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Arsenic in food-chain: Cause, effect and mitigation
 
National Agricultural Innovation Project
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal
NAIP
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Directorate of Research, BCKV
Kalyani-741235, Nadia
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Plan of work

Plan of work (as per M&E as well as suggested by CAC) for 2008-09:

Plan of work (as per M&E as well as suggested by CAC) for 2009-10:

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Work to be done

Lead Scientist (s)

Institute

1.

Arsenic status of all the crops in the sequence (under different toposequences) fish, meat, egg, milk etc. in endemic and arsenic free areas, as well as available in the local market.

Dr. S. Mondal,

Dr. P. K. Pal

BCKV, UBKV

2.

Arsenic status of rice leaves, emerging from the stubbles and weeds (different families) in the crop fields and irrigation channels.

Dr. C. K. Kundu,

Dr. A. C. Sinha

BCKV, UBKV

3.

Status of arsenic: added through irrigation water, soil (initial & harvest) and rice grain for winter and summer rice (rice field belong to families having arsenicosis patient)

Dr. S. Sarkar,

Dr. A. Sarkar

BCKV, UBKV

4.

a) Source and arsenic status of crop seed, organics, spawn, etc.

b) Arsenic status of grain and straw of recombinant inbreed lines of rice.

Dr. S. Bhattacharya,

Dr. K. Bhattacharya,

Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay,
Dr. A. Sarkar,

Dr. S. Samanta

BCKV, UBKV, CIFRI

5.

Depth and arsenic status of underground-aquifer and surface pond water during May, September and January.

Dr. C. K. Kundu,

Dr. A. C. Sinha,

Dr. P.K. Pal

BCKV, UBKV

6.

Identification of polymorphic molecular markers among the parents. Linkage analysis for the markers with the QTLs responsible for arsenic- accumulation in straw and grain

Dr. S. Bhattacharya

BCKV

7.

Studying arsenic transport mechanism from root to grain of rice plant.

Dr. S. Mondal

BCKV

8.

Study of ruminant gut microbes for arsenic transformations.

Dr. A.K. Bera,

Dr. T. K. Mandal,

Dr. S. Manna,

WBUAFS, IVRI(ERS), CIFRI.

9.

a) Isolation, identification and Characterization of soil and aquatic microorganism capable of transforming inorganic arsenic to less toxic forms.

b) Determination of methods for mass production of selected microbes.

Dr. S. C. Kole,

Dr. S. Manna

BCKV, CIFRI

10.

Assessment of health status of fish, ruminants, poultry, etc., exposed to arsenic and their proteomic analysis (ruminants / poultry / duck has to be selected from the household of arsenicosis patient).

Dr. B. Mohanty,

Dr. T.K. Mandal,

Dr. A.K. Bera

CIFRI, WBUAFS, IVRI(ERS)

11.

Effect of arsenic contamination in laboratory mice

Dr. D. Bhattacharya

IVRI(ERS)

12.

Arsenic status of soil and grain / fruit/ tuber etc. of crops at harvest stage grown under irrigated condition in tube well commands.

Dr. C. K. Kundu,

Dr. A. C. Sinha

BCKV, UBKV

13.

Growing wheat under deficit irrigation.

 Dr. A. C. Sinha

UBKV

14.

Growing different varieties of summer rice and maize under screened deficit irrigation regimes.

Dr. C. K. Kundu,

Dr. A. C. Sinha

BCKV, UBKV

15.

Solubility diagram of arsenic system under different background of pH and eH.

Dr. S. K. Sanyal,

Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay

BCKV, UBKV

16.

Mitigate arsenic status in soil through organic amendments (free of arsenic).

Dr. K. Bhattacharya,

Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay

BCKV, UBKV

17.

The role of phosphate in arsenic dynamics in soil-plant system under controlled conditions.

Dr. K. Bhattacharya,

Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay

BCKV, UBKV

18.

Monitoring arsenic status in diet and drinking water and their effect on human health.

Dr. N. Ghosh

DNGMRF

19.

Base line study of health status in humans due to intake of arsenic through diet and formulation of new treatment and diet regime for disease management in arsenic exposed people.

Dr. N. Ghosh

DNGMRF

20.

Arsenic dynamics in the chain of should be studied       

 

Dr. C.K. Kundu,
Dr. S. Sarkar;
Dr. A. K. Bera,
Dr. K. Mazumder

BCKV, WBUAFS, IVRI(ERS), DNGMRF


Prof. S. Sarkar, CPI and Prof. S. K. Sanyal, Director of Research, BCKV will monitor the entire programme.

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