Dr R. K. YADAV Principal Scientist (Agronomy) Soil ... - CSSRI Karnal
Dr R. K. YADAV Principal Scientist (Agronomy) Soil ... - CSSRI Karnal
Dr R. K. YADAV Principal Scientist (Agronomy) Soil ... - CSSRI Karnal
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<strong>Dr</strong> R. K. <strong>YADAV</strong><br />
<strong>Principal</strong> <strong>Scientist</strong> (<strong>Agronomy</strong>)<br />
<strong>Soil</strong> and Crop Management Division,<br />
Central <strong>Soil</strong> Salinity Research Institute,<br />
<strong>Karnal</strong>- 132001, Haryana.<br />
Tel : +91184 2291218 ext.110, Fax: +91-184-2290480<br />
E-mail : rkyadav@cssri.ernet.in; rajcssri@yahoo.co.in<br />
Current Research Area:<br />
Developing sustainable strategies and alternatives for safe management of<br />
wastewater and phyto-remediation of metal contaminated soil and water<br />
Diagnosis and definition of salt affected soils in Indo-Gangetic plains and<br />
development of agro-interventions for their sustainable management in<br />
farmers’ participatory appraisal.<br />
Rehabilitation of salt affected dry lands through biosaline agro-forestry and<br />
un-explored industrial plants.<br />
Qualifications:<br />
M.Sc (Ag.) Agonomy<br />
Ph.D <strong>Agronomy</strong><br />
Major Research Accomplishments:<br />
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Establishment of the salinity limits of the drainage effluents for their in-situ<br />
recycling in cyclic mode irrigations to optimize yield and quality of less water<br />
requiring salt tolerant food, fodder and oil seed crops of semi-arid regions<br />
hyperthermic Ustipsamments and calcareous sandy loam Ustic Haplocambids<br />
Evaluated the dual purpose (green fodder and grain) potential of barley in<br />
saline conditions and worked out its nitrogen and saline water irrigation<br />
requirements for successful cultivation.<br />
Temporal and spatial quantification and characterization of wastewater<br />
generated in Haryana<br />
Documented the temporal scale transpiration rate and carrying capacity of<br />
HRTS Eucalyptus plantations planted at different densities and irrigated with<br />
sewage for planning the safe disposal of sewage and optimizing growth, wood<br />
volume and biomass production of trees and understory companion crops<br />
Overall and stage dependant tolerance limits of organic load in water used for<br />
irrigation of rice and wheat has been assessed for management of distillery<br />
effluents in the cropping system<br />
Irrigation and nutrient supplementing potential of sewage to vegetable, fodder,<br />
cereal and agro-forestry production systems and impacts of its use on soil<br />
properties have been assessed.<br />
Benefits and hazards of wastewater irrigation and its effects on composition of<br />
soils, crops and ground water have been also established through case studies<br />
Remunerative alternative crops have been identified and evaluated for<br />
avoiding food chain contamination and phyto-remediation of metal<br />
contaminated soils.
Prevalence of pathogenic contamination in sewage irrigated vegetable, forage<br />
and grain crops has been assessed, and technologies as sub-surface drip<br />
irrigation and some other low cost cultivation methods and other practices for<br />
the control have been standardized<br />
Agronomic practices for perspective land use planning based on soil<br />
characteristics and suitability have been identified to optimize the use of soil<br />
resources of 500 ha Behdala (Una, HP) watershed<br />
Awards:<br />
National groundwater Augmentation Award of MoWR, GOI, New Delhi for the<br />
year 2009<br />
Ganesh Sankar Vidyarthi Puruskar for the years 2009 and 2010 for Best Hindi<br />
Magazine<br />
Trainings conducted:<br />
Resource person for 3-4 months CV Raman International Fellowship sponsored<br />
by FICCI for African researchers on “Agro-practices for sustaining agricultural<br />
production in saline environments”<br />
Resource person for short term (2-3 weeks) International training programme on<br />
“Use of poor quality water in agriculture” for delegates from AARDO member<br />
countries. Course Director - for one training on the subject for delegates from<br />
seven countries which included Yemen, Oman, Syria, Malysia, Bangladesh,<br />
Mauritius and Iraq.<br />
Member advisory committee for problem identification, planning and execution<br />
of research project on wastewater management for the degree of MS and graduate<br />
students form Illinois and Iowa State, Universities USA under Indo-US AKI<br />
project undertaken at <strong>CSSRI</strong>, <strong>Karnal</strong><br />
Course Coordinator for ICAR sponsored 3 weeks winter school on “Chemical<br />
changes and nutrient transformations in poor quality water irrigated soils”.<br />
Course Coordinator for MoWR, GOI sponsored 2 weeks training programme on<br />
“Conjunctive use of canal and groundwater.”<br />
Core faculty for <strong>CSSRI</strong> organized training programmes on “Diagnosis,<br />
reclamation and management of salt affected soils and use of poor quality water<br />
in agriculture”.<br />
Patents, Technology, Methodology, Genetic Stock, Variety, etc.:<br />
Supervision and maintenance of germplasm of 115 medicinal & aromatic species<br />
and salt tolerant varieties of wheat, mustard and paddy.<br />
Supervision, maintenance and upkeep of the stocks of inputs, machinery and farm<br />
agricultural produce (cereals, fodder, forestry, horticulture, animals and fish)<br />
records.<br />
Publications:<br />
R. K. Yadav, P.S. Minhas, Khajanchi Lal, R. K. Chaturvedi and T. P. Verma<br />
(2010). Heavy metals distribution in semi-arid Ustochrepts, crops and ground<br />
water with long-term wastewater irrigation. <strong>Soil</strong> Use and Management;DOI: 10.<br />
1111/j. 1475-2743-2010.00267.x.<br />
S. K. Dubey, R. K. Yadav, Rashmi Yadav, V. K. Sharma & P. S. Minhas. 2010.<br />
Contamination of Ground Water as a Consequence of Land Disposal of Dye
Waste Mixed Sewage Effluents: A Case Study of Panipat District of Haryana,<br />
India. Bull Environ Contam Toxicol. 85: 295–300<br />
Meena, R. L., Yadav, R. K. and Lal, K. 2009. Growth, yield attributes and seed<br />
cotton yield as influenced by intercrops and nutrient management under saline<br />
black soils of Gujarat. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 79: 273-276<br />
Khajanchi Lal, P.S. Minhas, R.K. Chaturvedi and R.K. Yadav. 2008. Cadmium<br />
uptake and tolerance of three aromatic grasses on Cd contaminated soils. J. Indian<br />
Soc. <strong>Soil</strong> Science 56 (3): 290-95<br />
R.K.Yadav, S.P.Singh, D.Lal, Ashok Kumar. 2007. Fodder production and soil<br />
health with conjunctive use of saline and good quality water on ustipsamments of<br />
semi-arid regions. Land Degad. Develop. 18:153-162<br />
Khajanchi Lal, P.S. Minhas, Shipra, R.K. Yadav and R.K. Chaturvedi. 2007.<br />
Extraction of Cadmium and Tolerance of Three Annual Cut Flowers on Cdcontaminated<br />
<strong>Soil</strong>s. Bioresource Technology 99:1006-12<br />
R.K. Yadav, R. K. Chaturvedi and P.S. Minhas. 2006. Stage dependant tolerance<br />
of paddy and wheat to organic load in distillery effluent and associated changes in<br />
soil properties. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 76: 661-66<br />
P.S. Minhas, R.K. Yadav, N. Sharma and P.K. Joshi. 2006. Prevalence and<br />
control of pathogenic contamination in some sewage irrigated vegetable, forage<br />
and grain crops. Bioresource Technology 97: 1174-79<br />
J.C.Dagar, O.S. Tomar, R.K.Yadav and N.K.Tyagi. 2005. Performance of some<br />
under explored crops with saline irrigation in semi-arid regions of NW India.<br />
Land Degad. Develop. 17:285-99<br />
R.K.Yadav, A. Kumar, D. Lal and L. Batra. 2004. Yield response of winter forage<br />
crops to irrigation with saline environment. Exptl. Agric. 40: 65-76
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