Profile of Dr. S. S. Prasad

• B.Sc. (Ag.): Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad
• M.Sc. (Ag.) in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry: Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)
• Ph.D. in Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry: Institute of Agricultural Sciences, BHU, Varanasi (U.P.)

Professional Area

• Research Area: Soil Fertility and Soil microbiology; Natural Farming
• Research Interests: Soil Fertility, Soil Microbiology, Bio-inoculants Formulations, Salt-affected Soil Management, Soil Health, Integrated Nutrient Management and Natural Farming

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Parveen H, Singh MP, Prasad SS, Vimal BK, Kumar S, Pradhan AK (2018) Mapping of textural variability in soils: a case study. Int J Curr Microbiol Appl Sci 7(5):1568–1573.
• Kumar S, Sahni S, Kumar B, Prasad SS (2018) Multifarious antagonistic potentials of native pseudomonad isolates from rhizosphere as biocontrol agents for the management of chickpea wilt. Curr J Appl Sci Technol 31(3):1–13.
• Kurre DK, Bharati V, Prasad SS, Kumar M, Singh A (2018) Impact of herbicides on weeds, yield and attributing characters of kharif maize. Crop Res 53(1&2):21–26.
• Sarma K, Dey A, Kumar S, Chaudhary BK, Mohanty S, Kumar T, Prasad SS, Bhatt BP (2020) Effect of salinity on growth, survival and biochemical alterations in the freshwater fish Labeo rohita (Hamilton 1822). Indian J Fish 67(2):41–47.
• Singh SP, Dutta SK, Jha S, Prasad SS, Chaudhary SK, Sahi V (2021) Nutrient management in calcareous soil improves rice–maize sustainable yield index, performance indicators. J Plant Nutr 44(11):1571–1586.
• Ghosh A, Manna MC, Jha S, Singh AK, Misra S, Srivastava RC, Srivastava PP, Laik R, Bhattacharya R, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Singh SK, Kumar V, Tiwari S, Singh AK (2022) Impact of soil-water contaminants on tropical agriculture, animal and societal environment. Adv Agron 176:209–274.
• Singh SP, Dutta S, Jha S, Prasad SS, Chaudhary SK, Manna MC (2022) Indigenous nutrient supplying capacity of young alluvial calcareous soils favours the sustainable productivity of hybrid rice and maize crops. Sustainability 14(18):11585.
• Kumar U, Prasad K, Prasad SS, Sinha BM (2022) Integrated nutrient management studies for higher productivity of French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) in calcareous soil of Bihar, India. Legume Res 45(11):1428–1433. https://doi.org/10.18805/LR-4399
• Kumar C, Prasad SS, Kumar V, Majhi R, Munmun, Bhadani M (2022) Effect of vermicompost and fertilizer on uptake and efficiency of nutrients in pot culture rice. Environ Conserv J.
• Kumar C, Prasad SS, Rajani, Singh SP, Bharati V (2022) Household waste based vermicompost and fertilizer effect on yield and attributes of pot culture rice (Oryza sativa). Int J Plant Soil Sci 34(11):169–179.

Books/ Book chapters:

• Laik R, Yadav RC, Kumar M, Singh P, Prasad SS, Kumar R, Kumar V, Singh SK (Eds) (2016) Proceedings on International Symposium on Management of Rice-Based Agricultural System under Stress-Prone Environment. RAU, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, pp 1–120.
• Laik R, Yadav RC, Kumar M, Singh P, Prasad SS, Kumar R, Kumar V, Singh SK (Eds) (2016) Souvenir on International Symposium on Management of Rice-Based Agricultural System under Stress-Prone Environment. RAU, Pusa, Samastipur, Bihar, pp 1–93.
• Prasad SS, Jha S, Singh SK, Singh SP, Das S (2021) Soil and water characteristics of North Bihar fish ponds in relation to fish production. In: Global Initiative in Agricultural, Forestry and Applied Sciences. Today & Tomorrow Printers and Publisher, New Delhi, p 514. ISBN: 978-93-5419-016-2
• Mesha NM, Singh SP, Prasad SS (2021) Potassium: its management and partitioning in rice crop. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany, p 120. ISBN: 978-6139859337
• Singh SP, Tiwari S, Suman SN, Jha S, Prasad SS, Manna MC (2021) Integrated use of organic and inorganic amendments for management of calcareous sodic soils in eastern India. In: Halt soil salinization, boost soil productivity – Proceedings of the Global Symposium on Salt-affected Soils, FAO, Rome. ISBN: 978-92-5-136078-1
• Sen S, Singh SP, Jha S, Prasad SS, Jha RK, Tiwari S (2024) Natural farming practices for sustaining soil health under different agroecology in Bihar. In: Kumar et al (eds) Extended Summaries-cum-Proceedings of Int. Conf. on ESFS-NF, Dr. YSPUHF, Solan, pp 84–85.
• Patidar L, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Jha S, Pramanik B (2024) Harnessing potential of natural farming inputs on wheat yield and soil properties in eastern India. In: Kumar et al (eds) Extended Summaries-cum-Proceedings of Int. Conf. on ESFS-NF, Dr. YSPUHF, Solan, pp 90–91.
• Jha S, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Ahmad A, Thakur SK, Tiwari S, Rai M, Singh AK (2024) RPCAU steps toward natural farming for socio-economic sustenance. In: Kumar et al (eds) Extended Summaries-cum-Proceedings of Int. Conf. on ESFS-NF, Dr. YSPUHF, Solan, pp 109–110.
• Singh SP, Jha S, Kumar V, Dwivedi M, Prasad SS, Tiwari S, Awasthi N, Mishra V, Mukherjee L (2025) Impact of Aldor nutrient source in rice-wheat cropping system. In: Singh KP et al (eds) Frontier Sciences and Technologies in Agriculture for a Developed India. GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Vol III, pp 899. ISBN: 978-81-977948-5-8
• Jha S, Prasad SS, Singh SP, Pandey PS, Rai M, Goswami AK (Eds) (2025) Text Book of Natural Farming. Today & Tomorrow Printers and Publisher, New Delhi, pp 745. ISBN: 9789348596222

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

M. ssprasad@rpcau.ac.in

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