भा.कृ.अनु.प. – राष्ट्रीय लीची अनुसंधान केन्द्र
ICAR – National Research Centre on Litchi
Muzaffarpur – 842 002 (Bihar), India
भारतीय कृषि अनुसंधान परिषद
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi-110 001

Research Papers

2024

  1. Ali, A., Das, B., Dhakar, M.K. et al. 2024. Enhancing soil health and fruit yield through Tephrosia biomass mulching in rainfed guava (Psidium guajava L.) orchards. Scientific Reports, 14: 13913.
  2. Bhoi, T. K., Dhillon, M. K., Singh, N., Samal, I., Watts, A., Rao, M. and Bhattacharya, R. C. (2024). Phenology and morphological traits of wild crucifers impacting host selection and population build up by mustard aphid [Lipaphis erysimi (Kaltenbach)]. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 1-19.
  3. Gujjala, L. K. S., Kundu, D., Dutta, D., Kumar, A., Bal, M., Kumar, A. and Vo, D. V. N. (2024). Advances in ionic liquids: Synthesis, environmental remediation and reusability. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 396, 123896.
  4. Jhorar, P., Choudhary, R., Jinger, D., Samal, I., Paramesh, V., Kumar, D., … and Singh, S. (2024). Foliar Application of Silicon Influences Crop Productivity, Dry Matter Accumulation, Water Use Efficiency, Lodging Score, and Aphid Density in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 55(19): 2894-2908.
  5. Lal, N. and Kumar, A. (2024). Panicle and fruit characteristics influenced by plant age in litchi cv. Rose scented. Bangladesh Journal of Botany. 53(2): 279-285.
  6. Lal, N., Kumar, A. and Pandey, S. D. (2024). Assessing the genetic diversity and character association of yield components in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.). Bangladesh Journal of Botany. 53(3): 465-473.
  7. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Marboh, E. S., Gupta, A. K., Pandey, S. D. and Nath, V. (2024). Effect of temperature and duration of storage on seed germination in litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.).  National Academy Science Letters. 1-3.
  8. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Pandey, S. D. and Sahu, N. (2024). Impact of climatic variability on litchi yields in the tarai region of India. Applied Fruit Science. 66: 2371–2374.
  9. Meena, R. B., Meena, S. C., Rathore, A. C., Meena, D. C., Meena, R. L., Alam, N. M., … and Meena, M. D. (2024). Soil carbon sequestration potential of different land use systems: evidence from sub-humid southern plains and Aravalli hills of Rajasthan, India. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 196(11): 1080.
  10. Pongener, A., Purbey, S. K., Kumar, V., Nath, V., Sharma, S., Kumar, A., Pandey, A. P. and Pandey, S. D. (2024). Bagging increases anthocyanins accumulation in pericarp and improves overall fruit quality in litchi. National Academy Science Letters, 1-5.
  11. Prabhakar, P., Mukherjee, S., Kumar, A., Rout, R. K., Kumar, S., Verma, D. K. and Banerjee, M. (2024). In Silico, In Vitro and Ex Vivo Evaluation of the Antihyperglycaemic, Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Properties of Cocciniagrandis L. Leaf Extract. Food Technology and Biotechnology, 62(2): 188-204.
  12. Prasad, K., Saroj, N., Singh, S. K., Pradhan, J., Prasad, S. S., Kumar, S., Maurya, S., Kumar, A., Srivastava, R. K., Tiwari, R. K., Lal, M. K., Vijayan, B., Kumar, A., Samal, I., Shah, U. and Kumar, R. (2024). Postharvest quality and ripening behaviour of un-explored genotypes of Himalayan plain mango diversity, Heliyon, 10(12): e33247. 
  13. Rout, R. K., Kumar, A. and Rao, P. S. (2024). A Comparative Assessment of drying kinetics, energy consumption, mathematical modeling, and multivariate analysis of indian borage (Plectranthus amboinicus) Leaves. Journal of Food Process Engineering, 47(5): e14630.

