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International 2023
  1. Anuradha Chelliah, Chandrasekar Arumugam, Prashina Mol Punchakkara, Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Thangavelu Raman, Uma Subbaraya 2023. Genome-wide characterization of 2OGD superfamily for mining of susceptibility factors responding to various biotic stresses
  2. C. Anuradha, D. Ramajayam, M. Mayilvaganan, S. Backiyarani, P. Prashina Mol, V.K. Mailraja, Arjun Singh, S. Uma 2023. Molecular characterization of Red banana and its somaclonal variant: a comprehensive study 3 Biotech
  3. C. Anuradha, A. Chandrasekar, S. Backiyarani, R. Thangavelu, S. Uma, R. Selvarajan 2023. Dataset from transcriptome profiling of Musa resistant and susceptible cultivars in response to Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense race1 and TR4 challenges using Illumi
  4. Anuradha Chelliah, Chandrasekar Arumugam, Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Thangavelu Raman, Uma Subbaraya 2023. Genome-wide identification, characterization, and evolutionary analysis of NBS genes and their association with disease resistance in Musa spp Functi
  5. K.J.Jeyabaskaran, R. Pitchaimuthu, K.N.Shiva, M.Loganathan and S.Uma 2023. Optimising combinations of different nutrient sources for organic banana farming Acta Horticulturae
  6. S. Uma, R. Karthic, S.Kalpana, S. Backiyarani, M. Kumaravel,S.Saranya, • M. S.Saraswathi and P. Durai 2023. An efficient embryogenic cell suspension culture system through secondary somatic embryogenesis and regeneration of true-to-type plants in banana c
  7. S. Uma, R. Karthic, S.Kalpana, S. Backiyarani 2023. A comparative assessment of photosynthetic pigments and defense enzymes in ex vitro and in vitro propagated plants of banana (Musa spp.) Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
  8. S. Uma, R. Karthic, S.Kalpana, S. Backiyarani 2023. Evaluation of temporary immersion bioreactors for in vitro micropropagation of banana (Musa spp.) and genetic fidelity assessment using flow cytometry and simple-sequence repeat markers South African Jou
  9. M.S.Saraswathi D.Sharmila Gayatri Durairajan, A.P.Salini, R.Soundaryan, P.Durai, A.Chandrasekar, M.Jayakumar, and S.Uma 2023. Evaluation of Genetic Diversity and Phylogenetic Relationship among the Major Banana Varieties of North-Eastern India Using ISSR,
  10. Ishwara Bhat A, Selvarajan R, Balasubramanian V 2023. Emerging and Re-Emerging Diseases Caused by Badnaviruses Pathogens
  11. Selvarajan, R., Renukadevi, P., Balasubramanian, V., Rao, M.V., Krishna Reddy, M., and Malathi. V.G 2023. Association of tomato spotted wilt virus on Gymnema sylvestre R.Br. in India Journal of Plant Pathology
  12. Aasha Nandhini S., Hemalatha,R., Radha, S., Shreya Gaur, Selvarajan, R 2023. A smart agriculturing IoT system for banana plants disease detection through inbuilt compressed sensing devices Multimedia Tools and Applications
  13. Sivananth C, Suresh Kumar P, Shuprajhaa T, Shiva, KN, Sheeba N 2023. Elucidation of techno-functional, structural and rheological characteristics of pectin extracted from the peel of different banana (Musa. spp) varieties International Journal of Biologic
  14. Suresh Kumar P, Shuprajhaa T, Pushpavalli S, Mohanasundaram A, Shiva K N, M Mayilvaganan & Uma S 2023. Ripening dependent changes in skin color, physicochemical attributes, in-vitro glycemic response and volatile profiling of banana varieties Food Bioscie
  15. Suresh Kumar P, Pushpavalli S, Shuprajhaa T, Karur Nallappagounder Shiva, Sheeba N, Pushpa R, Uma S 2023. Influence of chemical modifications on dynamic rheological behaviour, thermal techno-functionalities, morpho-structural characteristics and prebiotic
  16. Shuprajhaa T, Mathav Raj J, P Suresh Kumar, Sheeba K. N, and Uma S 2023. Deep learning based intelligent identification system for ripening stages of banana. Postharvest Biology and Technology
  17. Kumar, Paramasivam Suresh, Shuprajhaa Thayumanavan, Pushpavalli Subramaniyan, Saraswathi Marimuthu Somasundaram, Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Mohanasundaram Arumugam, and Uma Subbaraya 2023. Comparing physico-chemical characteristics, antioxidant properties,
  18. Amelia KD, Suresh Kumar P, Pushpavalli S and Uma S 2023. In vitro digestibility, textural and quality characteristics of ditalini pasta fortified with green banana flour and its type-IV modified starch International Journal of Food Science & Technology
  19. Babu N., Tripathi R., Sampathkumar M., Caleb J.T.D., Prasad G., Mohanasundaram A., Mahendiran G., Sudhikumar A.V 2023. Two new species of Afraflacilla Berland et Millot, 1941 (Araneae: Salticidae: Chrysillini) from India Arthropoda Selecta
  20. S. Muthukumar, T.V. Sajeev, K Thamilarasi, A. Mohanasundaram, and Vaibhav Lohot 2023. Trial for the propagation method in Flemingia spp., a shrub plant and a lac insect host in Thrissur, Kerala International Journal of Zoology and Applied Biosciences
  21. T.V. Sajeev, S. Muthukumar, JithuK.Krishnan, K. Thamilarasi, Mohanasundaram and Vaibhav Lohot 2023. First report of two insects, Megachile sp. and Armadillidium sp., as new pests on Flemingia spp. in Thrissur, Kerala International Journal of Zoology and A
International 2022
  1. Aasha Nandhini.S, Hemalatha.R, Radha.S, Shreya Gaur, Selvarajan.R 2022. A smart agriculturing IoT system for banana plants disease detection through inbuilt compressed sensing devices. Research Square
  2. Anuradha. C, Chandrasekar.A, Backiyarani.S, Thangavelu.R, Giribabu.P and Uma.S 2022. Genome-wide analysis of pathogenesis-related protein 1 (PR-1) gene family from Musa spp. and its role in defense response during stresses. Gene 821: 146334
  3. Anuradha. C, Chandrasekar.A, Backiyarani.S, Thangavelu.R, Uma.S 2022. Genome-wide identification, characterization, and evolutionary analysis of NBS genes and their association with disease resistance in Musa spp.. Functional & Integrative Genomics 23(1):
  4. Anuradha. C, Chandrasekar.A, Backiyarani.S, Uma.S. 2022. MusaRgeneDB: An online comprehensive database for disease resistance genes in Musa spp. 3 Biotech 12(9): 1-12
  5. Backiyarani.S, Anuradha.C, Thangavelu.R, Chandrasekar.A, Renganathan.B, Subeshkumar.P and Uma.S. 2022. Genome-wide identification, characterization of expansin gene family of banana and their expression pattern under various stresses. 3 Biotech 12(4): 1-2
  6. Chowdary.V.T, Manoj Kumar.V, Kishore Varma.P, Sreekanth.B, Srinivas Rao.V, Selvarajan.R and Balasubramanian.V 2022. Characterization of Mungbean yellow mosaic India virus genome with a recombinant DNA-B in Southern Peninsular India. Molecular Biology Repo
  7. Kannan.G, Saraswathi.M.S,Thangavelu.R,Subesh Kumar.P,Bathrinath.M, Uma.S,Backiyarani.S,Chandrasekar.A and Ganapathi.T.R 2022. Development of Fusarium wilt resistant mutants of Musa spp. cv.Rasthali (AAB, Silk subgroup) and comparative proteomic analysis a
  8. Kavitha.R, Mariya.R,Selvarajan.R,Tamilselvan.J and Sangita.V 2022. Revisiting viral RNA-dependent RNA polymerases: Insights from recent structural studies. Viruses14(10): 2200
  9. Panneerselvam.K, Pothiraj.R, Backiyarani.S, Saraswathi.M.S, Uma.S 2022. Phylogenomics classification and synteny network analyses deciphered the evolutionary landscape of an aldo-keto reductase (AKR) gene superfamily in the plant kingdom. Gene 816: 146169
