Publications

Selected publications

Research articles-

Negi, P., Pandey, M., Paladi, R.K., Majumdar, A., Pandey, S.P., Barvkar, V.T., Devarumath, R. and Srivastava, A.K., 2025. Stomata‐Photosynthesis Synergy Mediates Combined Heat and Salt Stress Tolerance in Sugarcane Mutant M4209. Plant, Cell & Environment, Wiley, 48: 4668-4684. (I.F.- 6.1) https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15424
Moulick, D*ψ., Ghosh, Dψ., Gharde, Y., Majumdar, Aψ., Upadhyay, M.K., Chakraborty, D., Mahanta, S., Das, A., Choudhury, S., Brestic, M. and Alahmadi, T.A., 2024. An assessment of the impact of traditional rice cooking practice and eating habits on arsenic and iron transfer into the food chain of smallholders of Indo-Gangetic plain of South-Asia: Using AMMI and Monte-Carlo simulation model. Heliyon, Cell Press p.e28296. (I.F.- 4.0) (Note: ΨEqually contributed) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e28296
De, A., Das, A., Joardar, M., Majumdar, A., Dey, A., Das, J., Thakur, B.K., Roychowdhury, T., 2024. Investigating groundwater fluoride dynamics in the lower Gangetic plain including natural influences compromise economic and health issues. ES&T Water, ACS (I.F.- 5.3) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.3c00510
Majumdar, A*., Upadhyay, M.K., Giri, B., Moulick, D., Sarkar, S., Thakur, B., Yadav, P., Sahu, K., Srivastava, A.K., Buck, M. and Tibbett, M., 2024. Sustainable irrigation reduces arsenic bioavailability in fluvio-alluvial soils promoting microbial responses, high rice productivity and economic profit. Journal of Hazardous Materials, Elsevier, 466: p-133610 (I.F.- 13.6) (*Correspondence) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133610
Mridha, D., Sarkar, J., Majumdar, A., Sarkar, K., Maiti, A., Acharya, K., Das, M., Chen, H., Niazi, N.K., Roychowdhury, T*., 2024. Evaluation of iron modified biochar on arsenic accumulation by rice: A pathway to assess human health risk from cooked rice. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer-Nature, 31, p. 23549–23567 (I.F.- 5.8) https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-32644-z
Majumder, S., Joardar, M., Das, A., De, A., Mridha, D., Ghosh, S., Lama, U., Dey, A., Chowdhury, N.R., Majumdar, A., Roychowdhury, T*., 2023. Arsenic toxicity and risk assessment among different aged young population from endemic areas of West Bengal, India: Investigation through ingestion exposure and biomarkers study Groundwater for Sustainable Development. Groundwater and Sustainable Development, Elsevier, 23: p.101022 (I.F.- 5.9) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gsd.2023.101022
De, A., Das, A., Joardar, M., Mridha, D., Majumdar, A., Das, J., Roychowdhury, T*., 2023. Investigating spatial distribution of fluoride in groundwater with respect to hydro-geochemical characteristics and associated probabilistic health risk in Baruipur block of West Bengal, India. Science of the Total Environment, 886, p-163877 Elsevier, (I.F.- 9.8). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.163877
Majumdar, A*., Dubey, P.K., Giri, B., Moulick, D., Srivastava, A.K., Roychowdhury, T., Bose, S., Jaiswal, M.K., 2023. Effect of combined dry-wet irrigation and microbial dynamics on soil nutrient bioavailability, Soil and Tillage Research, Elsevier, 232, p.105752 (I.F.- 6.5). (*correspondence) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2023.105752
Majumdar, A*., Upadhyay, M.K., Giri, B., Karwadia, J., Srivastava, S., Jiswal, M.K., 2023. Iron oxide doped biochar reduces soil-plant arsenic stress and improves nutrient values: An amendment towards sustainable development goals. Chemosphere, Elsevier, 312, p. 137117 (I.F.- 8.8) (*Correspondence) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.137117
