R. K. Patel (Sr. Scientist, Horticulture)


  1. Agrawal S., Patel R.K. and Pandey S.D. 1998. Influence of higher levels of nitrogen and potassium on growth and yield potential of in vitro banana (cv. Robusta). Mysore J. Agric. Sci. 32: 275-280.
  2. Patel R.K., Agrawal S. and Pandey S.D. 1999. Effect of split application of NPK with varying levels of nitrogen and potassium on bunch characters on in vitro banana cv. Dwarf Cavendish as first ratoon crop. South Ind. Hort. 47: 162-163.
  3. Patel R.K., Pandey S.D. and Agrawal S. 1999. Studies on the effect of varying doses of nitrogen and potassium with splitting of NPK on fruit characters on in vitro banana cv. Dwarf Cavendish as first ratoon crop. The Orissa J. of Hort. 27: 48-52.
  4. Puri S., Agrawal S., Patel R.K. and Swamy S.L. 2001. Germination and viability testing of some multipurpose trees used in Agroforestry practices. Indian J. Agroforestry 1: 69-79.
  5. Rai N., Yadav D.S., Yadav R.K. and Patel R.K. 2001. Variability, correlation and path coefficient analysis in between seed morphology and seedling growth in French bean. Assam Sc. Soc. 42: 40-43.
  6. Dubey A.K., Yadav D.S. and Patel R.K. 2002. Studies on the softwood grafting in Khasi mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco). Indian J. Citriculture 1: 109-112.
  7. Dubey A.K., Nath A., Patel R.K., Babu K.D. and Yadav D.S. 2002. Standardization of maturity indices of Kinnow under Meghalaya condition. Progressive Horticulture 34: 119-122.
  8. Dubey A.K., Patel R.K. and Singh A. K. 2003. Performance of citrus (Citrus species) and hybrids in nursery at mid-altitude of Khasi hills of Meghalaya. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 74: 552-554.
  9. Dubey A.K., Patel R.K. and Singh A. K. 2003. Standardization of fruit maturity indices in Khasi mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) under Meghalaya. Agric. Res. New Series 24: 5-8.
  10. Dubey A.K., Singh A.K., Yadav D.S. and Patel R.K. 2003. Seed germination in citrus species as affected by storage of seeds within the fruits. Indian J. Plant Physiol.: 226-230.
  11. Yadav D.S., Patel R.K., Rai N. and Dubey A.K. 2003. Physico-chemical status and yield of declined Khasi mandarin orchards in Meghalaya. Sci. Digest 23: 71-72.
  12. Dubey A.K., Patel R.K. and Yadav D.S. 2004. Studies on bare root transplanting of Khasi mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco) under mid altitude of Meghalaya. The Orissa Journal of Horticulture 32: 55-57.
  13. Rai N., Patel R.K., Yadav D.S. and Asati B.S. 2004. Effect of PGR on growth, flowering and yield of French bean Cv. Meghalaya Local. Sci. 31: 95-97.
  14. Patel R.K., Yadav D.S., and Yadav R.M. 2005. Physico-chemical studies of kiwi cultivars under mid hill situation of Meghalaya. J. of Hill Farming 18: 165-168.
  15. Patel R.K., Yadav D.S., Yadav R.M. and Patel K.K. 2005. Performance of patch budding on different cultivars of guava under mid hill altitude of Meghalaya. The Orissa J. Horticulture 33: 1-3.
  16. Rai N., Yadav D.S., Patel K. K. and Patel R.K. 2005. Effect of position of flower clusters on yield and quality of tomato hybrids. Haryana J. Hort. Sci. 34: 310-312.
  17. Rai N., Yadav D.S., Patel K.K. and Patel R.K. 2005. Studies on shelf life of capsicum grown under protected and open conditions. Haryana J. Hort. Sci. 34: 313-315.
  18. Yadav D.S., Rai N., Dey B., Patel R.K. and Singh S. 2005. Effect of spacing on growth and yield of pineapple planted on terraced land and across the hill slope. The Orissa J. Horticulture 33: 27-30.
  19. Singh A., Patel, R.K., Babu K.D. and Bhuyan M. 2006. Flowering, Fruiting and ripening physiology of passion fruit. Environment and Ecology 24: 693-697.
  20. Babu K.D., Ram C., De L.C., Paul, D., Singh A. and Patel R.K. 2007. Evaluation of guava selections for productivity and quality traits. International J. Tropical Agric. 25: 84-87.
  21. Patel R.K., Babu K.D., Singh A. and Yadav D.S. 2007. Performance of low chilling Peach cultivars under mid hills of Meghalaya, Physico-chemical studies of kiwi cultivars under mid hill situation of Meghalaya. Environment and Ecology 25: 229-231.
  22. Patel R.K., Singh A., De L.C., Patel R.S., Yadav R.M., Buragohain, J. and Bhuyan, M. 2007. Tree health, growth, yield and fruit quality attributes of some citrus species/types at mid altitude of Khasi hill of Meghalaya. International Journal of Tropical Agriculture 25: 927-932.
  23. Singh, A., Yadav D.S., Patel R.K. and Bhuyan M. 2007. Effect of shelf-life and quality of passion fruit with polyethylene packaging under specific temperature, food Sci. Technol. 44: 201-204. [Full paper]
  24. Singh A., Patel R.K., De L.C. and Babu K.D. 2008. Effect of cutting types, indol butyric acid treatment and shoot pinching on rooting of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa). J. Agric. Sci. 78: 695-698.
  25. Singh A., Patel R.K., De L.C. and Pereira Lolly S. 2008. Performance of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) cultivars under sub-tropics of Meghalaya. J. Agric. Sci. 78: 575-580.
  26. Babu K.D., De L.C., Patel R.K. and Singh A. 2009. Genotypic amenability of guava for patch budding. Indian J. Hort. 66: 264-266.
  27. Patel R.K., Singh A., Yadav D.S., Bhuyan, M. and Deka Bidyut C. 2009. Waxing, lining and polyethylene packaging on the shelf-life and juice quality of passion fruit during storage. Journal of Food Science and Technology 46: 70-74. [Full paper]
  28. Baiswar P., Chandra S, Patel R.K. and Ngachan S.V. 2009. First report of powdery mildew on Prunus nepalensis in India. Australasian Plant Disease Notes 4: 131-132. [Full paper]
  29. Patel R.K., Babu K.D., Singh A., Yadav D.S. and De L.C. 2010. Soft wood grafting in mandarin ( reticulata Blanco): A novel vegetative propagation technique. International Journal of fruit Science 10: 54-64.
  30. Singh A., Nath A., Deka B.C., Prakash J., Patel R.K. and Choudhary S. 2010. Studies on nutritive value of papaya (Carica papaya) fruits at different stages for their amenability to specific use. Tropical Agriculturist 158: 15-23. [Full paper]
  31. Baiswar P., Chandra S., Bag T.K., Patel R.K., Ngachan S.V. and Deka B.C. 2011. Cladosporium oxysporum on Prunus nepalensis in India. Australasian Plant Disease Notes DOI 10.1007/s13314-011-0002-1. [Full paper]
  32. Nath A, Deka Bidyut C, Singh A. and Patel R.K. 2011. Extension of shelf life of pear fruits using different packaging materials. Journal of Food Science and Technology 49: 556-563. [Full paper]
  33. Patel R.K, Maiti C.S. Deka Bidyut C., Deshmukh N.A. and Roy D. 2011. Variability Studies in Guava (Psidium guajava ) Genotypes for Growth, Yield and Quality Attributes at mid-hills of Meghalaya. Indian J Hill Farming 24: 24-28. [Full paper]
  34. Singh A., Singh B.K., Deka B.C., Sanwal S.K., Patel R.K. and Verma M.R. 2011. The genetic variability, inheritance and inter-relationships of ascorbic acid, β-carotene, phenol and anthocyanin content in strawberry (Fragaria×ananassa). Scientia Horticulturae 129: 86–90. [Full paper]
  35. Singh A., Yadav D.S., Patel R.K., Nath A. and Bhuyan, M. 2011. Wax coating and padding materials influence quality and shelf-life of purple passion fruit during storage. Indian Journal of Horticulture 68: 246-249.
  36. Singh A., Syndor A., Deka Bidyut C., Singh R.K. and Patel R.K. 2012. The effect of microclimate inside low tunnels on off-season production of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa). Scientia Horticulturae 144: 36-41. [Full paper]
  37. Deka Bidyut C., Thirugnanavel A., Patel R.K., Nath Amit and Deshmukh N. 2012. Horticultural diversity in North-East India and its improvement for value addition. Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding 72: 157-167. [Full paper]
  38. Deshmukh N.A., Patel R.K, Deka B.C., Jha A.K. and Lyngdoh P. 2012. Leaf to fruit ratio affects fruit yield and quality of low chilling peach cv. Flordasun. Indian Journal of Hill Farming 25: 31-34.
  39. Singh A., Deka B.C., Patel R.K., Nath A. and Mulieh S.R. 2012. Effect of pruning time, severity and tree aspects on harvesting period and fruit quality of low chilling peach (Prunus persica). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 82: 862-868. [Full paper]
  40. Deka B.C., Nath A., Lamare R.L. and Patel R.K. 2013. Quality and shelf-life of Sohshang (Elaeagnus latifolia ) fruits in different packages during storage. Ind. J. Hill Farm. 26: 21-25.
  41. Deshmukh N.A., Patel R.K., Deka Bidyut C., Verma V.K., Jha A.K. and Pathaw J.E. 2013. Self help groups boost turmeric production in Meghalaya- a success story. HortFlora Research Spectrum 2: 230-234. [Full paper]
  42. Lamare R.L., Deka B.C., Nath A. and Patel R.K. 2013. Dynamics of physico-chemical values in Sohshang (Elaeagnus latifolia ) across maturity. Ind. J. Hill Farm. 26: 49-53.
  43. Meiti S.B., Patel R.K., Deka Bidyut C., Deshmukh N.A. and Singh A. 2013. Effect of chemical thinning on yield and quality of peach cv. Flordasun. African Journal of Agricultural Research 8: 3558-3565.
  44. Patel R.K., Maiti C.S., Deka Bidyut C, Deshmukh N.A. and Nath A. 2013. Changes in sugars, pectin and antioxidants of guava (Psidium guajava) fruits during fruit growth and maturity. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 83:1017-21. [Full paper]
  45. Patel R.K., Maiti C.S., Deka Bidyut C, Roy S.S. and Verma V.K. 2013. Genetic diversity among guava genotypes based on seed protein polymorphosim. Indian Journal of Horticulture 70:190-194.
  46. Kumar A., Srivastava K., Patel R.K. and Nath V. 2014. Management of litchi fruit borer and litchi mite using bio-rational approaches under subtropics of Bihar. The Ecoscan Special Issue VI: 285-289. [Full paper]
  47. Deshmukh N.A., Lyngdoh P., Jha A.K., Patel R.K. and Deka Bidyut C. 2014. Comparative study on newly developed guava hybrids with commercial cultivars under mid-hills of NE India. The Bioscan 8: 1467-1470.
  48. Kumar A., Pandey S.D., Patel R.K., Rai R.R., Srivastava K. and Nath V. 2014. Studies on feasibility of intercropping under litchi based cropping system. The Ecoscan Special Issue V: 101-109. [Full paper]
  49. Mishra S.J., Chandra R., Prasad L. and Patel R.K. 2014. Influence of some phytohormones based culture medium on in vitro multiplication of gerbera (Gerbera jamesonii). HortFlora Research Spectrum 3: 65-68. [Full paper]
  50. Patel R.K., Meitei S.B., Kumar A., Srivastava K., Deka B.C., Deshmukh N.A. and Verma V.K. 2014. Effect of leaf and fruit thinning on yield and quality of peach cv. Flordasun. The Ecoscan Special Issue VI: 467-471. [Full paper]
  51. Patel R.K., Singh A., Prakash J., Nath A. and Deka B.C. 2014. Physico-biochemical changes during fruit growth, development, and maturity in passion fruit genotypes. Indian Journal of Horticulture 71: 486-493. [Full paper]
  52. Kumar A., Pandey, S.D., Patel R.K., Singh S.K., Srivastava K. and Nath V. 2015. Induction of flowering by use of chemicals and cincturing in ‘Shahi’ litchi. The Ecoscan Special Issue VII: 493-496.
  53. Pandey S.D., Kumar A., Patel R.K., Rai R.R. and Nath V. 2015. Influence of planting densities on plant growth, yield and quality of litchi cv. Shahi. The Ecoscan Special Issue VII: 397-401.
  54. Patel R.K., Basu L., Deka B.C., Deshmukh N.A. 2015. Standardization of grafting time and methods in sohiong (Prunus nepalensis ): an underutilized fruit under mid hills of Meghalaya. HortFlora Research Spectrum 4: 366-369. [Full paper]
  55. Patel R.K., Maiti C.S., Deka B.C., Deshmukh N.A., Verma V.K. and Nath A. 2015. Physical and biochemical changes in guava (Psidium guajava) during various stages of fruit growth and development. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology 8: 63-70. [Full paper]
  56. Patel R.K., Maiti C.S., Deka B.C., Verma V.K., Deshmukh N.A. and Verma, M.R. 2015. Genetic Variability, Character Association and Path Coefficient Study in Guava (Psidium guajava ) for Plant growth, Floral and Yield Attributes. International Journal of Bio-resource and Stress Management 6: 000-000. [Full paper]
  57. Patel R.K., Maiti C.S., Kumar A. and Srivastava K. 2015. Genetic variability, character association and path coefficient study in guava (Psidium guajava) for yield and fruit related traits. The Ecoscan Special Issue VII: 447-453.
  58. Srivastava K., Patel R.K., Pandey S.D. Kumar A., and Nath V. 2015. Integrated management of lepidopteran defoliators in litchi under subtropics of Bihar. The Ecoscan< Special Issue VII: 477-481.