  10. Suresh Kumar.P, Pushpavalli.S, Amelia Keran.D, Shuprajhaa.T, Sivananth.C,Renganathan.R, Jeyabaskaran.K.J, Padmanaban.B, Uma.S. 2022. Deciphering functional characteristics and in-vitro bioactive properties of banana central core stem powder. Food Chemistr
  11. Nimmy.M.S, Kumar.V,Backiyarani.S, Uma.S,Ramawatar.N, Chellapilla.B, Jain.P.K and Panneerselvam.K. 2022. A systematic phylogenomic classification of the multidrug and toxic compound extrusion transporter gene family in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science 13
  12. Thangavelu.R, Edwinraj.E, Gopi.M, Pushpakanth.P, Sharmila.K, Prabaharan.M, Loganathan.M and Uma.S 2022. Development of PCR-based race-specific markers for differentiation of Indian Fusarium oxysporumf.sp. cubense, the causal agent of Fusarium wilt in bana
  13. Venkataraman.S, Selvarajan.R, Subramanian.S.S and Savithri.S.H 2022. Insights into the capsid structure of banana bunchy top virus. 3 Biotech 12, 144
  14. Sivaraj.N,Pandravada.S.R,Kamala.V,Anitha.K,Backiyarani.S,Saraswathi.M.S,Durai.P 2022. Ecological niche modelling for Manoranjitham, an endemic and threatened banana cultivar of Eastern ghats, South India. Journal of Plant Development Sciences Vol. 14(1):
  15. Chowdary.V.T, Kumar.V.M, Varma.P.K, Selvarajan.R and Balasubramanian.V. 2022. New record of mungbean yellow mosaic India virus in Desmodiumlaxiflorum and association of bhendi yellow vein mosaic betasatellite in Abelmoschus moschatus in Andhra Pradesh, In
  16. Madhavan.S, Balasubramanian.V, Ramajayam.D, Raju.D.V.S, Prasad.K.V and Selvarajan.R 2022. Occurrence of Banana bract mosaic virus on Musa ornata Roxb based hybrids in India. Virus Disease
  17. Poorani.J, Mohanasundaram.A and Thanigairaj.R. 2022. Larvae of Perixeraillepidaria (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), an emerging pest of mango, migrate to banana for pupation and to meet their nemesis. Current Science122(12): 1367-1370
  18. Poorani.J, Mohanasundaram.A and Thanigairaj.R. 2022. Natural enemies of PentalonianigronervosaCoquerel, a vector of bunchy top of banana and biology of its most effective predator ScymnusnubilusMulsant. Indian Journal of Entomology (Online Published Ref.
  19. Poorani.J, Thanigairaj.R and Mohd Talib Khan 2022. New host associations and distribution records of natural enemies of banana pests. Indian Journal of Entomology(Online published Ref. No. e22199)
International 2021
  1. Suresh Kumar Paramasivam , Amelia Keran David ,Saraswathi Marimuthu Somasundaram,Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Karur Nallappagounder Shiva and Uma Subbaraya 2021. Influence of food hydrocolloids on the structural, textural and chemical characteristics of low-
  2. Chelliah Anuradha, R. Selvarajan, T. Jebasingh & P. Sankara Naynar 2021. Evidence of viral genome linked protein of banana bract mosaic virus interaction with translational eukaryotic initiation factor 4E of plantain cv. Nendran based on yeast two hybrid
  3. K.J. Jeyabaskaran, P.S. Shirgure, Vikramaditya Pandey, A.K. Srivastava and S. Uma 2021. Fertigation in Horticulture : A Guarantee to Economized Quality Production. Indian Journal of Fertilisers 17 (4) : 364-383, April, 2021
  4. P.Murugesan , D. Ramajayam , P. Preethi , H.P. Bhagya , G. Ravichandran , P.Anitha , G. Somasundaram , R.K.Mathur , V. Damodaran and V. Pandey 2021. Identification and evaluation of bunch components of Nigerian source oil palms (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) f
  5. Ramajayam Devarajan, Jeyabaskaran Kandallu Jayaraman, Saraswathi Marimuthu Somasundaram, Sivasankari Ragupathy, Pitchaimuthu Raman, Kalpana Sathiamoorthy, Uma Subbaraya 2021. Genetic diversity in fresh fruit pulp mineral profile of 100 Indian Musa accessi
  6. Subbaraya Uma.,Marimuthu Kumaravel.,Suthanthiram Backiyarani.,Marimuthu Somasundaram Saraswathi.,Palani Durai.,Raju Karthic 2021. Somatic embryogenesis as a tool for reproduction of genetically stable plants in banana and confrmatory feld trials. Plant Ce
  7. Backiyarani.S,Sasikala.R,Sharmiladevi.S and Uma.S 2021. Decoding the molecular mechanism of parthenocarpy in Musa spp. through protein-protein interaction network. Scientific Reports.11(1),14592.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93661-3
  8. Backiyarani.S,Uma.S,Saranya.S,Durai.P,Eugin.P.S,Selvaraj.V,Saraswathi.M.S,Karthic.R and Kalpana.S 2021. Multiple shoot induction in zygotic embryos: A strategy for acceleration of banana breeding. Plant cell,Tissue and Orgam Culture.147(2),339-350.https:/
  9. Jeyabaskaran.K.J,Pitchaimuthu.R,Kumar.V and Uma.S 2021. Nutrient uptake and accumulation patterns in banana cv.Rasthali (AAB) with respect to dry matter production at critical growth stages. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, DOI : 10.1080
  10. Kavitha.N,Saraswathi.M.S,Kannan.G,Bathrinath.M,Backiyarani.S and Uma.S 2021. Development of direct regeneration protocol for mass multiplication of Mus spp. variety Udhayam (Pisang Awak, ABB) using different explants. Scientia Horticulturae.290: 110506. h
  11. Panneerselvam.K,Pothiraj.R,Backiyarani.S,Saraswathi.M.S and Uma.S 2021. Phylogenomics classification and synteny network analyses deciphered the evolutionary landscape of an aldo-keto reductase (AKR) gene superfamily in the plant kingdom. Gene.816: 146169
  12. Poorani.J,Anuradha.C,Kalleshwaraswamy.C.M and Thanigairaj.R 2021. Manatha albipes Moore (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), an emerging pest of banana and arecanut in South India,with notes on diagnosis,biology,natural enemies and DNA sequence data. Phytoparasitica
  13. Pothiraj.R,Ravikumar.M.J,Backiyarani.S,Subbaraya.U and Krishnamurthy.P 2021. Genome scale analyses of polyketide synthases in banana: Phylogenetics and expression profiling forcast their candidacy in specialized metabolism. Gene.778: 145472.https://doi.or
  14. Suresh Kumar.P,Saravanan.A,Sheeba.N,Shiva.K.N,Ravi.I,Mayil Vaganan.M,Pushpa.R and Uma.S 2021. Exploring differences in the physicochemical,fuctional,structural and pasting properties of banana starches from dessert, cooking and plantain cultivators (Musa
  15. Thangavelu.R,Edwin Raj.E,Muthukathan.G,Loganathan.M,Periyasamy.P,Natesh.M,Manivasakan.P,Kotteeswaran.S,Rajendran.S and Uma.S 2021. Comparative whole-genome sequence analyses of Fusarium wilt pathogen (Foc R1, STR4 and TR4) infecting Cavendish (AAA) banana
  16. Uma.S,Karthic.R,Kalpana.S,Backiyarani.S and Saraswathi.M.S 2021. A Novel temporary immersion bioreactor system for large scale multiplication of banana (Rasthali AAB-Silk). Scientific Reports.11(1):20371. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99923-4
  17. Anuradha.C,Selvarajan.R,Jebasingh.T and Sankar Naynar.P 2021. Evidence of viral genome linked protein of banana bract mosaic virus interaction with translational eukaryotic initiation factor 4E of plantain cv. Nendran bansed on yeast two-hybrid system stu
International 2020
  1. Giribabu, P., Thangavelu, R. and AnithaSree, T. 2019. Evaluation of biocontrol agents against root-lesion (Pratylenchus coffeae) and root-knot (Meloidogyne incognita) nematodes infecting banana (Musa sp.) Indian Journal of Nematology, 49(2): 179-186.
  2. Selvarajan, R., Prasanya Selvam, K., Balasubramanian, V. and Sundaram, S. 2020. A rapid and sensitive lateral flow immunoassay (LFIA) test for the on-site detection of banana bract mosaic virus in banana plants. Journal of Virological Methods, 284. https:
  3. Thangavelu, R., Edwin Raj, E., Loganathan, M., Pushpakanth, P. and Uma, S. 2020. Draft genome of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense strain Tropical Race-4 infecting Cavendish (AAA) group of bananas in India. Plant Disease, doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-20-1170-A.
  4. Thangavelu, R., Gopi, M., Pushpakanth, P., Loganathan, M., Edwin Raj, E. and Uma, S. 2020. First report of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense VCG 0125 and VCG 01220 of Race 1 infecting Cavendish bananas (Musa sp. AAA) in India. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-
  5. Angami, T., Kalita, H., Kumar, J., Ramajayam, D., Singh, R. and Chandra, A. 2020. Standardization of optimum planting time on yield and fruit quality of banana var. Grand Naine under midhill condition of Arunachal Himalaya. Current Journal of Applied Scie
  6. Kumar, J., Kalita, H., Angami, T., Ramajayam, D., Sen, A. and Shukla, K. 2020. Impact of application of fertilizer and lime on yield of banana (Grand Naine) and soil parameters in acidic soil of Arunachal Pradesh. International Journal of Plant & Soil Sci
  7. Padmanaban, B., Kannan, M., Thangavelu, R., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S. and Ashif, K.K. 2020. Identification of banana corm weevil Cosmopolites sordidus germar resistance in Musa germplasm. . Indian journal of Entomology, 82(3):537-542.
  8. Poorani, J., Padmanaban, B., Deshmukh, S., Thanigairaj, R. and Ragesh, G. 2020. A review of the pest status and natural enemy complex of banana skipper, Erionota torus Evans in South India and its management. Indian Journal of Entomology, 82(3): 479–492.
  9. Ravichamy, P., Siva Balan, K.C. and Nandakumar, S. 2020. A study on mass media channels in promulgating farm technologies among banana growers in Trichy District of Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 10(11): 1-7.
  10. Ravichamy, P., Nandakumar, S. and Kumar, V. 2020. An analysis on the media communication barrier and suitable interventions for effective adoption of advanced banana cultivation technologies in Tamil Nadu, India. Progressive Research – An International Jo
  11. C.Anuradha, R.Selvarajan. 2021. Biochemical alterations in banana cultivars infected systemically by banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV). Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 10(1):2619-2627 DOI:10.22271/phyto.2021.v10.i1ak.13755
  12. Kumar, J., Kalita, H., Angami, T., Ramajayam, D., Chandra, A., Kumar D., Sinha, N.K. and Mohanty, M. 2021. Effect of mulching on growth and quality of tissue culture banana (Var. Grand Naine) and soil properties in mid hill jhum lands of Arunachal Pradesh
  13. Ramanujam Pothiraj, Manohar Jebakumar Ravikumar, Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Uma Subbaraya, Panneerselvam Krishnamurthy 2021. Genome-scale analyses of polyketide synthases in banana: Phylogenetics and expression profiling forecast their candidacy in special
  14. R Thangavelu, M S Saraswathi, S Uma , M Loganathan , S Backiyarani , P Durai , E Edwin Raj , N Marimuthu , G Kannan , R Swennen. 2021. Identification of sources resistant to a virulent Fusarium wilt strain (VCG 0124) infecting Cavendish bananas. Sci Rep 1
  15. Murugan Loganathan, Raman Thangavelu, Pushpakanth P, Muthubharathi Kalimuthu, R Ramesh, Ramasamy Selvarajan, and Subbaraya Uma 2021. First report of rhizome rot of banana caused by Klebsiella variicola in India. Plant Disease. DOI:10.1094/PDIS-10-20-2316-
  16. Velavan Viswakethu., Padmanaban Balakrishanan.,Loganathan Murugan., Baskar Narayana swamy., Uma Subbaraya. 2021. Entomopathogenic fungi as a promising biological control agent against banana fruit scarring beetle, Basilepta subcostata (Jac.) (Chrysomelida
  17. Raman Thangavelu, Esack Edwin Raj, Pushpakanth P, Gopi Muthukathan, Loganathan Murugan, and Subbaraya Uma 2021. Draft genome resource of a novel virulent Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Race 1 (VCG 0124) strain infecting Cavendish (AAA) group of bananas
International 2019
  1. Selvarajan, R. Balasubramanian, V., Priyanka, P., Manohar Jebakumar, R., Prasanya Selvam K. and Uma. S. 2020 Evidence of seed transmission of Banana bract mosaic virus in Musa synthetic diploid H-201, a possible threat to banana breeding. European Journal
  2. Sundaram, S., Selvarajan, R., Savithri, H.S. and Sangita. V. 2020 Towards understanding the structure of the capsid of Banana Bunchy Top Virus bioRxivdoi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.02.12.945212
  3. Tamilnayagan, T., Srinivasan M.R., Selvarajan, R., Subramanian, S., Saravanan, P.A., Muthuswami, M., Sivakumar, U. and Kumaranag, K. M. 2020 Designing of RT-lamp primers and detection of sac brood virus from Indian honey bee, Apis cerana indica (F.) India
  4. Sharanabasappa, Kalleshwaraswamy, C.M., Poorani, J., Maruthi, M.S., Pavithra, H.B. and Diraviam, J. 2019 Natural enemies of Spodopterafrugiperda (J. E. Smith) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), a recent invasive pest on maize in South India. Florida Entomologist 1
  5. Prathapan, K.D., Poorani, J., Amritha Kumari, S., Anuradha, C., Padmanaban, B., Thanigairaj, R. 2019 Species composition and diagnoses of leaf- and fruit-scarring beetles (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) infesting bananas and plantains (Zingiberales, Musaceae)
  6. Kumaravel, M., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M. S. and MayilVaganan, M. 2020 Antioxidant enzyme activities during somatic embryogenesis in Musa acuminata Colla (AAA group) ‘Grand Naine’ and Musa spp. (AAB group) ‘Rasthali’. In Vitro Cellular & Dev
  7. Uma,S., Sasikala, R., Sharmiladevi, S., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M.S. 2020 Unravelling the regulatory network of transcription factors in parthenocarpy. Scientia Horticulturae. Vol 26
  8. Marimuthu Somasundaram Saraswathi, Subbaraya Uma, SathasivamRamaraj, Palani Durai, Mohamed M. Mustaffa, KalaimughilanKalaiponmani and Arumugam Chandrasekar 2019 Inter retrotransposon based genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis among the Musa germpla
  9. Suresh Kumar, P. A. Saravanan, N. Sheeba, S. Uma. 2019 Structural, functional characterization and physicochemical properties of green banana flour from dessert and plantain bananas (Musa spp.) LWT - Food Science and Technology 116 (2019) 108524. https://
  10. B Vignesh Kumar, S Backiyarani, A Chandrasekar, S Saranya, D Ramajayam, M S Saraswathi, P Durai, S Kalpana, S Uma 2020 Strengthening of banana breeding through data digitalization. Database: the Journal of Biological Databases and Curation, Volume 2020. h
  11. Kumaravel, M., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S. et al. 2020 Proteomic analysis of somatic embryo development in Musa spp. cv. Grand Naine (AAA). Scientific Reports (Nature) 10, 4501 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61005-2
  12. Thangavelu, R. Arthee, M. Loganathan and S. Uma. 2019 Fusarium Wilt-Tropical Race 4-An Emerging Threat to Banana Cultivation and Its Management. International Journal of Innovative Horticulture. 8(1):9-21.
