1.Collection,Conservation, Cataloguing and Evaluation of Oil Palm Germplasm
2.Genetic Enhancement in Oil Palm
3.Dissemination of Technology & ICT Applications in Oil Palm Sector
External Projects
1.Development of seed standards for existing oil palm seed gardens (Pedavegi, Palode, Rajamahendravaram)
2.Strengthening of training on oil palm production technologies for stakeholders.
1.Received Best Poster Award in XIII National Seed Seminar on "Innovations in Seed Research and Development" held during 8-10 June, 2013at UAS, Bangalore.
2.2. ReceivedFirst Prize for Oral Presentationin2nd Agricultural Graduate Students Conference (AGSC) - 2014 on Sustainable Agriculture to FUEL (Feed, Unite, Educate and Lead) the Future held during 06-07 May, 2014 in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
Publications
1.Somasundaram, G and Ponnuswamy, A.S 2008. An analysis of seed quality of cotton cv. MCU-5 in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Plant Sciences. 3(1): 58-60.
2.Vijayakumar H.P ,B.C., Vishwanath K., Rajendra Prasad, S., Somasundaram, Gand Sreeramulu, K.R.2010. Influence of Phosphorus Solubilizing Biofertilizers on Plant Growth and Seed Yield of Sunflower (Helianthus annuusL.) Hybrid KBSH-44. Seed Res. 38(1): 57-61.
3.Somasundaram, G., Vijayakumar, H.P., Dhandapani, R., Natarajan, S., Bhaskaran, M. and Rajendra Prasad, S. 2014. Effect of antioxidants and plant extracts on seed storability of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.). In:Full Length Research Papers of Second Agricultural Graduate Student Conference 2014 on Sustainable Agriculture to FUEL (Feed, Unite, Educate & Lead) the Future. (Eds.)Praghadeesh, M., J. Gitanjali, V. Karthika, D. Dhivyapriya, M. Muthukumar, P. Gopikrishnan, V. Meenakshi, S. Mohan, G. Jothi and C.S. Sumathi. Pp. 107-113. Published by: Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
4.Dhandapani, R., Avinash, P., Vijayakumar, H.P., Ambika, R.,Somasundaram, G., Natarajan, S. and Rajendra Prasad, S. 2016. Comparative protein fraction analysis for commercial hybrid seed purity testing in cotton (Gossypiumhirsutum L.). Journal of Natural Fibers. 13(3): 268-276.
5.Somasundaram, G., and Bhaskaran, M. 2017. Standardization of Accelerated Ageing Duration for Screening of Rice Genotypes for Seed Longevity. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research. 7(2): 397-404.
6.Somasundaram, G., and Bhaskaran, M. 2017. Effect of Seed Priming on Germination and Vigour in Low and High Longevity Rice Genotypes. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research. 7(2): 373-380.
7.Chandu Singh, Jeevan Kumar, S.P., Sripathy, K.V., Somasundaram, G., UdayaBhaskar, K., Ramesh, K.V., Madan Kumar and Rajendra Prasad, S. 2017. Characterization and identification of rice germplasm accessions using chemical tests. Seed Res. 45(1): 75-83.
8.Chandu Singh, Sripathy, K.V., Jeevan Kumar, S.P., BhojarajaNaik, K., Govind Pal, UdayaBhaskar, K., Ramesh K.V. and Somasundaram, G., 2017. Delineation of inheritance pattern of aleurone layer colour through chemical tests in rice. Rice. 10(48): 1-10.
9.Vijayakumar, H.P., Vijayakumar, A., Srimathi, P., Somasundaram, G., RajendraPrasad, S., Natarajan, S., Raja, K., Dhandapani, R. andVishwanath K. 2019. Correlation among physiological and histological changes in soybean seeds during storage. J. Environ. Biol., 40: 217-225.
10.Vijayakumar, H.P., Vijayakumar, A., Srimathi, P., Somasundaram, G., Rajendra Prasad, S., Natarajan, S., Dhandapani, R., Boraiah, K.M. and Vishwanath K. 2017. Biochemical changes in naturally aged seeds of soybean genotypes with good and poor storability. Legume Research. LR-3931: 1-7.
