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Name :  Dr. Vakada Manasa

Designation :  Scientist

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Academic Qualification:-

• Ph.D (Soil Science), 2016, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

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Scientist

Area research specialization:-

Soil Science

Important projects under taken:-

1. Exploiting legacy phosphorus and improving phosphorus use efficiency in irrigated rice
2. Evaluation of urea mixed bio char in irrigated rice
3. .Evaluation of TERI nano urea in irrigated rice
4. Response of POLY-4 (Di hydrate Polyhalite) fertilizer on growth, yield and soil health of irrigated rice crop
5. Evaluation of Bio stimulant “SGNUF1A” in irrigated rice
6. Promotion of Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) for sustainable rice production
7. Combined effect of elevated CO2 and temperature on water use efficiency, productivity, quality of major cereal fodder crops and soil health
8. Evaluation of Nano Urea spray (12%) in irrigated rice
9. Evaluation of nano DAP in irrigated rice
10. Quantitative estimation of carbon and moisture fluxes over the rice based agro ecosystem : Integrating ground observations, satellite data and modelling

Award and Honors:-  

ASPEE Fellowship during M.Sc,
DST – Inspire Fellowship during Ph.D,
UAS gold medal, 76th ISSS gold medal for M.Sc
UAS gold medal for Ph.D
SADHNA All India Best Research Award at Doctorate level 2021
Best Young scientist award -2022 & 2024 during IIRR Foundation day celebrations
Best Research paper award
Best oral presentation award

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Technologies/Products/Varieties/Novel germplasm/Methodologies developed:-

• Evaluated the effect of soil application nano iron oxide on growth and biomass production of groundnut in calcareous Vertisols.
• Reported the .Improvement in the yield and nutrient use efficiency of irrigated rice through coated gypsic fertilizer (Sparsh gold).
• Documented the effect of dose and size of nano iron oxide on iron fractions and iron availability in calcareous Vertisols.
• Evaluated the effect of coated phosphatic fertilizers on yield and nutrient use efficiency of rice.
• Six potential Phosphate Solubilizing Bacterial cultures Citrobacter amalonaticus IIRRPSB1, Bacillus sp. IIRRPSB6, Bacillus pumilus IIRRPSB10, Bacillus sp. IIRRPSB13, Citrobacter amalonaticus IIRRPSB4 and Citrobacte amalonaticus IIRRPSB6 were deposited in the National Agriculturally Important Microbial Culture Collection (NAIMCC), ICAR-NBAIM, Mau.
• Associated in development of Rice varieties DRR Dhan 73

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Publications (Top 30):-
1. Gobinath Rajenran, Siba Prasad data, Raj deo singh, Samar Chandra Datta, Manasa Vakada Synthesis and characterization of Zno nanoparticles – Comparision of acetat (precursor based methods) Inorganic and nano metal chemistry, DOI: 10.1080/24701556.2021.1891099.

2. V. Manasa, N. S. Hebsur, L. H. Malligawad, R. Gobinath, B. Ramakrishna Effect of Water Soluble Fertilizers on Yield, Oil Content and Economics of Groundnut Current Journal of applied Science and technology 39 (23) 89 -96 2020.

3. Gobinath Rajenran , Surekha K. Manasa Vakada Improving Yield and Nitrogen Use Efficiency Using Polymer Coated Urea in Two Crop Establishment Methods of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Under Vertisol (Typic Pellustert) International journal of plant production 15 679-693 2021.

4. V. Manasa, N. S. Hebsur, P.L. Patil, M. Hebbara,B.N. Aravind kumar Gobinath Fertility Status of Groundnut Growing Calcareous Vertisols of Dharwad District, Karnataka International research journal of pure and applied che,istry 21 (14) 7-19 2020.

5. Manasa V, Hebsur NS and Gobinath R Effect of nano iron oxide application on iron availability in calcareous vertisols International journal of chemical studies 8 (4) 3317-3321 2020.

6. Gobinath R, Datta SP, Singh RD and Manasa V Effect of mode and source of iron nano particles on the biological properties of the calcareous soil international journal of chemical studies 8(4) 3334-3337 2020.

7. Vakada Manasa, Gobinath Rajendran and Surekha Kuchi* Enhancing yield and nutrient use efficiency through coated gypsic fertilizer (Sparsh gold) in irrigated rice Journal of cereal Research 11(3) 304-306 2020.

8. K. Surekha*, R. Gobinath and V. Manasa Impact of Climate Change and Its Management in Rice Soils SATSA Mukhapatra 23 100-109 2019.

9. Manasa, V. and Hebsur, N. S. Effect of foliar application of nano iron oxide formulations on morphological parameters and chlorophyll content in groundnut Advances in Life Sciences 5 5200-5204 2016.

10. V Manasa, NS Hebsur, LH Malligawad, L Shiva Kumar, B Ramakrishna Effect of water soluble fertilizers on chlorophyll content and nodulation in groundnut in a vertisol of northern transition zone of Karnataka The Ecoscan 9 (3&4) 661-664 2015.

11. V Manasa, NS Hebsur, LH Malligawad, L Shiva Kumar, B Ramakrishna Effect of water soluble fertilizers on uptake of major and micro nutrients by groundnut and post harvest nutrient status in a vertisol of northern transition zone of Karnataka The Ecoscan 9 (1&2) 01-05 2015.