  13. Dita, M. L.A.J. Teixeira, W. O’Neill, A.B. Pattison, M.P. Weinert, C.Y. Li S.J. Zheng, C. Staver, R. Thangavelu and A. Viljoen 2020. Current state of Fusarium wilt of banana in the subtropics. Acta Hortic. 1272. ISHS 2020. DOI 10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.127
  14. Thangavelu, R. M. Loganathan, R. Arthee, M. Prabakaran and S. Uma. 2020 Fusarium wilt: a threat to banana cultivation and its management. CAB Reviews 2020 15, No. 004. doi: 10.1079/PAVSNNR202015004.
  15. M. Loganathan, R. Thangavelu, B. Padmanaban and S. Uma 2019 Status of Rhizome and Pseudostem Wet Rot Diseases of Banana. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2019) 8(5): 764-771 DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2019.805.090
  16. S.Revathi , N. Sivakumaran ,D. Ramajayam, M.S. Saraswathi, S. Backiyarani and S. Uma 2019 Growth estimation during hardening phase of tissue cultured banana plantlets using bootstrapped artificial neural network. Journal of Environmental Biology 40: 719-7
  17. P.Suresh Kumar, A.Saravanan, S. Durgadevi and S.Uma 2019 Antioxidant potential and antitumour activities of peel of Banana cv. Nendran (Musa spp.) against Breast Cancer Cell Line (MCF-7) Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2019;81(3):464-473 DOI: 1
  18. Tamilnayagan, T., Srinivasan M.R., Saravanan, P.A., Muthuswami, M. and Selvarajan, R. 2019 Survey and documentation of sacbrood virus attacking Indian honeybee, Apisceranaindica, Fabricius in Tamil Nadu Annals of Plant Protection Sciences 27 (2), 226-231.
  19. Aruna, R., Srinivasan, M.R. and Selvarajan. R. 2019 Reverse Transcriptase-Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (RT-LAMP): a rapid detection method for Sac brood viral disease infecting Apis cerana indica Fabricius. Annals of Plant Protection Sciences 27
  20. Jeyabaskaran, K.J, V.Kumar and S.Uma. 2019 Development and validation of fertilizer adjustment equations for banana cv. Grand Naine (AAA). International Journal of Innovative Horticulture, 8(2):135-142. (DOI:10.5958/2582-2527.2019.00007.1)
  21. Poorani, J. and Thanigairaj, R. 2019 Record of Asprothrips navsariensis Tyagi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) as a pest of banana from Tamil Nadu, with notes on other thrips infesting banana. Indian Journal of Entomology, 81(3): 434-438
  22. Sujithra, M., Prathibha, V., Rajkumar, H., Hegde, V., Poorani, J. 2019 Occurrence of nesting whitefly ParaleyrodesmineiIaccarino (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in India. Indian Journal of Entomology, 81(3): 507-510
  23. Palanichamy, S., Padmanaban, B., MayilVaganan, M. and Uma, S. 2019 Olfactory responses of banana pseudostem weevil, Odoiporuslongicollis Oliver (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) to pheromone and Host plant volatiles. Ind. J. Ento. 81(2): 306-308. DOI: 10.5958/09
  24. Palanichamy, S. and MayilVaganan, M. 2019 Aggregation pheromone and kairomones in attracting banana pseudostem weevil, Odoiporuslongicollis Oliver. Ind. J. Ento. 81(3): 623- 626. DOI: 10.5958/0974-8172.2019.00129.9.
  25. Palanichamy, S., Padmanaban, B., MayilVaganan, M., Backiyarani, S. and Uma, S. 2020 Electrophysiological responses of banana pseudostem weevil, Odoiporuslongicollis Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to Methyl jasmonate, 1-Hexanol and Host plant extract.
  26. P. Giribabu, T.A.Sree, M.S.Saraswathi 2019 Screening of Banana Genotypes for Resistance to Root-Knot Nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Indian Journal of Nematology 49 (1), 103-104.
  27. Kumaravel,M., Uma,S., Backiyarani,S., Saraswathi,M.S., G.Kannan and A.Chandrasekar. 2019 Differential proteomic analysis of germinationg and non-germinating somatic embryos of banana. International Journal of Innovative Horticulture. 8(2):158-166. DOI: 10
  28. Ravichamy P., Siva balan, KC. and Subramanian, AR. 2019 Significance of print media in the dissemination of agricultural information among banana farmers in Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 7(6): 639-643. P-ISSN: 2349–8528, E-ISSN: 2
  29. Subramanian, AR., Kumar, V., Ravichamy, P., and Siva balan, KC. 2019 The effect of organic and inorganic sources of nutrients on fruit quality including shelf life of banana cv. grand naine. International Journal of Chemical Studies. 7(6): 728-731, P-ISSN
  30. Padmanaban.B,*M.Kannan, S.Uma, M.S. Saraswathi, S. Backiyarani and K.K.Ashif 2020 Field evaluation and In vivo screening of Musa germplasm against banana stem weevil, Odoiporus longicollis. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 2020; 8(1): 290-296.
International 2018
  1. Chelliah Anuradha & Ramasamy Selvarajan 2018 Molecular characterization of banana bract mosaic virus from India reveals recombination and positive selection in the VPg gene. Journal of Plant Pathology 100:523–531,Doi.org/10.1007/s42161-018-0116-9 .
  2. Backiyarani, S., Chandrasekar, A., Uma, S. and Saraswathi, M. S. 2019 Musatrans SSRDB (a transcriptome derived SSR database) – An advanced tool for banana improvement. Journal of Biosciences. 44: 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12038-018-9819-5.
