General Informations

  • Join Date: 13/08/2013
  • College: Directorate of Research(Agri)
  • Department: AAU-Assam Rice Research Institute, Titabar
  • Office Email: mayuri.baruah[at]aau.ac.in

Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
2000
BSc in Agriculture

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2003
M.Sc in.Agriculture

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2022
Ph D in Agriculture

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
2004
Other Qualifications

ICAR-NET (ASRB)

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
13-08-2013 - 25-08-2014
JUNIOR SCIENTIST (ENTOMOLOGY)

ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

 
 
 
 
 
25-08-2014 - Till date
JUNIOR SCIENTIST (ENTOMOLOGY)

ASSAM AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Achievements
  • Associated as Entomologist in the development of medium duration high yielding rice variety, Numali. The variety out yielded the check varieties Satyaranjan and Basundhara by 20 percent. The variety was released and notified by the Central Seed Committee, Government of India during 2020
  • Associated as Entomologist in the development of medium duration high yielding submergence tolerant rice variety, Dholi. This Sub1 introgressed line is in Ranjit background. The variety was released and notified by the Central Seed Committee, Government of India during 2022
  • Associated as Entomologist in the development of High yielding Aromatic Purple Rice variety Labanya marketed through e-commerce platform, Amazon. This is the first product of AAU to be available online.
  • Associated as Entomologist in the development of Prachur.The parentage detail of the variety is Ranjit/IRBB 59 and developed by Pedigree method. The variety has been tested under All India Coordinated Rice Improvement Project (AICRIP) in IVT-RSL during 2020. The yield potential of the variety is 5.5 to 6.5 tons per hectare
  • Worked as Lead Scientist in technology development of Management of stem borer and leaf folder of rice: Two sprays of Cartap hydrochloride 50% SC @ 2 ml/lit at 30 and 50 days after transplanting that was included in POP , Kharif Crops, 2023
  • Worked as Associated Scientist in Technology development of Application of Silicon in the form of Orthosilicic acid granules @20 kg/ha each at maximum tillering and flowering is effective in improving plant growth, yield and increase the tolerance to biotic (stem borer,leaf folder, grain discoloration, BLB etc) and abiotic (moisture stress) in rice, included in POP , Kharif Crops, 2023
  • Worked as Associated Scientist in technology development of Management of stem borer and rice leaf folder population of rice: Two sprays of Chlorantraniliprole 18.5% SC @ 150 ml in 500 lit of water for 1 ha (20 ml of water in 67 lit of water for 1 bigha) at ETL and 20 days after first spraying that was included in POP, Kharif Crops, 2023
Membership
  • Association of Rice Research Workers
    Life Member
  • Assam Science Society
    Life Member
  • Academy For Advancement of Agricultural Science (AAAS)
    Life Member
  • The Entomological Society of India
    Annual Member
    2024
Projects
  • ICAR, Govt. of India sponsored project on "Cluster Front Line Demonstration on Toria (variety TS-38)", implemented in 2013.
  • AAU, Jorhat sponsored project on "Production of quality seeds of some popular AAU developed varieties of Rice and their marketing in PPP mode", project cost Rs.3000000 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • AAU, Jorhat sponsored project on "Amar Gaon Amar Gaurav", project cost Rs.200000 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • NABARD sponsored project on "Formation of Farmer Producer Organizations under Baghchung block under CBBO, AAU, Jorhat", project cost Rs.500000 Lakh implemented in 2022.
  • Sumitomo Chemical India Limited sponsored project on "Evulation of bio-efficacy of Ptofenofos 50% +Fenpropathrin 5% EC against stem borer and leaf folder infesting transplanted rice for two seasons", project cost Rs.200000 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • PI Industries sponsored project on "Evaluation of bio-efficacy of insecticides PIX20029 6.6% GR against insect pests of rice for kharif 2024 and Rabi 2024-2025", project cost Rs.200000 Lakh implemented in 2024.
  • NAHEP, ICAR-IASRI sponsored project on "National Image Base for Plant Protection under the NAHEP Component 2A", implemented in 2021.
  • SERB, GOI sponsored project on "Genome wide association studies for agronomic and nutritional traits using Multi Parent Advance Generation InterCross (MAGIC) population developed from Assam Rice", project cost Rs.29.94 Lakh implemented in 2021.
  • WORLD BANK sponsored project on "APART", implemented in 2018.
  • NCIPM,ICAR. NEW DELHI sponsored project on "IPM in rice and horticultural crops in NEH region,India", project cost Rs.500000 Lakh implemented in 2018.
  • NIBIO sponsored project on "AAU-NIBIO Climate Resilence Project", project cost Rs.2.1 Crore implemented in 2018.