Research Interests
- Assessment of pesticides and other contaminants in aquatic environment
- Formulation/delivery system for bioactive molecules used in fishes
- Aquatic food chemistry
Research Papers
- Manna S, Singh N, Purakayastha TJ and Berns AE (2020) Effect of deashing on physico-chemical properties of wheat and rice straw biochars and potential sorption of pyrazosulfuron-ethyl. Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 13: 1247-1258.
- Mukhopadhyay A, Singh A, Somvanshi VS, Manna S, Rudra SG, Kundu A, Phani V and Singh PK (2019) Effect of pH and viscosity of gel carrier and lipid metabolism arresting adjuvants on shelf life of entomopathogenic nematodes. Pesticide Research Journal, 31: 160-171.
- Manna S and Singh N (2019) Biochars mediated degradation, leaching and bioavailability of pyrazosulfuron-ethyl in a sandy loam soil. Geoderma, 334: 63 – 71.
- Manna S, Singh N and Singh SB (2018) In-vitro evaluation of rice and wheat straw biochars’ effect on pyrazosulfuron-ethyl degradation and microbial activity in rice-planted soil. Soil Research, 56: 579 – 587.
- Yadav AK, Manna S, Pandiyan K, Singh A, Kumar M, Chakdar H, Kashyap PL and Srivastava A (2016) Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant producing Bacillus sp. from diesel fuel-contaminated site. Microbiology, 85(1): 56-62
Ongoing Projects
Institutional projects
- Development of novel chemicals, toxicological evaluation, structure-activity relationship and formulations for crop protection (In-house project as Co-PI, 08/04/2016 to 31/03/2020)
- Precision farming for enhanced input use efficiency ( In-house project as Co-PI, 08/04/2016 to 31/03/2020)
Externally funded projects
- Plant source based environmentally safe crop protection and production technologies: Development and capacity building (ICAR Niche Area of excellence scheme as Co-PI, January 2019-7th August 2020)
- Enhancing quality of novel bio-insecticidal formulations of entomopathogenic nematodes for improved shelf life and biocontrol (DBT-BIRAC funded as Co-PI, 10th May 2019 to 7th August 2020, budget 42.96 lakhs)
Awards/honours
- Best oral presentation award at 1st National Agrochemical Congress at ICAR-IARI, New Delhi during November 13-16, 2019
- Young Scientist Award by VD Good Professional Association, Chennai during February 15-16, 2020.