  3. Ganga Devi, P. and Thangavelu, R. 2019 Development of species specific SCAR based molecular marker for the detection of Pseudocercospora eumusae, the causal agent of eumusae leaf spot disease in banana. Journal of Plant Pathology. 101(2): 295 - 305. https
  4. Kumaravel, M., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M. S. and Mayil Vaganan, M. 2019 Molecular analysis of somatic embryogenesis through proteomic approach and optimization of protocol in recalcitrant Musa spp. Physiologia Plantarum. DOI:10.1111/ppl.1296
  5. R. Manohar Jebakumar and R. Selvarajan. 2018 Biopriming of microprapagated banana plants at pre- or post-BBTV inoculation stage with rhizosphere and endophytic bacteria determines their ability to induce systemic resistance against BBTV in cultivar Grand
  6. Muthusamy Muthusamy*, Uma Subbaraya , Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Saraswathi Marimuthu Somasundaram, Chandrasekar Arumugam 2018 Genome-wide identification of novel, long non-coding RNAs responsive to Mycosphaerella eumusae and Pratylenchus coffeae infection
  7. Muthusamy Muthusamy*, Uma Subbaraya , Backiyarani Suthanthiram, Saraswathi Marimuthu Somasundaram, Chandrasekar Arumugam 2018 Drought Stress-Modulated Alternative Splicing Landscapes in Drought-tolerant and -Sensitive Banana Cultivars Current Analysis on
  8. Neethi Baruah, Ashok Bhattacharyya, Thangavelu, R. and Puzari, K. C. 2018 In vitro screening of native banana rhizospheric microbes and endophytes of Assam against Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied
  9. Poorani, J., Padmanaban, B. and Thanigairaj, R. 2019 Natural enemies of banana lacewing bug, Stephanitis typica (Distant) in India, including first report of Anagrus sp.(Hymenoptera: Mymaridae) as its egg parasitoid. Munis Entomology & Zoology, 14(1): 83-
  10. Saraswathi, M. S., Uma, S., Sharmila Gayatri, D., Soundaryan, R., Jithu, G., Bahrudeen, S. H., Durai, P. and Backiyarani, S. 2019 Comparison of two different electrophoretic methods in studying the genetic diversity among plantains (Musa spp.) using ISSR
  11. Shiva, K. N., Adiyaman, P., Ravindra Naik and Marimuthu, N 2018 Development and standardization of banana pseudostem based novel functional blended ready to drink (RTD) beverages and studies on nutritional changes during storage. International Journal of
  12. Suman, R., Kalaimathi, K., Palanichamy, S., Sowmiya, R., Mayil Vaganan, M., Ravi, I. and Uma, S. 2018 Anti-cancerous activities of anthocyanins of banana cv. Nendran (Musa sp.) flower bracts against human colon and cervical cancer cell lines. Internationa
  13. Suresh Kumar, P., Eyarkai Nambi, V., Shiva, K. N., Mayil Vaganan, M., Ravi, I., Jeyabaskaran, K.J. and Uma, S. 2019 Thin layer drying kinetics of banana var. Monthan (ABB): Influence of convective drying on nutritional quality, microstructure, thermal pro
  14. Thangavelu, R and Ganga Devi, P. 2018 Rapid and sensitive detection of Pseudocercospora eumusae pathogen causing eumusae leaf spot disease of banana by loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method. Biotech, 8:442. doi.org/10.1007/s13205-018-1468-8
  15. Thangavelu, R., Mostert, D., Gopi, M., Ganga Devi, P., Padmanaban, B., Molina, A. B., Viljoen, A 2019 First detection of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense tropical race 4 (TR4) on Cavendish banana in India. European Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi
  16. Alagesan, A., Tharani, G., Padmanaban, B., Sivaramakrishnan, S. Manivannan. 2018 Kairomones from highly susceptible host to control banana pseudostem weevil, Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier). Journal of Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 16: 655
  17. Aruna, R., Srinivasan, M. R., Balasubramanian, V. and Selvarajan, R. 2018 Complete genome sequence of sacbrood virus isolated from Asiatic honey bee, Apis cerana indica in India. Virus Disease, 29(4): 453-460.
  18. Bisane, K. D., Patil, N. M., Padmanaban, B., Saxena, S. P. and Prakash Patil. 2018 Technique for management of banana red rust thrips, Chaetanophothrips signipennis (Bagnall). Journal of Entomology and Zoology studies. 6(5): 1964-67.
  19. Jeyabaskaran, K. J., Pitchaimuthu, R. and Uma, S. 2018 Assessing nutrient uptake pattern with respect to dry matter accumulation in Ney Poovan (AB) banana at critical growth stages. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 75(3): 405-412.
  20. Manohar Jebakumar, R., Balasubramanian, V. and Selvarajan, R. 2018 Virus titre determines the efficiency of Pentalonia nigronervosa (Aphididae: Hemiptera) to transmit banana bunchy top virus. Virus Disease. 29(4): 499-505.
  21. Palanichamy, S., Padmanaban, B., Mayil Vaganan, M. and Uma, S. 2019 Electrophysiological and behavioural responses of banana pseudostem weevil, Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to aggregation pheromone,2-methyl-4-heptanol and hos
  22. Praveena, M., Surya Prabha, M., Ravi, I. and Mayil Vaganan, M. 2018 Anti-colorectal cancer properties of Hill Banana (cv. Virupakshi AAB) fruits: An in-vitro assay. Indian Journal of Natural Sciences. 8(47): 13226-13233.
  23. Ravi, I., Kamaraju, K., Sawan Kumar, K. and Sri Sailaja Nori. 2018 Evaluation of sea weed bio formulations on yield and yield parameters of banana cv. Grand Naine (AAA). Indian Journal of Natural Sciences. 8(47): 13482-13488.
  24. Ravichamy, P. and Siva Balan, K. C. 2019 Socioeconomic status and impact of mass media exposure on banana farmers: A case study Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 8(sp2): 422-426.
  25. Ravichamy, P., Siva Balan, K. C. and Nanda Kumar, S. 2019 A study on diffusion of farm technologies through electronic media among the banana farmers in Tamil Nadu. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. 8(2): 853-858.
  26. Tharani, G., Alagesan, A., Backiyarani, S., Anitha sree, T., Sundararaju, R. and Manivannan, S. 2018 Cloning of the defense gene PlchiIII and its potential role in the biocontrol of Pratylenchus coffeae nematodes and Meloidogyne incognita eggs in Musa. Bi
  27. Thirugnanavel, A., Saraswathi, M.S., Backiyarani, S., Uma, S., Durai, P. and Vignesh Kumar, B. 2018 Evaluation of genetic variability in wild Musa spp. suitable for ornamental value Current Horticulture. 6(2): 12–16.
  28. Venkataraman, S. and Selvarajan, R. 2019 Recent advances in understanding the replication initiator protein of the ssDNA plant viruses of the family Nanoviridae. Virus Disease. 10.1007/s13337-019-00514-9.
International 2017
  1. Mostert, D., Molina, A.B., Daniells, J., Fourie, G., Hermanto, C., Chao, C.P., Fabregar, E., Sinohin, V.G., Masdek, N., Thangavelu, R., Li, C., Yi, G., Mostert, L. and Viljoen, A. 2017. The distribution and host range of the banana Fusarium wilt fungus, F
  2. Nandakumar, A., Mayil Vaganan, M., Sundararaju, P. and Udayakumar, R. 2017. Phytochemical analysis and nematicidal activity of ethanolic leaf extracts of Datura metel, Datura innoxia and Brugmansia suaveolensis against Meloidogyne incognita. Asian Journal
  3. Nandakumar, A., Mayil Vaganan, M., Sundararaju, P. and Udayakumar, R. 2017 Nematicidal activity of aqueous leaf extracts of Datura metel, Datura innoxia and Brugmansia suaveolensis. American Journal of Entomology. 1(2): 39-45.
