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Dr. Mousumi Mondal

Assistant Professor

Department: Agronomy

School: School of Agriculture & Allied Science

Highest Educational Qualification: Ph.D. (Agronomy)

Experience: 6 Years

Research Interest: Water management, Nutrient Management, Weed Management and farm energetics

Publication details: 18 (National 6, International 12)

No. of Awards: 2

No. of Book/ Book Chapter: 15

No. of Abstracts Presented in Seminar/Conference/Symposium: 10

Research Articles in peer-reviewed journals 

  1. Mondal, M., Biswas, B., Garai, S., Sarkar, S., Banerjee, H., Brahmachari, K., Bandyopadhyay, P.K., Maitra, S., Brestic, M., Skalicky, M., Ondrisik, P. and Hossain, A. 2021. Zeolites Enhance Soil Health, Crop Productivity and Environmental Safety. Agronomy 11, 448. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy11030448 (NAAS- 8.60; IF- 3.417).
  2. Mondal, M.; Biswas, B.; Garai, S.; Adhikary, S.; Bandyopadhyay, P.K.; Sarkar, S.; Banerjee, H.; Brahmachari, K.; Maitra, S.; Mandal, T.K.; et al. Raising Climate-Resilient Embolden Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Seedlings during the Cool Season through Various Types of Nursery Bed Management. Sustainability 2021, 13, 12910. https://doi.org/10.3390/su132212910 (NAAS- 8.58; IF- 3.251)
  3. Mondal, M., Skalicky, M., Garai, S., Hossain, A., Sarkar, S., Banerjee, H., Kundu, R., Brestic, M., Barutcular, C., Erman, M., Sabagh, A.E.L. and Laing, A.M. 2020a. Supplementing Nitrogen in Combination with Rhizobium Inoculation and Soil Mulch in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Production System: Part I. Effects on Productivity, Soil Moisture, and Nutrient Dynamics. Agronomy 10:1582; https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy10101582 (NAAS- 8.60; IF- 3.417).
  4. Mondal, M., Skalicky, M., Garai, S., Hossain, A., Sarkar, S., Banerjee, H., Kundu, R., Brestic, M., Barutcular, C., Erman, M., Sabagh, A.E.L. and Laing, A.M. 2020b. Supplementing Nitrogen in Combination with Rhizobium Inoculation and Soil Mulch in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L .) Production System : Part II. Effect on Phenology, Growth, Yield Attributes, Pod Quality, Profitability and Nitrogen Use Efficiency. Agronomy, 10:1513. https://doi.org/3390/agronomy10101513 (NAAS- 8.60; IF- 3.417).
  5. Mondal, M., Garai, S., Banerjee, H., Sarkar, S. 2020c. Mulching and nitrogen management in peanut cultivation: an evaluation of productivity, energy trade-off, carbon footprint and profitability. Energy. Ecol. Environ. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40974-020-00189-9
  6. Biswas, B., Chakraborty, D., Timsina, J., Roy, D.P.D., Adhikary, S.,  Das, I., Sarkar, A., Ray, B.R., Sarkar, S.,  Mondal, M., Kanthal, S., Bhowmick, U.R. (2021). Replacing winter rice in non-traditional areas by strawberry reduces arsenic bioaccumulation, and improves water productivity and profitability. Sci Total Environ 788: 147810 (NAAS- 12.55; IF- 7.963)
  7. Garai, S., Brahmachari, K., Sarkar, S., Mondal, M., Banerjee, H., Nanda, M.K. and Chakravarty, K. 2021. Impact of seaweed sap foliar application on growth, yield, and tuber quality of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.). J. Appl. Phycol. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10811-021-02386-3 (NAAS- 9.02; IF- 3.215)
  8. Hossain, A., Skalicky, M., Brestic, M., Maitra, S., Sarkar, S., Ahmad, Z., Vemuri, H., Garai, S., Mondal, M., Bhatt, R., Kumar, P., Banerjee, P., Saha, S., Islam, T. and Laing, A.M. 2021. Selenium Biofortification: Roles, Mechanisms, Responses and Prospects. Molecules 26: 881. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26040881 (NAAS- 9.27; IF- 4.411)
  9. Biswas, B., Timsina, J., Garai, S., Mondal, M., Banerjee, H., Adhikary, S. and Kanthal, S. 2020. Weed control in transplanted rice with post-emergence herbicides and their effects on subsequent rapeseed in Eastern India. Int. J. Pest Manag. https://doi.org/10.1080/09670874.2020.1853276 (NAAS- 7.09; IF- 1.907)
  10. Kundu, R., Mondal, M., Garai, S., Poddar, R. and Banerjee, S. 2020a. Efficacy of Herbicides against Broad-spectrum Weed Floras and Their Effect on Non-target Soil Microorganisms and Productivity in Sugarcane (Saccharum sp.). Curr. J. Appl. Sci. Technol. 39(2): 23-32. https://doi.org/10.9734/CJAST/2020/v39i230493.(NAAS- 5.32)
  11. Kundu, R., Mondal, R., Garai, S., Mondal, M., Poddar, R. and Banerjee, S. 2020b. Weed management efficiency of post emergence herbicides in direct seeded rice and their residuality on soil microorganisms. J. Exp. Biol. Agric. Sci. 8(3): 276 – 286. http://dx.doi.org/10.18006/2020.8(3).276.286. (NAAS- 5.07)
  12. Kundu, R., Mondal, M., Garai, S., Banerjee, H., Ghosh, D., Majumdar, A. and Poddar, R.  2020c. Efficacy of herbicides on weed control rhizospheric micro-organisms , soil properties and leaf qualities in tea plantation. Indian J. Weed Sci. 52:160–168. https://doi.org/10.5958/0974-8164.2020.00029.5 (NAAS- 5.84)
  13. Kundu, R., Mondal, M., Garai, S., Mondal, R. and Poddar, R 2020d. Bio-efficacy of post emergence herbicides in boro rice nursery as well as main field and their residual effects on non-target microorganisms. Oryza, 57(3): 199-210.(NAAS- 5.03)
  14. Biswas, B., Timsina, J., Patra, S.R., De, D., Mishra, B., Chakraborti , R., Patra, A., Mahato, B., Banerjee, P., Ghosh, P.K., Mukherjee, J., Das, S., Sarkar, S., Adhikary, S., Mondal, M., Kanthal, S., Baidya, S., Banerjee, S., Mandal, B. and Ray, B.R. 2019. Climate Change-Resilient Rice Production Technology: A High Yielding, Water Efficient and Remunerative Option for South Asian Farmers. GJAAS 1(1): 20-29.
Popular Articles
  1. Mondal, M. and Garai, S. 2019. Climate-resilient and water efficient summer rice production system at new alluvial zone of West Bengal. Agriculture andFood-e-newsletter. 41-47. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.26973.67042.
  2. Banerjee H, Pal S, Garai S, Mondal M, Nayak J, Sana, M (2021) Effectiveness of Herbicides and Their Combinations in Direct Seeded Hybrid Rice (Oryza sativa L.) in Coastal Belt of West Bengal. Krishi Udyan Darpan 1(1): 15-18