12. L Shivakumar, LH Malligawad, V Manasa Influence of temperature, rainfall and relative humidity on productivity of groundnut in northern transition zone (zone 8) of Karnataka.Trends in Biosciences 7 (21) 661-664 2015.

13. V Manasa, NS Hebsur, L H Malligawad, B Ramakrishna , L Shiva Kumar, Effect of water soluble fertilizers on morphological parameters and drymatter distribution of groundnut in a Vertisol of northern transition zone of karnataka,Annals Of Plant And Soil Research 17 558- 561 2015.

14. V Manasa, NS Hebsur, B Ramakrishna Effect of water soluble fertilizers on concentration of major and micro nutrients in groundnut in a Vertisol of Northern Transition Zone of Karnataka Green farming 7 (2) 409-412 2016.

15. Gobinath R, Datta SP, Singh RD and Manasa V Effect of mode and source of iron nano particles on the biological properties of the calcareous soil International journal of chemical studies 8(4) 3334 -3337. 2020.

16. Gobinath, R., Patel, K. P., Ramani, K. V., Rajkishore, ., & Manasa, V. Evaluation of Nutrient Supply, Kinetics, and Prediction of Iron (Fe) Uptake in Iron-deficient Soil using a Mechanistic Model Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 39 (27) 96-107 2020.

17. L. SHIVA KUMAR, BM Radder, LH Malligawad, V Manasa Effect of nitrogen and phosphorus levels and ratios on yield and nutrient uptake by groundnut in northern transition zone of karnataka The Bioscan 9 (4) 1561-1564 2014.

18. Seva Nayak Dheeravathu*, Thulasi Bai Vadithe, Nilamani Dikshit, Usha T. N, Saida Naik Vadithe, Venkateswarlu Ronda, Manasa Vakada And Bandeppa Sonth Effect of elevated co2 and temperature on physiological And biochemical changes in forage crops – a review Forage research 48(1) 22-27 2022.
19. Padmashree R, Nakul D Magar, Kalyani M Barbadikar*, Amol Phule, Honnappa, Senguttuvel, Sheshu Madhav Maganti, Anantha M Siddaiah1 Divya B, Gireesh Chanappa, Manasa V and Lokesha R Phenotypic evaluation of seedling vigour-related traits in a set of rice lines Journal of Rice Research 15 (1) 1-8 2022.
20 S. Vijayakumar*, R. Gobinath, S. Arun Kumar, S. Bandeppa, S.
Jasudas Gompa, K. Basavaraj, V. Prakasam and Vakada Manasa Interventions to Achieve the Untapped Potential of Conservation Agriculture in India Chronicle of Bioresource Management 6 (2) 49-53 2022.
21. Seva Nayak Dheeravathu*, Manoj Chaudhary, Nilamani Dikshit, Manasa Vakada, Srinivasan R, Usha T. N, Thulasi Bai Vadithe, Saida Naik V, Vijaya Kumar G, Bandeppa Sonth And Satpal Effect of elevated co2 and temperature on soil health and forage crops -a review Forage research 48 (3) 285 -289 2022.

22. B. Ramakrishna, H.T Chandranath and V. Manasa Effect of Sources and Levels of Sulphur on Growth of Sesame Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences 6 (10) 60-65 2017.

23. B. Ramakrishna, V. Manasa and H.T Chandranath Effect of Sources and Levels of Sulphur on Uptake of Major Nutrients by Sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) and Post Harvest Nutrient Status in Soil Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences 6(9) 66-70 2017.

24 Manasa V, Hebsur NS, Gobinath R and Suvarna Rani C Effect of nano iron oxide on growth and drymatter production of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) in a calcareous vertisol Journal of pharmacognosy and phytochemistry 8(3) 4849-4952 2019
25 Ch. Suvarna Rani*, T. Sirisha, K. Sruthi, V. Manasa, K. Basavaraj and R. Gobinath Genetic Inheritance of Anthocyanin Pigment in the Derivatives of Nutritive Landrace ‘Kavuni’ (Oryza sativa L.) International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 10 678-682 2020
26.Surekha, K., Manasa, V., Gobinath, R., Vijayakumar, S., & Tabasum, T. (2023). Research Experiences Towards 4r Stewardship-Based Phosphorus Fertilization In Rice-A Review. Agricultural Research Journal, 60(1): 3-12.
27.Gobinath, R., Datta, S. P., Vijayakumar, S., Singh, R. D., Sharma, V. K., Surekha, K., & Manasa, V. (2023). Influence of iron nanoparticles on rice (Oryza sativa) plant growth and yields. Oryza, 60 (3) : 442 - 447.
28.Surekha, K., Rajendran, G., Manasa, V., Vijayakumar, S., & Parmar, B. (2023). Potassium and zinc management in rice (Oryza sativa L.) based on 4R concept–A review. Journal of Rice Research, 16(1), 1-17.
29 Srivalli C, Gobinath R, Tedia K, Surekha K, Manasa V, Brajendra, Latha PC, Bandeppa and Vijayakumar S, 2023, Characterization of Engineered Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticles Using Different Techniques, Journal of Rice Research, 16(2), 95-100
30Anitta David, Mangal Deep Tuti, K Bhanu Rekha and V Manasa, 2024, Effect of
different doses and method of application of nitrogen fertilizers on growth, yield and
economics of wet direct seeded rice. International Journal of Research in Agronomy 7(8):
430- 434.

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