  4. Narayana, C. K., Jeyabaskaran, K. J. and Mustaffa, M. M. 2017. Chemical and mineral composition of four cultivars of banana (Musa sp.) belonging to different genomic groups grown in India. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences
  5. Poorani, J. 2017. Stethorus spp. (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) predatory on Schizotetranychus hindustanicus (Hirst) (Acari: Tetranychidae) from South India, including a new species and a new synonymy in Indian Stethorus. Zootaxa, 4277(4), DOI: http://dx.doi
  6. Venkataraman, S., Prasad, B. V. L. S. and Selvarajan, R. 2018 RNA Dependent RNA Polymerases: Insights from Structure, Function and Evolution. Viruses, 10(2): 76. http://doi.org/10.3390/v10020076.
  7. Yadav, S. K. U., Singh, J., Padmanaban, B. and Kumar, L. S. 2017 Genetic variability in Indian populations of banana corm weevil, Cosmopolites sordidus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) assessed by RAPDs and AFLPs. International Journal of Tropical Insect Scien
  8. Elayabalan, S., Subramaniam, S. and Selvarajan, R. 2017 Construction of BBTV rep gene RNAi vector and evaluate the silencing mechanism through injection of Agrobacterium tumefaciens transient expression system in BBTV infected hill banana plants cv. Virup
  9. Poorani, J. & Thanigairaj, R. 2017 First report of Encarsia dispersa Polaszek (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) as a parasitoid of rugose spiralling whitefly, Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), a recent invasive pest in India, with note
  10. Ravichamy, P., Nandakumar, S. and Siva balan, K. C. 2017 Television for effective dissemination of farm information to banana growers: A study from Tamil Nadu. Progressive Research – An International Journal.12(1):1146-1149.
  11. Ravichamy, P., Siva balan K. C., Subramanian, A. R. and Nandakumar, S. 2017 An explorative study on communication behaviour of banana growers in Tiruchirapalli district of Tamil Nadu. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry. . 6: 319-323.
  12. Selvarajan, R., Balasubramanian, V., Jeyabaskaran, K. J. and Mustaffa, M. M. 2017 Yield loss management through fertilizers in banana bract mosaic virus affected by French plantain cv. Nendran (AAB) Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences , 87(8): 1055-61
International 2016
  1. Kalai Ponmani , K., Thangavelu, R., and Varun, G. 2017. Optimization of protein isolation and comparative proteomics of pathogenic (Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense) (P-Foc) and non pathogenic (Fusarium oxysporum )(np-Fo). Journal of Plant Pathology, 99(
  2. Kaliyappan, R., Viswanathan, S., Suthanthiram, B., Subbaraya, U., Somasundram, S. M. and Mayil Vaganan, M. 2016. Evolutionary expansion of WRKY gene family in banana and its significance against root lesion nematode,(Pratylenchus coffeae.) PloS ONE, 11(9)
  3. Kumaravel, M., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M. S., Mayil Vaganan, M., Muthusamy, M. and Sajith, K. P. 2017. Differential proteome analysis during early embryogenesis in ( Musa) spp. (cv. Grand Naine - AAA). Plant Cell Reports,36(1): 163 – 178..
  4. Muthusamy, M., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M. S. and Chandrasekar, A. 2016. Transcriptomic changes of drought-tolerant and sensitive banana cultivars exposed to drought stress. Frontiers in Plant Science, 7: 1609.
  5. Saravanakumar, A. S., Uma, S., Thangavelu, R., Backiyarani, S., Saraswathi, M. S. and Sriram, V. 2016. Preliminary analysis on the transcripts involved in resistance responses to eumusae leaf spot disease of banana caused by Mycosphaerella eumusae,a recen
  6. Selvarajan. R and Balasubramanian,V. 2017. First report of banana bract mosaic virus in banana in Assam, India. Journal of Plant Pathology, 99(2).
  7. Saraswathi, M. S., Kannan, G., Uma, S., Thangavelu, R. and Backiyarani, S. 2016. Improvement of banana cv. Rasthali against FoC (VCG 0124/5) through induced mutagenesis: Determination of LD50 specific to mutagen, explants, toxins and in vitro and in vivo
  8. Sumathi, S. and. Thangavelu, R. 2016. Biodiversity of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF)in banana plantations in India. Plant Archives, 16(1): 210 - 216.
  9. Sumathi, S. and. Thangavelu, R. 2016. Co-inoculation of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF) and their Mycorrhizae Helper Bacteria (MHB) effectively suppresses Fusarium Wilt in Banana. Plant Archives, 16(1): 365 - 375.
  10. Giribabu.P., and Anitha Sree.T., 2016. Screening of Banana cultivars for resistance against root lesion nematode (Pratylenchus coffeae) Indian Journal of Nematology , 46(2) : 175
  11. Selverajan, R., Bhat,A.I., and Hohn,T. 2016. Badnaviruses: The Current Global Scenario. Viruses, 8(6) doi: 10.3390/v8060177.
  12. B. Padmanaban, A. Alagesan, D.N. Kalita, M.M. Mustaffa 2016. Occurrence of Cyperus root borer, Athesapeuta cyperi Marshall (Curculionidae: Coleoptera: Baridinae) as a minor pest of banana ENTOMON, 41(1), 71-72.
International 2015
  1. Alagesan, A., Tharani, G., Padmanaban, B., Siva Vijayakumar, T. and Manivannan,S. 2016. Screening and characterization of developing resistant cultivars against Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier) (Coleoptera:Curculionidae) using reference genotypes in India.
  2. Anuradha, C., Balasubramanian, V. and Selvarajan, R. 2015. Sequence motif comparison and homology modeling of helper component proteinase (HC–Pro) of banana bract mosaic virus. Plant Path. J.14 (3): 123–129.
  3. Backiyarani, S., Raja, K., Uma, S., Chandrasekar, A., Saraswathi, M. S., Sundararaju, P. and Mayil Vaganan, M. 2016 . Genome and transcriptome–wide analysis of WRKY transcription factors for Pratylenchus coffeae resistance in banana. Acta Hort. 1114, 119–
  4. Backiyarani, S., Uma, S., Nithya, S., Chandrasekar, A., Saraswathi, M. S., Thangavelu, R., Mayil Vaganan, M., Sundararaju, P. and Singh, N. K. 2015. Genome-wide analysis and differential expression of chitinases in banana against root lesion nematode (Pra
  5. Backiyarani, S., Uma, S., Saraswathi, M. S., Saravanakumar, A. S. and Chandrasekar, A. 2015. Transcriptome analysis of banana (Musa balbisiana) based on next generation sequencing technology. Turkish j. Agrl. For./i> DOI: 10.3906/tar–1406–171.
  6. Biswas, C., Dey, P., Selvarajan, R., Bera, A., Mitra, S. and Satpathy, S. 2016 . First report of Corchorus golden mosaic virus (CoGMV) infecting ramie (Boehmeria nivea) in India. Plant Disease.100 (2): 541.
  7. Krishna Surendar, K., Durga Devi, D., Jeyakumar, P., Velayudham, K. and Ravi, I. 2015. Changes in Proline and Polyphenol oxidase enzyme activity in some banana cultivars and hybrids under water stress. Genomics and App. Biol. 6 (4): 1–6.
  8. Muthusamy, M., Uma, S., Backiyarani, S. and Saraswathi, M. S. 2015. Genome–wide screening for novel, drought stress–responsive long non–coding RNAs in drought–stressed leaf transcriptome of drought tolerant and susceptible banana (Musa spp.) cultivars usi
  9. Nikita, S. A., Sridharan, S. and Padmanaban, B. 2016. Analysis of technologies gap and relative importance of banana pseudostem borer, Odoiporus longicollis (Olivier) in Tamil Nadu. Indian J. Ecol. 43 (1): 506–511.
