RESEARCH PROJECTS
Advancing precision agronomy, automated soil sensing, remote sensing modeling, and climate resilience through empirical field experiments.
Drought Resilient Alfalfa Production (D-RAP)
Investigating physiological responses, root architecture adaptations, and water-use efficiency of alfalfa cultivars under automated rainout shelter drought conditions.
Precision Irrigation & In-Situ Moisture Sensor Networks
Developing wireless LoRaWAN soil matric potential tensiometers and automated variable-rate drip irrigation delivery to maximize crop yield per drop.
UAV Multispectral Remote Sensing for Spatial Yield Prediction
High-resolution multispectral and thermal drone imaging campaigns integrated with satellite data to compute NDVI, NDRE, and spatial nitrogen deficiency maps.
Proximal Soil Color & Optical Spectrometry Modeling
Rapid lab and in-field visible-near infrared (Vis-NIR) spectroscopy modeling for non-destructive soil organic carbon and cation exchange capacity estimation.
Digital Twin 3D Hydrodynamic Moisture Flux in Kashmir Soils
3D finite element hydrodynamic modeling simulating root water extraction, capillary dynamics, and predictive drought forecasting under variable climatic scenarios.
