Agricultural and Food Engineering

• Shastri Scholar Travel Subsidy Grant
• Australia Awards Fellowship
• SPESS garden scholarship (USA)
• Accredited Faculty (IAO, USA)
• Geoderma best paper (2015)

Journal
• Prediction of soil nutrient content via pXRF spectrometry and its spatial variation in a highly variable tropical area Pelegrino M., Silva S. , De Faria A. , Mancini M. , Teixeira A. , Chakraborty S. , Weindorf D. C., Guilherme L. , Curi N. By Precision Agriculture 1-7 (Accepted/In-Press)
• Soil Organic Matter Prediction Using Smartphone-captured Digital Images: Use of Reflectance Image and Image Perturbation Gorthi S., Swetha R. , Chakraborty S. , Li B. , Weindorf D. C., Dutta S. , Banerjee H. , Das K. , Majumdar K. By Biosystems Engineering - (Accepted/In-Press)
• Application of smartphone-image processing and transfer learning for rice disease and nutrient deficiency detection Nayak A., Chakraborty S., Swain D.K. By Smart Agricultural Technology 4 - (2023)
• Land use/land cover classification using hyperspectral soil reflectance features in the Eastern Himalayas, India Choudhury B. U., Divyanth L. G., Chakraborty S. By Catena 229 1-14 (2023)
• Whither digital agriculture in India? Goswami R., Dutta S. , Misra S. , Dasgupta S. , Chakraborty S. , Mallick K. , Sinha A. , Singh V. K., Oberthur T. , Cook S. , Majumdar K. By CROP & PASTURE SCIENCE 1 1-10 (2023)
• Developing regional soil micronutrient management strategies through ensemble learning based digital soil mapping Dasgupta S., Debnath S., Das A., Biswas A., Weindorf D.C., Li B., Kumar Shukla A., Das S., Saha S., Chakraborty S. By Geoderma 433 - (2023)
• Assessment of nutrient management in major cereals: Yield prediction, energy-use efficiency and greenhouse gas emission Timsina J., Dutta S. , Devkota K. P., Chakraborty S. , Neupane R. K., Bista S. , Amgain L. P., Majumdar K. By Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 4 - (2022)
• Pocket-sized sensor for controlled, quantitative and instantaneous color acquisition of plant leaves Borges C.S., Vega R R.A., Chakraborty S., Weindorf D.C., Lopes G., Guimarães Guilherme L.R., Curi N., Li B., Ribeiro B.T. By Journal of Plant Physiology 272 - (2022)
• Investigation of human-induced land use dynamics in a representative catchment on the Chota Nagpur Plateau, India: A spatiotemporal application of soil erosion modeling with connectivity index studies Das A., Remesan R., Chakraborty S., Kumar Gupta A. By Catena 217 - (2022)
• Soil quality under different land uses in eastern India: Evaluation by using soil indicators and quality index De P., Deb S., Deb D., Chakraborty S., Santra P., Dutta P., Hoque A., Choudhury A. By PLoS ONE 17 - (2022)
• Non-destructive Prediction of Nicotine Content in Tobacco Using Hyperspectral Image Derived Spectra and Machine Learning Divyanth L.G., Chakraborty S., Li B., Weindorf D.C., Deb P., Gem C.J. By Journal of Biosystems Engineering - (2022)
• Novel insights into factors associated with yield response and nutrient use efficiency of maize and rice in sub-Saharan Africa. A review Zingore S., Adolwa I.S., Njoroge S., Johnson J.-M., Saito K., Phillips S., Kihara J., Mutegi J., Murell S., Dutta S., Chivenge P., Amouzou K.A., Oberthur T., Chakraborty S., Sileshi G.W. By Agronomy for Sustainable Development 42 - (2022)
• Proximal sensor data fusion and auxiliary information for tropical soil property prediction: Soil texture Andrade R., Mancini M., Teixeira A.F.D.S., Silva S.H.G., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Guilherme L.R.G., Curi N. By Geoderma 422 - (2022)
• Proximal sensor data fusion for Brazilian soil properties prediction: Exchangeable/available macronutrients, aluminum, and potential acidity Mancini M., Andrade R., Teixeira A.F.D.S., Silva S.H.G., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Guilherme L.R.G., Curi N. By Geoderma Regional 30 - (2022)
• Proximal sensor data fusion for tropical soil property prediction: Soil fertility properties Teixeira A.F.D.S., Andrade R., Mancini M., Silva S.H.G., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Guilherme L.R.G., Curi N. By Journal of South American Earth Sciences 116 - (2022)
• Identification of Köppen climate classification and major land resource area in the United States using a smartphone application Gorthi S., Singh R., Chakraborty S., Li B., Weindorf D.C. By Geoderma Regional 30 - (2022)
