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Plant Science and Agronomy
India
2026

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
75
Citations
21561
World Ranking
534
National Ranking
8

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in India Leader Award

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Agronomy

His primary areas of investigation include Agronomy, Fertilizer, Cropping system, Crop yield and Soil fertility. Himanshu Pathak has included themes like Oryza sativa and Nutrient in his Agronomy study. Crop residue, Edible Grain and Land degradation is closely connected to Manure in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Fertilizer.

The Cropping system study combines topics in areas such as Transplanting, Field experiment and Tillage. His biological study deals with issues like Agroforestry, which deal with fields such as Climate change, Food security and China. His Soil fertility study incorporates themes from Green manure, Soil carbon, Rice wheat and Sowing.

His most cited work include:

  • Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and Prospects (648 citations)
  • How extensive are yield declines in long-term rice-wheat experiments in Asia? (365 citations)
  • Chapter 3 Regional Vulnerability of Climate Change Impacts on Asian Rice Production and Scope for Adaptation (337 citations)

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

Agronomy, Agriculture, Greenhouse gas, Fertilizer and Soil water are his primary areas of study. Crop, Cropping system, Irrigation, Sowing and Tillage are the core of his Agronomy study. Himanshu Pathak interconnects Agroforestry, Natural resource economics and Climate change in the investigation of issues within Agriculture.

His study on Greenhouse gas also encompasses disciplines like

  • Nitrous oxide most often made with reference to Methane,
  • Carbon dioxide which connect with Animal science. The various areas that Himanshu Pathak examines in his Fertilizer study include Urea, Leaching, Manure, Nutrient and Straw. His work deals with themes such as Crop yield and Water content, which intersect with Soil water.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Agronomy (52.22%)
  • Agriculture (23.65%)
  • Greenhouse gas (23.15%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2015-2021)?

  • Agronomy (52.22%)
  • Crop (14.29%)
  • Agriculture (23.65%)

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

Himanshu Pathak mostly deals with Agronomy, Crop, Agriculture, Greenhouse gas and Carbon dioxide. Himanshu Pathak usually deals with Agronomy and limits it to topics linked to No-till farming and Conventional tillage and Soil carbon. Himanshu Pathak has included themes like Nitrogenase, Climate change and Chlorophyll, Horticulture in his Crop study.

His Agriculture research incorporates themes from Food processing, Nitrogen cycle and Environmental protection. His Greenhouse gas research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Agricultural productivity, Fertilizer, Particulates and Residue. His Carbon dioxide research integrates issues from Inoculation, Botany, Nitrous oxide, Test weight and Animal science.

Between 2015 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Global nitrogen budgets in cereals: A 50-year assessment for maize, rice, and wheat production systems. (165 citations)
  • Mitigation of greenhouse gas emission from rice–wheat system of the Indo-Gangetic plains: Through tillage, irrigation and fertilizer management (64 citations)
  • A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: pathways to climate change mitigation and global food security (59 citations)

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

  • Agriculture
  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Agronomy, Crop, Carbon dioxide, Tillage and No-till farming. His biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Soil water, Crop residue and Greenhouse gas. His research in Soil water intersects with topics in Agriculture and Emission inventory.

His studies deal with areas such as Fertilizer and Irrigation as well as Crop. He works mostly in the field of Carbon dioxide, limiting it down to topics relating to Nitrous oxide and, in certain cases, Environmental chemistry, Soil science, Tropospheric ozone and Global warming, as a part of the same area of interest. His work in No-till farming addresses issues such as Soil carbon, which are connected to fields such as Organic matter, Agroforestry, Soil fertility, Soil organic matter and Soil health.

Best Publications

  • Efficiency of Fertilizer Nitrogen in Cereal Production: Retrospects and Prospects

    Jagdish K. Ladha;Himanshu Pathak;Timothy J. Krupnik;J. Six

  • How extensive are yield declines in long-term rice-wheat experiments in Asia?

    J.K Ladha;D Dawe;H Pathak;A.T Padre

  • Regional vulnerability of climate change impacts on Asian rice production and scope for adaptation

    R. Wassmann;S.V.K. Jagadish;K. Sumfleth;H. Pathak

  • Emission of Air Pollutants from Crop Residue Burning in India

    Niveta Jain;Arti Bhatia;Himanshu Pathak

  • Climate change affecting rice production: the physiological and agronomic basis for possible adaptation strategies

    R. Wassmann;S.V.K. Jagadish;S. Heuer;A. Ismail

  • Global nitrogen budgets in cereals: A 50-year assessment for maize, rice, and wheat production systems.

