College of Agriculture, Junagadh

Department of Soil Science and Agriculture Chemistry

Professor & Head	:	Dr. H. L. Sakarvadia, Ph.D.
Contacts	:	0285-2672080 - 90 Ext - 359
E-mail ID	:	agchem@jau.in

1) Faculty Strengh (Current Position) :

Sr. No.	Name	Designation	Higher Qualification	Contacts	Experience
1	Dr. H. L. Sakarvadia	Professor & Head	Ph.D. (Soil Sci.)	hlsakarvadia@jau.in	14 Years
2	Dr. A. V. Rajani	Professor	Ph.D. (Soil Sci.)	avrajani@jau.in	18 Years
3	Dr. H. P. Dholariya	Associate Professor	Ph.D. (Soil Sci.)	hpdholariya@jau.in	1 Years
4	Dr. P. I. Jetpara	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. (Soil Sci.)	poonamjetpara@jau.in	13 Years
5	Dr. A. S. Jadeja	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. (Soil Sci.)	asjadeja@jau.in	9 Years
6	Dr. K. P. Bhuriya	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. (Soil Sci.)	kpbhuriya@jau.in	9 Years
7	Dr. P. B. Kotadiya	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. (Agronomy)	pbkotadiya@jau.in	1 Years
8	Miss T. R. Ribadiya	Assistant Professor	M.Sc. (Agri.) (Soil Sci.)	trribadiya@jau.in	1 Years
9	Dr. D. V. Parakhia	Assistant Professor	Ph.D. (Soil Sci.)	dvparakahiya@jau.in	1 Years

Technical Staff (Current Position) :

Sr.	Name	Designation	Qualification	Contacts	Experience
1	Miss. K. B. Ranparia	Agriculture Officer	M.Sc. (Agri.) (Soil Sci.)	kbranpariya@jau.in	11 Years
2	Miss. M. A. Davara	Agriculture Officer	M.Sc. (Agri.)(Soil Sci.)	madavara@jau.in	8 Years
3	Shri. R. M. Parmar	Agriculture Supervisior	Diploma		39 Years
5	Shri. S. M. Akbari	Agriculture Supervisior	Diploma	smakbari@jau.com	1 Years
6	Shri. H. M. Kunjadiya	Agriculture Supervisior	Diploma		1 Years
7	Miss N. D. Bhimani	Laboratory Technician	B.Sc. Microbiology	ndbhimani@jau.in	1 Month
8	Miss. R. R. Baldha	Agriculture Assistant	Diploma	rashmibaldha@jau.in	7 Years
9	Miss N. K. Makwana	Agriculture Assistant	Diploma	nkmakwana@jau.in	1 Month
10	Miss J. R. Pampaniya	Agriculture Assistant	B.Sc. Agri	jrpampaniya@jau.in	1 Month
11	Miss N. P. Bhut	Agriculture Assistant	B.Sc. Agri.	npbhut@jau.in	1 Month
12	Miss K. K. Sakariya	Agriculture Assistant	B.Sc. Agri	kksakariya@jau.in	1 Month

Supporting Staff (Current Position) :

Sr.	Name	Designation	Qualification	Contacts	Experience
1	Smt. S. S. Manavadaria	Senior Clerk	Graduate in Arts	-	20 Years
2	Shri M J Sindhal	Driver	Graduate in Arts	-	19 Years

Post Graduate Courses (As per fifth dean) as per BSMA

Teacher	Odd/ Even	Course No.	Titleof the course	Credit
Dr. P. I. Jetpara	Even	SOIL 501	Soil Physics	2+1
Dr. A. S. Jadeja	Odd	SOIL 502	Soil Fertility & Fertilizer Use	3+1
Dr. H. P. Dholariya	Odd	SOIL 503	Soil Chemistry	2+1
Dr. A. S. Jadeja	Even	SOIL 504	Soil Mineralogy, Genesis, Classification and Survey	2+1
Dr. P. I. Jetpara	Even	SOIL 506	Soil Biology and Biochemistry	2+1
Dr. A. V. Rajani	Odd	SOIL 510	Analytical Techniques and Instrumental Methods in Soils and Plant Analysis	0+2
Dr. A. V. Rajani	Even	SOIL 511	Management of Problematic Soils and Water	2+1
Dr. P. I. Jetpara	Even	SOIL 601	Recent trends in soil physics	2+0
Dr. A. V. Rajani	Odd	SOIL 602	Modern concept of soil fertility	2+0
Dr. L. C. Vekaria	Odd	SOIL 603	Physical chemistry of soil	2+0
Dr. H. P. Dholariya	Even	SOIL 604	Soil Genesis and Micropedology	2+0
Dr. L. C. Vekaria	Even	SOIL 605	Biochemistry of Soil organic matter	2+0
Dr. K. P. Bhuria	Odd	SOIL 606	Soil Resource Management	3 +0

(B) Under Graduate Programme, B.Sc. (Hons.) Agri., COA, Junagadh

Teacher	Semester	Course No.	Titleof the course	Credit
Dr. H. P. Dholariya	First	Soil 1.1	Fundamental of soil science	2+1
Dr. P. I. Jetpara & Miss. T. R. Ribadiya	Second	Soil 2.2	Soil Fertility Management	2+1
Dr. P. B. Kotadiya	Second	VAC-I	Environmental studies and Disaster Management	2+1
Dr. P. I. Jetpara	Second	SEC-5	Soil, plant and water testing	0+2
Dr. H. P. Dholariya	Third	Soil 4.3	Problematic Soils and their Management	2+1
Dr. A. V. Rajani	Fourth	NF-I	Natural farming	2+1
Ku. K. B. Ranapariya	Fifth	Envs. 5.1	Env. Studies and disaster Mang.	2+1
Dr. A. S. Jadeja	Sixth	NF-II	Natural farming	2+1
Dr. A. S. Jadeja and Dr. D. V. Parkhia	Seventh	Ag. Chem. 7.4	RAWEP	0+2
Dr. A. S. Jadeja, Dr. D. V. Parkhia and Ku. Monali Davara	Eight	ELP	ELP	0+10
Dr. D. V. Parkhia	Eight	NF-III	Natural farming	0+5

(C) Under Graduate Programme, B.Sc. (Hons.) Horti.

Teacher	Semester	Course No.	Titleof the course	Credit
Dr. K. P. Bhuriya	Fourth	NRMH 4.7	Soil, water and plant analysis	1+1
Miss. T. R. Ribadiya	Sixth	NRMH 6.11	Environmental studies and Disaster Management	2+1
Miss. T. R. Ribadiya	Third	NRMH 3.3	Fundamental of Soil Science	2 +1
Miss. T. R. Ribadiya	Second	VAC-I	Environmental studies and Disaster Management	2+1
Dr. P. B. Kotadiya	Fifth	NRMH 5.8	Weed management in Horticultural Crops	1+1
Dr. P. B. Kotadiya	Sixth	NRMH 6.9	Introduction to Major Field Crops	1+1

(E) Polytechnic/Agro Based ITI

Teacher	Odd/Even	Course No.	Title of the course	Credit
K. B. Ranpariya	Even	Ag. Chem. 2.1	Fundamentals of soil science	2+1
Monali Davara	Odd	Ag. Chem. 3.2	Manurs, fertilizers and soil fertility management	2+1
Monali Davara	Even	Ag. Chem. 4.3	Problematic soils and their management	2+1
Dr. P. B. Kotadiya	Even	Agron 5.8	Principal of Weed Management	1+1

Laboratory Facility

Sr. No.	Name of Lab.	Seating Capacity	Purpose	UG or PG
1	MSS Research lab	15	Sample preparation and Analysis	For Research Scheme
2	Micronutrients research lab	15	Sample preparation and Analysis	For Research Scheme
3	G-1 Research lab	15	Sample preparation and Analysis	For Research Scheme
4	Soil Water analysis lab	10	Sample preparation and Analysis	For Research Scheme
5	STCR lab	10	Sample preparation and Analysis	For Research Scheme
6	Soil survey lab	10	Sample preparation and Analysis	For Research Scheme
7	LTFE lab	10	Sample preparation and Analysis	For Research Scheme
8	P. G. research lab	10	Sample preparation and Analysis	For P.G. Research
9	U. G. lab	50	Practical	For U.G. Practical

List of Major Equipment/Instruments

Sr. No.	Name of laboratory	Name of Equipment / Instrument	No of Equipment/ Instrument
1	PG Lab	UV Visible Spectro Photometer	1
2	PG Lab	Pressure Plate Apparatus	1
3	PG Lab	Gerhardt Turbotherm Digestion Unit	1
4	PG Lab	Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, (AAS) with graphite Furness	1
5	PG Lab	Agilent technologies 4200 MP-AES	1
6	PG Lab	Robotic clay fraction Analyser	1
7	UG Lab	Refrigerated Centrifuge	1
8	UG Lab	UV Spectrophotometer	1
9	UG Lab	Analytical balance	4
10	PG Lab	Ion Analyser	1

M.Sc./Ph.D. Students Guided (April 2020 to June 2026)

Sr. No.	Name of Guide	No. of students being supervised (guided) by faculty
Sr. No.	Name of Guide	M.Sc. (Agri)	Ph.D.
1	Dr. S. G. Savalia	3	4
2	Dr. J. V. Polara	2	-
3	Dr. M. S. Solanki	1	-
4	Dr. H. L. Sakarvadia	8	2
5	Dr. A. V. Rajani	8	2
6	Dr. L. C. Vekaria	8	-
7	Dr. K. B. Parmar	5	6
8	Dr. B. B. Kunjadia	1	-
9	Dr. B. P. Talavia	1	-
10	Dr. J. J. Vaghani	7	-

M.Sc. Theses Submitted (April 2020 to June 2026)

Ph.D. Theses Submitted (April 2020 to June 2026)

Faculty Participated in Trainings / Refresher Course / Summer / Winter School etc.

Seminar / Symposia / Workshop Attended (April 2020 to June 2026)

Papers Published in Journals (March 2021 to November 2025)

Papers Presented in Seminar / Symposia (March 2021 to November 2025)

Other Publication viz Books, Book chapter, practical Manuals, Bulletins etc. March 2020 to November 2025)

Recommendations for farmers and Scientific Community (March 2020 to November 2025)

On-Going Research Schemes / Projects

Screening of relative salt tolerant varieties of important crops

Name of crop	Recommended salt tolerant varieties
Paddy Transplanted	Jaya, Dandi, GR-3, Masuri, JR-68
Wheat	Kalyansona, KRL-119, GW-322, GW-451, GW-366
Cotton	GCH-7, G.Cot-7, GJHV-851, GJHV-34, Kalyan, Dhumad
Sugarcane	Co-8338, Co-791, Co-671
Castor	GAU-CH-1, GC-3, GCH-7
Ground Nut	JL-24, TG-32, TG-26, GG-4, GG-13, GG-20
Safflower	Tara, Bhima
Sorghum	Gundari, GSH-5, SRF-204, SRF-142
Pearl millets	GHB-235,BK-560,GHB-105,MH-179 and GHB-229-For fodder
Barley	C-164
Sunflower	EC-68414, EC-68415
Brinjal	Green Round, Gujarat-1
Tomato	J.T.- Junagadh Ruby, Pusa Ruby, H-24
Mustard	Varuna, AS-10
Gram	ICC-4, ICP-29
Chilli	GC-103, Jwalla, GC-1, Gholar
Sesame	Purva-1
Onion	Talaja Red, Green Round, PRL-1

Establishment of critical limits of different nutrients in soil and plant

Nutrient	Crops	Critical limits
Nutrient	Crops	In soil	In plant
Phosphorus	Groundnut Wheat Pearl- millet Gram	23.5 kg P₂O5/ha 34.0 kg P₂O5/ha 35.0 kg P₂O5/ha 24.0 kg P₂O5/ha	0.26% (Pod) 0.26%(Grain) 0.32% (Grain) 0.31% (Grain)
Potassium	Pearl millet Wheat Groundnut	160 kg K₂O/ha 155 kg K₂O/ha 145 kg K₂O/ha	2.80%(35 DAS) 2.48% (Straw) 1.40%(30 DAS) 1.80% (Straw) 0.46% (Haulm) 0.90% (Pod)
Sulphur	Maize Onion Garlic Pigeonpea Bt Cotton Soybean Green gram	10 ppm 10 ppm 10 ppm 12.5 ppp 15.0 ppm 11.0 ppm 13.8 ppm	0.10% (Fodder) 0.555% (60 DAS) 0.452% (60 DAS) 0.455 % (60 DAS) 0.475 % (60 DAS) 0.31 % (60 DAS) 0.395 % (45 DAS)
Zinc	Groundnut Wheat Cotton	0.6 ppm 0.5 ppm 0.89 ppm	14.00 ppm (Haulm) 20.00 ppm (60 DAS) 57.50 ppm (30 DAS)
Iron	Wheat	6.10 ppm	97.00 ppm (60 DAS)

No. of Soil and Water Samples Analyzed During 2020-21 to 2025-26

YEAR	SOIL SAMPLES	WATER SAMPLES	TOTAL INCOME (Rs)
2020-21	2712	1265	9,55,805/-
2021-22	1490	1076	5,94,650/-
2022-23	2819	1377	11,87,155/-
2023-24	3103	1506	11,54,775/-
2024-25	3191	1883	13,94,398/-
2025-26	3955	1093	17,47,395/-

Budget head wise sanction Grant and Utilization (2025-26)

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