COURSE OFFERED

Under Graduate Courses:

• Fundamental of Soil Science SAC-111, 3(2+1) (For College of Agriculture, Horticulture & Agril Engineering)
• Agricultural Microbiology SAC-121, 2(1+1)
• Problematic Soils and Their Management SAC-221, 2 (2+0)
• Manures, Fertilizer and Soil Fertility Management  SAC-311, 3 (2+1)
• Agro Chemicals UGE-222, 3(2+1)
• Bio Pesticide and Bio fertilizers UGE-312, 3(2+1)
• System Simulation and Agroadvisory UGE-323, 3(2+1)

Post-Graduate Courses

M. Sc. Ag. Soil Science Programme

*Indicates Core Courses which are Compulsory for Master Programme

PhD Soil Science        

*Indicates Core Courses which are Compulsory for Ph.D. Programme

Research Activities:

A. Out funded Research Projects

1. Gramin Krishi Mausam Sewa (GKMS), funded by IMD, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Govt. of India. PI: Dr U.P. Shahi
2. FASAL: Forecasting Agricultural output using Space, Agro-Meteorology and Land based observations, funded by Ministry of Earth Science, Govt. of India. PI Dr Yogesh Kumar
3. Source, Rate and Time study of POLY4 in Sugarcane in North India (UP)” funded by Anglo American Crop Nutrients Ltd. PI: Dr U.P. Shahi
4. Assessment of POLY-4 (Polyhalite) for productivity, quality of potato and K, S use efficiency in soils of western plain zone of Uttar Pradesh, funded by Sirius minerals Plc London. PI: Dr U.P. Shahi
5. Balance potassium fertilization under pre-dominant cropping system of Upper Gangetic Plains’ funded by Uralkali Trading (Gibraltar) Ltd. Russia, PI: Dr U.P. Shahi
6. Scaling up  of water  productivity in agriculture”, funded by ICAR, PI: Dr Ashok Kumar
7. Development of organic farming modules, funded by UPCAR, Lucknow, PI: Dr Ashok Kumar
8. Utilization of treated biomethanated spent wash for pre sown land application as basal manure”, funded by B H Ltd Distillery Unit Kinauni. PI: Dr Ashok Kumar
9. Establishment of Tissue culture unit for production of fruit plants under western plains zone of U.P, funded by national horticulture mission. PI: Dr Ashok Kumar

B. Thrust area for Master’s and Doctoral Research

• Assessment of agro industrial waste for their manurial value.
• Integrated nutrient management study for different crops.
• Conservation agriculture including water and soil
• Characterization of soils for their fertility status
• Balance fertilization in predominant cropping system
• Evaluation of new molecules/ mineral for their manurial application
• Assessments of water quality.

Extension Activities:

• Dissemination of weather forecast and weather based agro-advisory to farming community, extension workers, print and electronic media. About 25 lakhs farmers receiving forecast through SMS via m-kisan portal.
• Participation in kisan gosthies, district level meetings and kisan mela being organized by different agencies.
• Visit to farmer’s field to resolve nutritional disorders.
• On-farm demonstration on balance fertilization on prevailing cropping systems.

Facilities/Infrastructure       

The class room and seminar hall are available in the Department of Soil Science, the laboratories available in the Department of Soil Science for UG and PG programme is listed below. The department has fully equipped with instrumentation laboratories apart from a pot culture yard for teaching and research programs.

Gallery:

Important Publications:

