All India Coordinated Research Project on Micro and Secondary Nutrients & pollutant Elements in soils and plants( MSPE), GKVK, Bangalore

AICRP Scheme/ Unit			AICRP on Micro, Secondary Nutrients and Pollutant Elements in Soils and Plants
Location			Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, UAS, GKVK, Bengaluru
Year of Start			2015
Mandate
Delineation and Reassessment of micro and secondary nutrients deficient areas and updating soil fertility maps
Research Programmes
v Programme 1: Delineation and reassessment of micro and secondary nutrients deficient areas and updating soil fertility maps v Programme 2: Micronutrient distribution in soil profile of major soil orders of India v Programme 3: Refinement of critical value of micro and secondary nutrients in soils and standardization of soil test methods v Programme 4: Amelioration of micro and secondary nutrients deficiency in crops for enhancing nutrient use efficiency (NUE) v Programme 5: Screening of crop genotypes for micronutrient efficiency v Programme 6: Study on secondary and micronutrient in soil-plant –animal-human continuum v Programme 7: Monitoring of heavy metal toxicity in relation to soil-plant-human/animal continuum v Programme 8 : Effect of phasing of Zn application on fate of Zn pools in different soils and cropping systems v Programme 9 : Frontline demonstrations on effective technologies generated by the centres should be conducted with proper approval from PC(M)
Research Accomplishments (Varieties released /Technologies developed / Patents developed/ Commercialized etc…)
NIL
Awards / Recognitions
v CSB : CSB Team Award in Sericulture – National Award (2004) v ICAR : Best Teacher Award (2015) v National Environmental Science Academy : Eminent Scientist of the Year Award (2017) v National Environmental Science Academy : Best Oral Paper Presentation Award (2017) v National Environmental Science Academy : Fellow of the Year Award (2018)
Facilities Available
v Flame photometer v Spectrophotometer v Kjeldal distillation unit v pH meter v EC meter v Mechanical shaker v AAS
Other Activities
v Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) v Scheduled Caste Sub Plan (SCSP)
Externally Funded Projects in Operation
Sl.No	Project Title	Principal Investigator		Funding agency	Year of Start	Year of Completion	Significant Outcome
1	AICRP on micro, secondary nutrients and pollutant elements in soils and plants	Dr.C.T.Subbarayappa		ICAR IISS Bhopal	2015	2024	v Delineation of soils of Karnataka for fertility status and updating soil fertility maps v Micronutrients distribution in soil profiles of major soil orders of India v Amelioration of micro and secondary nutrients deficiency in crops through soil and foliar application v Micronutrients critical value refinement in both soil and plant
2	Soil and Water Quality in Agricultural Systems along Rural-Urban Interface of Bengaluru	Dr.C.T.Subbarayappa		DBT (Indo-German collaborative project)	2021	2025	v Status of nutrient fractions in the soils of rural-urban interface of Bengaluru v Delineation of nutrients status in both soils and plants of rural-urban interface of Bengaluru v Amelioration experiments of secondary and micro nutrient, across rural-urban interface of Bangalore

Staff Profile:

Scientific staff:

	Name	Dr.C.T.Subbarayappa
	Designation	Professor and Head
	Academic Qualification	Ph.D
	Area of Specialization	Plant Nutrition
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	23-09-1998
	Date of Joining Scheme /Unit	2-11-2015
	e-mail: University Email ID Other E-mail ID(s)	hodss&ac@gmail.com ctsubbarayappa@gmail.com
	Telephone with STD Code Mobile	9916775462 9448714511

Technical staff:

	Name	Mr.Anand
	Designation	Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
	Academic Qualification	M.Sc (Agri)
	Area of Specialization	Soil Science and Agril.Chemistry
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	15/5/2017 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	15/5/2017
	E-mail: University Email ID Other E-mail ID(s)	anandmore1947@gmail.com
	Mobile	9108141865
	Name	Ms.Pavithra, R
	Designation	Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
	Academic Qualification	M.Sc (Agri)
	Area of Specialization	Soil Science and Agril.Chemistry
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	10/10/2018 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	10/10/2018
	E-mail: University Email ID Other E-mail ID(s)	pavithra199326@gmail.com
	Mobile	9008350374
	Name	Dr.Ramya, S.H.
	Designation	Senior Research Fellow (SRF)
	Academic Qualification	Ph.D
	Area of Specialization	Soil Science and Agril.Chemistry
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	3/12/2019 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	3/12/2019
	E-mail: University Email ID Other E-mail ID(s)	ramyaranjith2011@gmail.com
	Mobile	7022622625
	Name	Dr.Naryan Hebbal
	Designation	Research Associate (RA)
	Academic Qualification	Ph.D
	Area of Specialization	Agronomy
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	28/09/2021 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	28/09/2021
	E-mail: University Email ID Other E-mail ID(s)	narayan4902@gmail.com
	Mobile	8123220332

Supporting staff:

	Name	Mr.Lakshmipathi S
	Designation	Field Assistant
	Academic Qualification	PUC
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	4/4/2016 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	4/4/2016
	Mobile	8095951826
	Name	Ms. Priyanka
	Designation	Field Assistant
	Academic Qualification	B.COM
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	3/4/2018 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	3/4/2018
	Mobile	9019822067
	Name	Mr.Rajath, R
	Designation	Field Assistant
	Academic Qualification	PUC
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	10/10/2018 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	10/10/2018
	Mobile	8050266229
	Name	Mr. Ravishankar, T
	Designation	Field Assistant
	Academic Qualification	B.COM
	Date of joining duty at UAS, Bangalore	28.09.2021 (Contractual basis)
	Date of Joining Scheme/Unit	28.09.2021
	Mobile	9035152841