Tyagi, N., Upadhyay, M.K., Majumdar, A., Pathak, S.K., Giri, B., Jaiswal, M.K., Srivastava, S*., 2022. An assessment of various trace and major elemental status and associated health risk in agricultural soil along the middle Gangetic basin, India, Chemosphere, P. 134433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.134433 (I.F.- 8.8)
Upadhyay, M.K., Majumdar, A., Srivastava, A.K., Bose, S., Suprasanna, P., Srivastava, S*., 2022. Antioxidant enzymes and transporter genes mediate arsenic stress reduction in rice (Oryza sativa L.) upon thiourea supplementation. Chemosphere, 292, p-133482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133482 (I.F.- 8.8)
Majumdar, A*., Upadhyay, M.K., Ojha, M., Afsal, F., Giri, B., Srivastava, S., Bose, S., 2021. Enhanced Phytoremediation of Metal(loid)s via Spiked ZVI Nanoparticles: An Urban Clean-up Strategy with Ornamental Plants. Chemosphere, p-132588. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132588 (I.F.- 8.8) (*Correspondence)
Srivastava, A.K*., Pandey, M., Ghate, T., Kumar, V., Upadhyay, M.K., Majumdar, A., Sanjukta, A.K., Agrawal, A.K., Bose, S., Srivastava, S. and Suprasanna, P., 2021. Chemical intervention for enhancing growth and reducing grain arsenic accumulation in rice. Environmental Pollution, p.116719. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116719 (I.F.- 8.9)
Majumdar, A., Upadhyay, M.K., Giri, B., Srivastava, S., Srivastava, A.K., Jaiswal, M.K. and Bose, S*., 2021. Arsenic dynamics and flux assessment under drying-wetting irrigation and enhanced microbial diversity in paddy soils: A four-year study in Bengal delta plain. Journal of Hazardous Materials, p.124443. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124443 (I.F.- 13.6)
Upadhyay, M.K., Majumdar, A., Barla, A., Bose, S. and Srivastava, S*., 2021. Thiourea supplementation mediated reduction of grain arsenic in rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivars: A two-year field study. Journal of Hazardous Materials, p.124368. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.124368 (I.F.- 13.6)
Shrivastava, A., Barla, A., Majumdar, A., Singh, S. and Bose, S*., 2020. Arsenic mitigation in rice grain loading via alternative irrigation by proposed water management practices. Chemosphere, p.124988 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.124988 (IF- 8.8)
Majumdar, A., Upadhyay, M.K., Suresh Kumar, J., Sheena, Barla, A., Srivastava, S., Jaiswal, M.K., Bose, S*., 2019. Ultra-structure alteration via enhanced silicon uptake in arsenic stressed rice cultivars under intermittent irrigation practices in Bengal delta basin. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 180, 770-779 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.05.028 (IF-6.8)
Upadhyay, M.K., Majumdar, A., Barla, A., Bose, S, Srivastava, S*., 2019. An assessment of arsenic hazard in groundwater-soil-rice system in two villages of Nadia district, West Bengal, India. Environmental Geochemistry and Health 41, 2381-2395. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-019-00289-4 (IF-4.2)
Majumdar A., Barla A., Upadhyay M.K., Ghosh D., Chaudhuri P., Srivastava S., Bose S*., 2018. Vermiremediation of metal(loid)s via Eichornia crassipes phytomass extraction: A sustainable technique for plant amelioration. Journal of Environmental Management, 220, 118-125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.05.017 (IF-8.7)
Sarkarψ, S.R., Majumdar, Aψ., Barla, A., Pradhan, N., Singh, S., Ojha, N. and Bose, S*., 2017. A conjugative study of Typha latifolia for expunge of phyto- available heavy metals in fly ash ameliorated soil. Geoderma, 305, 354-362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2017.06.022 (IF- 6.1) (Note: ΨEqually contributed)
Barla, A., Shrivastava, A., Majumdar, A., Upadhyay, M.K. and Bose, S*., 2016. Heavy metal dispersion in water saturated and water unsaturated soil of Bengal delta region, India. Chemosphere, 168, 807-816. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.10.132 (IF-8.8)

Archived articles with DOI

Majumdar, Arnab*; Upadhyay, Munish Kumar; Ghosh, Argha; Biswas, Rakesh; Kotta-Loizou, Ioly; Buck, Martin; Tibbett, Mark; Giri, Biswajit; Moulick, Debojyoti; Jaiswal, Manoj Kumar; Roychowdhury, Tarit, 2025. Furrow tillage reduces soil carbon loss and enhances microbial metabolism. BioRxiv, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.01.667305
Majumdar, Arnab*; Roychowdhury, Tarit; Kotta-Loizou, Ioly; Buck, Martin, 2025. Molecular Insights Into PGPR-Biochar–Mediated Arsenic Detoxification and Nutritional Enhancement in Rice Rhizospheres. BioRxiv, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.08.11.669651

Review articles

Moulick, D., Santra, S.C., Majumdar, A., Das, A., Chowardhara, B., Saha, B., Ghosh, D., Majumdar, J., Upadhyay, M.K., Yadav, P. and Sarkar, S., 2025. Efficacy of Seed Priming Technology in Ameliorating Metals and Metalloids Toxicity in Crops: Prospective and Issues. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 263(1), pp.1-41. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44169-024-00074-0
Majumdar, A*., Upadhyay, M.K., Ojha, M., Biswas, R., De, S., Sarkar, S., Moulick, D., Niazi, N.K., Rinklebe, J., Huang, J.H., Roychowdhury, T., 2024. A Critical Review on the Organo-metal(loid)s Pollution in the Environment: Distribution, remediation and risk assessment, Science of the Total Environment, 951: p. 175531, Elsevier (I.F.- 9.8) (*Correspondence) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175531
Moulick, D.*, Majumdar, A., Choudhury, A., Das, A., Chowardhara, B., Pattnaik, B.K., Dash, G.K., Murmu, K., Bhutia, K.L., Upadhyay, M.K., Yadav, P., Dubey, P.K., Nath, R., Murmu, S., Jana, S., Sarkar, S., Garai, S., Ghosh, D., Mondal, M., Santra, S.C., Choudhury, S., Brahmachari, K., Hossain, A., 2024. Emerging Concern of Nano-pollution in Agro-Ecosystem: Flip Side of Nanotechnology. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Elsevier, 211, p. 108704 (I.F.- 6.5) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2024.108704
Mondal, Rψ., Majumdar, Aψ., Sarkar, S., Goswami, C., Joardar, M., Das, A., Mukhopadhyay, P.K. and Roychowdhury, T., 2024. An extensive review of arsenic dynamics and its distribution in soil-aqueous-rice plant systems in south and Southeast Asia with bibliographic and meta-data analysis. Chemosphere, p.141460. (I.F.- 8.8) (Note: ΨEqually contributed) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141460
Majumdar, A*., Moulick, D. and Srivastava, S., 2024. 'Save Soil' by Managing Soil Nutrient Losses, Agronomic Practices and Crop-Microbial Interaction. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, Frontiers 8, p.1360937. (I.F.- 4.7) (*Correspondence) https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1360937
Moulick, Dψ., Mukherjee, A., Das, A., Roy, A., Majumdar, Aψ., Dhar, A., Pattanaik, B., Chowardhara, B., Ghosh, D., Upadhyay, M.K., Yadav, P., Hazra, S., Sarkar, S., Mahanta, S., Santra, S.C., Choudhury, S., Maitra, S., Mishra, U.N., Bhutia, K.L., Skalicky, M., Obročník, O., Bárek, V., Brestic, M., 2024. Selenium – An Environmentally Friendly Micronutrient in Agroecosystem in the Modern Era: An Overview of 50-Year Findings. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 270, 115832, Elsevier (I.F.- 6.8) (ψ equal first authorship) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoenv.2023.115832
Hazra, S.ψ, Moulick, D.ψ, Mukherjee, A.ψ, Mandal, S., Chowardhara, B., Majumdar, A.ψ, Upadhyay, M.K., Yadav, P., Roy, P., Santra, S.C., Dey, A., 2023. Evaluation of Efficacy of Non-Coding RNA in Abiotic Stress Management of Field Crops: Current Status and Future Prospective. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, Elsevier 1, p.107940. (I.F.- 6.5) (ψ equal first authorship) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107940
Upadhyay, M.K., Majumdar, A., Suresh Kumar, J., Srivastava, S*., 2020. Arsenic in rice agro-ecosystem: Solutions for safe and sustainable rice production. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4, p.53-58. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00053 (IF- 4.7)
Majumdar, A., Shrivastava, A., Sarkar, S.R., Sathyavelu, S., Barla, A. and Bose, S*., 2020. Hydrology, Sedimentation and Mineralization: A Wetland Ecology Perspective. Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, 8(2):134-151 https://doi.org/10.5958/2320-642X.2020.00014.9

