Ongoing Research Activities during 2022-2023

Assessment of taxonomic diversity of mycorrhizal associations in the staple crops of Malda District of West Bengal

a) Principal Investigator:

Dr. Vivekananda Mandal, Professor of Botany, University of Gour Banga

b) Implementing Institute:

University of Gour Banga

c) Objectives:
  • To identify Mycorrhizae by morpho-biochemical method.
  • To quantify mycorrhizal colonization of roots and rhizospheric soil and testing of soil parameters that influence the mycorrhizal community structure and distribution.
  • To establish the relations of soil parameters and agricultural practices on mycorrhizal diversity in the targeted staple crops.

Status and diversity of the natural predators of vegetable crop pests in an intensively cropped area in West Bengal

a) Principal Investigator:

Prof. Parthiba Basu, Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta

b) Co-Investigator:

Dr. G. Aditya, Dept of Zoology

c) Implementing Institute:

University of Calcutta

d) Objectives:
  • To make an inventory of natural predators of the major vegetable crop pests (insects).
  • To study the impact of intensive agriculture on the natural predators of major vegetable crop pests (insects).
  • iTo determine the factors controlling population status of the natural predators of major vegetable crop pest (insects) in intensive farming areas and also the preferable host plants for the natural predators.

Diversity and bionomics of Muscid Flies (Family: Muscidae, Order: Diptera) in West Bengal, India

a) Principal Investigator:

Dr. Suvra Kanti Sinha, Assistant Professor, Department of Zoology

b) Implementing Institute:

Sonamukhi College, Bankura

c) Objectives:
  • To document muscid flies along with their habitat in West Bengal.
  • To produce a web-based taxonomic revision of Muscid flies in West Bengal.
  • To investigate bionomics of the flies.
  • To make photographic documentation of each and every species found in West Bengal.

Diagnosis and description of swamp eel (s) (Synbranchidae: Synbranchiformes) in West Bengal, India: A study of fish taxonomy

a) Principal Investigator:

Mr. Ram Krishna Das, Assistant Professor

b) Implementing Institute:

Department of Industrial Fish & Fisheries, Asutosh College, Kolkata

c) Objectives:
  • To sample eels with some traditional fishing gears.
  • To Identify those species.

Socio - economic upgradation of coastal wetlands of Namkhana Block, Sundarban through awareness strategy, to establish optimum environmental condition for survival and growth of economically important species (Macrobrachium rosenbergii, Scylla serrata, Penaeus monodon)

a) Principal Investigator:

Dr. Joyita Mukherjee, Assistant Professor

b) Implementing Institute:

Department of Zoology, Krishna Chandra College, Birbhum

c) Objectives:

Download

Development of biological database of microbes’ diversity of East Kolkata Wetland areas.

a) Principal Investigator:

Dr. Swati Chakraborty, Assistant Professor

b) Implementing Institute:

Guru Nanak Institute of Pharmaceutical Science & Technology, Kolkata

c) Objectives:

Download

Effects of urbanisation and anthropogenic disturbance on nesting biology and population of neighbouring avifauna.

a) Principal Investigator:

Dr. Supriti Sarkar

b) Implementing Institute:

City College, Kolkata

c) Objectives:

Download

Development of an Indigenous Arboretum with Multidisciplinary approach for Education and Captive building.

a) Principal Investigator:

Prof. Subhankar Kumar Sarkar

b) Co PI:

Dr. Neera Sen Sarkar, Associate Professor Dept. Of Botany

c) Implementing Institute:

University of Kalyani, Nadia

d) Objectives:

Download

Monitoring of migratory birds at selected waterbodies in West Bengal during winter season of 2022-2023.

a) Coordinators:

Dr. S. N. Ghosh, Senior Research Officer, WBBB; Mr.Kushal Mookherjee, Dr. R.P. Das Prakriti Samsad

b) Associates:

Dr. Santi Ranjan Dey, Rammohan College, Dr. Biplob Kumar Modak, Sidho-Kanho-Birsha University, Dr. Biplab Kumar Mukhopadhayay, Kanchrapara College, Dr. Rupa Mukhopadhyay (Bose), Bangabasi College, Dr. Suman Pratihar, Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya, Dr. Asif Hossain, Bardhaman University, Dr. Saswati Sen, WWF- India, Prakriti Samsad, Mr. Animesh Bose, HNAF

c) Implementing Institute:

West Bengal Biodiversity Board

d) Objectives:

Download