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48
Citations
8568
World Ranking
2409
National Ranking
62

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Gene
  • Agriculture

Hari S. Gupta mainly focuses on Botany, Agronomy, Loam, Bacteria and Fertilizer. His Botany research includes themes of Biomass, Protein malnutrition and Animal science. His work deals with themes such as Biological value, Allele, Genotype and Introgression, which intersect with Agronomy.

His Loam research integrates issues from Soil organic matter, Conventional tillage, Crop rotation and Soil fertility. His studies in Bacteria integrate themes in fields like Hydrogen cyanide, Phosphate and Seedling. His Fertilizer research incorporates themes from Vermicompost, Compost and Manure.

His most cited work include:

  • Carbon sequestration and relationship between carbon addition and storage under rainfed soybean–wheat rotation in a sandy loam soil of the Indian Himalayas (167 citations)
  • Sustainability under combined application of mineral and organic fertilizers in a rainfed soybean–wheat system of the Indian Himalayas (141 citations)
  • Effect of tillage and crop rotations on pore size distribution and soil hydraulic conductivity in sandy clay loam soil of the Indian Himalayas (138 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Botany, Horticulture, Genetics and Veterinary medicine. His work carried out in the field of Agronomy brings together such families of science as Soil water and Loam. His research integrates issues of Soil carbon, Conventional tillage, Soil organic matter, Crop rotation and No-till farming in his study of Loam.

The concepts of his Botany study are interwoven with issues in Bacillus thuringiensis, 16S ribosomal RNA, Bacteria and Phosphate. His Bacteria research includes elements of Hydrogen cyanide and Seedling. The various areas that Hari S. Gupta examines in his Fertilizer study include Vermicompost and Crop yield.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (45.71%)
  • Botany (28.57%)
  • Horticulture (15.00%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2013-2020)?

  • Genetics (14.29%)
  • Biofortification (8.57%)
  • Gene (9.29%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Genetics, Biofortification, Gene, Genotype and Agronomy. His study in Genetics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Cultivar and Drought tolerance. His Biofortification study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Zinc deficiency, Genetic variation, Carotenoid and Backcrossing.

His study in the fields of Transporter under the domain of Gene overlaps with other disciplines such as Transcriptome. His work deals with themes such as Endosperm, Microsatellite and Inbred strain, which intersect with Genotype. With his scientific publications, his incorporates both Agronomy and Mathematics.

Between 2013 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Genomic Selection for Drought Tolerance Using Genome-Wide SNPs in Maize. (47 citations)
  • Biofortification of maize: An Indian perspective (27 citations)
  • Mapping QTLs for opaque2 modifiers influencing the tryptophan content in quality protein maize using genomic and candidate gene-based SSRs of lysine and tryptophan metabolic pathway. (21 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Agriculture
  • Gene

Hari S. Gupta mostly deals with Genetics, Gene, Biofortification, Micronutrient and Agronomy. His study in Genetics is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Cultivar and Drought tolerance. The study incorporates disciplines such as Biotechnology, Malnutrition and Plant breeding in addition to Biofortification.

His Plant breeding research incorporates elements of Staple food, Micronutrient deficiency, Genetic variation and Crop. Hari S. Gupta integrates Agronomy with Mathematics in his research. His Genotype study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Lipid metabolism, Transcription factor, Transporter and Chromosome 3.

Best Publications

  • Sustainability under combined application of mineral and organic fertilizers in a rainfed soybean–wheat system of the Indian Himalayas

    Ranjan Bhattacharyya;S. Kundu;Ved Prakash;H.S. Gupta

  • Carbon sequestration and relationship between carbon addition and storage under rainfed soybean–wheat rotation in a sandy loam soil of the Indian Himalayas

    S. Kundu;Ranjan Bhattacharyya;Ved Prakash;B.N. Ghosh

  • Influence of organic amendments on growth, yield and quality of wheat and on soil properties during transition to organic production

    K. A. Gopinath;Supradip Saha;B. L. Mina;Harit Pande

  • Effect of tillage and crop rotations on pore size distribution and soil hydraulic conductivity in sandy clay loam soil of the Indian Himalayas

    Ranjan Bhattacharyya;Ved Prakash;S. Kundu;H.S. Gupta

  • Long-term farmyard manure application effects on properties of a silty clay loam soil under irrigated wheat–soybean rotation

    Ranjan Bhattacharyya;S. Chandra;R.D. Singh;S. Kundu

  • Integrating marker-assisted selection in crop breeding: Prospects and challenges

    R. Babu;Sudha K. Nair;B. M. Prasanna;H. S. Gupta

  • Cold tolerance and plant growth promotion potential of Serratia marcescens strain SRM (MTCC 8708) isolated from flowers of summer squash (Cucurbita pepo)

    G. Selvakumar;M. Mohan;S. Kundu;A.D. Gupta

  • Two-generation marker-aided backcrossing for rapid conversion of normal maize lines to quality protein maize (QPM)

    R. Babu;S. K. Nair;A. Kumar;S. Venkatesh

  • Development of β-carotene rich maize hybrids through marker-assisted introgression of β-carotene hydroxylase allele.

