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General Informations

  • Join Date: 01/03/2016
  • College: Directorate of Research(Agri)
  • Department: AAU-Zonal Research Station, Gossaigaon
  • Office Email: vinod.upadhyay[at]aau.ac.in
  • Other Charges: Farm manager of RARS, Gossaigaon, ARIS CELL incharge of RARS Gossaigaon

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2010
B.Sc.(Agri.) with Plant Breeding and Genetics as Elective and Optional

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2012
M.Sc. in Mycology and Plant Pathology

Banaras Hindu University

 
 
 
 
 
2016
PhD in Plant Pathology

G.B.Pant University of Agriculture and Technology

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
01-03-2016 - Till date
Junior Scientist (Plant Pathology)

Regional Agricultural Research Station, Assam Agricutural University

Publications

S BRAHMA;V UPADHYAY;RK NATH;P SARMA AND (2022) . Scope of cassava (Manihot esculanta Crantz) in improving livelihood of tribal people in rural areas of Kokrajhar district of Assam, India, The Pharma Innovation, 0(2), 1298-1302
Bikash Hazarika;Manha Bathari;Vinod Upadhyay;Sunil Kumar Paul;Mahadev Uzir Basumatary;Palash Thengal;Utpal Kotoky (2020) . An overview of the unexplored underutilized fruit crops of Assam, India., Journal of Applied and Natural Science , 12(3), 442-453 , DOI : 10.20546/ijcmas.2019.804.046
Kuldip Medhi;Kushal Sarmah;Vinod Upadhyay;Sunil Kumar Paul;Athar N Islam;Bikash J Gharphalia (2020) . Verification and Usability analysis of medium range weather forecast for the Kokrajhar district of Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone of Assam., The Bioscan, 15(2), 363-370
Puja Pandey;KPS Kushwaha;Vinod Upadhyay (2020) . Role of weather parameters on occurrence of downy mildew of pea, Journal of Mycopathological research, 58(3), 680-682
Vinod Upadhyay;Kuldip Medhi;Puja Pandey;Palash Thengal;Sunil Kumar Paul;KPS Kushwaha (2019) . Rust diseases of Pea: A review, International journal of current microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(4), 416-434 , DOI : 10.20546/ijcmas.2019.804.046
Akansha Singh;Kalpana Gairola;Vinod Upadhyay;J Kumar (2018) . Chitosan: An elicitor and antimicrobial Bio-resource in plant protection., Agricultural Reviews , 39(2), 163-168
Akansha Singh;Vinod Upadhyay (2018) . A Review on Entomopathogenic Nematodes: Heterorhabditis and Steinernema, Advances in bioresearch, 9(2), 214-222 , DOI : 10.15515/abr.0976-4585.9.2.214222
Vinod Upadhyay;Puja Pandey;Akansha Singh;KPS Kushwaha (2018) . Management of U. Viciae–Fabae (Pers.) J. Schrot in Pisum sativum L. through alteration in sowing time, International journal of chemical studies, 6(2), 3226-3230
Vinod Upadhyay;KPS Kushwaha;Puja Pandey (2018) . Evaluation of potential fungicides for the management of pea rust under field condition, International journal of chemical studies, 6(2), 3085-3090
Puja Pandey;KPS Kushwaha;Vinod Upadhyay (2017) . Development of crop loss model using linear regression in pea against downy mildew., Trends in biosciences , 10(41), 8671-8673
Puja Pandey;KPS Kushwaha;Vinod Upadhyay (2017) . Influence of sowing date on downy mildew severity and yield in pea, International journal of chemical studies , 5(6), 680-682
