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Department of Soil Science


Dr. A.K. Pant


DESIGNATION:Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D. (Soil Science)
SPECIALISATION: Soil Chemistry, Soil Fertility
EMAIL:akpsoil[at]yahoo[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9412419872 (M)
Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

  • To study soil fertility and productivity aspects of crop production, specially rice and wheat, agroforestry trees and horticultural crops specially litchi, guava, mango etc.
    • Research Projects

  • AICRIP-Rice

    • Selected Research Publications

    1. Soni Joshi, Ratna Rai, A.K.Pant, Ranjan Srivastava and J. C. Chandola (2018). Variation in foliar nutrient status in relation to leaf age,position and sample size in sapota. International Journal of Chemical Studies, Vol.6 (5) :2495-2500.

    2. Mitali, Ratna Rai, A.K.Pant, D.S.Mishra, Ankit Dongariyal and Rashmi Panwar(2019). Effect of pruning and KNO3 sprays on flowering attributes of litchi(Litchi Chinensis Sonn.) cv.rose scented. International Journal of Chemical Studies vol.7(6) : 383-386.

    3. Rajesh Kumar Pal, Pankaj Singh, A.K.Pant, Sanjay Tiwari, Shivam Maurya and Sanjay Kumar Singh(2020). Effect of Nutrient Management and Crop Establishment Methods of Rice on Biological Properties of Soil.Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. Vol9(1):1943-1951.

    4. Maneesh Bhatt, Veer Singh, Ajaya Srivastava, A.K.Pant and Vineet Kumar(2020). Effect of irrigation regime and mulching on growth,yield and yield attributing character of rabi maize(Zea mays L.) in Tarai region.International Journal of Chemical Studies. Vol.8(1); 2232-2237.

    5. Rajesh Kumar Pal, Pankaj Singh, A.K.Pant, Sanjay Tiwari, Sanjay Kumar Singh and Abhishek Ranjan (2020). Influence of nutrient management and establishment methods on yield and economics of rice in calcareous soils of Bihar. International Journal of Chemical Studies. Vol.8(1):104-108.
    Other Information

  • Involved in teaching of UG and PG students, the courses like Soil quality Analysis & Management, Soil fertility and fertilizer recommendations, Principles of Soil science, Agriculture for Engineers, Work Programme, Soil erosion and conservation, Fundamentals of soil science, Rural Agriculture Work Experience etc.
  • Guiding M.Sc. students for their thesis research work.
  • Involved in various extension oriented programmes like, resource person in delivering talks, Farmer’s help line services, working as Nodal Scientist in Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav programme etc.