Weed Science and Conservation Agriculture

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1. Direct seeding in India: Understanding constraints to adoption funded by IRRI, Manila (2008-10)
2. Poverty Alleviation through Rice Innovation System, funded by DFiD, United Kingdom (2008-10)
3. Niche Area of Excellence in Geo-Informatics for Natural Resource Management and Precision farming. ICAR (2012-2016).
4. POLY4 application influences on growth, yield and quality of Mustard- Maize cropping system in tarai region of Uttarakhand (2017-2020)
5. Productivity and quality assessment of Rice–Wheat system using (Polyhalite) Poly4 as a source of potassium and sulphur and Evaluation of SEFA in Rice in tarai region of Uttarakhand (India) 2019-2021
6. Long term application response of POLY4 on productivity and quality of Rice-Wheat cropping (2022 to 2027)
7. System and its impact on physical, chemical and biological properties of soil of Tarai region of Uttarakhand

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1. Dey, P., Mahapatra, B.S., Negi, M.S., Singh, S.P, Paul, J. and Pramanik, B. 2022. Seeding Density and nutrient management practice influence; yield, quality and nutrient use efficiency of flax grown under sub-tropical humid Himalayan tarai. Industrial Crops & Products.178:114616. (NAAS :12.45)


2. Dey, P., Mahapatra, B.S., Pramanick, B., Negi, M.S., Paul, J., Shukla, D.K. and Singh, S.P. 2021. Quality optimization of flax fibre through durational management of water retting technology under sub-tropical climate. Industrial Crops & Products.162:113277. (NAAS 12.45 )


3. Kumar, A., Pramanick, B., Mahapatra, B.S., Singh, S.P. and Shukla, D.K. 2019. Growth, yield and quality improvement of flax (Linum usitattisimum L.) grown under tarai region of Uttarakhand, India through integrated nutrient management practices. Industrial Crops & Products. 140:111710. (NAAS 12.45)


4. Prithwiraj Dey, B.S. Mahapatra, V.K. Juyal, Biswajit Pramanick, M.S. Negi, Jai Paul, S.P. Singh. 2021. Flax processing waste- a low cost potential biosorbent for treatment of heavy metal, dye and organic matter contaminated industrial waste water. Industrial Crops & Products.174 (2021) 114195. (NAAS 12.45)


5. Pramanik, B., Mahapatra, B.S., Datta, D. Dey, P., Singh, S.P, Kumar, A., Pramanik, B.and Awasthi,N.2023. An innovative approach to oil production and quality of mustard (Brassica juncea L.) with multi-nutrient- rich Polyhalite. Heliyon. e13997. (NAAS 9.78)


6. Singh, V.P., Dhyani, V.C., Singh, S.P., Kumar, A., Manalil, Chauhan, S. and Bhagirath, S. 2016. Effect of herbicides on weed management in dry-seeded rice sown under different tillage systems Crop Protection, 80: 118-126. (NAAS 9.04)


7. Kumar, A., Mahapatra, B.S., Mishra, A. and Singh, S.P. 2007. Nodulation , Biomass production , nutrient accumulation, C:N ratio and decomposition rates of various green manuring crops in submerged rice soil. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 77 (5): 273-275. (NAAS 6.37)


8. Arunima Paliwal, V. Pratap Singh, S.P. Singh, Tej Pratap and Jai Prakash Bhimwal. 2018. Interaction of different conservational practices and weed management on soil biological properties in rice-wheat system. Indian Journal of Weed Science. 50(4): 329–332. (NAAS 5.84)


9. Joshi, N., Singh, V.P., Dhyani, V.C. and Singh, S.P. 2015. Effect of planting geometries and weed-management practices on weeds, crop performance and economics of direct-seeded aerobic rice (Oryza sativa). Indian Journal of Agronomy 60(4):34-36. 5.55


10. Singh, V.P., Singh, G., Singh, R. K., Singh, S.P., Kumar, A., Sharma , G., Singh, M.K., Mortimer, M. and Jhonson, D.E. 2005. Effect of weed management and crop establishment methods on weed dynamics and grain yield of rice. Indian Journal of Weed Science. 37(3&4): 188-192. (NAAS: 5.84)

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M.Sc. – 09 students

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Faculty of Excellence Award for the year 2021 and 2022 by GBPUAT, Pantnagar.

Best Poster Award in 2008 by Indian Society of weed science

Best oral Presentation on precision farming in 2014

Four times best centre awards by ICAR