About
Professional SummaryDr. Amitava Rakshit is currently working as Assistant Professor at Institute of Agricultural Science, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Soil Science from Indian Institute of Technology, India. His main area of interest related to Plant and Soil Sciences. His area of expertise includes Rhizosphere Chemistry, Nutrient Use Efficiency, and Bioremidiation. He has published more than 81 research articles in national and international journals, 28 books, 48 chapters in books, and 51 abstracts presented in national and international seminars and symposia contributed as author/co-author.
Education
Academic Background-
Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology, India Soil Science | Completed: 2006
Editorial Services
Editorial & Publishing Roles
Editorial Board Member
Serving as Editorial Board Member for Science International.
Publications (115)
Selected Scholarly Contributions
Assessment of adsorption potential of alluvial soils for arsenic removal under competing anion conditions
2026
Evaluating suitability of chemical extractants for measuring available soil potassium under long term conservation agriculture
2026
Yield, Economic Viability, and Potassium Sustainability of Rice–Wheat System as Influenced by Crop Establishment and Nutrient Management under Conservation Agriculture
2026
The Impact of Biofortified Vermicompost on Enhancing Nutritional Quality, Micronutrient Content, and Antioxidants in Carrot (Daucus Carota Cv Surbhi)
2025
Micronutrient-Enriched NPK Fertilization Enhances Yield and Profitability of Green Gram Under Middle Gangetic Plain
2025
Enriching soybean with two soil macronutrients through boosting root proliferation with Trichoderma viride
2024
Sustainability Assessment of High-Value Vegetable Crops Using Biopriming Approach Towards Improved Performance, Nutritional Security, and Smallholder Farmers
2024
Agrientreprenuiral Feasibility of High-value Vegetable Crops for Small-holder Farmers for Supplementing Inorganic Fertilizer with Bioinoculants
2024
Dry Direct Seeded Rice Emerged as Viable Option based on Energetics and Economics- Experiences from Middle Gangatic- Plains of Bihar, India
2024
Compost Tea: An Emerging Nature-Based Supplement Strengthening Options for Durable Agriculture
2024
2023
Active and Passive Carbon Fractions in Contrasting Cropping Systems, Tillage Practices, and Soil Types
2023
Bio-priming with Trichoderma Enhanced Faster Reserve Mobilization in Germinating Soybean Cotyledons under Graded Macronutrients
2023
Biopriming with Bacillus subtilis Enhanced the Sulphur Use Efficiency of Indian Mustard under Graded Levels of Sulphur Fertilization
2023
Bio-Priming with Compatible Rhizospheric Microbes Enhances Growth and Micronutrient Uptake of Red Cabbage
2022
A state of the art review in crop residue burning in India: Previous knowledge, present circumstances and future strategies
2022
Improved Nutrient Management Practices for Enhancing Productivity and Profitability of Wheat under Mid-Indo-Gangetic Plains of India
2022
Economic Evaluation of the Effect of S Fertilization with Seed Biopriming on Indian Mustard (cv. Giriraj) Production under Middle Gangetic Plains of Uttar Pradesh, India
2022
Evaluating lignification, antioxidative defense, and physiochemical changes in soybean through bio-priming under graded soil fertilization.
Amitava Rakshit
2022
Organic interventions conferring stress tolerance and crop quality in agroecosystems during the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
2021
Effect of seed bio-priming with Trichoderma viride strain BHU-2953 for enhancing soil phosphorus solubilization and uptake in soybean (Glycine max).
Amitava Rakshit
2021
Low input sustainable agriculture: A viable climate-smart option for boosting food production in a warming world
2020
Safeguarding the fragile rice–wheat ecosystem of the Indo-Gangetic Plains through bio-priming and bioaugmentation interventions
2020
The potential of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in C cycling: a review.
Amitava Rakshit
2020
The effect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi inoculation in mitigating salt stress of pea (Pisum sativum L.).
Amitava Rakshit
2020
Diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in alkaline soils of hot sub humid eco-region of middle Gangetic plains of India.
Amitava Rakshit
2019
Arbuscular mycorrhiza: a viable strategy for soil nutrient loss reduction.
