03582-270012
Vegetable and Spice Crops
Head
Prof. Jagadish Chandra Jana
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
Phone: 03582-270157, +91-9475832372 (M)
Fax: 03582-270157
It is an academic department of the Faculty of Horticulture of the University conducting Post Graduate Studies both M. Sc. (Horticulture) in Vegetable and Spice Crops and Ph. D. (Horticulture) in Vegetable and Spice Crops degree programmes.
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Prof. Jagadish Chandra Jana |
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[email protected], [email protected] |
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03582-270157 (O) |
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03582-270157 (O) |
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+91-9475832372 |
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Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, P.O.- Pundibari, Dist- Cooch Behar, PIN-736165, West Bengal. |
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Dean, Faculty of Horticulture |
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Faculty of Horticulture | |
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UG & PG (M.Sc. & Ph.D) teaching and research on improvement and management of vegetable and spice crops.
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Field of Interest
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Breeding and Seed/Planting material Production of solanaceous and cole vegetable Crops, Ginger, turmeric and Black Peper. Nutrient management of Major vegetable and Spice crops in poor fertile micronutrient deficient and acidic sandy loam soil of terai agro-climatic region of West Bengal.
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| Name | : | Prof. Ranjit Chatterjee |
| Email Id (If any) | : | [email protected], [email protected] |
| Telephone No | : | 094341-97862 (M), 03582-270157 (O) |
| Fax No | : | 03582-270157 |
| Postal Address | : | Deptt. of Vegetables and Spice Crops, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar. West Bengal, India, Pin- 736165 |
| Designation | : | Professor |
| Establishment / Department | : | Vegetables and Spice Crops. |
| Activity (Research / Teaching / Administrative) | : | Teaching (UG & PG) and Research |
| Field of Interest | : | Organic farming in vegetable crops with special emphasis on vermicomposting and recycling of organic residues. |
| Name | : | Prof. Suchand Datta |
| Email Id (If any) | : | [email protected] |
| Telephone No | : | 094342-28494 (M), 03582-270157 (O) |
| Fax No | : | 03582-270157 |
| Postal Address | : | Regional Research Station, Terai Zone, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar. West Bengal, India, Pin- 736165 |
| Designation | : | Professor |
| Establishment / Department | : | Vegetables and Spice Crops. |
| Activity (Research / Teaching / Administrative) | : | Teaching (UG & PG) and Research |
| Field of Interest | : | Breeding and agro-techniques of solanaceous crop. Collection, maintaience and development of agro-techniques of medicinal plant. |
| Name | : | Mr. Shibnath Basfore |
| Email Id (If any) | : | [email protected] |
| Telephone No | : | +91 9641319674(M), 03582-270157/ 270756(O) |
| Fax No | : | 03582-270157 |
| Postal Address | : | Deptt. of Vegetables and Spice Crops, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar. West Bengal, India, Pin- 736165 |
| Designation | : | Assistant Professor |
| Establishment / Department | : | Vegetables and Spice Crops. |
| Activity (Research / Teaching / Administrative) | : | Teaching (UG & PG) |
| Field of Interest | : | Vegetable breeding (Disease resistant breeding) |
| Name | : | Dr. Subhamoy Sikder |
| Email Id (If any) | : | [email protected] |
| Telephone No | : | +91 8436956667(M), 03582-270157/ 270756(O) |
| Fax No | : | 03582-270157 |
| Postal Address | : | Deptt. of Vegetables and Spice Crops, Faculty of Horticulture, Uttar Banga Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Pundibari, Cooch Behar. West Bengal, India, Pin- 736165 |
| Designation | : | Assistant Professor |
| Establishment / Department | : | Vegetables and Spice Crops. |
| Activity (Research / Teaching / Administrative) | : | Teaching (UG & PG) |
| Field of Interest | : | Vegetable breeding (Hybridization and Mutation) |
| Name | : | Dr. Dipak Kumar Murmu |
| Email Id (If any) | : | [email protected] |
| Telephone No | : | 094342-28494 (M), 03582-270157 (O) |
| Fax No | : | 9734452347 |
| Postal Address | : | RRS, Majhian, Dakshin Dinajpur |
| Designation | : | Assistant Professor |
| Establishment / Department | : | Spices and Plantation Crops (associated with MIDH Spices Project) |
| Activity (Research / Teaching / Administrative) | : | Teaching (UG & PG) and Research |
| Field of Interest | : | Vegetable and Spice Crops |
| Name | : | Dr. Ram Krishna Sarkar |
| Email Id (If any) | : | [email protected] |
| Telephone No | : | 094342-28494 (M), 03582-270157 (O) |
| Fax No | : | 9851273027 |
| Postal Address | : | RRSS, UBKV, Kharibari |
| Designation | : | Assistant Professor |
| Establishment / Department | : | Vegetables and Spice Crops. |
| Activity (Research / Teaching / Administrative) | : | Teaching (UG & PG) and Research |
| Field of Interest | : | Vegetable and Spice Crops |
Research Thrust Areas:
- Development of appropriate vegetable based cropping systems for different agro-climatic zones.
- Development and evaluation of improved varieties and hybrids of vegetables and spices with good quality high production potential, biotic and abiotic resistance and suitable for export.
- Development and field testing of integrated management of nutrients, diseases and pests of important vegetable crops to reduce input costs, environmental pollution and to avoid pesticide-residue problems.
- Protected cultivation of vegetables and herbal spices.
- Development of package of practices for production of organic vegetable produce.
- Development of Post Harvest Technologies and value added products of vegetable and spices.
Infrastructure and support facilities created/available:
- Instructional Farm of the Department
- Growth and Yield Analysis Laboratory-1
- Quality Analysis Laboratory -1
- Crop Breeding Laboratory-1
- Small Nursery cum Storage of Quality Planting Materials-1
- Departmental Library-1
