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Externally Funded
| S.No. | Project Title | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|---|
| Crop Improvement | ||
| 1 | Network project on Transgenic in crops – Banana functional genomics (Sigatoka & Drought component) | S.Uma |
| 2 | CRP on Agro Biodiversity | S.Uma |
| 3 | ICAR Extramural project on A new vision for quality planting material (QPM) production system in India | S.Uma |
| 4 | Framing crop specific DUS Guidelines for Banana (Musa spp.) | S.Uma |
| 5 | Development and Transfer of Technology from Queensland University of Technology to India for Bio fortification and Disease Resistance in Banana Component-1 : Biofortification and evaluation of Indian banana with pro Vitamin A (PVA) constructs Component-2 : Biofortification and evaluation of Indian banana with Iron constructs Component-3 : Development of efficient ECS for Rasthali and providing to Indian Partners |
S.Backiyarani M.Mayilvaganan S.Uma |
| 6 | ICAR Extramural project on Harnessing the potential of Musa species in ornamental and leaf industries and screening for better edible flower and pseudostem | A.Thirugnanavel |
| 7 | NCS-TCP | R.Selvarajan, M.S.Saraswathi |
| 8 | Development of non-chemiral mutants with durable resistance to fusarium wilt in Rasthali through induced mutagenesis | M.S.Saraswathi |
| Crop Production | ||
| 9 | ICAR Extramural project on Studies on active packaging on extending shelf-life of banana | K.N.Shiva |
| Crop Protection | ||
| 10 | CRP on Borers | P.Padmanaban |
| 11 | Identification of molecular strategies for the control of Cosmopolites sordidus Ger.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) (a major pest of bananas) | B.Padmanaban |
| 12 | ICAR Extramural project on On-site diagnostics for insect pests of selected horticulture crops to enable timely pest management decision making | J.Poorani |
| 13 | ICAR Extramural project on Fusarium Wilt Disease | R.Thangavelu |
| 14 | Outreach project on Phytophthora Fusarium and ralstonia diseases of horticultural and field crops | R.Thangavelu |
| 15 | Twinning programme on Molecular characterization of fusarium oxysporum cubense causing fusairum wilt on banana and its sustainable management | R.Thangavelu |
| 16 | CRP on Vaccines and Diagnostics | R.Selvarajan |
