, seed physiology, water relation of crop plants.
3	Mrs. R.K. Bhol	Asst. Professor	Rajkumari[at]bhol[at] gmail[dot]com	7978630784, 7873286070	Mineral nutrition, Plant Growth Regulator

Student Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	13	11	11	11	22
Ph. D.	4	4	6	5	11

 

Research Publications 

 E.Pandit, RKPanda, ASahoo, DRPani, SKPradhan.,Genetic relationship and structure analysis of root growth angle for improvement of drought avoidance in early and mid-early maturing rice genotypes., Rice Science, 27(2), 124-132,2020-Elsevier. Impact factor:2.370

VDRahul, RKPanda`, DLenka, and GRRout., A study on the root characters of maize hybrid germplasm lines under moisture deficit stress, Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci 8(8),2836-2845,2019.NAAS:5.38

 Extension Bulletins/ Booklets - Expert Committee Recommendation, 2018-19 and 2019-20 (Plant Growth Regulators) by DA & FP, Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

 

DEPARTMENT OF SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 

The Department of Seed Science and Technology (formerly Seed Technology) was created in the year 1982 under the College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar to offer courses on Seed Technology at Under Graduate level. Subsequently, the M.Sc.(Ag) and Ph.D course programmes were initiated in the department during the year 2002 and 2009, respectively. At present, the intake capacity of M.Sc.(Ag) and Ph.D programmes are 14 and 2, respectively. The All India Coordinated Research Project on Seed Technology Research, NSP (Crops) is operating under the department since its inception in 1982. The project has four research components, viz., Seed Production and Certification; Seed Physiology, Storage and Testing; Seed Pathology and Seed Entomology and is operating with the primary mandate of conducting coordinated trials on all aspects of Seed Technology. In addition, the Scientists of the project are involved in teaching of Seed Technology courses as well as M.Sc.(Ag) and Ph.D thesis research guidance. Besides, the teachers and scientists of the department are organizing and participating as resource personnel in conducting various training programmes for Extension Officers, Seed Certification Officers, Seed Analysts and the farmers in order to disseminate the new technologies of production, quality control and safe storage of seeds of various crops. The Dr. G.V.Chalam Seed Testing Research Laboratory functioning in the department is engaged in testing of quality of various crop seeds produced by different research stations and farms of OUAT and also seed samples submitted by farmers. Till date, 76 M.Sc.(Ag) & 1 Ph.D student have been awarded degrees in the subject.

FACULTIES

 

Sl. No	Post	Person in position	e-mail	Phone	Specialization
A.	Department
1	Professor	Vacant	-	-	-
2	Associate Professor	Dr K.C. Muduli	kumudamuduli[at]gmail[dot]com	8984807901	Seed production
3	Asst Professor	Vacant	-	-	-
4	Asst Professor	Vacant	-	-	-

 

Students Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	14	12	10	11	21
Ph. D.	03	03	02	06	08

         

 

 Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia and training programme      Conducted

 Research Publications:

2. Das, S. Mohanty, S., Jyothi GBN and Dash D. 2020. Exogenous application of osmoprotectants for improving crop physiological parameters and seed yield of rice under high temperature stress. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 9(1) : 637-643. (NAAS Rating : 5.21).

1. Panigrahi S, Mohanty S and Rath C. 2019. Characterization of endophytic bacteria Enterobacter cloacae MG00145 isolated from Ocimum sanctum with Indole Acetic Acid (IAA) production and plant growth promoting capabilities against selected crops. South African Journal of Botany, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2019.09.017 (NAAS Rating – 7.50).
2. Dash A, Mohanty S and Samantaray DP. 2020. Effect of carbon/nitrogen ratio on polyhydroxyalkanoates production by Bacillus species under submerged fermentation. Journal of Environmental Biology, 41(1): 118-124. (NAAS Rating – 6.56).
3. Dash A, Mohanty S and Samantaray DP. 2020. Study on biodegradability of PHB produced through different fermentation processes using dextrose as a substrate, Research Journal of Biotechnology, 15(4): 1-6. (NAAS Rating – 5.00).

 

Research papers presented at International and National Seminars/ Symposia:

1. Sumita S and Mohanty S. 2020. Alleviation of adverse effects of high temperature stress in rice cv. Naveen through application of osmoprotectants. In National Seminar on “Climate smart agriculture for enhancing farm profitability”, held at OUAT, Bhubaneswar from January 28-29, 2020.