Puja Pandey;KPS Kushwaha;Vinod Upadhyay (2017) . Evaluation of potential fungicides and bio agents for the management of pea downy mildew and yield under field condition, Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci, 6(12), 1381-1388 , DOI : 10.20546/ijcmas.2017.612.154
Vinod Upadhyay;KPS Kushwaha;Puja Pandey (2017) . Molecular screening of Pea Germplasm for Rust Disease Resistance., Journal of pure and applied microbiology , 11(1), 343-348 , DOI : 10.22207/JPAM.11.1.43
Vinod Upadhyay;KPS Kushwaha;Puja Pandey (2017) . Influence of weather parameters on progress of rust disease severity in Pea (Pisum sativum L.), Journal of Applied and Natural Science , 9(3), 1724-1728
Vinod Upadhyay;KPS Kushwaha;Puja Pandey (2017) . Evaluation of Pea Germplasms for Rust Disease Resistance, Journal of pure and applied microbiology, 11(1), 307-314 , DOI : 10.22207/JPAM.11.1.38
Vinod Upadhyay;KPS Kushwaha;Puja Pandey (2016) . Evaluation of Abiotic and Biotic Elicitors for Induction of Defense Related Enzymes in Pea against U. Viciae–Fabae (Pers.) J. Schrot, Vegetos , 29(3), 67-73 , DOI : 10.5958/2229-4473.2016.00069.0
Neelam;KPS Kushwaha;Vinod Upadhyay;Jodh Pal Singh (2016) . Evaluation of Bioagents against Rhizoctonia solani causing web blight in Urdbean [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper], Journal of Environment and Biosciences, 30(2), 359-361
Vinod Upadhyay;KPS Kushwaha;Puja Pandey (2015) . Inspection of different localities in uttarakhand and uttarpradesh for the prevalence of rust disease of pea (Pisum sativum.), Trends in biosciences , 8(16), 4336-4340
Vinod Upadhyay;SS Vaish;Nitish Rattan Bhardwaj (2014) . Effect of resource conservation practices and conventional practices on population dynamics of Meloidogyne graminicola under rice- wheat cropping system., African Journal of Microbiology research , 8(32), 3025-3028 , DOI : 10.5897/AJMR2014.6692
Vinod Upadhyay;Neelam;Nitish Rattan Bhardwaj (2014) . Evaluation of yield potential of Ganoderma lucidum using various substrates., Environment and ecology, 32(2), 518-521
Vinod Upadhyay;SS Vaish;Nitish Rattan Bhardwaj (2014) . Effect of resource conservation practices and conventional practices on population of Meloidogyne graminicola affecting different plant growth parameters in Rice., Environment and ecology, 32(2), 705-709
Vinod Upadhyay;Neelam;Nitish Rattan Bhardwaj (2014) . Survey of root knot disease in rice-wheat cropping system adopted under different resource conservation practices, Trends in Biosciences , 7(4), 1912-1916
Neelam;Vinod Upadhyay;KPS Kushwaha (2014) . Effect of Alcaligens faecalis supplementation to different casing mixtures on its physico-chemical properties and yield stimulation of Agaricus bisporus, The Bioscan, 9(2), 659-661
Prateeksha Mehra;Meenakshi Rana;Dinesh Rai;Vinod Upadhyay;AP Pandey (2014) . New Approaches in Insect Pest Management, Trends in Biosciences , 7(14), 1609-1618
D Rai;V Upadhyay;P Mehra;M Rana;AK Pandey (2014) . Potential of Entomopathogenic Fungi as Biopesticides, Indian Journal of Scientific Research and Technology , 2(5), 7-13
Vinod Upadhyay;Dinesh Rai;Meenakshi Rana;Prateeksha Mehra;AK Pandey (2014) . Verticillium lecani(zimm):a potential entomopathogenic fungus., International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology, 7(4), 719-727 , DOI : 10.5958/2230-732X.2014.01380.1
Vinod Upadhyay;Sajeesh PK;Puja Pandey;Supriya Gupta (2014) . Chemical elicitors : Better option for the management of post harvest diseases., Environment and , 32(2), 772-778