• Using Nix color sensor and Munsell soil color variables to classify contrasting soil types and predict soil organic carbon in Eastern India Swetha R.K., Dasgupta S., Chakraborty S., Li B., Weindorf D.C., Mancini M., Silva S.H.G., Ribeiro B.T., Curi N., Ray D.P. By Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 199 - (2022)
• Influence of auxiliary soil variables to improve PXRF-based soil fertility evaluation in India Dasgupta S., Chakraborty S., Weindorf D.C., Li B., Silva S.H.G., Bhattacharyya K. By Geoderma Regional 30 - (2022)
• Heavy metal-resistant filamentous fungi as potential mercury bioremediators Vacar C., Covaci E. , Chakraborty S. , Li B. , Weindorf D. C., Frentiu T. , Parvu M. , Podar D. By Journal of Fungi 7 - (2021)
• Multivariate calibration on heterogeneous samples Li B., Marx B.D., Chakraborty S., Weindorf D.C. By Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems 217 - (2021)
• Combination of soil texture with Nix color sensor can improve soil organic carbon prediction Swetha R.K., Chakraborty S. By Geoderma 382 - (2021)
• Comparison of multivariate methods for arsenic estimation and mapping in floodplain soil via portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy Kebonye N.M., John K., Chakraborty S., Agyeman P.C., Ahado S.K., Eze P.N., N me ek K., Drábek O., Bor vka L. By Geoderma 384 - (2021)
• Assessment of iron-rich tailings via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry: the Mariana dam disaster, southeast Brazil Ferreira G.W.D., Ribeiro B.T., Weindorf D.C., Teixeira B.I., Chakraborty S., Li B., Guilherme L.R.G., Scolforo J.R.S. By Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 193 - (2021)
• Agricultural soils of the Animas River watershed after the Gold King Mine spill: An elemental spatiotemporal analysis via portable X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy Jha G., Mukhopadhyay S., Ulery A.L., Lombard K., Chakraborty S., Weindorf D.C., VanLeeuwen D., Brungard C. By Journal of Environmental Quality - (2021)
• Sustainability analysis of integrated farms in coastal India Dasgupta P., Goswami R., Chakraborty S., Saha S. By Current Research in Environmental Sustainability 3 - (2021)
• Improved nutrient management in cereals using Nutrient Expert and machine learning tools: Productivity, profitability and nutrient use efficiency Timsina J., Dutta S., Devkota K.P., Chakraborty S., Neupane R.K., Bishta S., Amgain L.P., Singh V.K., Islam S., Majumdar K. By Agricultural Systems 192 - (2021)
• On-farm evaluation of regenerative land-use practices in a semi-arid pasture agroecosystem in west texas, usa Slaughter L., Deb S., Chakraborty S., Li B., Bakr N., Edwards B., Weindorf D. By Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo 45 - (2021)
• Microbiological indicators of soil quality predicted via proximal and remote sensing Teixeira A.F.D.S., Silva S.H.G., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Soares de Carvalho T., Silva A.O., Guimarães A.A., Souza Moreira F.M.D. By European Journal of Soil Biology 104 - (2021)
• Micronutrients prediction via pXRF spectrometry in Brazil: Influence of weathering degree Andrade R., Silva S.H.G., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Faria W.M., Guilherme L.R.G., Curi N. By Geoderma Regional 27 - (2021)
• Elemental assessment of vegetation via portable X-ray fluorescence: Sample preparation and methodological considerations Zhou S., Weindorf D.C., Cheng Q., Yang B., Yuan Z., Chakraborty S. By Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy 174 - (2020)
• Soil classification in Romanian catenas via advanced proximal sensors Acree A., Weindorf D.C., Paulette L., van Gestel N., Chakraborty S., Man T., Jordan C., Prieto J.L. By Geoderma 377 - (2020)
• A field-portable acoustic sensing device to measure soil moisture Gorthi S., Chakraborty S., Li B., Weindorf D.C. By Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 174 - (2020)
• Assessing models for prediction of some soil chemical properties from portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry data in Brazilian Coastal Plains Andrade R., Silva S.H.G., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Faria W.M., Mesquita L.F., Guilherme L.R.G., Curi N. By Geoderma 357 - (2020)
• Comparative study of soil aggregation, carbon and microbial dynamics under agro-forestry, grasslands, orchard and cultivated land use systems Paramanik B., Deb S., Choudhury A., Chakraborty S., Panda P., Hoque A., Deb D. By Range Management and Agroforestry 41 258-266 (2020)
• Assessment of heavy metal and soil organic carbon by portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and NixPro sensor in landfill soils of India Mukhopadhyay S., Chakraborty S., Bhadoria P.B.S., Li B., Weindorf D.C. By Geoderma Regional 20 - (2020)
• Tropical soil order and suborder prediction combining optical and X-ray approaches Andrade R., Silva S.H.G., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Faria W.M., Guilherme L.R.G., Curi N. By Geoderma Regional 23 - (2020)
• Tropical soil pH and sorption complex prediction via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry dos Santos Teixeira A.F., Henrique Procópio Pelegrino M., Missina Faria W., Henrique Godinho Silva S., Gabriela Marcolino Gonçalves M., Weimar Acerbi Júnior F., Rezende Gomide L., Linares Pádua Júnior A., de Souza I.A., Chakraborty S., Weindorf D.C., Roberto Guimarães Guilherme L., Curi N. By Geoderma 361 - (2020)
• Impact of sample preparation methods for characterizing the geochemistry of soils and sediments by portable X-ray fluorescence Goff K., Schaetzl R. J., Chakraborty S. , Weindorf D. C., Kasmerchak C. , Bettis E. A. By Soil Science Society of America Journal 84 131-143 (2020)
• Maize yield in smallholder agriculture system-An approach integrating socioeconomic and crop management factors Dutta S., Chakraborty S., Goswami R., Banerjee H., Majumdar K., Li B., Jat M.L. By PLoS ONE 15 - (2020)
• Use of diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and Nix pro color sensor in combination for rapid prediction of soil organic carbon Mukhopadhyay S., Chakraborty S. By Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 176 - (2020)
• Predicting soil texture from smartphone-captured digital images and an application Swetha R.K., Bende P., Singh K., Gorthi S., Biswas A., Li B., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S. By Geoderma 376 - (2020)
• Prediction of soil fertility via portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry and soil texture in the Brazilian Coastal Plains Andrade R., Faria W.M., Silva S.H.G., Chakraborty S., Weindorf D.C., Mesquita L.F., Guilherme L.R.G., Curi N. By Geoderma 357 - (2020)
• From sensor data to Munsell color system: Machine learning algorithm applied to tropical soil color classification via Nix Pro sensor Mancini M., Weindorf D.C., Monteiro M.E.C., de Faria Á.J.G., dos Santos Teixeira A.F., de Lima W., de Lima F.R.D., Dijair T.S.B., Marques F.D., Ribeiro D., Silva S.H.G., Chakraborty S., Curi N. By Geoderma 375 - (2020)
• Cadmium removal from aqueous medium by jute stick activated carbon using response surface methodology: factor optimisation, equilibrium, and regeneration Ghosh R.K., Ray D.P., Chakraborty S., Saha B., Manna K., Tewari A., Sarkar S. By International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry - (2020)
• External parameter orthogonalisation of Eastern European VisNIR-DRS soil spectra Chakraborty S., Li B. , Weindorf D. C., Morgan C. By Geoderma 337 65-75 (2019)
• Use of portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry for classifying soils from different land use land cover systems in India Chakraborty S., Li B. , Weindorf D. C., Deb S. , Acree A. , De P. , Panda P. By Geoderma 338 5-13 (2019)
• Determination of base saturation percentage in agricultural soils via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometer Rawal A., Chakraborty S. , Li B. , Lewis K. , Godoy M. , Paulette L. , Weindorf D. C. By Geoderma 338 375-382 (2019)
• Comparative carbon stability in surface soils and subsoils under submerged rice and upland non-rice crop ecologies: A physical fractionation study Deb S., Kumar D. , Chakraborty S. , Weindorf D. C., Choudhury A. , Banik P. , Deb D. , De P. , Saha S. , Patra A. K., Majhi M. , Naskar P. , Panda P. , Houque A. By Catena 400-410 (2019)
• Comparative geochemistry of urban and rural playas in the Southern High Plains Acree A., Weindorf D. C., Chakraborty S. , Godoy M. By Geoderma 337 1028-1038 (2019)
• Rapid quantification of lignite sulfur content: Combining optical and X-ray approaches Kagiliery J., Chakraborty S. , Acree A. , Weindorf D. C., Brevik E. , Jelinski N. , Li B. , Jordan C. By International Journal of Coal Geology 216 - (2019)