    Vignesh Muthusamy;Firoz Hossain;Nepolean Thirunavukkarasu;Mukesh Choudhary

  • Tillage and irrigation effects on crop yields and soil properties under the rice–wheat system in the Indian Himalayas

    Rajasri Bhattacharyya;S. Kundu;S.C. Pandey;K.G. Singh

  • Long term effects of fertilization on carbon and nitrogen sequestration and aggregate associated carbon and nitrogen in the Indian sub-Himalayas

    Ranjan Bhattacharyya;Ranjan Bhattacharyya;Ved Prakash;S. Kundu;A. K. Srivastva

  • Soil aggregation and organic matter in a sandy clay loam soil of the Indian Himalayas under different tillage and crop regimes

    R. Bhattacharyya;Ved Prakash;S. Kundu;A.K. Srivastva

  • Characterization of a cold-tolerant plant growth-promoting bacterium Pantoea dispersa 1A isolated from a sub-alpine soil in the North Western Indian Himalayas

    G. Selvakumar;S. Kundu;Piyush Joshi;Sehar Nazim

  • Genomic Selection for Drought Tolerance Using Genome-Wide SNPs in Maize.

    Mittal Shikha;Arora Kanika;Atmakuri Ramakrishna Rao;Mallana Gowdra Mallikarjuna

  • Alleviation of cold stress in inoculated wheat ( Triticum aestivum L .) seedlings with psychrotolerant Pseudomonads from NW Himalayas

    Pankaj Kumar Mishra;Shekhar Chandra Bisht;Pooja Ruwari;Govindan Selvakumar

  • Accelerated development of quality protein maize hybrid through marker‐assisted introgression of opaque‐2 allele

    Hari S. Gupta;Hari S. Gupta;Babu Raman;Babu Raman;Pawan K. Agrawal;Vinay Mahajan

  • Quality protein maize for nutritional security: rapid development of short duration hybrids through molecular marker assisted breeding.

    H.S. Gupta;P.K. Agrawal;V. Mahajan;G.S. Bisht

  • Coinoculation of Bacillus thuringeinsis-KR1 with Rhizobium leguminosarum enhances plant growth and nodulation of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and lentil (Lens culinaris L.)

    Pankaj K. Mishra;Smita Mishra;G. Selvakumar;J. K. Bisht

  • Long term fertilization effects on soil organic carbon pools in a sandy loam soil of the Indian sub-Himalayas

    Ranjan Bhattacharyya;Samaresh Kundu;Anil Kumar Srivastva;Hari Shankar Gupta

  • Relative changes in phosphatase activities as influenced by source and application rate of organic composts in field crops

    Supradip Saha;B.L. Mina;K.A. Gopinath;S. Kundu

  • Isolation and Characterization of Nonrhizobial Plant Growth Promoting Bacteria from Nodules of Kudzu (Pueraria thunbergiana) and Their Effect on Wheat Seedling Growth

    G. Selvakumar;S. Kundu;Anand D. Gupta;Yogesh S. Shouche

  • Phosphate solubilization and growth promotion by Pseudomonas fragi CS11RH1 (MTCC 8984), a psychrotolerant bacterium isolated from a high altitude Himalayan rhizosphere

    Govindan Selvakumar;Piyush Joshi;Sehar Nazim;Pankaj K. Mishra

  • Pseudomonas lurida M2RH3 (MTCC 9245), a psychrotolerant bacterium from the Uttarakhand Himalayas, solubilizes phosphate and promotes wheat seedling growth

    Govindan Selvakumar;Govindan Selvakumar;Piyush Joshi;Preeti Suyal;Pankaj K. Mishra

  • Tillage and Irrigation Effects on Soil Aggregation and Carbon Pools in the Indian Sub-Himalayas

    Ranjan Bhattacharyya;S. C. Pandey;J. K. Bisht;J. C. Bhatt

  • Growth promotion of wheat seedlings by Exiguobacterium acetylicum 1P (MTCC 8707) a cold tolerant bacterial strain from the Uttarakhand Himalayas

    G. Selvakumar;S. Kundu;Piyush Joshi;Sehar Nazim

  • Mapping QTLs for popping ability in a popcorn × flint corn cross

    R. Babu;S. K. Nair;A. Kumar;H. S. Rao

  • Changes in soil nutrient content and enzymatic activity under conventional and zero-tillage practices in an Indian sandy clay loam soil

    B. L. Mina;Supradip Saha;Narendra Kumar;A. K. Srivastva

  • Nutritional quality of organic rice grown on organic composts

    Supradip Saha;A. K. Pandey;K. A. Gopinath;R. Bhattacharaya

  • Organic amendments affect biochemical properties of a subtemperate soil of the Indian Himalayas

    Supradip Saha;B. L. Mina;K. A. Gopinath;S. Kundu

  • Exiguobacterium acetylicum strain 1P (MTCC 8707) a novel bacterial antagonist from the North Western Indian Himalayas.

    Govindan Selvakumar;Piyush Joshi;Sehar Nazim;Pankaj K. Mishra

Frequent Co-Authors

Samaresh Kundu
Samaresh Kundu Indian Institute of Soil Science
Nepolean Thirunavukkarasu
Nepolean Thirunavukkarasu Indian Institute of Millets Research
Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Ranjan Bhattacharyya Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Boddupalli M. Prasanna
Boddupalli M. Prasanna International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University
Abhishek Rathore
Abhishek Rathore International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Jagdish K. Ladha
Jagdish K. Ladha University of California, Davis
Himanshu Pathak
Himanshu Pathak Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Raman Babu
Raman Babu Corteva Agriscience

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