    J. K. Ladha;A. Tirol-Padre;C. K. Reddy;Kenneth Cassman

  • Saving of Water and Labor in a Rice–Wheat System with No-Tillage and Direct Seeding Technologies

    Lav Bhushan;Jagdish K. Ladha;Raj K. Gupta;S. Singh

  • Carbon and nitrogen mineralization from added organic matter in saline and alkali soils

    H. Pathak;D.L.N. Rao

  • Metal(loid)s (As, Hg, Se, Pb and Cd) in paddy soil: Bioavailability and potential risk to human health.

    Rubina Khanam;Anjani Kumar;A K Nayak;Shahid

  • Trends of climatic potential and on-farm yields of rice and wheat in the Indo-Gangetic Plains

    H Pathak;J.K Ladha;P.K Aggarwal;S Peng

  • Yield and Soil Nutrient Changes in a Long-Term Rice-Wheat Rotation in India

    A. L. Bhandari;J. K. Ladha;H. Pathak;A. T. Padre

  • Performance evaluation of AquaCrop model for maize crop in a semi-arid environment

    M. Abedinpour;A. Sarangi;T.B.S. Rajput;Man Singh

  • A review on biochar modulated soil condition improvements and nutrient dynamics concerning crop yields: Pathways to climate change mitigation and global food security.

    T.J. Purakayastha;T. Bera;Debarati Bhaduri;Binoy Sarkar

  • Emission of carbon dioxide from soil

    Monika Rastogi;Shalini Singh;H. Pathak

  • Use of flyash and biogas slurry for improving wheat yield and physical properties of soil

    R N Garg;H Pathak;D K Das;R K Tomar

  • InfoCrop: A dynamic simulation model for the assessment of crop yields, losses due to pests, and environmental impact of agro-ecosystems in tropical environments. I. Model description

    P.K. Aggarwal;N. Kalra;S. Chander;H. Pathak

  • Tillage and Crop Establishment Affects Sustainability of South Asian Rice―Wheat System

    Mahesh K. Gathala;J. K. Ladha;Vivak Kumar;Vivak Kumar;Yashpal S. Saharawat

  • Productivity trends in intensive rice-wheat cropping systems in Asia.

    Jagdish K. Ladha;Himanshu Pathak;Agnes Tirol-Padre;David Dawe

  • Greenhouse gas emissions from Indian rice fields: calibration and upscaling using the DNDC model

    H. Pathak;C. Li;R. Wassmann

  • Carbon footprints of Indian food items

    Himanshu Pathak;Niveta Jain;Arti Bhatia;Patel J

  • Calibrating the leaf color chart for nitrogen management in different genotypes of rice and wheat in a systems perspective

    Arvind K. Shukla;Jagdish K. Ladha;V. K. Singh;B. S. Dwivedi

  • Yield and Soil Fertility Trends in a 20-Year Rice–Rice–Wheat Experiment in Nepal

    A. P. Regmi;J. K. Ladha;H. Pathak;E. Pasuquin

  • InfoCrop: A dynamic simulation model for the assessment of crop yields, losses due to pests, and environmental impact of agro-ecosystems in tropical environments. II. Performance of the model

    P.K. Aggarwal;B. Banerjee;M.G. Daryaei;A. Bhatia

Frequent Co-Authors

Arti Bhatia
Arti Bhatia Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Jagdish K. Ladha
Jagdish K. Ladha University of California, Davis
Pramod K. Aggarwal
Pramod K. Aggarwal Borlaug Institute for South Asia
Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Ranjan Bhattacharyya Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Gyanendra Pratap Singh
Gyanendra Pratap Singh Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Mangi Lal Jat
Mangi Lal Jat International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Reiner Wassmann
Reiner Wassmann International Atomic Energy Agency
Mahesh K. Gathala
Mahesh K. Gathala International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Y.S. Saharawat
Y.S. Saharawat International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas, Syria
Tapan Kumar Adhya
Tapan Kumar Adhya KIIT University

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