• Parent material distribution mapping from tropical soils data via machine learning and portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry in Brazil Mancini M., Weindorf D. C., Silva S. , Chakraborty S. , Teixeira A. , Guilherme L. , Curi N. By Geoderma 354 - (2019)
• Tracing tropical soil parent material analysis via portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) spectrometry in Brazilian Cerrado Mancini M., Weindorf D. C., Chakraborty S. , Silva S. , Teixeira A. , Guilherme L. , Curi N. By Geoderma 337 718-728 (2019)
• Compost Cation Exchange Capacity via Portable X-Ray Fluorescence (PXRF) Spectrometry Li B., Chakraborty S. , Godoy Sosa M. F., Kusi N. Y., Weindorf D. C. By Compost Science & Utilization 26 271-278 (2018)
• Compost salinity assessment via portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Li B., Deb S., Singh A., Kusi N.Y. By Waste Management 78 158-163 (2018)
• Multivariate calibration with robust signal regression Li B., Marx B. D., Chakraborty S. , Weindorf D. C. By Statistical Modelling 524-544 (2018)
• Analysis of metal-laden water via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry Pearson D., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Li B., Koch J., Van Deventer P., de Wet J., Kusi N.Y. By Journal of Hydrology 561 267-276 (2018)
• Soil mapping via diffuse reflectance spectroscopy based on variable indicators: An ordered predictor selection approach Raj A., Chakraborty S., Duda B.M., Weindorf D.C., Li B., Roy S., Sarathjith M.C., Das B.S., Paulette L. By Geoderma 314 146-159 (2018)
• Elemental assessment of vegetation via portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry McGladdery C., Weindorf D.C., Chakraborty S., Li B., Paulette L., Podar D., Pearson D., Kusi N.Y.O., Duda B. By Journal of Environmental Management 210 210-225 (2018)
• Anthropogenic impacts on forest land use and land cover change: Modelling future possibilities in the Himalayan Terai Deb S., Debnath M.K., Chakraborty S., Weindorf D.C., Kumar D., Deb D., Choudhury A. By Anthropocene 21 32-41 (2018)
• Rapid assessment of algal biomass and pigment contents using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy and chemometrics Duppeti H., Chakraborty S. , Das B. S., Mallick N. , Kotamreddy J. By Algal Research 27 274-285 (2017)
• Rapid assessment of regional soil arsenic pollution risk via diffuse reflectance spectroscopy Chakraborty S., Weindorf D. , Deb S. , Li B. , Paul S. , Choudhury A. , Ray D. P. By Geoderma 289 72-81 (2017)
• Non-saturated soil organic horizon characterization via advanced proximal sensors Cardelli V., Weindorf D. C., Chakraborty S. , Li B. , Defeudis M. , Cocco S. , Agnelli A. , Choudhury A. , Ray D. P., Corti G. By Geoderma 288 130-142 (2017)
• Rapid assessment of smelter/mining soil contamination via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry and indicator kriging Chakraborty S., Man T. , Paulette L. , Deb S. , Li B. , Weindorf D. C., Frazier M. By Geoderma 306 108-119 (2017)
• Water analysis via portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry Pearson D., Chakraborty S. , Duda B. , Li B. , Weindorf D. , Deb S. , Brevik E. , Ray D. P. By Journal of Hydrology 544 172-179 (2017)
• Semiquantitative evaluation of secondary carbonates via portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometry Chakraborty S., Weindorf D. , Weindorf C. A., Das B. S., Li B. , Duda B. , Pennington S. , Ortiz R. By Soil Science Society of America Journal 81 844-852 (2017)
• Predicting soil arsenic pools by visible near infrared diffuse reflectance spectroscopy Chakraborty S., Li B. , Deb S. , Paul S. , Weindorf D. C., Das B. S. By Geoderma 296 30-37 (2017)
• Soil characterization across catenas via advanced proximal sensors Duda B., Weindorf D. , Chakraborty S. , Li B. , Man T. , Paulette L. , Deb S. By Geoderma 298 78-91 (2017)
• A New Antifungal Antibiotic from Bacillus sp. KM5 Isolated from Rice Rhizospheric Soil Majumdar K., Chakraborty S. By Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences 1-12 (2017)
• Proximal sensor analysis of mine tailings in South Africa: An exploratory study. Koch J., Chakraborty S. , Li B. , Kucera J. M., Deventer P. V., Daniell A. , Faul C. , Man T. , Pearson D. , Duda B. , Weindorf C. A., Weindorf D. C. By Journal of Geochemical Exploration 181 45-57 (2017)