Book

Arnab Majumdar*, 2021. Biogeochemistry of Soil-Plant Arsenic Toxicity, Agroecology and Mitigation Strategies. Eliva Press, ISBN- 978-1636484235, p. 1-219 https://www.elivapress.com/en/book/book-7988890505/

Book chapters

Arnab Majumdar, Neha Pradhan, Jibin Sadasiban, Ananya Acharya, Nupur Ojha, Swathy Babu, Sutapa Bose*, 2017. ‘Food Degradation and Foodborne Diseases: A Microbial Approach’ in ‘Microbial Contamination & Food Degradation, Handbook of Food Bioengineering’, Elsevier, 109-148, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-811515-2.00005-6
Arnab Majumdar and Sutapa Bose*, 2017. ‘Toxicogenesis and Metabolism of Arsenic in Rice and Wheat Plants with Probable Mitigation Strategies’ in ‘Arsenic: Risks of Exposure, Behaviour in the Environment and Toxicology’, Nova Publishing House, 149-166 https://novapublishers.com/shop/arsenic-risks-of-exposure-behavior-in-the-environment-and-toxicology/
Arnab Majumdar, Sutapa Bose*, 2018. ‘A Glimpse on Uptake Kinetics and Molecular Responses of Arsenic Tolerance in Rice Plants’ in ‘Mechanisms of arsenic toxicity and tolerance in plants’. Springer-Nature, 299-315. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1292-2
Arnab Majumdar, Jisha Suresh Kumar, Sheena, Sutapa Bose*, 2019. ‘Agricultural Water Management Practices and Environmental Influences on Arsenic Dynamics in Rice Field’ in ‘Arsenic in Drinking Water and Food’, Springer-Nature, 425-443. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8587-2
Fathima Afsal, Arnab Majumdar, Jisha Suresh Kumar, Sutapa Bose*, 2020. Microbial Inoculation to Alleviate the Metal Toxicity in Crop Plants and Subsequent Growth Promotion. In Sustainable Solutions for Elemental Deficiency and Excess in Crop Plants, Springer-Nature, 451-479. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8636-1
Ankita Gupta, Arnab Majumdar, Sudhakar Srivastava*, 2021. ‘Approaches for assisted phytoremediation of arsenic contaminated sites’ in Assisted Phytoremediation, Elsevier, pg. 221-242. https://doi.org/10.1016/C2019-0-04894-7
Munish Kumar Upadhyay* and Arnab Majumdar, 2022. Heavy metals stress responses in field crops. In: Responses and Tolerance of Field Crops to Abiotic Stresses, Taylor & Francis, pp-45-54, vol-1. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003258063
Arnab Majumdar*, Fathima Afsal, Saurabh Kumar Pathak, Tarit Roychowdhury, Sudhakar Srivastava, 2022. Molecular Aspects of Arsenic Responsive Microbes in Soil-Plant-Aqueous Triphasic Systems. In: Global Arsenic Hazard: Ecotoxicology and Remediation, Springer-Nature, pp 291-312, vol-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16360-9_14
Nilanjana Roy Chowdhury , Antara Das, Madhurima Joardar, Deepanjan Mridha, Ayan De, Sharmistha Majumder, Jajati Mandal, Arnab Majumdar, Tarit Roychowdhury*, 2022. Distribution of arsenic in rice grain from West Bengal, India: Its relevance to geographical origin, variety, cultivars and cultivation season In: Global Arsenic Hazard: Ecotoxicology and Remediation, Springer-Nature, pp 509-531, vol-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16360-9_23
Swati Tyagi, Poonam Yadav, Anwesha Chakraborty, Arnab Majumdar, Debojyoti Moulick, Shubhas Chandra Santra, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Upasana Sahoo, Sagar Maitra and Akbar Hossain, 2023. Myconanotechnologies: an approach towards sustainable agriculture, In: Myconanotechnology and Application of Nanoparticles in Biology, vol-1, 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-15262-7.00005-X
Shreyosi Dey, Arnab Majumdar*, 2024. ‘Current Status of Pollution in Major Rivers and Tributaries of India and Protection-Restoration Strategies’, in ‘Rivers of India: Past, Present and Future’, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp 69-93, vol-1. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49163-4_4
Majumdar, J., Biswas, J.K., Majumdar, A., Roychowdhury, T., Santra, S.C., Hossain, A. and Moulick, D., 2025. Rhizomicrobiome: Role in management of heavy metal stress in plants. In Rhizomicrobiome in sustainable agriculture and environment (pp. 315-332). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-23691-4.00013-0
Dey, S., Majumdar, A., Dubey, P.K., Roychowdhury, T., Majumdar, J., Santra, S.C., Hossain, A. and Moulick, D., 2025. Involvement of soil parameters and rhizosphere microbiome in sustainable crop productivity. In Rhizomicrobiome in sustainable agriculture and environment (pp. 189-228). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-23691-4.00009-9