 Popular Articles (Odia): 

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

 

The main mandates of the department are imparting teaching and research in agricultural economics. Practical manuals have been prepared for the students to practice quantitative technique used in production economics, farm management, agricultural finance and agri-business management. Research problems are designed taking into account the problems encountered by the farming community of the state. Scientists/teachers also interact with the students to undertake research on the emerging issues in the field of agribusiness, through collection and analysis of data and suggest suitable alternatives for policy making. On the whole, the department of agricultural economics has been providing policy inputs to increase the standard of living of rural and urban community engaged in agriculture and allied activities. Since inception of the department, 338 M.Sc. (Ag.) and 13 Ph.D scholars have completed the degree successfully. The research works are mostly conducted on recent advances in farm management, production economics, marketing and price analysis, environmental and natural resource economics, fisheries and forest economics and agribusiness management

Faculties:

 

Sl. No.	Name of the Teacher	Designation	E-mail ID	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. Rajkishore Mishra	Prof. & Head	rkmishra2010[at] yahoo[dot]com	9438422436	Agricultural Finance, Agricultural Marketing, Microeconomics
2	Dr. Ajit Kumar Mishra	Assoc. Professor	ajit19_agreco[at] rediffmail[dot]com	9777962835	Farm Management, Agribusiness Management
3	Dr. Sarba Narayan Mishra	Assoc.Professor	sarbamishra[at]gmail[dot]com	9438295535	Agricultural Marketing, Agricultural Finance, Agribusiness Management, Farm Management
4	Dr. Khitish Kumar Sarangi	Asst.Professor	khitish[dot] sarangi[at] gmail[dot]com	9938557965	Agricultural Marketing, Econometrics

 

Student Strength

 

 

Brief report on workshops, summer courses, symposia, and training programmes 

 

Attended

Research Publication

Wali, V.R.; Mishra, R.K.; Mohapatra, B.P. and Mishra, S.N.  2019 Analysis of cropping patterns followed by members and non-members of water users association in Upper Krishna Project Command Area, International Journal of Current Micro-biology and Applied Sciences 8(12): 1220-1224

Wali, V.R.; Mishra, R.K.; Mohapatra, B.P. and Mishra, S.N. 2020 Constraints faced by farmers in Canal Command areas of Upper Krishna Project, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 9(1): 222-225

Rath, S.; Sahoo P. P.; Sarangi, K. K.; Kareemulla, K. 2019 Environmental Implications of Agricultural Development in Odisha State. Arthkalp- Journal of Finance and Economics. Summer 2019 Issue, ISSN: 2581 – 6896 (Online).

 

Rath, S.; Mishra, R.K.; Mishra, A.K.; Sarangi, K. K. 2019 Entropy and its Relation with Population and Production- A Review. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. E-ISSN: 2278-4136, P-ISSN: 2349-8234, JPP 2019; Vol 8, SP5:226-229

 Popular Articles: 

• Suvangi Rath (2020). Role of Various Beneficial Schemes in Vogue to Promote Agricultural Marketing. Indian Farmer 7(02):125-130; February-2020.

 

DEPARTMENT OF EXTENSION EDUCATION

 

The Department of Extension Education came into existence in College of Agriculture, OUAT, Bhubaneswar in 1967. The Post Graduate department of Extension Education started in 1967 and Ph.D. programme in 1999.

OBJECTIVES:

• Human Resource Development in the field of Extension Education.
• To create trained personnel to work for rural development.
• Advanced Research in the field of Extension management and Rural Development.
• To conduct action research on emerging issues and develop appropriate TOT modules suitable to different agro-ecological situations.
• Formulation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation of Rural  Development Projects.
• Providing consultancy and Advisory Services to Agencies involved in Rural Development.

The Department has well equipped laboratories with audio-visual aids and ICT tools. Till date 310 P.G. students and 11 Ph.D. students have completed thesis from this department.The department is offering P.G. & PhD courses on Development perspectives for Extension Education, Communication and information management, Participating Methods for Technology Development and Transfer, E-extension, Gender Sensitization for Development, Human Resource Development, Entrepreneurship Development, Advanced management techniques and Extension management.