Amitava Rakshit
2019
Effect of compost and hydroabsorbent polymer on tree growth and soil properties in a tropical urban environment.
Amitava Rakshit
2018
Seed bio-priming of baby corn emerged as a viable strategy for reducing mineral fertilizer use and increasing productivity.
Amitava Rakshit
2018
Effect of nitrogen levels and seed bio-priming on root infection, growth and yield attributes of wheat in varied soil type.
Amitava Rakshit
2017
Potential effects of climate change on soil properties: A review.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Impact of Pseudomonas putida on available soil phosphorus dynamics and crop productivity under lowland rice ecology.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Indigenous materials for improving water quality.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Effect of seed bio-priming and N doses under varied soil type on Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under greenhouse conditions.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Arbuscular mycorrhiza: A versatile component for alleviation of salt stress.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Mycorrhizoremediation of nickel and cadmium: A promising technology.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Factors responsible for phosphorus uptake efficiencies of crop species in hot sub humid eco-region of Middle Gangetic Plains of India.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Assessment of water quality index of Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pardesh, India.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Joint ventures of plants and arbuscular mycorrhiza creating an underground revolution.
Amitava Rakshit
2016
Influence of soil factors on diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in hot sub humid eco-region of middle gangetic plains of India.
Amitava Rakshit
2015
Towards management practices for sustainable agriculture: Modelling initiative.
Amitava Rakshit
2015
Soil biodiversity: Stars beneath our feet.
Amitava Rakshit
2015
Soil organic carbon: Towards better soil health, productivity and climate change mitigation.
Amitava Rakshit
2015
Decomposition of Bt cotton residues affecting soil microbial activity under varied soils.
Amitava Rakshit
2015
Fungal biofertilizers in Indian agriculture: Perception, demand and promotion.
Amitava Rakshit
2015
Mycorrhizoremediation of cadmium and nickel in peri urban soil of Varanasi.
Amitava Rakshit
2015
Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria enhance growth and nutrient uptake of crops.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Bio-priming: A potential tool in the integrated resource management.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: A way to improve soil quality.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Groundwater quality in the shallow aquifers of the hadauti plateau of the district of Baran, Rajasthan, India.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Effect of transplanting dates and plant population on growth parameters of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) raised from True Potato Seed (TPS).
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Decomposition of Bt cotton and non Bt cotton residues under varied soil types.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Trichoderma-mediated enhancement of nutrient uptake and reduction in incidence of Rhizoctonia solani in tomato.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Soil and plant responses to the application of Ascophyllum nodosum extract to no-till wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Effect of fertilizer levels, FYM and bioinoculants on soil properties in inceptisol of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Herbicides, nitrogen-scheduling and-rates effects on economics of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
Amitava Rakshit
2014
An economics of rice cultivation through appropriate management of zinc under northern gangetic alluvial plain.
Amitava Rakshit
2014
Seed Priming, row spacing and foliar nutrition in relation to growth and yield of chickpea under rainfed condition.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Micronutrient seed priming: a potential tool in integrated nutrient management.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Maize and groundnut prefer different form of phosphorus on P-fixing soil.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Comparison of nutrients in transgenic and non-transgenic cabbage (Brassica oleracea. L) for bio-safety evaluation.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Potassium humate: A potential soil conditioner and plant growth promoter.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Evaluation of different medium for producing on farm arbuscular mycorrhizal inoculums.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Potential of different crop species for nickel and cadmium phytoremediation in peri-urban areas of Varanasi district (India) with more than twenty years of wastewater irrigation history.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Pest and disease tolerance in rice cv Pusa basmati as related to different locally available organic manures grown in new Alluvail region of west Bengal, India.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Bt cotton influencing enzymatic activities under varied soils.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Mycorrhiza-mediated phosphorus use efficiency in plants.
Amitava Rakshit
2013
Effect of BT Cotton on Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungiinfection under varied soil type.
Amitava Rakshit
2012
Evaluating effects of water withdrawals on chemical aspects of ground water quality in araziline block of Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Amitava Rakshit
2012
Chemical aspects of ground water quality in the shallow aquifers in selected districts of eastern Uttar Pradesh.