Vinod Upadhyay;Nitish Rattan Bhardwaj;Neelam;Sajeesh PK (2014) . Meloidogyne graminicola (Golden and Birchfield): Threat to Rice Production., Research journal of agriculture and forestry sciences , 2(3), 1-6
Nitish Rattan Bhardwaj;Vinod Upadhyay;Mamta Nagar (2014) . Biochemical Characterization of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. citri, causal agent of citrus canker., The Bioscan , 9(1), 429-431
Nitish Rattan Bhardwaj;JS Srivastava;Vinod Upadhyay;Dinesh Singh;Mamta Nagar (2014) . Genetic variability among isolates of Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri based on rep-PCR, Applied Biological Research, 16(1), 59-65 , DOI : 10.5958/0974-4517.2014.00048.2
Neelam;KPS Kushwaha;Vinod Upadhyay (2014) . Screening of urdbean germplasm for resistance against Rhizoctonia solani Kuhn causing web blight disease, International journal of Agriculture, Environment & Biotechnology, 7(2), 293-298 , DOI : 10.5958/2230-732X.2014.00246.0
Sajeesh PK;Rao MSL;Vinod Upadhyay (2014) . Management of seed borne fungal diseases of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merril.) through novel seed dressing fungicides, botanicals and bioagents., Trends in Biosciences, 7(4), 645-650
Neelam;KPS Kushwaha;Vinod Upadhyay (2014) . Eco-friendly approach to manage web blight disease in urdbean [Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper] through botanicals, Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 20(0), 1-4
Vinod Upadhyay;SS Vaish (2014) . Effect of resource conservation practices and conventional practices on Meloidogyne graminicola in relation to different soil parameters, Environment and ecology, 32(2), 575-578
Erayya;Jaba Jagdish;Sajeesh PK;Vinod Upadhyay (2013) . Nuclear polyhedrosis virus (npv), a potential biopesticide., , 1(8), 30-33
Upadhyay, V.; Pandey, P. and Kushwaha, K.(2020). Management of rust disease in field pea (Pisum sativum L.). LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN:978-620-2-51142-1
Upadhyay, V. and Vaish, S.S.(2016). Impact of Resource Conservation Practices on Meloidogyne graminicola. . LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany, ISBN:978-3-659-93766-8
PAUL, S.K. and UPADHYAY, V.(2022). Building Awareness about Millets cultivation in Assam. in : Fasal (A souvenir of 7th Assam Internation Agri-Horti Show-2022., Ahmed, A. and Rahman, M. (Eds), SOUVENEIR SUB COMMITTEE, 7TH ASSAM INTERNATIONAL AGRI-HORTI SHOW-2022,KHANAPARA, GUWAHATI, pp 98-102.
NATH, B.C.; BORA, L.C.; BORA, P.; SHARMA, S.; DEVI, E.P. and UPADHYAY, V.(2022). Impact of Climate Change on Disease Dynamics and Management Scenarios of North East India. in : Climate Change Dimensions and Mitigation Strategies for Agricultural Sustainability (Volume 1), CHOUDHARY, S.R.; PANDA, C.K.; (Eds), NEW DELHI PUBLISHERS,NEW DELHI, pp 231-245, ISBN:978-93-93878-38-0.
VERMA, A.K.; GHATAK, A.; MEENA, R.D.; SHARMA, M.; KUMAR, R.; UPADHYAY, V. and BALODI, R.(2022). Epidemiology and Management of important diseases of seed spices. in : Diseases of Horticultural Crops: Diagnosis and Management Vol3, SRIVASTAVA, J.N.; SINGH, A.K.; (Eds), APPLE ACADEMIC PRESS,NEW JERSEY AND CANADA, pp 277-317, ISBN:9781771889919.
Ghatak, A. and Upadhyay, V.(2017). Disease Management in Organic Agriculture. . in : ICAR sponsored winter school on Future approach to organic agriculture, Chemistry, D.O.S.S.A.A. (Ed), Bihar Agricultural University,Sabour, Bhagalpur (Bihar), pp 498-508.
