Jogendra Singh- M.Sc. Ph.D. (Environmental Science)
- Senior Researcher at Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University) Haridwar
Jogendra Singh
- M.Sc. Ph.D. (Environmental Science)
- Senior Researcher at Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University) Haridwar
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Introduction
My expertise is in the field of environmental pollution, wastewater management, phytoremediation, agroecology, soil pollution, air pollution, forestry, agroforestry systems, bioenergy production, climate change, plant science, carbon sequestration, surface water, ecotoxicology and related fields. I have published several research papers in reputed journals such as Elsevier, Springer, MDPI, Taylor & Francis and Willey Online Library. I am also a member of several scientific societies.
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Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University) Haridwar
Current position
- Senior Researcher
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Publications (54)
This study investigated electrokinetic assisted anaerobic digestion of spent mushroom substrate supplemented with sugar mill wastewater for enhanced biogas production. Response surface method and artificial neural network tools were used to optimize the reactor performance. Findings showed that the best reactor performance was achieved at a tempera...
This study aimed to explore the effectiveness of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) for heavy metals reduction from highly toxic glass industry effluent. Based on a 40 days laboratory-scale experiment, a total of five diluted concentrations of glass industry effluent were selected to cultivate water hyacinth. Furthermore, the kinetics and predic...
A comparative assessment of the phytoremediation efficiency of two tolerant grass species viz. vetiver and
lemongrass were performed in pots against simulated Ni–Cd battery electrolyte waste (EW) contaminated soil
(EW1%, EW2% and EW4% w/w). Ni (μg g
−1
) accumulation was higher in shoots (36.8) and roots (252.9) of ve�tiver than in lemongrass (12.5...
The present paper reports the heavy metal uptake by water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) from paper mill effluent (PME) with its prediction modeling studies. Lab scale phytoremediation experiments were performed in glass aquariums to grow P. stratiotes in 0% (bore well water as a control), 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% concentrations of PME. The influenc...
This study investigated the biological and chemical oxygen demand (BOD and COD) removal from sugar mill effluent by water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes). The batch phytoremediation experiments were performed in a Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR) assisted with low-level direct current (DC). Response surface methodology (RSM) based electro-kin...
The present experiment aimed to examine the impact of nano urea (NU) and plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) on Reshmi amaranth (Amaranthus tricolor) growth under salt stress. Experiments were conducted using six different combinations of NaCl, NU, and PGPR for 35 days under greenhouse conditions. The results showed that salinity stress sig...
The glass manufacturing industry produces hazardous effluent that is difficult to manage and causes numerous environmental problems when disposed of in the open. In this study, an attempt was made to study the phytoremediation feasibility of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.), a free-floating aquatic macrophyte, for the removal of six heavy metal...
Mushroom cultivation produces a significant amount of wastewater containing high levels of both organic and inorganic contaminants. In this study, mushroom farm wastewater (MFW) was treated separately by aquatic macrophytes (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) and algae (Chlorella vulgaris). The laboratory experiments consisted of a constructed reactor plan...
Salinity-induced soil degradation poses a significant challenge to agricultural productivity and requires innovative crop-management strategies. In this study, the synergistic effect of biochar and TiO2 nanoparticles (NPs) obtained from moss (Leucobryum glaucum (Hedw.) Ångstr.) biomass on the growth, yield, biochemical, and enzymatic response of Ch...
Abiotic stresses including fluoride (F−) affect the quality and quantity of plant growth right from germination. The present study comparatively evaluates physiological and biochemical changes in four staple crops (Oryza sativa, Triticum aestivum, Zea mays and Pennisetum glaucum) against F− toxicity (50, 100, 150, 200 and 250 µg mL−1) during germin...
In this study, the potential use of sewage sludge (SS) as a fertilizer source for cultivated Dhaincha (Sesbania bispinosa (Jacq.) W.Wight) crops was investigated. Field experiments were conducted using different doses of SS such as 0% (T0), 5% (T1), 10% (T2), and 15% (T3) to amend the soil (w/w). The findings showed that soil amended with SS signif...
Biofuels can be produced from different feedstocks such as agricultural residues, microalgae, edible-oil crops, non-edible oil crops, waste-cooking oil, animal fat, etc. Recently, numerous studies on biofuel have shown that microalgae have immense potential for biofuel production. Biobutanol is a commercially important chemical having wide utility...
Heavy metal pollution from industrial wastewaters has become an issue of global concern. These wastewaters are frequently used for inland irrigation which possess a serious risk of heavy metal contamination of both soil and cultivated crops. The problem is more common in developing countries like India where industrial wastewaters are often dischar...
The present study aimed to assess the efficiency of the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms) plant for the reduction of nitrogen and phosphorus pollutants from glass industry effluent (GIE) as batch mode phytoremediation experiments. For this, response surface methodology (RSM) and artificial neural networks (ANN) methods were adopte...
The spatial assessment of four heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Pb, and As) in two mango fruit
(Mangifera indica L.) varieties (Dasheri and Langra) collected from the Saharanpur district, UttarPradesh, India, was investigated in this study. The samples of ripe mango fruits were collected from the orchards of 12 major towns in the Saharanpur district from May...
This study investigates the phytoremediation of composite industrial effluent (CIE) released from multiple industries within the SIIDCUL cluster, Haridwar, India, using the sacred lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn) plant. Batch-mode phytoremediation experiments were conducted using three selected concentrations (0%: borewell water as control, 50%, and...
Nowadays, the increase in the wastewater generated from the mushroom cultivation sector has become a serious environmental pollution concern. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the efficiency of two water ferns (Azolla pinnata and A. filiculoides) in phytoremediation of mushroom farm wastewater (MFW) under stagnant and flowing tank reacto...
This research investigated the combined use of sewage sludge (SS) and plant growth-promoting rhizobia (PGPR) for Ridge gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.) cultivated under field conditions. The different treatments of SS and PGPR such as 0% (soil as control), 5% SS, 5% SS + PGPR, 10% SS, and 10% SS + PGPR were applied to assess their impacts on see...
The present study aimed to investigate the annual potential of water hyacinth (WH; Eichhornia crassipes) macrophyte in an un-operated/abandoned stretch of the upper Ganga canal at Haridwar, India. The study covered a 25 km long and 100 m wide stretch of the old Ganga canal which exhibits a huge WH growth every year. For this, standard field and lab...
Sugar mill pressmud is highly considered and used as a supplement to improve soil fertility and crop yield, especially in India. This study investigated the growth and yield performance of cultivated cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) on sugar mill pressmud amended soil. Pot experiments were performed using various pressmud amendment rates (...
This study explored the sustainable use of treated sugar mill wastewater (SMW) to cultivate the White button (Agaricus bisporus J.E. Lange) mushroom and the attendant risk of trace metals accumulated in the fruiting bodies. The wheat straw substrate was loaded with a normal water supply and different doses of SMW to enhance its moisture and nutrien...
This study investigated the yield and biochemical potential of Agaricus bisporus mushroom cultivated on agricultural waste substrate supplemented with treated sugar industry effluent (SIE). Laboratory-scale experiments were performed for the cultivation of A. bisporus on a mixture of wheat straw and sugar cane bagasse moistened with different doses...
he present study describes the phytoremediation performance of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) for physicochemical pollutants elimination from paper mill effluent (PME). For this, pot (glass aquarium) experiments were conducted using 0% (BWW: borewell water), 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100% treatments of PME under natural day/light regime. Results of...
In this study, the combined application of treated dairy wastewater and agricultural residues for Agaricus bisporus mushroom cultivation is presented. For this, laboratory-scale cultivation of A. bisporus was done on a mixture of wheat straw and sugar cane bagasse substrates moistened with different concentrations of treated dairy wastewater (DWW)...
The present book entitled "Advances in Environmental Pollution Management: Wastewater Impacts and Treatment Technologies" has been designed to bind prime knowledge of wastewater pollution-induced impacts on various aspects of our environment. The book also contains novel methods and tools for the monitoring and treatment of produced wastewater. The...
In this work, we evaluated the potential of treated sugar mill effluent (SME) as a moistener of rice straw substrate for laboratory cultivation of milky mushroom (Calocybe indica P&C). Five different concentrations of SME including, 0% (control using normal water supply) 25, 50, 75, and 100% were tested to enrich the rice straw substrate. Laborator...
The inefficient management of wastewater generated from agro-based industries has become a cause of environmental degradation. Treated agrobased wastewaters (TAWs) are characterized by higher nutrients load and therefore, utilizable in the agriculture and horticulture as irrigation source. Agricultural reuse of TAWs is the most common practice done...
Integrated industrial hubs (IIHs) are the major cause of water pollution in India. This chapter reveals the issues of industrialization and its causes and consequences to the environment in total and water in particular. Environmental pollution is a worldwide problem, now receiving worldwide attention. The majority of the solid wastes and wastewate...
The compliance of this book is helpful for academicians, researchers, students, as well as other people seeking the relevant material in current trends of studies on the topic of environmental degradation.
The present study investigated the kinetics of biogas production by co-digestion of Eichhornia crassipes supplemented with sugar mill effluent. The influence of digester temperature (30 and 40 °C) on biogas production during the anaerobic digestion of mixed substrates was evaluated. Experimental values obtained in 15 days batch study revealed that...
The present research deals with multivariate regression modeling of heavy metals uptake by cultivated Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth: WH) in the wastewater of paper and pulp processing industry. The WH plants were grown in different treatments of wastewater of paper and pulp processing industry (25, 50, 75, and 100%), while the control experi...
This study explored the potential of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) plant residue (SPR) for bioethanol production. Three particle sizes, including 400, 850 and 1300 µm of SPR, were subjected to microbial degradation by Phanerochaete chrysosporium followed by 1% H2SO4 pretreatments. FTIR and HPLC analyses showed that the combined pretreatment which beg...
Integrated industrial effluent (IIE) released from SIIDCUL causes serious environmental problems in the vicinity of Haridwar, India. Therefore, this study investigated the potential of water fern (Azolla pinnata R.Br.) for phyto-treatment of IIE. Laboratory experiments with six IIE concentrations (0 as control with bore well water, 20, 40, 60, 80 a...
Recent advances in chemical applications in the agricultural sector have been contributed to disruptive contamination of crop and environment. Besides the contribution in improving conventional farming, the development of new methods has also contributed to polluting agriculture as well as environments. The deposition of several contaminants in agr...
Heavy metals pollution is the main environmental pollution. The heavy metals are highly toxic to plants and living life. Heavy metals play a vital role in nature as they are essential for the plant's normal growth. These heavy metals are also involved in redox reactions, transferring electrons, basic functions in nucleic acid metabolisms, and being...
The book entitled “Contaminants in Agriculture and Environment: Health Risks and Remediation” will be focused on the emerging contaminants in agriculture and environment and it will be helpful for the researchers, academicians, scientists, UG and PG students and other stakeholders engaged in the field of agriculture and environmental studies. The c...
This study investigated the potential of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) for removal of copper, iron and mercury (Cu 2+ , Fe 3+ and Hg 2+) from their aqueous solution amended at different concentration (5, 10 and 15 mg L −1). The different plant growth attributes viz., fresh plant biomass, total chlorophyll content, kinetic plant growth rate a...
The present investigation was carried out to determine the contamination, enrichment and translocation of heavy metals in vegetables viz., spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.), fenugreek (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) and coriander (Coriandrum sativum L.) grown in the composite effluent (mixture of industrial and domestic wastewater) irrigated soil. The...
In this experiment, we assessed the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) for pollutants removal from sugar mill effluent amended at different concentrations and further biogas production from its grown biomass co-digested with cow dung in a laboratory scale anaerobic digester. The results showed that the maximum value...
This experiment was performed to optimize the response surface methodology (RSM) based reduction of cadmium (Cd2+) and lead (Pb2+) from the aqueous solution and to study anatomical effects of Cd2+ and Pb2+ stress on stomata of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) during phytoremediation. Laboratory experiments were carried out to gro...
This study was conducted to assess the pollutant uptake capability of water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes L.) in terms of bioaccumulation, enrichment, and translocation of heavy metals grown in sugar mill effluent. Results showed that the maximum fresh weight (328.48 ± 2.04 gm kg⁻¹), total chlorophyll content (2.13 ± 2.03 mg g⁻¹ fwt), and relative gro...
The present investigation was conducted to study the water quality of river Ganga during Kanwar Mela 2017 with reference to physico-chemical and microbiological characteristics at Haridwar city. Five sampling sites viz., Har ki Pauri (HKP), Vishnu Ghat (VG), Daksh Mandir (DM), Pul Jatwara (PJ) and Bhimgoda Barrage (BGB as control) were selected for...
In this present study, an experiment was performed to find the potential of leaf powder of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) in treating paper mill effluent. During the study the value of different parameters viz., pH (5.80±0.10), TDS (980.22±12.52 mgL-1), EC (6.52±0.11 dS m-1), BOD (86.42±4.61 mgL-1), COD (281.01±8.66 mgL-1), PO43- (71.46±6.00...
In present study, the performance of phytoremediation by Pistia stratiotes on sugar mill effluent (SME) and its end use for biogas production are investigated. The objectives of the study are to determine the nutrient and pollution reduction efficiency of P. stratiotes from SME and evaluation of its biomass as a feedstock for biogas production. Var...
Laboratory experiments were carried out to assess the phytoremediation potential of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.] Solms) for the removal of different parameters of the paper mill effluent. The maximum removal efficiency of E. crassipes and phyto-kinetic removal rate was recorded at 50% concentration of the paper mill effluent followe...
The present investigation was carried out to study the heavy metals and microbial contamination of four selected leafy vegetables viz., cabbage, lettuce, coriander and spinach grown in abattoir effluent irrigated soil. The results revealed that the values of various parameters of abattoir effluent viz., TDS (2840 mg L-1), BOD (2480.50 mg L-1), COD...
The present study was carried out to probe the agronomic response of hybrid cultivar of okra (Hibiscus esculentus L. var. JK 7315) grown in secondary treated municipal wastewater irrigated soil with field investigations. The concentrations of the municipal wastewater viz., 10%, 20%, 40%, 60%, 80% and 100% along with the control (groundwater) were u...
The present study was conducted to assess the impact of glass industry effluent
on soil characteristics in the province of Asahi India glass Ltd. located in the Haridwar
region, India. The results showed that the values of TS (1620.5 mg L-1), TDS (1435.25
mg L-1), TSS (364.25 mg L-1), EC (1.34 dS m-1), BOD (1447.75 mg L -1), COD (3029.00
mg L-1), C...
The present investigation was conducted to study the effects of sewage effluent disposal on soil
characteristics in the district Haridwar (Uttarakhand). The result showed that the sewage effluent loaded with higher
value of TDS (696.67 mg L-1), EC (0.78 dS/m-1), pH (7.53), BOD (66.7 mg L-1), COD (125.33 mg L-1), TKN (6.38
mg L-1), Na+ (56.53 mg L-1...
Phycoremediation is the use of algae for the removal of pollutants from wastewater since algal species are relatively easy to grow, adapt and manipulate within a laboratory setting and appear to be ideal organisms for use in remediation studies. The present investigation was carried out to determine the phycoremediation potential of Spirogyra sp. u...
The present investigation was conducted to study the hydrobiological characteristics of pond water at Jamalpur Kalan, Haridwar (Uttarakhand). This study was therefore, aimed to provide relevant information to fish farmers in order to help improve the quality of fish farming. The results of the present study showed that the parameters viz., TDS (701...
Experiments for the comparative assessment of phytoremediation feasibility of water caltrop (Trapa natans L.) and water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes Solms.) using paper mill efflu-ent were carried out for 60 days. The results revealed that the pulp and paper mill effluent was var-ied in characteristics and highly loaded with TDS, EC, BOD5, COD, T...
The present investigation was conducted to study the effects of pulp and paper mill effluent disposal on soil characteristics in the vicinity of Uttaranchal Pulp and Paper mill, Haridwar (Uttarakhand), India. The results showed that the values of TS (1372.75 mg L-1), TDS (1008.50 mg L-1), TSS (364.25 mg L-1), BOD (1226.50 mg L-1), COD (2832.50 mg L...
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I’m interested in understanding the methods used to estimate carbon sequestration in mangrove ecosystems. Specifically, I would like to know:
- What are the most effective techniques or models currently used for measuring carbon storage in mangrove forests?
- Are there specific factors or variables that significantly influence carbon sequestration rates in these ecosystems?
Dear Researcher, kindly share your research and knowledge.
Dear Researchers,
Kindly share your input on this question.
Effect of improving water use efficiency on soil/water efficiency in agriculture?
Fertilizers play a crucial role in enhancing the productivity of plants. However, low nutrient use efficiencies of conventional fertilizers (CFs) associated with several losses have led to widespread multi-nutrient deficiencies in the soil and lower productivity.
Dear Researcher,
Kindly share valuable knowledge on Nano-fertilizers and Neem-coated urea in the field of Agriculture.
What is the difference between the Mechanism of nutrient uptake through plants?
What is the role/ effect of the surface area of Nano-fertilizers and Neem-coated urea during the uptake process?
Thanking you.
Dear Researchers,
Does anybody know the level of Nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N) + Nitrite-nitrogen (NO2-N) (mg/l) in Water?
Kindly share
Dear Sir/Madam
We are working in the field of environmental pollution such as bioremediation, phycoremediation, phytoremediation, mushroom cultivation, biomass production, bioenergy production and various crops cultivation. Some experimental work is underway. But, another experimental work has been completed. Now we are going to prepare a scientific paper. But we are trying to analyze the data with the help of suitable or latest kinetic/mathematical model for the plant/biomass growth after the treatment process at different experimental.
I request all scientists and researchers who are working in this field. Please share your valuable knowledge, research papers, ideas, and text materials.
Thanks to all.
Are there any international or national guidelines for quality of sediment (in reference of heavy metals) in rivers?
kindly share the information regarding this.
What is the appropriate particle size of lignocellulose biomass for the maximum production of ethanol in the lab scale experimental study.
What is meaning of Bio-accumulation and Enrichment factor of metals in plant in term of ratio in plant tissue and how to define this index for the accumulated metals in plant tissue versus external medium or solution.
Basic concept?
What will be range of fresh cow dung COD in term of biogas production from these substrate.
