Mr. Ashish Ratn Mishra

Contact Information

Citrus Research and Education Center
Lake Alfred, Florida
Agricultural and Biological Engineering
Phone: 863.956.1151 ext. 1352
Email: amishra@ufl.edu

Education

M.S. in Biological & Agricultural Engineering (2005), University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas USA
Thesis title: Spectrometry for canopy nitrogen monitoring, yield modeling and mid season nitrogen management in rice

B.S. in Agricultural Engineering (2001, Gold Medalist)
Allahabad Agricultural Institute, Allahabad, UP, India
Thesis title: Appraisal of canal irrigation project: A case study of six minors of Meja Branch canal.

Engineer-in-Training; Oct 2009, Alabama State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

Positions

Graduate Research Assistant, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida, CREC, Lake Alfred, FL (Aug 2005-Present)

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Arkansas (Jan 2003- April 2005)

Specialization

• Spectroscopy
• Hyperspectral Imaging
• GIS
• Remote Sensing

Ongoing Research

Detection of Huanglongbing (HLB), also known as greening in citrus with the help of spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging.

Refereed Publications

Sankaran, S., A. Mishra, R. Ehsani, and C. Dima. 2010. A review of advanced techniques for detecting plant diseases. Computer and Electronics in Agriculture, 72(1):1-13.

Bajwa, S. G., A. R. Mishra, and R. Norman. 2010. Plant nitrogen accumulation dynamics in rice (Oryza sativa L.) in response to nitrogen management, soil and cultivar. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 41(4):454-471.

Mishra, A. R., Karimi, D., Ehsani, R., and Albrigo, L. G. 2009. An optic sensor for detection of Huanglongbinh (HLB) disease. Biosystems Engineering (Review).

Mishra, A. R., Karimi, D., Ehsani, R., and Lee, W. S. 2009. Identification of Citrus Greening (HLB) infected citrus trees using spectroscopy and statistical classification. Transactions of ASABE (Review).

Bajwa, S. G., A. R. Mishra, and R. Norman. 2009. Canopy reflectance response to plant nitrogen accumulation in rice. Precision Agriculture. DOI 10.1007/s11119-009-9142-0.

Bajwa, S. G., and A. R. Mishra. 2006. Effect of suspended sediment and chlorophyll concentrations on water reflectance. International Agricultural Engineering Journal 15(2-3): 139-150.

Presentations

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo, S. Sankaran. 2010. Application of Hyperspectral imaging for detection of Citrus Greening, American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 20-23, 2010. (Paper#1009998).

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo, W. S. Lee. Detection of citrus greening with spectroscopy in greenhouse. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Reno, Nevada, June 21 - 24, 2009. (Paper#097381)

Ashish Mishra, D. Karimi, R. Ehsani, W. S. Lee, G. Albrigo. 2009. Potential Applications of VIS-NIR Spectroscopy and Hyperspectral Imaging for Detecting HLB Infected Citrus Trees., FSHS meeting Jacksonville, FL, June 7-9, 2009, FL.

Ashish Mishra, Reza Ehsani, John Pilkey, Andre Colaco and Gene Albrigo. 2009. An Active optical sensor for detection of citrus greening (HLB) Disease. 8th Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Production Engineering Symposium. Concepcion, Chile, January 5-9, 2009.

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo, W. S. Lee. Spectral Discrimination of Huanglongbing (Greening) infection in Citrus with PLS analysis and discriminant analysis. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Providence, Rhode Island, June 29 - July 2, 2008. (Paper#085149)

Ashish Mishra, Reza Ehsani, D. Lee, and Gene Albrigo, Spectral Discrimination of Healthy vs. HLB-Infected Citrus Trees in the VIS-NIR Range. FSHS meeting Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 1-3, 2008.

M. Salyani, R. Ehsani, Ashish. Mishra, and R. Sweeb. Spectral Differentiation of Young Flush and Old Citrus Leaves. FSHS meeting Fort Lauderdale, FL, June 1-3, 2008, FL.

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo, W. S. Lee. Detection of HLB by NIR Spectroscopy. International Symposium: “Application of Precision Agriculture for Fruits and Vegetables”. Jan 6-9, 2008 Orlando, FL.

Ashish Mishra, R. Ehsani, G. Albrigo, W. S. Lee. Spectral characteristics of citrus greening using hyperspectral data. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), Minneapolis, MN, USA June 17-20, 2007 (Paper#073056)

Ashish Mishra, S. Bajwa, R. Norman. Spectroscopy for rice nitrogen estimation, American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE), Ottawa, Canada, Aug 1-4, 2004 (Paper#041770).

Bajwa, S. G., M. Mozaffari, and A. Mishra. 2004. Remote Sensing and Petiole Nutrient Analysis for Cotton Nitrogen Management. In: Proc. International Precision Agriculture Conference, July 25-28, Minneapolis, MN.

Ashish Mishra, S. Bajwa, R. Norman. Remote sensing of rice nitrogen estimation and management, American society for photogrammetry and remote sensing (ASPRS), Denver, Colorado, May 23-28, 2004.

Ashish Mishra, S. Bajwa, R. Norman. Remote sensing of rice nitrogen estimation and management. Arkansas section of ASAE Oct 3, 2003. (Poster presentation)

M. Imtiyaz, Ashish Mishra, Deepak Lal. Critical appraisal of canal irrigation project: A case study of Meja Branch canal. International Agricultural Engineering Conference. Wuxi, China, Nov 28-30, 2002.

Professional Memberships

• Student member of American Society of Agricultural & Biological Engineering (ASABE).
• Student member of American society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS)
• Member of Alpha Epsilon (The Honor society of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering)
• Member of Gamma Sigma Delta (The Honor Society of Agriculture).
• Student member of ISAE (Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers).