Dr. Apurba Pal
Name: Dr. Apurba Pal
Qualification: Doctorate in Plant Physiology
Designation : Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist
Department: Basic science (Crop Physiology)
Institute name : Birsa Agricultural University
College address : Horticulture College, Birsa Agricultural University, Kanke, Ranchi, Jharkhand-834006
Publication Type: Journal
Paper title : Differential Responses on Chlorophyll Content, Osmolyte Accumulation and Membrane Damage Parameters under Salinity Stress on Tolerant and Susceptible Genotypes of Groundnut. DOI: 10.18805/LR-4284
Journal name : Legume Research - An International Journal
Volume : 43
Month of Publication : May(26-05-2020)
Year : 2020
Page No. : 1-11
ISSN : 0250-5371
About Dr. Apurba Pal
Dr. Apurba Pal, born on 22nd July, 1991, started his erudite teaching career as Assistant Professor cum Junior Scientist, in the Department of Basic Science (Crop Physiology), Horticulture College, Khuntpani, Chaibasa, under Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi, Jharkhand. He obtained his B.Sc degree in Agriculture from Palli Siksha Bhabana, Visva Bharati University, West Bengal in the year 2012 and Master degree in Plant Physiology from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Nadia, West Bengal in 2014. He achieved University Research Scholarship during his Master degree programme and awarded with Gold Medal for securing highest grade point in Plant Physiology department, BCKV. He pursued his Ph.D degree in Plant Physiology from the same university in 2018. The title of his Ph.D. dissertation was “Evaluation of groundnut [Arachis hypogaea L.] genotypes for salt tolerance and amelioration of salt stress”. He was the recipient of National Fellowship (NFO) by UGC, entrusted and funded by Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India, New Delhi. Dr. Pal gathered experience for very short period of time as the faculty member of TSRDAM, the first Private Agriculture Institute, affiliated to University of Kalyani, West Bengal.His area of interest are Plant Stress Physiology, Hormonal Physiology, Hydroponics, Tissue Culture, Reproductive Biology, Herbicide Physiology, Cytology and Histochemical study of plant tissue. He has to his credit 18 research papers, 11 popular articles and 2 book chapters. He is an active member of editorial board of e-magazine “Agriculture and food” and “AgriCos e-Newsletter”. Dr. Pal is recipient of Innovative Article Award and Best Paper Award from e-magazine “Agriculture and food” and “Indian Farmer” respectively. He is currently working on diverse attributes of moisture and salinity stress and hormonal crosstalk related to parthenocarpy.