Name of the Project :
Survey, Selection and Mass Production of Nodule Bacteria as Legume Inoculants for the Improvement of Pulse Cultivation in West Bengal
Starting date : 1974.
Name of the PI and other members of the project, total staff, designation :
Name | Disciplines | |
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Teachers | Prof. Abhijit Debnath | Agril. Chem & Soil Sc. |
Prof. Subhas Chandra Kole | Agril. Chem & Soil Sc. | |
Dr. Dibyendu Sarker | Agril. Chem & Soil Sc. | |
Dr. Kaushik Batabyal | Agril. Chem & Soil Sc. | |
Mr. Arup Sen | Agril. Chem & Soil Sc. | |
Dr. Sunita Mahapatra | Plant Pathology | |
Mr. Sahar Murmu | Plant Pathology | |
Dr. Joydeep Banerjee | Genetics & Plant Breeding | |
Dr. Debasish Soren | Genetics & Plant Breeding | |
Dr. Sanchita Mondal | Agronomy | |
Prof. Asit Kumar Basu | Seed Sc. & Technology | |
Name | Designation | |
Staffs | Sri. Arunava Chanda | Tech. Asstt. |
Sri. Asish Kumar Chowdhury | Tech. Asstt. | |
Smt. Manidipa Banerjee | Tech. Asstt. | |
Sr. Arup Mukherjee | Jr. Store Keeper | |
Sri. Ratan Das | Field Worker | |
Smt. Nirasha Bansfore | Field Worker (Sweeper) |
Funding Agency : State Government.
Objectives of the project :
- To augment the State’s pulse yield through effective uses of “legume inoculants” in pulse cultivation.
- To control the fuel subsidized agricultural practices by enriching the soil with organic nitrogen contributed by the nodules.
- Semi-commercial production of pulse inoculants through a pilot plant project for distribution among the pulse growers and /or researchers of different institutes.
Achievement :
- Developed a bank of Rhizobium sp. for crops like lentil, green gram, groundnut, khesari and other pulses, different strains of phosphate solubilizing bacteria and potash mobilizers.
- The unit has developed Pilot plant for mass scale production of biofertilizers.
- A RKVY project has been granted for upgrading to large scale production of both carrier-based solid and liquid formulation, developing cold storage facility and storage of freshly collected efficient strains.