Upadhyay, V.; Paul, S.K. and Kalita, B.(2017). Organic Agriculture: Necessity for sustainable development. . in : Silver Jubilee edition, State Level 25th National Childrens Science Congress , Congress, S.L.2.N.C.S.; (Ed), National Childrens Science Congress ,Assam, pp 22-25.
Upadhyay, V. and Paul, S.K.(2019). Doubling farmers income through various approaches to uplift socio-economic condition of farmers in Assam. in : Virangana, (NASS), N.A.S.S. (Ed), Nari AdhikarSuraksha Samiti (NASS),Assam, pp 45-47.
Upadhyay, V.; Paul, S.K.; Bhuyan, N.; Hazarika, B.; Uddin, H. and Thengal, P.(2020). Kokrajhar Jilat Toria Aru Sariyar Kheti. in : Assamat Sariyar Khetir Sambhawaniwata, Saikia, M.; Kalita, S.; (Eds), Director of Research(Agri.),Jorhat, Assam, pp 24-28, ISBN:AAU/DR/2-/BL/354/2020-21.
Nabi, A.; Bora, P.; Upadhyay, V.; Chetia, R. and Saikia, S.(2021). RICE: Bakanae and Tungro. in : Diseases of Nationally Important Field Crops, Khan, M.; Haque, Z.; Ahamad, F.; (Eds), Todays and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers,New Delhi, pp 133-139.
Upadhyay, V. and Bhardwaj, N.R.(2015). Activation of natural host defence by chemical elicitors for the management of post harvest diseases. in : Microbial Biodiversity: A boon for Agriculture Sustainability, Sinha, A. and Srivastava, S. Kumar, R.; (Eds), Biotech books,New Delhi, pp 377-390, ISBN: 10: 8176223417 / 13: 97.
Chouhan, D.; Upadhyay, V. and Gupta, S.(2014). Bauveria bassiana: a potential entomopathogenic fungus. in : Microbes in Agriculture- Environmental Sustainability and Crop Productivity, Sarma, B.; Singh, A. (Eds), Biotech books,New Delhi, pp 305-319, ISBN:978-81-7622-331-7.
Vaish, S.; Singh, U.; Pandey, S. and Upadhyay, V.(2016). Root knot Nematode (Meloidogyne graminicola): An emerging concern of Wheat and Barley in rice growing regions.. in : Major wheat diseases with their management, Vaish, S.S.; (Ed), Daya Publishing House,New Delhi, pp 169-195, ISBN: 9788185211978.
Devi, E.P.; Upadhyay, V. and Kushwaha, K.(2016). Seed borne diseases of wheat and their management. in : Major wheat diseases with their management, Vaish, S.S.; (Ed), Daya Publishing House,New Delhi, pp 93-108, ISBN:9788185211978.
Upadhyay, V. and Devi, E.P.(2019). Diseases of Arecanut. in : Disease of Economically Important Horticultural Crops, Puri, S. and Singh, R. Saraf, R.; (Eds), Daya Publishing House,New Delhi, pp 269-282, ISBN:978-93-51249-17-7.
Upadhyay, V. and Devi, E.P.(2019). Diseases of Banana. in : Disease of Economically Important Horticultural Crops, Puri, S. and Singh, R. Saraf, R.; (Eds), Daya Publishing House,New Delhi, pp 17-50, ISBN:978-93-51249-17-7.
Upadhyay, V. and Devi, E.P.(2019). Diseases of Zinger. in : Disease of Economically Important Horticultural Crops, Puri, S. and Singh, R. Saraf, R.; (Eds), Daya Publishing House,New Delhi, pp 283-302, ISBN:978-93-51249-17-7.
Upadhyay, V. and Devi, E.P.(2019). Mechanisms of Microbial Infection in Vegetable Diseases. in : Vegetable Pathosystems: Ecology, Disease Mechanisms and Management., Ghatak, A. and Ansar, M. (Eds), Apple Academic Press,New Jersey and Canada, pp 115-125, ISBN:978-1-77188-776-2. 1.
Achivements
  • EXTERNALLY FUNDED SELF-EARNED PROJECT AS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:


    a) NABARD funded project on " Doubling farmers income through cultivation of a high value fruit crop-Dragon fruit in Kokrajhar District".


    b) BTC Funded project on " Establishment of Large scale mushroom spawn unit to empower tribal women through oyster mushroom cultivation".


    EXTERNALLY FUNDED SELF-EARNED PROJECT AS CO-PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR:


    a)AAU funded project entitled " Standardization of crop geometry for maximum production of of leaf from intercropped food plant for eri silkworm rearing and quality eri cocoon production".
  • AWARDS:






    a) Young Scientist Award (Agriculture-2021)by the Society for Plant Research for the Year 2021.






    b) Young Scientist Award-2021 by the Society of Tropical Agriculture for the Year 2021.






    c) Best poster presentation award in International e-conference on post harvest disease management and value addition of Horticultural crops, ICAR,IARI-New Delhi, August 18-20.






    d) Best poster presentation award in 70th Annual Meeting of Indian Phytopathological Society, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, February 15-17, 2018.






    e) Best poster presentation award in Indian Phytopathological Society (Western Zone)at National symposium (virtual) on probing beneficial Microorganism for next green revolution, February 25-26, 2021.






    f) 2nd best oral presentation award in Zonal meeting of Indian Phytopathological Society (NEZ)& National conference on “ Facilitating a shift from chemo-centric to organic mode of plant health management in the North East”, 2016, November 04-05.






    g) 2nd runner up award for poster presentation in International Symposium on new dimensions in agrometeorology for sustainable agriculture from 16-18th October, 2014 jointly organized by Association of Agrometeorologists, Anand and G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar, India.
  • PUBLICATIONS:






    a)Research Paper Published in peer reviewed journals : 26 Nos.






    b)Review Paper Published in peer reviewed journals: 10 Nos.






    c) Book Chapter Published: 12 Nos.






    d)Book Published: 02 Nos.






    e)Popular Article Published: 21 Nos.






    f) Bulletin Published: 04 Nos.
  • ICAR-CAFT TRAINING ATTENDED:






    a) Participated in ICAR sponsored training course on “ Perspectives of Plant- microbe interactions in promoting plant health and disease management” from September-07-27, 2016 at G.B.PUAT, Pantnagar.






    b) Participate ICAR sponsored training course on “ Plant Disease Monitoring for Timely Management Options” from December-04-25, 2019 at centre of advanced and faculty training in Division of Plant Pathology, IARI, New Delhi-110012.
  • LIFE MEMBERSHIP OF JOURNAL:





    a) Indian Phytopathological Society – Indian Phytopathology Journal.





    b) Association of Agrometeorologists – Journal of Agrometeorology.





    c) Society for Plant Research- Vegetos-An International Journal of Plant Research and Biotechnology.
Membership
  • INDIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY
    Life Member
  • ASSOCIATION OF AGROMETEOROLOGISTS
    Life Member
  • SOCIETY FOR PLANT RESEARCH
    Life Member
Projects
  • AAU sponsored project on "Standardization of crop geometry for maximum production of leaf from inter-cropped food plant for eri silkworm rearing and quality eri cocoon production", project cost Rs.6.21 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • BODOLAND TERRITORIAL COUNCIL sponsored project on "Establishment of large scale mushroom spawn unit to empower tribal women through oyster mushroom cultivation", project cost Rs.37.00 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • NABARD sponsored project on "Doubling Farmers Income through Cultivation of a high value fruit crop-Dragon fruit in Kokrajhar District", project cost Rs.747725 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • NABARD sponsored project on "Doubling Farmers Income through Cultivation of a High Vlaue Fruit Crop –Dragon Fruit in Kokrajhar District.", project cost Rs.7.477 Lakh implemented in 2021.