Light Emitting Diodes for Agriculture

Dr. S. Dutta Gupta is currently a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India. He has been engaged in teaching and research on Plant Biotechnology for more than 30 years. He is a pioneer in the application of artificial intelligence and imaging techniques in plant tissue culture system and brings engineering–plant tissue culture link to a new dimension of understanding. He has also made a significant contribution to light-emitting diode (LED) assisted modifications of oxidative status during shoot organogenesis. Dr. Dutta Gupta has received fellowships from various agencies and governments such as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Lockheed Martin, the Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Czech Academy of Sciences and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). He has published more than 100 scientific articles and edited 4 books.

Artificial lighting system for plant growth and development: Chronological advancement, working principles and comparative assessment.- LED supplementary lighting.- Influence of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on light sensing and signaling networks in plants.- Optimizing LED lighting in controlled environment agriculture.- Economics of LED lighting.-  An overview of LED lighting and spectral quality on plant photosynthesis.- LED lighting in horticulture.- Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for improved nutritional quality.- Light-emitting diodes in postharvest quality preservation and microbiological food safety.- Regulation of gene expression by LED lighting.- The influence of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) on the growth, antioxidant activities and metabolites in adventitious root of Panax ginseng C.A. Meyer.- Influence of LED lighting on in vitro plant regeneration and associated cellular redox balance.- Impact of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on propagation of orchids in tissue culture

.- LEDs and their potential in somatic embryogenesis of Panax vietnamensis Ha et Grushv.