  10. Saraswathi, M. S., Uma, S., Kannan, G., Selvasumathi, M., Mustaffa, M. M. and Backiyarani, S. 2016. Cost effective tissue culture media for large scale propagation of three commercial banana (Musa spp.) varieties. J. Hort. Sci. Biotech. 91 (1): 23–29.
  11. Selvarajan, R., Balasubramanian, V. and Mandal, B. 2015. First report of bean yellow mosaic virus in Alpinia galanga in India. J. Plant Path. 97 (3): 545.
  12. Selvarajan, R. and Balasubramanian, V. 2016. First Report of banana mild mosaic virus infecting banana in India. Plant Disease. 100 (6): 1254.
  13. Selvarajan. R., Balasubramanian, V. and Gayathrie, T. 2016. Highly efficient immunodiagnosis of episomal Banana Streak Mysore Virus (BSMYV) using polyclonal antibodies raised against recombinant viral associated protein. J. Phytopath. DOI: 10.1111/jph.124
  14. Thangavelu, R. and Gopi, M. 2015. Combined application of native Trichoderma isolates possessing multiple functions for the control of Fusarium wilt disease in banana cv. Grand Naine. Biocon. Sci. & Tech. 25 (10): 1147–1164.
  15. Thangavelu, R. and Gopi, M. 2015. . Field suppression of Fusarium wilt in banana using combined application of native endophytic and rhizospheric bacterial isolates possessing multiple functions. Phytopath. Mediter. 54 (2): 241–252.
  16. Uma, S., Backiyarani, S., Saravanakumar, A. S., Chandrasekar, A., Thangavelu, R. and Saraswathi, M. S. 2016. Identification of Mycosphaerella eumusae responsive unique genes / transcripts from a resistant banana cultivar. Acta Hort. 1114, 111–118
  17. Nandakumar.S., Ravichamy.P., and Sivabalan.K.C. 2016. Farm telecast viewing behaviour and knowledge management of banana growers in Tamil Nadu- An analysis. Prograssive Research - An International Journal. Volume: 11(4) Page No.3993-3996
  18. C. Anuradha, R. Selvarajan, S. Vasantha and G.S. Suresha 2015. Biochemical Characterization of Compatible Plant Virus Interaction: A Case Study with Bunchy Top Virus-Banana Host-Pathosystem. Plant Pathology Journal. Volume: 14 | Issue: 4 | Page No.: 212-2
International 2014
  1. Backiyarani S., S. Uma ., S. Nithya & A. Chandrasekar ., M. S. Saraswathi., R.Thangavelu ., M. Mayilvaganan ., P. Sundararaju and N. K. Singh. 2015. Genome-wide analysis and differential expression of chitinases in banana against root lesion nematode (Pra
  2. Backiyarani S., S. Uma ., M.S. Saraswathi., Saravanakumar, A.S. and Chandrasekar, A. 2015. Transcriptome analysis of banana (Musa balbisiana) based on next-generation sequencing technology. Turkesh Jr. Agrl. and Forestry. 39: DOI: 10. 3906/ tar-1406-171.
  3. Elayabalan,S.,Subramaniam,S. and Selvarajan,R. 2015. Banana bunchy top disease (BBTD) symptom expression in banana and strategies for transgenic resistance. Emirates J.Food and Agrl. 27(1): 55-74.
  4. Gopi M, and R Thangavelu. 2014. Suppression of Fusarium wilt disease of banana by Zimmu (Allium cepa x Allium sativum) leaf extract. African J. Microbiol. Res. 8(31):2904 -2915.
  5. Ravichamy P., Nandakumar,S. and Sivabalan, K.C. 2014. Mass media interventions and technology transfer among banana growers: Experiences from Tamil nadu, India. Inter.J.Emerging Tech. Comp. App.Sci.9(3): 204-209.
  6. Selvarajan R, V Balasubramanian, and T Sasireka. 2015. A simple, rapid and solvent free nucleic acid extraction protocol for detection of banana bunchy top virus by polymerase chain reaction and loop-mediated isothermal amplification. European J. Plant Pa
  7. Balasubramanian V, R.S Sukanya, C Anuradha, and R Selvarajan. 2014. Population structure of Banana bract mosaic virus reveals recombination and negative selection in the helper component protease (HC-Pro) gene. Virus Disease. 25(4): 460-466.
  8. Ganga Devi P, and R. Thangavelu. 2014. Genetic diversity analysis of Mycosphaerella euMusae causing Septoria leaf spot disease of banana in India. Indian Phytopath. 67(4):388-395.
  9. Jeyabaskaran K.J., Mustaffa,M.M. and Murugan, V. 2013. Development and evaluation of soil test based fertilizer tailoring equations for Ney Poovan and Nendran Bananas. Inter.J.Innovative Hort.2(2): 142-148.
  10. Lava Kumar P, R Selvarajan, M.L Iskra-Caruana, M Chabannes, and R Hanna. 2015. Biology, etiology, and control of virus diseases of banana and plantain. Adv. Virus Res. 91:229-269.
  11. Mayil vaganan M., Sarumathi, S., Nandakumar, A., Ravi, I. and Mustaffa, M.M. 2015. Evaluation of different protein extraction methods for banana (Musa spp.) root proteome analysis by two-dimensional electrophoresis. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophy. 52:101-106.
  12. Ravi, I. and Mustaffa,M.M. 2014. Leaf gas exchange characters of Musa AB ‘Ney Poovan’ and Musa ABB (Pisang awak) ‘Karpuravalli’. The andhra Agricultural J. 61(4): 890-896.
  13. Ravi,I., Mayil Vaganan, M. and Mustaffa, M.M. 2014. Bananas grown in salt affected soil impairs fruit development in susceptible cultivars. The andhra Agricultural J. 61(3): 638-642.
  14. Sajith, K.P., Uma, S., Saraswathi, M.S., Backiyarani, S. and Durai, P. 2014. Macropropagation of banana - Effect of bio-fertilizers and plant hormones. Indian J. Hort. 71(3): 299-305.
  15. Saraswathi M.S., S. Praveena, S. Uma, R. Thangavelu, G. Kannan, S. Backiyarani and T. Arivazhagan. 2014. Development of an efficient micropropagation technique for Musa cv. Udhayam (ABB). Indian J. Hort. 71(4): 452-457.
  16. Shiva K.N., M. Mayil Vaganan and M.M. Mustaffa. 2014. Evaluation of KMS and Sugar Syrup on dehydrated banana. Indian J. Hort. 71(4): 536-540.
  17. Uma,S., Akbar,A.,Saraswathi,M.S and Udhayanjali,K. 2014. Modified and simple regeneration pathway from male flower bud of banana (cv. Nedu Nendran AAB) via somatic embryogenesis. International J. Innovative Hort. 2(1):52-58.
International 2013
  1. Backiyarani S, S. Uma, P. Sundararaju, M. Mayilvaganan, M.S. Saraswathi and G. Arunkumar. 2013. Time course expression studies during Musa–Pratylenchus coffeae interaction. Ind.J. Hort.70(2):217-222.
  2. MarySheeba M.,Selvarajan,R. and Mustaffa,M.M. 2013. Prediction and identification of microRNA from Banana infected with Banana Streak Mysore Virus (BSMYV). Madras Ag. J. 100(4-6): 513-518.
