Profile of Dr. Arnab Kundu

• B.Sc. (Ag.): Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar (W.B.)
• M.Sc. (Ag.) in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (U.P.)
• Ph.D. in Soil Science: Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur (W.B.)

Professional Area

• Research Area: Soil Physics and Plant Nutrition, Conservation Agriculture, Waste Biomass Management, Physical Health of Soil
• Research Interests: Soil-water relations under conservation tillage, Nutrient mobility and use efficiency, Recycling of organic waste, Physical indicators of soil health

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Kundu A, Raha P, Dubey AN, Rani M, Paul A, Patel R (2020) Differential responses of rice (Oryza sativa) to foliar fertilization of organic potassium salts. J Plant Nutr 44(9):1330–1348.
• Kundu A, Raha P, Dubey AN (2021) Impact of source and method of potassium application on dry matter accumulation and partitioning of potassium in rice (Oryza sativa). J Soil Sci Plant Nutr 21:2252–2263.
• Choudhary BL, Raha P, Kundu A, Rani M (2022) Replacement of synthetic nitrogenous fertilizer by human hair hydrolysates in cultivation of mung bean (Vigna radiata). Waste Biomass Valorization 13(7):3147–3159.
• Mukherjee S, Nandi R, Kundu A, Bandyopadhyay PK, et al. (2022) Soil water stress and physiological responses of chickpea under tillage and irrigation management. Agric Water Manag 263:107443.
• Biswas T, Bandyopadhyay PK, Nandi R, Mukherjee S, Kundu A, et al. (2022) Impact of mulching and nutrients on soil water balance and evapotranspiration of irrigated cabbage. Agric Water Manag 263:107456.
• Nandi RA, Mukherjee S, Bandyopadhyay PK, Saha M, Kundu A, et al. (2023) Soil water stress mitigation in lentil through sowing time, tillage, and potassium fertilization. Agric Water Manag 277:108120.
• Kundu A, Saha S, Murmu J, Sarkar JD, Bandyopadhyay PK (2023) Conservation agriculture practices influenced soil water retention parameters of Inceptisol. J Crop Weed 19(2):126–132.
• Sarkar JD, Kundu A, Bandyopadhyay PK (2023) Disparity in soil organic carbon under conservation agriculture in fine-textured soils. J Crop Weed 19(2):78–83.
• Dubey AN, Raha P, Kundu A (2019) Response of humic acid derived from lignite coal on spinach yield and quality. Veg Sci 46(1&2):72–77.
• Murmu J, Kundu A, Saha S, Ghosh S, Ghatak P, et al. (2024) Effect of soil compaction on pore properties and plant-available water. J Indian Soc Soil Sci 72(1):66–76.

Books/ Book chapters:

• Mukherjee S, Kundu A, Kundu R, Adhikari S, Bandyopadhyay PK (2021) Comprehensive Soil Science. Jain Brothers, New Delhi.
• Rekwar RK, Patra A, Jatav HS, Singh SK, Mohapatra KK, Kundu A, et al. (2022) Ecological aspects of the soil-water-plant-atmosphere system. In: Plant Perspectives to Global Climate Changes, Academic Press, pp. 279–302.
• Kundu A, Mukherjee S, Nandi R, Bandyopadhyay PK (2022) Conservation agriculture and soil physical health. In: Conservation Agriculture and Climate Change, CRC Press, pp. 283–308.
• Patra A, Jatav HS, Mohapatra KK, Kundu A, Singh SK, et al. (2021) Plant-soil interactions under climate change. In: Frontiers in Plant-Soil Interaction, Academic Press, pp. 1–27.

A. Department of Soil Science, PGCA, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur-848 125 Bihar, India

M. dr.arnab@rpcau.ac.in

T. + 91-9330719811

ORCID: 0000-0003-2012-4601

Scopus Author ID: 56464735800

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