 

FACULTIES:

 

Sl. No.	Name of the Teacher	Designation	Email-ID	Mobile No.	Area of specialization
1	Dr. Bibhuti Prasad Mohapatra	Professor and Head	mbibhuti64[at] gmail[dot]com	9437307226	Gender studies, and Communication
2	Dr. Radhashyam Panigrahi	Professor	radhashyam1962[at] gmail[dot]com	9437757012	Extension Managemet
3	Dr. Bishnupriya Mishra	Professor	bishnupriyamishra [at] gmail[dot]com,   bishnu6822[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in	9437467998	Entrepreneurship Development Gender sensitization, Educational Technology
4	Dr. P. K. Banerjee	Professor	pradip[dot]ouat[at] gmail[dot]com	9437231535	Adoption and diffusion of innovation and PTD
5	Dr. Sarbani Das	Assistant Professor (SS)	das_sarbanik2[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]in	9437162827	Communication and Transfer of Technology ITK studies

Students Strength

Degree programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Total student strength
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree	15	18	10	8	18
Ph. D.	4	6	2	4	6

 

 

Details of workshops, summer courses, short course, symposia, training programmes 

 

Attended

 

1.         ICAR sponsored Short Course on “ Gender Gaps and Interventions to Address Gender issues in agriculture” organized by ICAR-CIWA Bhubaneswar from 17-26 September,2019 attended by Dr. Sarbani Das, Asst.Prof.

 

Research Publications:

1.         Mohapatra, B.P.; Malla, A.K. 2019 A comparative analysis of decision making role of tribal and non-tribal farm women of Odisha, Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry

2.         Laxmi Prassana, P.; Mohapatra, B.P. 2019 Attitude analysis of agriculture graduates towards agriculture education, Journal of Extension Education 23(2)

3.         Mishra, B.; Mishra, A. ; Das, S.  and Mohanty, M. 2019Enterpreneurial Behaviour of Rural women, Journal of Extension Education 23(2)

4.         Mishra, B.; Saju, J.; Mishra, R. and Das, S. 2019 Constraints in Entrepreneurial development in Dairy cooperatives, Journal of Extension Education 24(1)

5.         Mishra, B.; Rani, J. and Das, S. 2019 Knowledge level of hybrid seed growers on hybrid seed production of Paddy, ,  Journal of Extension Education 24(1)

 

Research papers presented at International and National Seminars/ Symposia:

1.         Mohapatra, B.P.; Malla, A.K. 2019 Decision making role of Farm women in Agriculture production and marketing , National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

2.         Mishra, B.;  Mishra, R. 2019 Capacity Building and Market Intelligence for Social and Economic empowerment of women SHGs in Agri-allied sector, National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

3.         Mishra, B.; Das, S. and Mohapatra,  S. S. 2019 Socioeconomic provision of welfare scemes on Tribal women, National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

4.         Sai Dinesh, K.H.; Das, S. 2020 Role of climate change in agricultural sector, National seminar on Climate Smart Agriculture for enhancing farm profitability, OUAT , Bhubaneswar

5.         Malla, A. 2019 Extent of Adoption on vegetable production technology of KVK trained vegetable growers of Nayagarh district of Odisha, National Seminar on   Harnessing Science & Technology for a better future, ITER, Bhubaneswar.

6.         Patro, A.; Nayak, D.  2019 Stress Management Among the Post Graduate Students in Universities, International conference on Advances and Innovations in Agriculture and Allied sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

7.         Patro, A. 2019 Perceived drudgery of farm women in Rice cultivation in Odisha, Indian Social Science and Humanities Congress, Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal

8.         Sahoo, S.L. 2019 Role of farmer producer organization (FPO) for integrating tribal women for marketing, National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

9.          Nayak, D.  2019 Constraints faced by Women SHG members in adoption of Horticultural Enterprises in Sonepur district of Odisha, Indian Social Science and Humanities Congress, Department of Library and Information Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal

10.        Lenka, S.; Satpathy, A.  and Sahoo, S.L. 2019 Drudgery reduction through the adoption of women friendly tools and Climate smart agricultural practices in Ganjam district, National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

11.       Satpathy, A. 2019 A study on various problems faced by farmers in adapting to climate change in different agricultural situations,  National Seminar on “Science and Technology: Rural Development”, KIIT Bhubaneswar (ISCA)

12.        Vaishali, K. 2019 Remote sensing- applications in agriculture, National Seminar on “Science and Technology: Rural Development” , KIIT Bhubaneswar (ISCA)

 13.       Roy, P.; Shasani, S. 2019 Gender Analysis for Empowerment of Women in Agriculture, National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

14.       Patel, S. A.; Shaju, J. 2019 Constraints in technology adoption for women farmers in Maize production technology in Navsari district of Gujarat,  National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

15.       Sethy, A.K.; Mahanta, S.A. 2019 Policy Options for Integration of Women in Agripreneurship, National Seminar on role of women in Agricultural production and Marketing, OUAT, Bhubaneswar

 Popular Articles:

1.         Mishra,B.; Shasani, S. 2019 Panchagabya, Chasira Sansar, July- September

2.        Mohapatra, B.P.;  Shaik, N.H. ; Malla, A.K. and Pattanaik, S. 2019 Chasira Sansar, July- September

DEPARTEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS

 

Agricultural Statistics was being taught under the course curriculum to the UG and PG students of different faculties of the University since establishment of the College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar. The department of Agricultural Statistics was created in 1972 and was entrusted with the responsibility of teaching Agricultural Statistics besides providing the supporting statistical services in planning, designing and analysis of research projects of the staff and the students. It was upgraded to a PG department in 1982 offering Master's degree in Agricultural Statistics.

Under semester system the department offers Four UG courses of 11 credit hours to the students of Agriculture, Agril. Engineering, Forestry and Community science. It also offers 2 courses of +2 science of College of Basic Science consisting 16 credit hours under traditional system (Presently offered by College of Basic science due to shortage of faculty). The Department offers 10 core P.G courses along with seminar and Research of 48 credit hours with intake capacity of 11 students in Masters Programme. Miner courses are also offered to all the P.G department of Agriculture, Home science and Agricultural engineering. Till date 69 students have obtained Masters Degree from this department. The faculty members have published about the 200 research articles in different national and International journals besides preparation of 7 practical manuals. The department has a Computer lab with internet facilities and it used for Computer practical classes of different colleges.

 

FACULTIES:

 

Sl. No.	Name of the Teacher	Designation	Email ID.	Mobile No.	Area of Specialization
1	Dr. Rabindra Kumar Paikaray	In charge Head	rkpaikaray[at] rediffmail[dot]com agstatouat@ gmail.com	9437301524
2	Dr. Abhiram Dash	Asst. Professor	abhidash2stat[at]gmail[dot]com	7008316309	Forecast modeling, Growth Modeling, Design of Experiments

 

Student Strength 

Degree Programme	Intake capacity	Students admitted	Student
			Boys	Girls	Total
Master’s degree

 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL METEOROLOGY

 

The department of Agricultural Meteorology in College of Agriculture, Bhubaneswar started from the academic year 2011-12 with 5 seats M.Sc (Agril. Meteorology) program with dynamic effort of Prof. S. Pasupalak and the seats subsequently increased to 10 in 2014-15. During the M.Sc. program students will be exposed to subjects like Fundamentals of Meteorology & Climatology, Micrometeorology, Hydrology & Drought Meteorology, Climate change studies, Crop Weather Modelling, Agrometeorological Instrumentation, Remote Sensing and GIS application etc. The department has created infrastructure for teaching and research. Two PG class room, two Laboratory and UG class room-cum-Farmers' Advisory room are available for the students. The department is equipped with (a) Gas Chromatograph Lab for estimating GHG emission (b) Climate Control Lab for climate change studies equipped with Leaf Area Meter, Portable Photosynthesis System, Radio Meter, Ceptometer, IR Gun Thermometer, Barometers, Digital Soil Thermometer, Thermo Hygrometer, Platform Weighing scales, Weighing Balances, Bacteriological Shaker, Hot Air Ovens, etc. (c) GIS-cum-Remote Sensing Lab equipped with Arc-GIS, Q-GIS, 42” Plotter, 36” Scanner (d) Agromet Advisory Cell equipped with Agrometeorological Observatory, Automatic Weather Station, Pyranometer (e) One Computer Laboratory (f) one field class room for conducting the practicals of UG & PG students. Besides, one bore well point and one sprinkler set for irrigation.

Teaching: The department offers four courses at UG level and 11 courses at PG level. The present intake capacity at M.Sc. (Ag) level is 10.

FACULTIES