Sudip Poudel
Research Associate (Crop Physiology)
Sudip serves as a research associate at the Agronomy Lab at Kentucky State University, having joined the lab in August 2023 as Graduate Research Assistant. Since starting his research, he has focused on various source-sink related experiments in soybeans. His research methodology involves manipulating source-sink ratios to better understand the dynamics of resource allocation within soybean plant systems. Among his projects, Sudip has published a study in the peer-reviewed journals in Agronomy, under the “Soil and Plant Nutrition” category. In this publication, he identified the seed size determination stage in soybeans. Additionally, he conducted experiments to identify the most sensitive stages of soybean crops, utilizing defoliation treatments at different growth stages to examine how a temporary decrease in assimilates affects pod and seed development.
In nutshell, his research aims to optimize source-sink dynamics in soybeans to enhance both productivity and seed quality. Beyond his work in crop physiology, Sudip is passionate about integrating technology into agronomic practices to facilitate the transition from traditional to modern farming systems. He is actively engaged in using remote sensing-based crop monitoring and utilizes aerial drone sensors for high-throughput crop phenotyping. Kentucky State University.