2023

  1. Bhatnagar, S., Mahanta, D.K., Vyas, V., Samal, I., Komal, J. and Bhoi, T.K. (2023). Storage pest management with nanopesticides incorporating silicon nanoparticles: A novel approach for sustainable crop preservation and food security. Silicon16(2): 471-483.
  2. Dhakar, M.K., Das, B., Rai, M. and Nath, V., (2023). Fruit Yield, Quality, and Stability in Sapota (Manilkaraachras [Mill.] Fosb.) Varieties: Under Short‑, Medium-and Long-Term Evaluation. Erwerbs Obstbau65(3): 557-566.
  3. Jinger, D., Dhar, S., Dass, A., Sharma, V.K., Jhorar, P., Paramesh, V., Gupta, G., Parihar, M., Kumar, D., Singh, S. and Samal, I. (2023). Combined fertilization of silicon and phosphorus in aerobic rice-wheat cropping and its impact on system productivity, water use efficiency, soil health, crop resilience, and profitability. Silicon15(17): 7609-7620.
  4. Komal, J., Desai, H. R., Samal, I., Mastinu, A., Patel, R. D., Kumar, P. V. D., Majhi, P. K., Mahanta, D. K., & Bhoi, T. K. (2023). Unveiling the genetic symphony: Harnessing CRISPR-Cas genome editing for effective insect pest management. Plants,12(23), 3961.
  5. Kumar, S., Awasthi, O.P., Pandey, R., Dubey, A.K. and Sharma, R.M. (2023) Production Performance and Fruit Quality of Gamma-Irradiated Mutants of ‘Kinnow’Mandarin (Citrus nobilis Loureiro× Citrus deliciosa Tenora). Erwerbs-Obstbau65(2): 379-387.
  6. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Marboh, E.S., Gupta, A.K., Nath, V., Pandey, S.D. (2023). Morphological diversity in litchi based on phenological traits. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 80(1): 38–44.
  7. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Marboh, E.S., Pandey, S.D., Gupta, A.K., Nath, V. (2023). Fruit Load of ‘Shahi’ affects not only fruit size but many attributes. Erwerbs-Obstbau, 65(3): 493-500.
  8. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Marboh, E.S., Pandey, S.D., Nath, V. (2023). Genetic diversity in litchi (Litchi chinensis) for morphological and physico-chemical traits. Current Horticulture, 11(1): 33–36.
  9. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Pandey, S.D. (2023). Assessment of Variability, Correlation and Path Analysis for the Selection of Elite Clones in Litchi Based on Certain Traits. ErwerbsObstbau, 65 (4): 1-8.
  10. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Pandey, S.D. (2023). Effects of tree trunk, branch and leaf traits on morphological diversity of Litchi Chinensis Sonn. Bangladesh Journal of Botany. 52(1): 197–202.
  11. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Pandey, S.D. (2023). Sun Burn and Fruit Cracking in Litchi (Litchi chinensis) cv. ‘Rose Scented.’ Emergent Life Science,9 (2): 260–264.
  12. Lal, N., Kumar, A., Singh, A., Marboh, E.S., Gupta, A.K., Pandey, S.D., Nath, V. (2023). Standardization of number of flowers to be pollinated per panicle for hybridization in litchi and assessment of effective duration of pollination. ErwerbsObstbau. 65(3): 487-492.
  13. Lal, N., Pongener, A., Kumar, A., Pandey, S.D. (2023). Studies on bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) fruit cultivars under field conditions. National Academy Science Letters. 46(1): 7–10.
  14. Lal, N., Singh, A., Kumar, A., Marboh, E.S., Gupta, A.K., Pongener, A., Nath, V., Pandey, S.D. (2023). Hurdles in Developing Hybrids: Experience from a Decade of Hybridization in Litchi. Euphytica 219 (10): 106.
  15. Mahanta, D. K., Bhoi, T. K., Komal, J., Samal, I., Nikhil, R. M., Paschapur, A. U., Singh, G., Kumar, P. V. D., Desai, H. R., Ahmad, M. A., Singh, P. P., Majhi, P. K., Mukherjee, U., Singh, P., Saini, V., Shahanaz, Srinivasa, N., & Yele, Y. (2023). Insect-pathogen crosstalk and the cellular-molecular mechanisms of insect immunity: Uncovering the underlying signaling pathways and immune regulatory function of non-coding RNAs. Frontiers in Immunology14, 1169152.
  16. Murugan, T, Awasthi, O. P., Singh, S. K., Chawla, G., Solanke, A. U., Kumar, S. and Jha, G. K. (2023). Molecular and histological validation of modified in ovulo nucellus culture based high-competency direct somatic embryogenesis and amplitude true-to-the-type plantlet recovery in Kinnow mandarin. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14:1116151.
  17. Prabhakar, P., Mukherjee S., Kumar, A., Kumar, S., Verma, DK., Dhara, S., Maiti, MK., and Banerjee, M. (2023). Optimization of MAE for Carica papaya phytochemicals, and its in silico, in vitro, and ex vivo evaluation: For functional food and drug applications. Food Bioscience, 54: 102861.
  18. Prabhakar, P., Mukherjee, S., Kumar, A. (2023). Optimization of microwave-assisted extraction (MAE) of key phenolic compounds from pigeon pea (Cajanus cajan), their characterization, and measurement of their anti-diabetic and cytotoxic potential. Food Measure 17, 5697–5720 (2023).
  19. Samal, I., Bhoi, T. K., Mahanta, D. K., Komal, J. (2023). Establishing the role of silicon (Si) in plant resistance to insects: A bibliometric approach. Silicon, 1-10.
  20. Samal, I., Bhoi, T. K., Vyas, V., Majhi, P. K., Mahanta, D. K., Komal, J., . .. & Acharya, L. K. (2023). Resistance to fungicides in entomopathogenic fungi: Underlying mechanisms, consequences, and opportunities for progress. Tropical Plant Pathology, 1–13.
  21. Samal, I., Dhillon, M. K., Bhoi, T. K., & Singh, N. (2023). Biochemical basis of Lipaphis erysimi (Kalt.) growth and development in Brassica juncea. Phytoparasitica, 52(1): 1-20.
  22. Sinha, T., Narayana, S., Arya, V., Kandan, A., Raju, S. V. S., & Samal, I. (2023). Development of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay for accurate and rapid identification of Spodoptera frugiperda in maize from India. Cereal Research Communications, 1-11.
  23. Vijayan, B., Nain, M. S., Singh, R., Kumbhare, N. V. & K. N. Ravi. (2023). Socio-economic Transformation through National Food Security Mission in Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.Current Science, 124 (8): 976-980.