Schemes

On-going Schemes


S. No.
Title of the Project
Funded by
Investigators
Budget

Period
Dept. of Soil Science and Agri.Chemistry
1.
Coupling mechanisms of soil Carbon Sequestration and  productivity enhancement for different cropping systems for sustainable agriculture

DST,
GoI

Dr.K.Baskar,
Assoc. Prof (SS&AC)
Dr.M.Paramasivan,
Asst. Prof(SS & AC)
(Co-PI)

33.50

2012-2015
2.
Water harvesting technology to cope with climate variability in dryland agriculture in Tamil Nadu
ICAR
Dr.K.G.Sabarinathan (Co-PI
-
2011-2014
Dept. of Plant Breeding and Genetics
3.
Development of dwarf and early mutant in White Ponni rice using mutation breeding
BRNS, GoI
Dr.M.Arumugam Pillai
Dr.S.Preetha (Co-PI)
19.28
2012-2015
4.
Transcript Profiling and Identification of Molecular Markers for Drought and Salinity Stress Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa)
SERB-DST, GoI
Dr.S.Rajesh
18.96
2012-2015
5.
Beating Begomoviruses: Better livelihoods for farmers in tropical Asia with Begomovirus-resistant tomato, hot pepper and mungbean and integrated disease management
GIZ, Germany
Dr.N.Manikanda Boopathi
Dr.S.Rajesh (Co-PI)
Euro
61620
2012-2015
6.
Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Cotton Genotypes for Drought Tolerance
SERB-, GoI
Dr.S.Preetha
19.00
2012-2015
7.
Demonstration of promising genotypes of jatropha in Tamil Nadu.
MNRE, GoI
Dr.M.Paramathma
Dr.A.Thangahemavathy (Co-PI)
1.50
2011-2015
8.
Development and molecular characterization of new TGMS lines and two-line hybrid rice (Oryza sativa) suitable for Tamil Nadu.
SERB, GoI
Dr. A. Muthuswamy
Dr.S.Rajesh (Co-PI)
14.00
2012-2015
9.
Introgression of SALTOL gene in drought tolerant CMS back ground for developing superior hybrids in rice
UGC,
New
Delhi
Dr.M.Arumugam Pillai

4.83
2012-2015
10.
NADP-IV Foundation seed production on pulses
ICAR
Special Officer (Seeds)
Dr. N. Shunmugavalli
Dr. R. Vijayan
130.12
2011-2012
11.
Evaluation of Arid Legumes suitable for Southern districts of Tamil Nadu Cowpea and Horsegram – Voluntary Centre
ICAR
Dr. G. Anand
0.25
2011-2012
Dept. of Plant Protection
12.
Entrepreneurship Development for Rural Unemployed Youth in Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu through Sustainable Milky Mushroom Production Technology
DBT,
GOI



Dr.M.Jayasekhar                                                               
Dr.E.G.Ebenezar
(Co-PI)
Dr.R.Kannan (Co-PI)
14.44
2011-2014
13.
Development of rural Agricultural entrepreneurs by popularizing economic mycology and biotechnology based programmes in Tamil Nadu
DBT,
GOI

Dr.E.G.Ebenezar
Dr.M.Jayasekhar                                                        
Dr.R.Kannan

19.89
2012-2015
14.
Imparting training and organizing farm school on the diagnosis and management of nematode diseases
NADP
Dr.M.A.K.Pillai
Dr.P.Kalaiarasan
4.51
2011-2012
15.
Large Scale mass production and field release of parasitoids for the management of papaya mealy bug in major crops of Tamil Nadu
NADP
Dr.M.A.Pillai
Dr.P.Kalaiarasan
1.30
2010-2012
Dept. of Agronomy
16.
Sustainable integrated farming system for different agro climatic zone of Tamil Nadu.
ICAR-NADP
Dr. J. Sundersingh
Rajapandian
Dr. M. Senthilvelu
Dr. Johnson  Thangaraj
Dr. Senthilnathan
-
2011-2012
17.
Evaluation of real time nitrogen management in aerobic rice under integrated plant nutrient supply system.
SERB,
DST
Dr. M. Senthivelu


2012-2015