Dr. Suman Roy

Dr. Suman Roy
Senior Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Germplasm Conservation

Contact

Off.-011-25802778
Email- suman.roy(AT)icar.gov.in, Rsuman2714(AT)gmail.com

Google Scholar

 https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Ig7DxKMAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
B.ScAgriculture (Hons.)2009
M.Sc.Agriculture (Crop Physiology)2011
Ph.D.Plant Physiology2018

SPECIALIZATION

Seed Conservation, Rice, Jute, Seed Physiology

Salient Achievements

  • Variety release through CVRC.
  1. JROP-5 (Pankaj): Corchorus olitorius (Tossa Jute) variety through CVRC
  2. JRCP-7(Arijit) : Corchorus capsularis (White Jute) variety through CVRC
  3. JROP-4 (Renuka): Corchorus olitorius (Tossa Jute) variety through CVRC
  4. JROV-5 (Vitapat-1): First vegetable purpose jute variety of India through CVRC
  5. JRCP-9 (Namita): Corchorus capsularis (White Jute) variety through CVRC
  • Android App:Developed “CRIJAF Advice” Android App as Co-developer for Growers of Jute & Allied Fibres
  • Copyright: Alam, N.M, Kar, G, Sarkar, S.K, Jha, S.k, Mitra, S, Gotyal, B.S and Roy, S (2022). http://krishi.icar.gov.in/PDF/ICAR_Data_Use_Licence.pdf
    Externally Funded Projects
    1. Consortia Research Platform on Agrobiodiversity: Characterization of Rice Genetic Resources (ICAR).PI
    2. ISRO-NRSC: Quantitative assessment of carbon and moisture fluxes over Jute based agro-ecosystem: Integrating ground observations, satellite data and modelling (ISRO).Co-PI
    3. ICAR-NICRA: Bioethanol from lignocellulose biomass (Jute and Mesta-kenaf): a green fuel for climate change mitigation  (NICRA).Co-PI
    4. WB-DST: Assessment of vulnerability of jute production to climate change and its mitigation strategies development using remote sensing and GIS in West Bengal (WB-DST).Co-PI
    5. Utilizing the potential of jute biomass for bioethanol production (WB-DST).Co-PI
    6. Impact of tropospheric ozone on crop production under jute-rice cropping system (NICRA).Co-PI

Awards/Honours

  1. CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship in Life Sciences
  2. DST-INSPIRE Fellowship
  3. M.Sc. Gold medal
  4. K. S. Krishnasastry Memorial Gold Medal
  5. Jagadis Bose National Science Talent Search Fellowship

Recent Publications Research Papers

  • Roy S, Arora A, Chinnusamy V and Singh V. P. (2017). Endogenous reduced ascorbate: an indicator of plant water deficit stress in wheat. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology, 22, 365-368 (NAAS : 7.7).
  • Sharma L*, Roy S*, Satya P, Alam NM, Goswami T, Barman D, Bera A, Saha R, Mitra S and Mitra J (2024) Exogenous ascorbic acid application ameliorates drought stress through improvement in morpho-physiology, nutrient dynamics, stress metabolite production and antioxidant activities recovering cellulosic fibre production in jute (Corchorus olitorius L.). Industrial Crops and Products, 217:118808 (NAAS rating: 11.90).
  • Venugopalan V. K, Nath R, Sengupta K, Pal A. K, Banerjee S, Banerjee P, Chandran M. A. S, Roy S, Sharma L, Hossain A and Siddique K. H. M (2022). Foliar spray of micronutrients alleviates heat and moisture stress in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik) grown under rainfed field conditions. Frontiers in plant science, 13, p.847743. (NAAS:11.60).
  • Sharma L, Alam N. M, Roy S, Satya P, Kar G, Ghosh, S, Goswami T and Majumder, B (2023). Optimization of alkali pretreatment and enzymatic saccharification of jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) biomass using response surface methodology. Bioresource Technology, 386,p128318 (NAAS : 17.40).
  • Satya P, Sarkar D, Vijayan J, Ray S, Ray D. P, Mandal N. A, Roy S, Sharma, L, Bera A, Kar C. S, Mitra J and Singh N. K (2021). Pectin biosynthesis pathways are adapted to higher rhamnogalacturonan formation in lignocellulosic jute (Corchorus spp.) Plant Growth Regulation https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-020-006736 (NAAS: 10.80).
  • Barman D, Chakraborty A, Das P. K, Roy S, Saha R, Mazumder S.P, Bandyopadhyay S, Singh A. K, Mitra S, Kundu D.K, Bagui A, Murthy C.S, Rao P.V.N, Choudhury, S and KarG (2022). Net ecosystem CO2 exchange from jute crop (Corchorus olitorius L.) and its environmental drivers in tropical Indo‑Gangetic plain using open‑path eddy covariance
    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 194:251 (NAAS: 9.00).
  • Thakur M, Parveen S, Divte P.R, Mitra R, Kumar M, Gupta C. K, Kalidindi U, Bansal R, Roy S, Anand A, Singh B (2022). Metal tolerance in plants: Molecular and physicochemical interface determines the “not so heavy effect” of heavy metals. Chemosphere, 287: 131957 (NAAS: 14.80).
  • Sharma L, Saha S, Mondal T, Pushkar S, Roy S, Chinnusamy V (2018) Standardization and validation of a LC-method for quantification of indole-3-acetic acid in rice genotypes. Pesticide Research Journal 30(1):16-23. (NAAS rating: 5.55)
  • Satya P, Sarkar D, Chatterjee A, Pal S, Ray S, Sharma L, Roy S, Bera A, Ghosh S, Mitra J, Kar G (2022) Biosynthesis and Chemopreventive Potential of Jute (Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius) Flavonoids and Phylogeny of Flavonoid Biosynthesis Pathways. Planta Medica International Open. 9(01):e23-33 (IF: 2.1).
  • Ghorai A. K and Roy S. (2022). Weed smothering in jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) by its high density broadcast sowing. Journal of Krishi Vigyan, 10(2), 329-335 (NAAS rating: 4.95).

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