• Kumar Harshit, Dhyani B.P., Shah U.P., Kumar Ashok, Vivek, Tomar Akash and Singh Anand. 2021. Effect of Zinc and Vermicompost Application on Zinc Content, Uptake and Yield of Late Sown Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Journal of the Indian Society of Soil Science,  69(3): 339-343
• Pathak Shakti Om, Dhyani BP, Shahi U.P., Kumar Ashok, Vivek and Singh S.P. 2022. Basmati rice performance as influenced by application timing of organic N sources, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 92(6): 752–6
• Shahi U.P., Singh V.K., Singh Abhinav, Upadhyay P.K. and Rai P.K. 2022. Site-specific nutrient management: impact on productivity, nutrient uptake and economics of rice-wheat system, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 92(2): 195–8.
• Kalita, Pallabi, Satendra Kumar, Dhyani, B., P., Shahi, U., P., Naresh, R., K. and Singh, B. (2022). Soil fertility status under soils of rice-wheat cropping system of Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, India. The Pharma Innovation Journal. SP-11(11): 1012-1016.
• Katiyar, Drishty, Satendra Kumar, Kushal Sachan, Anil Kumar, Ashok Kumar, B.P. Dhyani, N.K. Naresh, Purushottam (2023) Effect of Rhizobium and PSB inoculation on nutrient content and their uptake in Chick pea. Scientist. 2(1). 322-327
• Kalita, Pallabi, Satendra Kumar, Dutta, Debashis, Dhyani, B.,P., Naresh, R., K., Shahi, U., P., and Bhim Singh (2022) Soil Potassium Fractions under Prominent Rice based Cropping Systems of Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. Scientist. 2(1). 3000-3007.
• Kumar, Pramod, Satendra Kumar, Dhyani, B., P., Kumar, Mukesh, Kumar, Yogesh, Singh, Bhim, Singh, Subedar and Patel, Jaynath (2022). Effect of integrated nutrient management approach on productivity and profitability of mustard (Brassica juncea L.). The Pharma Innovation Journal. 11(7): 2049-2055.
• Singh Anand, Shahi U.P., Dhyani B.P., Ashok Kumar, Satendra Kumar, Vivek and Ashok Kumar. (2021). Response of bread wheat and nutrient removal with new micronutrient molecules fertilization, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 91 (5): 708–12,
• Kumar, Ashok, Shahi, U. P., Dhyani, B. P., Naresh, R. K., Suhel Sardar, Kumar, Y. and Raj Bahadur. (2011). Impact study on ground water quality and physico- chemical properties of farm lands irrigated with post-methanated distillery effluent. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 81 (9):852-854.
• Shahi U.P., Singh V.K., Singh Abhinav, Singh Prem, Dhyani B.P. and Singh Anand. (2020). Effect of site-specific nutrient management on productivity, soil fertility and nutrient uptake in maize (Zea mays), Indian Journal of Agronomy, 65(4):432-438.
• Singh, S.P. (2019). Effect of integrated nutrient management on wheat ( Triticum aestivum L.) yield, nutrient uptake and soil fertility status in alluvial soil, Indian Journal of Agricultural sciences 89 (6): 929-933
• Singh, Onkar, Kumar, Satendra, Dwivedi, Ashish, Dhyani, B. P. and Naresh, R.K. (2016). Effect of sulphur and iron fertilization on performance and production potential of urdbean [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] and nutrients removal under Inceptisols. Legume Research, 39 (6): 946-954.
• Singh, S.P. 2019 Effect of integrated nutrient management on wheat (Triticum aestivum ) yield, nutrient uptake and soil fertility status in alluvial soil. Indian Journal of Agricultural sciences 89 (6): 929-933.
• Satendra Kumar, Kumar, Achin, Kumar, Pramod and Kumar, Pankaj (2019). Chemical characterization of Ganga basin soils of western Utter Pradesh. Agropedology, 29 (02), 142-145. doi.org/10.47114/j.agroped.2019.dec8
• Kumar, Atin, Satendra Kumar,  Dhyani, B. P., Kumar, Ashok, Shahi, U. P., Vivek, Kumar, Rohit and Dubey, D. V. (2019). Assessment of underground water quality for drinking and irrigation purpose on west side of the Ganga canal command area in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Chemical Studies, 7(2):304-310.
• Gupta Smita, Singh A., Kumar Ashok, Shahi, U., P., Sinha N.K. and Roy, S. (2018). Yield forecasting of wheat and mustard for western Uttar Pradesh using statistical model, Journal of Agrometeorology, 20(1) 66-68.
• Raizada Sumit, Kumar Ashok, Dhyani B.P., Shahi U.P., Senger, R.S. and Singh R.R. (2018). Productivity and Quality of Turmeric (Curcuma longa L.) under Different Nutritional level Supplemented through Organic and Inorganic Sources, Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 13(1), 1-5.
• Dhyani, B., P., Shahi, U.P. Baliyan, V., Yogesh Kumar, Singh, R.,R., Ashok Kumar, Singh. S. P., B., Ram and Yadav, R.B. (2008). Evaluation of CPP as a component of integrated plant nutrient management for rice-wheat cropping sequence. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences.78 (11) 929-931.
• Shahi, Uday, Pratap, Kumar Ashok and Dhyani B.,P. 2019. Assessment of Physico chemical properties of soil and groundwater pollution with  post methanated distillery effluent irrigation in Western Uttar Pradesh of India, In Remediating the Planet Proceedings Cleanup Conference, Adelaide Australia from 8-12 September 2019. 533-534.
• Singh Subedar, Shahi, U.,P, Dhyani B.,P, Satendra Kumar, Kumar Mukesh, Singh Manoj, Kumar and Singh Anand.(2022). Studies on different levels and scheduling of potassium on growth and yield of onion var. Agrifound Light Red in light-textured soil of Western UP, Vegetable Science.49(2): 225-232.
• Kumar, Vivek, Satendra Kumar, Yadav, Praveen, Kumar, Singh, Vikash, Verma, Shikhar and Kumar. Mohit (2022). Study of Soil Fertility Status in KVK Farm, Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 34 (22): 117-124.
• Yadav, Praveen Kumar, Satendra Kumar, Kumar, Vivek, Dixit, Vidhu, Verma, Shikhar and Singh, Vikash (2022). Zn and B Mediated Effect on Yield Attribute, Yield, and Nutrient Uptake in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medick.). International Journal of Plant & Soil Science. 34 (22): 1045-1055.
• Kumar, Yogesh, Naresh, R., K., Singh, Salwinder, Dhaliwal, Sharma, Vivek, Kumar, Rajinder & Mandal, Agniva (2022). Impact of NPK Enriched Bio-Compost on Rice Yield and Sustainability of Nutrients in Sandy Loam Soils of India. DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2022.2100414
• Devi, Madhu, Singh, S., P., Dhyani, B. P, Satendra Kumar, Kumar, Yogesh, Chaudhari, Deepak and Pandey, Prabhat Ranjan, (2022)  Effect of Zinc enriched and organic sources on Productivity and Profitability of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)  The Pharma Innovation Journal 11(7): 985-990.
• Kumar Vipin, Dhyani, B., P., Shahi U.P, Kumar Satendra, Kumar Ashok and Singh Akanksha, (2022). Effect of nitrogen schedule and management on yield of late sown wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in rice-wheat system, Indian Journal of Agronomy 67(2):144-147.
• Kumar Ashok, Kumar Rajesh, Dhyani, B.,,P, Shahi, U.,P, Kumar Yogesh, Singh S.,P, Satendra Kumar, Kumar Ashok, Prakash, Satya,. (2021). Acceptable variability in soil testing report: A case study, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 20(1) 35-42
• Singh Anand , Shahi, U.,P., Dhyani, B.,P., Ashok Kumar, Satendra Kumar, Vivek, Singh Prashant Deo and Singh Akansha. (2020). Efficacy of sources and application mode of micronutrients on dry matter accumulation, productivity of wheat and residual organic carbon status in sandy loam soil, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 19(4): 416-420
• Ashok Kumar, Shahi, U.,,P., Dhyani, B.,P. and Prakash, Satya. (2019). Soil health assessment of Crop Research Center through scoring function graph, Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 18(4): 334-341.
• Shahi, U.P., Singh, V.K., Singh, Abhinav, Upadhyay, P.K. and Rai, P.K.,(2022) Site-specific nutrient management: impact on productivity, nutrient uptake and economics of rice-wheat system Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 92(2): 195–198.
• Singh, Ajit, Nagar, Viniti, Tanwar, Nitin, Shahi, U.,P. and Bhan, S,,C. (2022) Use of  Statistical Models in Yield Forecasting of Wheat, Mustard and Potato Crop in Western Districts of Uttar Pradesh India, International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 12(3): 66-72,

Honor and Awards

Awards/Recognitions/Abroad visit by Faculty: