Research Area

● Vegetables and fruit crops.

● Smart farming/ Vertical farming.

● Automation.

● Photo-Biology.

● Soilless crop culture in controlled environment systems.

● Influence of environmental factors and cultural practices on the growth, physiology, and biochemical characteristics of greenhouse crops.

● LED lighting to improves crop quality and production.

Technical knowledge and Research skills

● HPLC method

● Spectrophotometry technique for chemical analysis.

● Rotary evaporator.

● Automatic irrigation.

● Hydroponic culture medium with required pH and EC.

● Artificial LED lighting for crop production.

● Tissue culture.

● Greenhouse management.

● SPSS, SAS and MSTAT-C software for data analysis.

● Project writing.

Research on different horticultural crops

1. Pennywort (Centealla asiatica): To identifying optimal growing conditions (LED light, EC, pH, etc.) in hydroponic and changes their bioactive compounds in controlled environment conditions.

2. Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum): Plants were grown in 100% perlite medium in a greenhouse under a controlled environment. The irrigation method and the amount of irrigation water were the main focus of this research.

3. Paprika (Capsicum annuum): Grown in a greenhouse under a controlled environment to identify shade impact during summer season on yield and quality of paprika

4. Cucumber (Cucumis sativus): Grown in a greenhouse and identify the suitable amount of irrigation water through an automatic irrigation system based on plant physiological response, bioactive compounds and yield.

5. Apple (Malus spp.) Tissue culture propagated seedlings and their growth potentiality in different growing mediums under controlled environmental conditions.

6. Asparagus (Asparagus officinalis): Grown in a greenhouse condition to identify the impact of light intensity on their growth and bioactive compounds.

8. Pepper (Capsicum annum): Plants were grown in growth chambers under a controlled environment to identify their response in different low temperatures and changes in their antioxidant enzyme activity.

9. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus): To identify the morphological response and yield of different cultivars grown in acidic soil conditions.

Present Project Involvements

Topic Funded By Responsibility
1 Research on cucumber plants to find out nutrient and water use efficiency through automatic irrigation in soil in greenhouse condition. National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF). Researcher
2 Research on planterior to find out suitable growing conditions in indoor. Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry, Korea (IPET). Researcher
3 Research on paprika for the advancement of summer cultivation technology for stable supply. Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture and Forestry, Korea (IPET). Researcher

Student supervision in my present lab

Grade Person
1 Ph.D. 3
2 Masters 2
3 Undergraduate 2