Amitava Rakshit
2012
Impact of long-term wastewater irrigation on the abundance of arbuscular mycorrhizal spores in the peri-urban soil of Varanasi.
Amitava Rakshit
2012
Efect of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus on the accumulation of Ni and Cd in rice (Oryza sativa L) crop.
Amitava Rakshit
2011
Nutrient use efficiency in different crop species: A review.
Amitava Rakshit
2011
Water purification using indigenous method.
Amitava Rakshit
2011
Effect of Bt cotton on nutrient dynamics under varied soil type.
Amitava Rakshit
2011
Waste water: A resource for agriculture.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Sorption and desorption behaviour of iodine in alluvial soils of Varanasi, India.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Effect of transplanting dates and spacing on yield attributing character, productivity and economics of potato cultivation through True Potato Seed (TPS) technology.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Role of VAM on growth and phosphorus nutrition of maize with low soluble phosphate fertilization.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Rice nursery management for healthy seedling.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Basics of conversion to organic farming.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Evaluation of maize cultivars for phosphorus use efficiency in an inceptisol.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Salt affected soils and their management.
Amitava Rakshit
2010
Bioremediation of peri-urban areas of Varanasi irrigated with treated sewage water.
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Performance of Abelmoschus esculentus L. cv Arka Anamika (IIHR Sel 10) grown in New Alluvail region of west Bengal, India with different locally available organic manures.
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Managing salt-affected soils for crop cultivation.
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Diagnosis of soil acidity and alkalinity problem in crop.
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Quality of underground water with a special reference to selenium in varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh.
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Fertiliser quality control with quick testing kits.
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Bioremidiation of contaminated soil-what is it?
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Influence of arbuscular mycorrhizal hyphal length on simulation of P influx with the mechanistic model.
Amitava Rakshit
2009
Influence of organic manures on productivity of two varieties of rice.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Biodiesel, a hope for future.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Liquid nutrition, a modern technique for efficient fertilization.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Conequence of climate change for Indian agricultural productivity and land use.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Research advances on physiological basis of crop growth in tomato: A review.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Evaluating different model based Decision Support Systems (DSS) in agriculture.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Implications of genetically engineered crops on soil fertility.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Indigenous arbuscular mycorrhiza is more important for early growth period of groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.) for P influx in an Oxisol.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Farming goes vertical: The new agriculture option for the future?
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Measurement of Arbuscular Mycorrhiinal Hyphal length and prediction of P influx by a mechanistic model.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Potential of different locally available organic manures on the performance of Abelmoschus esculentus L. Cv Arka Anamika (IIHR Sel 10) grown in New Alluvail region of West Bengal, India.
Amitava Rakshit
2008
Advances in integrated weed management technology for modern rice farming.
Amitava Rakshit
2007
An Indirect method for predicting activity of root exudates in field grown maize and groundnut in a low P soil.
Amitava Rakshit
2007
Studies on various growth parameters of twelve wheat genotypes under late sown condition.
Amitava Rakshit
2006
Simulation of phosphorus uptake of groundnut by model on low phosphorus supplying soil.
Amitava Rakshit
2003
Relative efficacy of organic manures on rice production in lateritic soil.
Amitava Rakshit
2003
Nutrient use efficiency for bumper harvest.
Amitava Rakshit
2002
Distribution of arbuscular mycorrhizal propagules in relation to physico-chemical properties in acid alluvial soils.
Amitava Rakshit
2002
Influence of boron on NPK uptake of rice (Oryza sativa L.) in acid alluvial soils of Coochbehar, West Bengal.
Amitava Rakshit
2002
Comparative efficacy of organic manures on the changes in soil properties and nutrient availability in an Alfisol.
Amitava Rakshit
2002
Relative efficacy of organic manures in improving resistance and pest tolerance of okra (cv. Parvani Kranti).
Amitava Rakshit
2002
Relative efficacy of organic manure in improving milling and cooking quality of rice.
Amitava Rakshit
2002
Response of basmati rice to integrated nutrient sources in lateritic soil of Eastern India.
Amitava Rakshit
2002
An overview of mycorrhizal symbioses.
Amitava Rakshit
2002