Research Papers

• Talukdar Avinash, Ashutosh Dharmendra Deo, Narrotam Prasad Sahu, Parimal Sardar, Muhammad Aklakur, Satya Prakas, Nazeema Shamna, and Sarvendra Kumar 2020 Effects of dietary protein on growth performance, nutrient utilization, digestive enzymes and physiological status of grey mullet, Mugil cephalus L. fingerlings reared in inland saline water Aquaculture Nutrition DOI: 10.1111/anu.13050.
• Sarvendra Kumar, Narottam Prasad Sahu, Amit Ranjan, Subodh Gupta, Ashutosh D Deo 2020 Physio-metabolic and haematological changes of Labeo rohita fed with graded level of de-oiled rice bran-based diet. Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 46(1):265-275.
• Chetan K. Garg Narottam P. Sahu N. Shamna Ashutosh D. Deo Femi J. Fawole Sarvendra Kumar Manas K. Maiti 2019 Effect of dietary Houttuynia cordata leaf meal and leaf extract on the growth performance, nutrient utilization and expression of IGF‐I gene in Labeo rohita Aquaculture Nutrition https://doi.org/10.1111/anu.12891.
• Zishan Ahmad, Ashutosh Dharmendra Deo, Sarvendra Kumar, Amit Ranjan, Md. Aklakur and Narottam Prasad Sahu 2019 Effect of replacement of de-oiled rice bran with sweet potato leaf meal on growth performance, digestive enzyme activity and body composition of Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) Indian J. Fish., 66(1): 73-80.
• Puspha Kumari, Saurav Kumar, Ramesh M., Shameena S., Ashutosh D. Deo,and K.V.Rajendran 2019 Antiparasitic effect of aqueous and organic solvent extracts of Azadirachta indica leaf against Argulus japonicas in Carassius auratus, Aquaculture, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2019.05.060
• Manas K. Maiti, Narottam P. Sahu⁎, Parimal Sardar, N. Shamna, Ashutosh D. Deo,Amrutha Gopan, Sraddhanjali Sahoo 2019 Optimum utilization of Hygrophila spinosa leaf meal in the diet of Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) fingerlings. Aquaculture Reports doi.org/10.1016/j.aqrep.2019.100213
• Sarvendra Kumar, NP Sahu, Ashutosh D Deo, Amit Ranjan 2019 Feeding de-oiled rice bran based diet with varying level of protein and lipid: Effect on physiological responses of Labeo rohita. Aquaculture 498:454-463.
• Amit Ranjan, Narottam Prasad Sahu, Ashutosh Dharmendra Deo, Sarvendra Kumar 2019 Solid state fermentation of de-oiled rice bran: Effect on in vitro protein digestibility, fatty acid profile and anti-nutritional factors. Food Research International 119:1-5 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodres.2019.01.054)
• Ritesh S Tandel, Arun Sharma, Pragyan Dash, Raja Aadil Hussain Bhat, Ashutosh Deo2019 Dietary vitamin C supplementation on growth and haemato-biochemical parameters of Labeo rohita (Ham.) fingerlings. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 7(1): 72-79.
• Jayant, M., Sahu, N.P., Deo, A.D., Gupta, S., Garg, C.K. and Valappil, R.K., 2019. Nutritional evaluation of fermented sweet potato leaf meal as a replacer of deoiled rice bran in the diet of Labeo rohita fingerlings. J. Exp. Zool. India,23(1): pp. 61-70.
• Shweta Meshram, Ashutosh D Deo, Sarvendra Kumar, Md Aklakur, Narottam P Sahu 2018 Replacement of de‐oiled rice bran by soaked and fermented sweet potato leaf meal: Effect on growth performance, body composition and expression of insulin‐like growth factor 1 in Labeo rohita (Hamilton), fingerlings. Aquaculture Research 49 (8):2741-2750.
• Amit Ranjan, Narottam Prasad Sahu, Ashutosh Dharmendra Deo, H Sanath Kumar, Sarvendra Kumar, Kamal Kant Jain 2018 Comparative evaluation of fermented and non-fermented de-oiled rice bran with or without exogenous enzymes supplementation in the diet of Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822). Fish physiology and biochemistry,44 (4 ):1037-1049
• Amit Ranjan, Narottam Prasad Sahu, Ashutosh Dharmendra Deo, Sarvendra Kumar 2018 Comparative Growth Performance, in vivo Digestibility and Enzyme Activities of Labeo rohita Fed with DORB Based Formulated Diet and Commercial Carp Feed. Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 19(8): 1025-1036.
• Sarvendra Kumar, N.P. Sahu, Subodh Gupta, Ashutosh D. Deo, N. Shamna, Amit Ranjan 2017 Inclusion level of deoiled rice bran (DORB) in the diet of Labeo rohita(Hamilton, 1882) fingerlings: Effect on growth and gene expression of IGF-I and IGF-II . Aquaculture 481:211-217.
• Arun Sharma, Thongam Ibemcha Chanu, Muralidhar P. Ande, P. P. Suresh Babu, Karthireddy Syamala, Pothu Srinivasa Rao, Ashutosh D. Deo and Srinivasa Jahageerdhar 2017 Virulent Aeromonas veronii Strain BLB-01 Associated with Mass Mortality of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758) Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. Volume 6 Number 8 : 3668-3681.
• Arun Sharma, Thomgam Ibemcha Chanu and Ashutosh D Deo 2017 Dietary ashwagandha, Withania somnifera (L.dunal) potentiates growth, haemato-biochemical response and disease resistance of Labeo rohita (Hamilton, 1822) against Aeromonas hydrophila infection. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies : 5 (5): 1113-1119.
• Sujeet Kumar , PS Shyne Anand ,Debasis De , Ashutosh D Deo , Tapas K Ghoshal ,Jitendra K Sundaray, Alphis G Ponniah ,Karingalakkandy Poochirian Jithendran, Ramalingam Ananda Raja and Gouranga Biswas 2015 Effect of periphyton on microbial dynamics,immune response and growth performance in black tiger shrimp Peaneus monodon Fabricus. Indian J.Fish. 62(3):67-74
• Sujeet Kumar, Panantharayil S Shyne Anand ,Debasis De , Ashutosh D Deo ,Tapas K Ghoshal ,Jitendra K Sundaray •,Alphis G Ponniah , Karingalakkandy Poochirian Jithendran ,Ramalingam Ananda Raja , Gouranga Biswas 2015 Effects of biofloc under different carbon sources and protein levels on water quality, growth performance and immune responses in black tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon (Fabricius, 1978) Aquaculture Research 12/2015; DOI:10.1111/are.12958
• Sundaray J.K., A.Bhattacharya, A.G.Ponniah, T.K.Ghoshal, A.D.Deo, J.P.Sharma and M.Phillips 2015 Homestead farming :A biodiverse system to enhance resilience to climate vulnerability: 231-240. In Humphreys E.,T.P.Toung, M.C.Buisson, I.Pukinskis and M.Phillips (Eds) Revitalizing the Gangaes coastal zone; turning science into policy and practices conference proceedings. Colombo, Sri lanka; CGIAR Challenge program on water and food (CPWF).600p.
• K.A.Kabir, J.K.Sundaray, S.Mandal, A.D.Deo, D Burman, S.K.Sarangi, A.Bhattachaya, M.Karim, M.B. Shahrier, S.Castine, and M.Philips 2015 Homestead farming system: comparative charactererization and role in resource poor farmers livelihood in Bangladesh and West Bengal. P:251-264. In Humphreys E.,T.P.Toung,M.C.Buisson,I.Pukinskis and M.Phillips (Eds) Revitalizing the Gangaes coastal zone; turning science into policy and practices conference proceedings.Colombo,Sri lanka;CGIAR Challenge program on water and food(CPWF).600p.

Other Publications

• Ashutosh D. Deo 2015 Health management and common diseases of cultured fishes and shellfishes.P:127-136. In Handbook on Freshwater Aquaculture, editors N.P. Singh and B. Santhosh, New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi,166p.
• Shamna N., Ashutosh Deo and Sahu N.P., 2016 Nutraceutical potential of seaweed in aquaculture Aqua International Sept.:58-59
• Sudhanshu Raman and Ashutosh D Deo 2018 Potential of Plant Leaf as a Feed Ingredient in Fish Feed Aqua star Feb.:43-47
• Shamna N ,Ashutosh D Deo and N P Sahu 2019 Alternative feeding: A tool for economic and eco-friendly fish production.p117-125. In Souvenir 31st All India congress of zoology and national seminar on Climate smart aquaculture and Fisheries,15-16 January ,2019 at College of Fisheries Tripura.245p.
• Ashutosh D Deo,Munish Kumar, Parimal Sardar and N P Sahu 2019 Newer Alternate Feed Ingredients: Scope and Potential for Aquafeed In proceedings of International Conference on Animal Nutrition 2019 (INCAN 2019) on nutritional strategies for improving farm profitability and clean animal production at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre, Kolkata.191-200p.

Ongoing Projects

• Evaluation of leaf meal as a replacer of De-Oiled rice bran (DORB) in the diet of Labeo rohita (Institutional Project completed)
• Strategies to enhance feed intake and growth in carps during winter months. (Institutional Project Ongoing)
• Evaluation of toxico-physiological effect of dietary cyanotoxin in selected carp(Institutional Project Ongoing)

Others

• Established wound healing property of marine catfish mucus
• Substrate based low cost tiger prawn( Penaeus monodon) farming
• Pioneer work on low input Penaeus vennamei farming for West Bengal region
• Bio-flock technology for shrimp aquaculture
• Polyculture of mudcrabs with brackishwater fishes
• Phytoconstituents for health management in aquaculture
• Developed methods to remove anti-nutritional factors from leafmeal
• Developed mixer cum fermenter for processing of leafmeal
• Established leafmeal as a replacer of de-oiled rice-bran in the diet of carps

Awards/Honours

• Received letter of appreciation from the Director ICAR-CIFE for exemplary sincerity and dedication towards discharge of duties on 6th June,2019 .