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Vinod Phogat

Senior Research Officer (PDF)Dr Vinod Phogat

B.Sc. (Hons) Ag, M.Sc. (Soil Science), Ph.D. (Soil Physics)

Phone: +61 8 8303 9567
E-mail: vinod.phogat@sa.gov.au

Roles and expertise:

  • Prediction of water, solute and contaminant transport in the soil under fertigation and micro-irrigation of crops like almond, citrus and grapes.
  • Specialise in numerical modeling of water flow and solute transport in the soil and parameter estimation of soil hydraulic properties

Experience:

  • Over 15 years of experience in design and implementation of research projects on modeling water and solute transport in soil and use of saline water for crop production including vegetables.
  • Calibrated and validated HYDRUS 1D and HYDRUS 2/3D for water movement and salt transport under different crops and irrigation systems.
  • Experience of conducting long term field experiments involving saline and sodic water irrigation.
  • Conducted the salinity tolerance studies on rice, wheat, mustard, cotton and vegetables.
    Trained at International Training Centre on Pressurized Irrigation Systems, Sifayem, Israel

Current and recent projects:

  • Modeling water and nitrate movement in soil under drip fertigated citrus crop.
  • Prediction of drainage and solute fluxes under drip irrigated almond crop.

Awards:

  • 2000 Recipient of the Golden Jubilee Young Scientist Award by Indian Society of Soil Science.
  • 2010 Awarded the Endeavour Research Fellowship by the Australian Government.

Recent publications:

Phogat, V., Mahadevan, M., Skewes, M. and  Cox, J.W. 2011. Modelling soil water and salt dynamics under pulsed and continuous surface drip irrigation of almond and implications of system design. Irrigation Science DOI 10.1007/s00271-011-0284-2.

Phogat, V., Satyavan, Kumar, S. and Sharma S.K. 2011. Effect of cyclic and blending uses of saline and good quality water on soil salinisation and crop yields under pearl millet-wheat crop rotation. J. Indian Soc. Soil Sci.  59(1):94-96.

Phogat, V., Yadav, A.K. and Kumar, S. 2010. Simulation of salt and water movement (HYDRUS-1D) and estimation of water productivity and root zone concentration under paddy crop irrigated with saline water. Paddy and Water Environment 8(4):333-346.

 Phogat, V., Malik, R.S. and Kumar, S. 2009. Modeling (HYDRUS -2D) the effect of canal bed elevation on seepage and water table rise in a sand box filled with loamy soil. Irrigation Science. 27:191-200.

Phogat, V., Satyavan, Kumar, S., Sharma, S.K. and Dahiya, D.S. 2009. Genotypic variations in the germination and threshold value of salinity tolerance of rice (Oryza sativa L.). HAU J. Research 39(1&2):33-38.

Phogat, V., Sharma, S.K., Kumar, S., Satyavan and Gupta, S.K. 2009. Vegetable Cultivation with Poor Quality Water. Tech. Bulletin, Department of Soil Science, CCS HAryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004, India, pp. 72.

Phogat, V., Satyavan, Kumar, S., Sharma, S.K. and Nandwal, A.S. 2008. Ion based selection of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) genotypes for salinity tolerance.  J. Plant Biol. 35(1): 17-24.
Phogat, V., Sharma, S.K., Munjal, Renu, Kumar, S. and Satyavan 2008. Tolerance of wheat (Triticium aestivium L.) genotypes under saline water irrigation conditions. J. Water Mgmt. 16(2): 95-100.

Singh, K.K., Phogat, V., Tomar, A. and Singh, V. 2007. Water Resource Development and Management. Kalyani Publishers Pvt Ltd. New Delhi, India.

Singh, K.K., Tomar, A., Phogat, V. and Phogat, S. 2007. Sustainable Resource Management (Vol. I & II). M.D. Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.

Kumar, S., Sondhi, S.K. and Phogat, V. 2005. Network design for groundwater level monitoring in Upper Bari Doab Canal Tract, Punjab. ICID Journal 54(4): 431-442.

Phogat, V.; Malik, R.S.; Dahiya, R.; Kuhad, M.S. and Dahiya, S.S. 2004. Performance of HYDRUS-2D model for seepage and water table rise in relation to different canal positions in a loamy soil under controlled conditions. Proceedings of Indo- Dutch Workshop on Groundwater Recharge and Management through ASR Technology, April 15- 17, Dept. of Soil Science CCS HAU, Hisar and Institute of Land Evaluation and Soil Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 95- 107.

Phogat, V., Malik, R.S. and Kumar, S. 2001. Anisotropy in some alluvial soils. Annals of Arid Zones 40: 425-427.

Phogat, V., Malik, R.S., Kumar, S. and Kuhad, M.S. 2000. A simple field model to predict seepage and water table in a canal command area. ICID Journal 49(3): 67-86.

Phogat, V., Satyavan, Kumar, S., Sharma, S.K., Kapoor, A.K. and Kuhad, M.S. 1999. Performance of upland cotton and wheat genotypes under different salinity conditions. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 71(5): 303-305.

Phogat, V. and Malik, R.S. 1997. Performance of an analytical model for seepage and water table rise under different canal hydrological factors. ICID Journal 46(1): 105-117.

Malik, R.S., Phogat, V. and Jhorar, B.S. 1994. Design of a sensitive and practical constant head well permeameter. Soil Sci., 157(2): 84-90.