Book Chapter 

  1. Mondal, M., Garai, S., Nayak J., Roy, A., Dutta, D., Karmakar S., Fahad, S., Hossain, A. (2021). Role of Gibberellins in Response to Stress Adaptation in Plants. In. Plant Growth Regulators forClimate-Smart Agriculture; Fahad, S., Sönmez, O., Turan, V., Adnan, M., Saud, S., Wu, C. and Wang D. (eds.). CRC press, Taylor and Francis Group, New work.
  2. Mondal, M., Garai, S. and Banerjee H. 2020. Smart Practices and Adaptive Technologies for Climate Resilient Agriculture. In. Advanced Agriculture, Maitra, S. and Pramanick, B. (eds.). New Delhi Publishers, Kolkata.
  3. Garai, S., Mondal, M., Nayak, J., Sarkar, S., Banerjee, H., Brahmachari, K., Hossain, A. 2021. Input Use Efficiency for Improving Soil Fertility and Productivity. In: Bhatt R., Meena R.S., Hossain A. (eds) Input Use Efficiency for Food and Environmental Security. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-5199-1_10 
  4. Hossain, A., Raza, A., Maitra, S., Asaduzzaman, Md., Islam, R., Hossain, J., Sabagh, A.E.L., Garai, S., Mondal, M., Latef, A.A.H.A. and Aftaf, T. 2021. Strigolactones: A Novel Carotenoid-Derived Phytohormone – Biosynthesis, Transporters, Signalling, and Mechanisms in Abiotic Stress. In: Plant Growth Regulators Aftab T., Hakeem K.R. (eds). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-61153-8_13
  5. Hossain, A., Garai, S., Mondal, M. and Latef, A.A.H.A (2021). The Key Roles of Proline Against Heat, Drought and Salinity-Induced Oxidative Stress in Wheat. In. Organic Solutes, Oxidative Stress, and Antioxidant Enzymes Under Abiotic Stresses, Latef, A.A.H.A (ed.). CRC press, Taylor and Francis Group, New work.
  6. Garai, S., Mondal, M. and Mukherjee, S. 2020. Smart Practices and Adaptive Technologies for Climate Resilient Agriculture. In. Advanced Agriculture, Maitra, S. and Pramanick, B. (eds.). New Delhi Publishers, Kolkata.

Distinction/Award: 

Distinction for merit for outstanding performance in secondary examination by Eastern Railway Women’s Welfare Organization.

Awarded Indira Gandhi Single Girl Child Scholarship sponsored by UGC at Master’s level.

Awarded Swami Vivekananda Single Girl Child Scholarship sponsored by UGC at PhD.

Project: NIL

Additional Qualification: NIL

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