Conference Proceedings

Arnab Majumdar*, Ioly Kotta-Loizou, Martin Buck, 2025. Development of diazotrophic biofilm on plant roots under changing climate fixes atmospheric nitrogen and restricts arsenic mobility, enhancing plant anatomy. In Goldschmidt 2025, Prague, Czechia.
Arnab Majumdar*, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Biswajit Giri, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, and Tarit Roychowdhury, 2024. Differential Tillage Practices in Agronomy Influence Soil Carbon Content, Nutrient Availability and Microbial Community Dynamics: Field to Genomics (No. EGU24-835). Copernicus Meetings. EGU 2024, Austria
Arnab Majumdar*, Pradeep Kumar Dubey, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Biswajit Giri, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, and Tarit Roychowdhury, 2023. Effects of Tillage and No-Tillage Agronomic Practices on Soil Carbon Content, Nutrient Dynamics and Microbial Community Change: Field study to Genomics. In Goldschmidt 2023, France
Arnab Majumdar*, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Sudhakar Srivastava, Sutapa Bose, 2022. Soil Geochemical Dynamics of Arsenic and Nutrients Affects Microbial Diversity, Elemental Release and Plant-Microbe Interactions: A Long-term Study from Field to Genomics. Goldschmidt 2022, Hawai-USA
Arnab Majumdar*, M.K. Upadhyay, A.K. Srivastava, S. Srivastava, M.K. Jaiswal, S. Bose, 2021. Soil arsenic dynamics in differentially microbial propagated paddy fields of Bengal delta basin. Arsenic 2021, Netherlands
Arnab Majumdar*, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Ashish Kumar Srivastava, Sudhakar Srivastava, Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, Sutapa Bose, 2020. Arsenic Resistance Gene Expression and Microbial Diversity from Altered Irrigated Paddy Soil in Bengal Delta. Goldschmidt 2020.
Arnab Majumdar*, Sutapa Bose, Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, 2019. Substantial soil arsenic-silicon dynamics under altered irrigation practices affecting rice plant anatomy. Goldschmidt 2019, Spain.
Arnab Majumdar*, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Sudhakar Srivastava, Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Sutapa Bose, 2018. Arsenic 2018, China.
Arnab Majumdar*, Munish Kumar Upadhyay, Sudhakar Srivastasva, Manoj Kumar Jaiswal, Sutapa Bose, 2017. Substantial Soil Arsenic-Silicon Dynamics under Altered Irrigation Practices Affecting Rice Plant Ultra-structure. IGWC 2017, India

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