♦ Improving sugarcane productivity through Climate-smart practices

• 1. Contributed in development of drought tolerant small cardamom variety “Appangala 3”.

   

  2. Developed rapid screening methodology for drought tolerance in small cardamom and black pepper

   

  3. Delineated black pepper, small cardamom and cumin production zone beyond boundaries based on climate analogues

   

  4. Developed a novel system approach for sustainable agroecological production of small cardamom in southern India

   

  5. Management of virus infected black pepper plantations through soil and plant health management

   

  6. Fertigation schedule for saving water and improving productivity in black pepper

   

  7. Summer management in black pepper by using effective antitranspirants
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  9. Standardized Temperature Induction Response technique (TIR) for screening pigeon pea germplasms for high temperature tolerance

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      2. Black pepper can be grow under high altitude area (>1000 msl) by adopting standardized early shade regulation and irrigation practices

       

      Standardized the concentration and method of application of melatonin for water deficit tolerance in black pepper

♦ National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) – ICAR-IIPR, Kanpur (2011-2015)

♦ Delineation of spices zone beyond boundaries using climate analogue tools in changing climate – ICAR-IISR, Kozhikode (2016-2019)

Muthusamy M, Alagupalamuthirsolai M, Ashokkumar K, Anandhi A, Ravi R, Rajangam R, Dhanya M.K and Krishnamurthy K.S (2022). Climate change scenarios, their impacts, and implications on Indian cardamom-coffee hot spots, one of the two in the world. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.1057617. (Impact factor 5.005)

Murugan M, Ashokkumar K, Alagupalamuthirsolai M, Anandhi A, Ravi R, Dhanya M.K and Sathyan T (2022) Understanding the Effects of Cardamom Cultivation on Its Local Environment Using Novel Systems Thinking Approach-the Case of Indian Cardamom Hills. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. doi:10.3389/fsufs.2022.728651. (Impact factor 5.005)

Alagupalamuthirsolai M., Sivaranjani R, Ankegowda, S.J, Murugan, M, Krishnamurthy, K.S, Sharon Aravind, Honnappa Asangi. 2020. A study of essential oil constituents from capsules, physiological and quality parameters of small cardamom ecotypes [Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton] growing in the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants. 23(6): 1253-1264. (Impact factor 1.971)

Alagupalamuthirsolai, M, Ankegowda S.J., Murugan M., Sivaranjani R, Balaji Rajkumar & Akshitha H.J. 2019. Influence of Light Intensity on Photosynthesis, Capsule Yield, Essential Oil and Insect Pest Incidence of Small Cardamom (Elettaria cardamomum (L.) Maton). Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants. 22(5): 1172-1181. (Impact factor 1.971)

Ankegowda S.J, Alagupalamuthirsolai M, Sivaranjani R, Mohammed Faisal Peeran, Krishnamurthy K.S and Shivakumar M.S (2022): Variability in essential oil constituents, antioxidant activities and yield of elite small cardamom lines (Elettaria cardamomum Maton) under moisture deficit stress. Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants. DOI: 10.1080/0972060X.2022.2125351. (Impact factor 1.971)

1. Popular articles – 12
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3. Book chapter – 2
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5. Extension bulletin – 8
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7. E-publications – 5
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9. Technical report – 1
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Training manual – 2

1. Excellence in research award – 1
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3. Best oral presentation award – 2
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Best poster award  – 4

1. Indian Society for Plant Physiology
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3. Indian Society for Pulses Research and Development
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5. Indian Society for Spices
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7. Indian Society for Plantation Crops
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Society for Sugarcane Research and Development