Indian Institute of Pulses Research

Profile of Dr. Ram Lal Jat

Name	:	Dr. Ram Lal Jat
Designation	:	Senior Scientist
Email	:	Khokharagro1986@gmail.com
Telephone (Office)	:
Mobile No.	:	+91-9982154505
Date of joining ICAR	:	01st January 2015
Discipline and specialization	:	Agronomy; Cropping System, Conservation Agriculture & Water Management
Training/advance exposure in the area of work	:	Training on “Geo-informatics in Natural Resources Management and Climate Change Mitigation” at ICAR-IISS, Bhopal during 20–29 November 2015. Training on “Scaling Water Productivity and Resources Use Efficiency in Upland Field Crops Ensuring More Crop Per Drop” at ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur during 6–26 September 2017. Training on “Advanced Microbial Technologies to Improve Nutrient Use Efficiency and Mitigation of Greenhouse Gas Emission from Agriculture” at ICAR-IISS, Bhopal during 4–24 September 2018.

Improving crop and water productivity through integration of regenerative agriculture and strategic irrigation management practices in arid ecosystem [as PI]
Long-term effect of pulses in diversifying pulses-based cropping system on crop productivity and soil health in western dry region of India [as PI]

Identified suitable pulses-inclusive cropping systems with nutrient dynamics under residue management practices and crop establishment methods for arid region.
Up–scaling the productivity of moth bean and cluster bean through strategic irrigation scheduling in arid conditions.
Identified the nitrogen scheduling for improving productivity of moth bean and cluster bean in western dry regions.
Enhancing the crop productivity and resources use efficiency of cropping systems through the adoption of CA-based practices in arid conditions.
Evaluated efficient pulses-based cropping system under sandy soil of Western dry regions of India.
Developed agro-techniques for pulses cultivation under vertisol of central India.
Developed application modules of zinc and molybdenum in soybean-chickpea cropping system in vertisols.

Conservation agriculture & water management in pulse-based cropping systems.
Long-term effect of pulses in cropping systems on soil health and crop productivity in arid ecosystem.
Organic farming and nutrient management in pulse-based cropping systems.

Jat R.L., Jha P., Dotaniya M.L., Lakaria B.L., Rashmi I., Sirale A., Meena B.P., Meena A.L. (2018). Carbon and Nitrogen Mineralization in Vertisol as Mediated by Type and Placement Method of Residue. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 190:439.
Ram Lal Jat, Lalit Kumar Rolaniya, Narendra Kumar, Raja Ram Choudhary, Monika Punia, Sudheer Kumar, Arun Kumar, Rajendra Kumar Jakhar, Rajan Bhatt, Saud Alamri and Manzer H. Siddiqui (2024). Strategic scheduling of urea foliar application and irrigation for moth bean: a path to improve productivity, profitability and quality in Western dry region of India. Cogent Food & Agriculture, VOL. 10, NO. 1, 2368269. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311932.2024.2368269
Amrit Lal Meena, Pramod Jha, M.L. Dotaniya, Bipin Kumar, B.P. Meena, R.L. Jat (2019). Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus Mineralization Rate as Influenced by Type of Organic Residues and Soil Contact Variation in Vertisol of Central India. Agric Res 9, 232–240 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40003-019-00425
Jat R.L., Praharaj C.S. (2018). Impact of zinc and molybdenum with manure in soybean-chickpea system in Vertisols of Central India. Journal of Food Legume 31(3): 147-153.
C.S. Praharaj, Ram Lal Jat, S.S. Singh and N.P. Singh (2020). Enhancing farm income and system productivity in soybean-lentil through land configuration, tillage, seed priming and mulching under rainfed Central India. Journal of Food Legumes 33(1): 41-47.

Young Scientist Award by Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture and Technology in 2021.
Institute Best Team Award for the year 2024–25.