• Forensic identification of pharmaceuticals via portable X-ray fluorescence and diffuse reflectance spectroscopy Shutic S., Chakraborty S. , Weindorf D. C., Sperry K. , Casadonte D. By Forensic Science International 279 22-32 (2017)
• Dynamics of organic carbon in deep soils under rice and non-rice cropping systems Deb S., Chakraborty S. , Weindorf D. , Murmu A. , Banik P. , Debnath M. K., Choudhury A. By Geoderma regional 7 388-394 (2016)
• Rapid Estimation of Compost Enzymatic Activity by Combined Spectral and Machine Learning Approach. Chakraborty S., Das B. S., Md. N. Ali M. N., Li B. , Sarathjith M. C., Majumdar K. , Ray D. P., . . By Waste Management. 34 623-631 (2014)
Book Chapter/Section
• A Pandemic Resilient Framework for Sustainable Soil Health and Food Security: Response beyond COVID-19 Sengupta S., Dasgupta S. , Bhattacharyya K. , Chakraborty S. , Dey P. By Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture 53-62 (2022)
• A Pandemic Resilient Framework for Sustainable Soil Health and Food Security: Response beyond COVID-19 Sengupta S., Dasgupta S., Bhattacharyya K., Chakraborty S., Dey P. By Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture: Improving Livelihoods and Sustainability 53-62 (2022)
• Multiple pathways of legume-based systems towards environmental, social, and economic sustainability in smallholder systems Goswami R., Ray K., Ghosh S., Dutta S., Mandal S., Nayak J., Chakraborty S., Banerjee H. By Advances in Legumes for Sustainable Intensification 657-678 (2022)
• Advances in Agronomy Silva S.H.G., Ribeiro B.T., Guerra M.B.B., de Carvalho H.W.P., Lopes G., Carvalho G.S., Guilherme L.R.G., Resende M., Mancini M., Curi N., Rafael R.B.A., Cardelli V., Cocco S., Corti G., Chakraborty S., Li B., Weindorf D.C. By pXRF in tropical soils: Methodology, applications, achievements and challenges - (2021)
• Soil heavy metal pollution and its bioremediation Mukhopadhyay S., Swetha R. , Chakraborty S. By Bioremediation Science: From Theory to Practice 92-102 (2021)
• Soil Analysis: Recent Trends and Applications Swetha R. K., Mukhopadhyay S. , Chakraborty S. By Advancement in Soil Testing with New Age Sensors: Indian Perspective 55-68 (2020)
• Advanced Hyperspectral and X-ray Fluorescence Sensors For Monitoring Contaminated Soils Chakraborty S., Weindorf D. C., Ray D. P. By Soil Amendments for Sustainability: Challenges and Perspectives - (2018)
• Digital Soil Science for Identification of Problem Soil Characteristics Deb S., Chakraborty S. By Soil Amendments for Sustainability: Challenges and Perspectives - (2018)
Edited Volume
• Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture Rakshit A., Chakraborty S. , Parihar M. , Meena V. S., Mishra P. K., Singh H. B. By Innovation in Small-Farm Agriculture - (2022)
• Soil Analysis: Recent Trends and Applications Rakshit A., Ghosh S. , Chakraborty S. , Philip V. , Datta A. By Soil Analysis: Recent Trends and Applications - (2020)
Patent
• Portable apparatus for soil chemical characterization Weindorf D. C., Chakraborty S. By - (2018)

Principal Investigator

• Development of Soil Sensor Probe for Measuring Soil Parameters
• Rapid Assessment of Soil Arsenic and Lead Pollution Risks Via PXRF Based Spectral Modeling
• Development of Sensor Based Protocols for Rapid Testing of Soil Fertility Parameters of Coastal Saline Zone of West Bengal
• Rapid Assessment of Soil Arsenic, Cadmium and Lead Pollution in Peri-urban Agricultural Fields via Portable X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry and Machine Learning
• Estimation of Tobacco Nicotine Content Via Hyperspectral Imaging
• Spatial Mapping and Analyzing Heavy Metal Contamination in Farmland Soils
• SHASTRI SCHOLAR TRAVEL SUBSIDY GRANT
• ANALYZING SOIL PROPERTIES OF SUNDARBANS MANGROVES
• Nutrient Recommendations using Novel XRF and IR Based Soil and Plant Analysis

Co-Principal Investigator

• Assessment of Suspended Sediments Concentration and Phytoplankton Contents in the Chilika Lagoon using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
• Development and Evaluation of Real-Time River-Reservoir Water Quality Advisory System WAQAS-IMPRINT-2
• Development of Spectral Algorithms for Selected Soil Properties to Improve Soil Management in Small Holding Cocoa Plantations of Papua New Guinea
• Estimation of Soil Properties and Crop Residue Cover Using AVIRIS Data