Upasana Ghosh

Agronomist at Gold Dust Potato Processor Inc, Malin, OR, contributing to potato, grain and alfalfa production. Posseses a doctoral degree in Soil Science and some postdoctoral research experience in potato breeding. Looking for a postdoctoral researcher position in Soil or Plant Science or closely related fields to build up the academic career again. Keenly interested in conducting innovative and fruitful research/experiments, and communicating the findings to the growers, the scientific community and agricultural product manufacturers for sustainable farming and benefit.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

• Ghosh, U.; Chatterjee, A.; and Bremer, E. 2018. Determining the Moisture and Plant Effect on Nutrient Release, and Plant Nutrient Uptake Using Ion Exchange Resin Membrane, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 49(7): 782-790
• Ghosh, U.; Thapa, R.; DeSutter, T.; He, Y.; and Chatterjee, A. 2017. Saline-sodic soils: potential sources of N2O and CO2? Pedosphere, 27(1): 65-75.
• Ghosh, U. and Srivastava, P.C. 2015. Effect of zinc and boron fertilization on yield, growth and nutrient concentration in rice. Ecology Environment and Conservation, 21(4):1757- 1762.
• Daigh, A. L. M., U. Ghosh, J. DeJong-Hughes, and R. Horton. 2018. Spatial Response of Near-Surface Soil Water Contents to Newly Imposed Soil Management. Agric. Environ. Lett. 3:180032.
• Ghosh, U., H. Hatterman-Valenti, and A. Chatterjee. 2019. Russet Potato Yield, Quality, and Nitrogen Uptake with Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers. Agron. J. 111:200-209. doi:10.2134/agronj2018.02.010
• Ghosh, U., Chatterjee, A., Hatterman-valenti, H. Enhanced efficiency fertilizers in minimizing nitrogen losses in irrigated russet potatoes. (Under review)
• Ghosh, U., Daigh, A. L. Soil compaction problems and subsoiling effects on potato crop: A mini-review (Under review)

TEACHING

• Teaching assistant in Soil Fertility and Fertilizers (SOIL 322), North Dakota State University, Spring 2016.
• Teaching assistant in Introduction to Soil Science (SOIL 210), North Dakota State University, Fall 2016.
• Teaching assistant in Potato Science (PLSC425/625), North Dakota State University, Fall 2017.
• Teaching Assistant (Spring 2019) in Vegetable Crop Production (PLSC 415/615)
• Teaching English at the Afro American Development Center, Moorhead, MN.
• Training Japanese interns from Japan Agricultural Training Program (JATP) (2020-2026)

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

• Winner in Diversity Committee poster presentation. U. Ghosh, A. Chatterjee, E. Bremer, Control of Moisture and Rhizosphere in Nutrient Release and Plant Uptake in Two Soil Types of North Dakota using Ion-exchange Resin Membrane (PRS® probe). ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Nov. 6-9, 2016. Phoenix, Arizona (Poster).
• Joint winner in Soil-Plant-Water Relations community poster presentation. U. Ghosh, A. Chatterjee, E. Bremer, Control of Moisture and Rhizosphere in Nutrient Release and Plant Uptake in Two Soil Types of North Dakota using Ion-exchange Resin Membrane (PRS® probe). ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Nov. 6-9, 2016. Phoenix, Arizona (Poster).
• Roy A. Ericson Scholarship, 2016. Department of Soil Science, North Dakota State University. Awarded by Roy Erickson Family.
• Enoch and Ruth Norum Scholarship, 2016. Department of Soil Science, North Dakota State University. Awarded by Dr. Thomas M Norum and Family.
• All India Junior Research Fellowship (All India Rank: 12) for pursuing M.Sc. in Soil Science conducted by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Govt. of India) New Delhi, India, 2012.
• University Merit Scholarship during B.Sc. (Agriculture), 2008-2012.

SEMINARS AND PRESENTATIONS

• U. Ghosh, A. Thompson. Skin Set, Yield, and Quality of Dakota Ruby Potatoes Influenced by Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate. ASA-CSA-CSSA Annual Meeting 2018, Nov 3-7, Baltimore, MD. (Oral)
• U. Ghosh, A. Thompson. Skin Set, Yield, and Quality of Dakota Ruby Potatoes Influenced by Vine Kill Practices. ASA-CSA-CSSA Annual Meeting 2018, Nov 3-7, Baltimore, MD. (Oral)
• U. Ghosh, R. Sabba, Neil. C. Gudmestad, Asunta L. Thompson. Verticillium wilt resistance in potatoes (Solanum tuberosum L.) as a sustainable management strategy ASA-CSA-CSSA Annual Meeting 2018, Nov 3-7, Baltimore, MD. (Poster)
• U. Ghosh, A. Thompson. Skin Set, Yield, and Quality of Dakota Ruby Potatoes Influenced by Nitrogen Fertilizer Rate. Potato Association of America Annual Meeting, July 22-26, 2018. Boise, ID. (Oral)
• U. Ghosh, A. Thompson. Skin Set, Yield, and Quality of Dakota Ruby Potatoes Influenced by Vine Kill Practices. Potato Association of America Annual Meeting, July 22-26, 2018. Boise, ID. (Poster)
• U. Ghosh, A. Chatterjee, H. H-Valenti, Potato yield response and nitrogen losses as influenced by nitrogen management and cultivar. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Nov. 6-9, 2016. Phoenix, Arizona (Oral).
• U. Ghosh, A. Chatterjee, E. Bremmer, Control of Moisture and Rhizosphere in Nutrient Release and Plant Uptake in Two Soil Types of North Dakota using Ion-exchange Resin Membrane (PRS® probe). ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Nov. 6-9, 2016. Phoenix, Arizona (Poster).
• U. Ghosh, H. Hatterman-Valenti, C. Auwarter and A. Chatterjee. Can we maintain or increase tuber production and minimize nitrogen losses with enhanced efficiency fertilizers? NPPGA annual research report conference, Feb. 16, 2016. Grand Forks, ND (Oral)
• Ghosh, U., A. Chatterjee, H. H-Valenti, Potato yield response and nitrogen losses as influenced by nitrogen management and cultivar. ASA-CSSA-SSSA Annual Meeting, Nov. 15-18, 2015. Minneapolis, MN (Oral)
• D. Roy, N. Kumar, U. Ghosh, A. Gupta. Effect of organic inputs on soil health in potato cultivation. National Seminar on Reorientation of Agricultural Research for National Food Security, 2014. HAU, Hisar, India. (Poster)
• D. Roy, N. Kumar, U. Ghosh, A. Gupta. Effect of organic inputs on yield and residual available nutrients after harvest in potato. In National Seminar on Role of Organic Farming in Climate Resilient Agriculture, 2014. NAU, Navsari, India. (Poster).
• U. Ghosh, A. S. Nain. Estimation of change in land surface temperature in Pantnagar from Landsat-5 TM and Landsat-7 ETM images. In National Workshop on Geospatial Technology for Natural Resource management, 2013. G.B.P.U.A.T, Pantnagar, India.
• U. Ghosh, K. R. Raverker, P. C. Srivastava. Zinc and boron status in Uttarakhand soil and their interaction effects in different crops, 2013. Graduate Seminar, G. B. P. U. A. T, Pantnagar, India.

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

• Judged poster presentations at ASA-CSSA-SSSA annual meeting, 2016.
• Conducted short term Greenhouse experiment using ion exchange resin probes.
• Conducted short-term laboratory incubation experiments to assess the effects of salinity and sodicity on nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide emissions, 2015.
• Guided and mentored of summer lab and field assistants and helped colleagues to perform various analyses and sampling as well as co-ordinate them to maintain laboratory and field plots, 2015.
• Demonstrated various sampling protocols including nitrous oxide gas sampling and analyses using gas chromatograph in class as well as to other personnel, 2015.
• Analyzed samples from farmers’ fields (Punjab, India) and recommended micronutrient fertilizers for the farmers, 2014.
• Rural agricultural work experience (RAWE). Learned indigenous agricultural systems by actively participating with the farmers for one semester in West Bengal, India, 2012.

• Soil Science Society of America, Crop Science Society of America, American Society of Agronomy. 2015- 2019
• American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2016- 2019
• Potato Association of America
• Honored member of Phi-Kappa-Phi NDSU Chapter

• Private Pesticide Applicator (OR & CA)
• Pest Control Advisor (CA)
• Zinc Phosphide and Paraquat Training