Institute Projects

1.Collection,Conservation, Cataloguing and   Evaluation of Oil Palm Germplasm

2.Genetic Enhancement  in Oil Palm

3.Biotechnological Studies in Oil Palm

4.Dissemination of Technology & ICT Applications in Oil Palm Sector

External Projects

1.Development of elite planting materials for next generation oil palm seed garden

2.Development of seed standards for existing oil palm seed gardens (Pedavegi, Palode, Rajamahendravaram)

3.Strengthening of training on oil palm production technologies for stakeholders.

Awards

1.Reviewer Excellence Award 2016 from Indian Journal of Agricultural Research and Legume Research-An International Journal.

Publications

1.G.RAVICHANDRAN,E.P.VENKATASALAM AND K MANORAMA. 2015 . Role of bioactive polymer coating on potato (Solanum tuberosum L) microtuber storage and field performance. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 72 (1) : 107-113.

2.P.MURUGESAN, G.RAVICHANDRAN and M.SHAREEF . 2015. Effect of mechanical seed scarification on germination and seedling growth of inter specific hybrids of oil palm (Elaeis oleifera). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 85 (3): 374-7

3.K.MANORAMA,P.M.GOVINDAKRISHNAN, SHASHI RAWAT, G RAVICHANDRAN and S S LAL. 2014. Agro ecological zoning and estimation of potential yield of potato in plateau regions of India. Journal of Agrometeorology 16(2): 192-94.

4.P.MURUGESAN,M.SHAREEF,H.HASEELA and G RAVICHANDRAN.2014. Hybrid seed germination in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) affected by innovative dormancy breaking techniques. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 84 (12): 1542-5.

5.P.Murugesan, K.L.Maryrani,D.Ramajayam,K.Sunil Kumar, R.K.Mathur, G.Ravichandran, P Naveen kumar and V.Arunachalam.2015. Genetic diversity of vegetative and bunch traits of African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) germplasm in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 85 (7): 892-5.

6.Murugesan, P, Ravichandran,G and Shareef. M. 2015 . Seed germination and ultra structural changes in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) hybrid seed influenced by heat treatments. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 85 (11): 1419-23.

7.K.Manorama, P.M.Govindakrishnan, G. Ravichandran, and B.P.Singh . 2015. Development of a decision support system for potato crop scheduling in Nilgiri hills of Western Ghats. Journal of Agrometeorology. 17 (2) : 219-222

8.R.MUTHURAJ and G.RAVICHANDRAN . 2014. Effect of date of planting on potato seed yield in the Indian southern hills. Potato Journal , 41 (1): 91-93.

9.Ravichandran, G., Murugesan, P., Naveen Kumar, P., Mathur, R.K. and Ramajayam, D.2016, Effect of chemicals on disintegration of the operculum in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) seeds for early germination. Seed Sci. & Technol., 44, 475-485

10.Babu BK, Mathur RK, Kumar PN, Ramajayam D, Ravichandran G, Venu MVB, Spergen Babu.2017. Development, identification and validation of CAPS marker for SHELL trait which governs dura, pisifera and tenera fruit forms in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.). PLoS ONE 12(2). 1-16

11.NAVEEN KUMAR, P., MATHUR, R. K., MURUGESAN, P. REDDY, A. G. K., SUNILKUMAR, K. RAMAJAYAM, D. and RAVICHANDRAN, G. (2017). Seasonal variation in fresh fruit bunch production in dura oil palm, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 87 (9): 1184-9.

12.Kalyana Babu B., Mary Rani K. L., Sarika Sahu, R. K. Mathur, Naveen Kumar P. , RavichandranG., Anitha P. & Bhagya H. P. 2019. Development and validation of whole genome-wide and genic microsatellite markers in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.): First microsatellite database (OpSatdb) .Scientific Reports | (2019) 9:1899 | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37737-7.

13.G.Ravichandran, B.Kalyana Babu, Anitha P, Somasundaram G and Bhagya H.P. Standardization of seed viability testing through Tetrazolium in oil palm (Eleaeis guineensis). Journal of oil seed research, 37;170-171.

14.Babu BK, Mathur RK, G.Ravichandran, Anitha P and MVB Venu.2019. Genome-wide association study for leaf area, rachis length and total dry weight in oil palm ( Eleaeis guineensis) using genotyping by sequencing. Plos ONE, 14(8): e0220626. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal. pone.0220626

15.B. Kalyana Babu, R.K. Mathur, G. Ravichandran, P. Anita, M.V.B. Venu.2019. Genome wide association study (GWAS) and identi?cation of candidate genes for yield and oil yield related traits in oil palm (Eleaeis guineensis) using SNPs by genotyping-based sequencing. Genomics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygeno.2019.06.018

16.Babu, B.K., Mathur, R.K., Ravichandran, G. et al. 2019. Genome-wide association study (GWAS) for stem height increment in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) germplasm using SNP markers. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 15: 40. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-019-1349-2

17.Bhagya HP, RK Mathur, G.Ravichandran, B.Kalyana Babu and P.Anitha.2020. Characterisation of selected Pisifera Palms in oil palm. International Journal of Genetics. 12(2); 707-709.

18.Anitha Pedapati, Ravi Kumar Mathur, G Ravichandran, B Kalyana Babu and H P Bhagya. 2020. Utilization of dwarf dura mother palms for production of high yielding and dwarf oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) hybrids. ). Journal of oil seed research 12(2); 93-94.

19.K L Mary Rani, H P Bhagya, A Sivani, S Govandhan Rao, P Anitha and G Ravichandran.2020. Software aiding in selection of promising germplasm for oil palm improvement trials. ). Journal of oil seed research 12 (2), 250.

20.P.Murugesan, D.Ramajayam, P.Naveen Kumar, Anitha P, G.Ravichandran, H.P.Bhagya and Vikramadithya Pandey. .2020.Evaluation of wild oil palm germplasm for horticultural traits.Indian J. Hort. 77(3), 406-411.