  3. Mayil Vaganan, M., Ravi,I., Sarumathi, S., Nandakumar, A., Sundararaju, P. and Mustaffa, M.M. 2014 . Phenylpropanoid enzymes, phenolic polymers and metabolites as chemical defenses to infection of Pratylenchus coffeae in roots of resistant and susceptible
  4. Arun K, S. Uma, M.S. Saraswathi, S. Backiyarani and P. Durai. 2013. Seed priming studies on in-vitro germination and regeneration of hybrid banana embryos (Musa spp.). Seed Sci. Tech.41: 439-451.
  5. Backiyarani S, S. Uma, G. Arunkumar, M. S. Saraswathi and P. Sundararaju. 2013. Cloning and characterization of NBS-LRR resistance gene analogues of Musa spp. and their expression profiling studies against Pratylenchus coffeae. African J. of Biotech. 12(2
  6. Backiyarani S, S. Uma, G Arunkumar, M.S. Saraswathi, and P Sundararaju 2014 . Differentially expressed genes in incompatible interactions of Pratylenchus coffeae with Musa using suppression subtractive hybridization Physiol. and Mol. Pl. Pathol. 86: 11-18
  7. Balasubramanian V, and R Selvarajan. 2013 . Genetic diversity and recombination analysis in the coat protein gene of banana bract mosaic virus. Virus genes. 48(3):509-17.
International 2012
  1. Backiyarani S, S.,Singh,J.,Elanchezian,R. and Abbott,A.G. 2012. The first genetic map and positions of major fruit trait loci of bitter melon (Momordica charantia). J. Pl. Sci. Mol. Breeding 1:1-6.
  2. Backiyarani S., S. Uma., P. Varatharj and M. S. Saraswathi. 2012 . Mining of EST-SSR markers of Musa and their transferability studies among the members of order the Zingiberales. App. Biochem. and Biotech. DOI 10.1007 / s12010-012-9975-2.
  3. Elayabalan S, K. Kalaiponmani, Michael Pillay, A. Chandrasekar, R. Selvarajan, K. K. Kumar and P. Balasubramanian. 2013 . Efficient regeneration of the endangered banana cultivar ‘Virupakshi’ (AAB) via embryogenic cell suspension from immature male flower
  4. Elayabalan, S., Kalaiponmani, K., Subramanian, S., Selvarajan,R., Panchanathan, R.,Muthuvelayutham,R.,Kumar,K.K. and Balasubramanian,P. 2013 . Development of agrobacterium-mediated transformation of highly valued hill banana cultivar Virupakshi (AAB) for
  5. Krishna Surendar K, D. Durga Devi , I. Ravi , P. Jeyakumar and K. Velayudham. 2013 . Effect of water deficit on relationship between yield and physiological attributes of banana cultivars and hybrids. Inter. J. Hort. 3:61-69.
  6. Krishna Surendar K, D. Durga Devi , I. Ravi , P. Jeyakumar., RameshKumar,S. and K. Velayudham. 2013 . Studies on the impact of water deficit on plant height, relative water content, total chlorophyll, osmotic potential and yield of banana (Musa spp.,) cul
  7. Ravi,I., Uma,S., MayilVaganan,M. and Mustaffa,M.M. 2012 . Phenotyping bananas for drought resistance. Front. Physiol. 4:1-15. DOI:10.3389 / fphys. 2013.00009.
  8. Sangeetha G, R Thangavelu, S.U Rani. and A Muthukumar. 2013 . Antimicrobial activity of medicinal plants and induction of defense related compounds in banana fruits cv. Robusta against crown rot pathogens. Biol. Control 64:16-25.
  9. Thangavelu R, PG Devi, M Gopi, and M.M. Mustaffa. 2013 . Management of EuMusae leaf spot disease of banana caused by Mycosphaerella euMusae with Zimmu (Allium sativum× Allium cepa) leaf extract, Crop Protect. 46:100-105.
  10. Anuradha C., Gupta,G.P., Sasikumar,K. and AnandaKumar,P. 2012 . Antagonistic effect of Bacillus thuringiensisS toxins Cry1Ac and Cry1Jb on the cotton boll worm, Helicoverpa armigera.Ind.J.Ag.Sci.82:900-2.
  11. Ravi I. and Mustaffa, M.M. 2013 . Starch and amylase variability in banana cultivars. Ind.J. Pl. Physiol. DOI 10.1007 / s40502-013-0014-2.
  12. Selvarajan R., Balasubramanian,V., Jeyabaskaran,K.J.,Pandey,S.D. and Mustaffa,M.M. 2012 . Mitigating the effect of banana bract mosaic disease through application of increased doses of fertilizer in banana cultivar Robusta (AAA). J. Pl. Dis.Sci. 7:158-161
  13. Selvarajan R, and V Balasubramanian. 2013 .Natural Occurrence of Banana bunchy top virus in Ensete superbum in India; Ind.J. Virol. DOI1007/s13337-012-0123-y.
  14. Uma S, S. Lakshmi, M. S. Saraswathi, A. Akbar and M. M. Mustaffa. 2012 . Plant regeneration through somatic embryogenesis from immature and mature zygotic embryos of Musa acuminata ssp. Burmannica. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. 48:539-545, DOI 10.1007 / s1162
  15. I.Ravi, S.Uma, M.Mayilvaganan and M. M. Mustaffa. 2012 Phenotyping bananas for drought resistance Front Physio. 2013; 4: 9, doi: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00009
International 2011
  1. Backiyarani S, S. Uma, P. Sundararaju, M. Mayilvaganan, M.S. Saraswathi and S. Jeeva 2011. Studies on time-course expression of defence genes in banana against Pratylenchus coffeae for the creation of a subtractive cDNA library. Acta Hort. 897:281-283.
  2. Balasubramanian V and R. Selvarajan. 2012. Complete genome sequence of a banana bract mosaic virus isolate infecting the French plantain cv. Nendran in India. Archives of Virology, 157: 397-400.
  3. Durai P., Uma,S.,Saraswathi,M.S.,Jeyabalan,N. and Mustaffa,M.M. 2011 . Intersectional relationship between EuMusa and Rhodochlamys of the genus Musa using morphotaxonamy and microsatellite markers. Acta Hort.897:267-270.
  4. Mustaffa, M.M and Thangavelu, R. 2011 . Status of Fusarium wilt in India. Acta Hort. 897:323-329.
  5. Nwauzoma, Akagbuo Barth, Uma, S., Saraswathi, M. S. and Mustaffa, M.M . 2011 . Developing markers for Sigatoka leaf spot disease(MycosphaerellamusicolaLeach) resistance in banana(Musa spp.). African Journal of Biotechnology. 10(33):6213-6219.
  6. Saraswathi M.S.,Uma,S., Vadivel,E.,Durai,P., Siva,S.,A.Rajagopal,G. and Sathiamoorthy,S 2011 . Diversity analysis in Indian cooking bananas (Musa, ABB) through morphotaxonomic and molecular characterisation. Acta Hort.897:123-131.
  7. Selvarajan,R.,Balasubramanian,V., Sheeba,M.M., RajMohan,R. and Mustaffa.M.M. 2011 . Virus-Indexing Technology for Production of Quality Banana Planting Material: a Boon to the Tissue-Culture Industry and Banana Growers in India. Acta Hort.897: 463-469.
  8. Srinivasan R, S. Kulothungan, P. Sundararaju and C. Govindasamy. 2011 . Biodiversity of plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. International Journal of Plant, Animal and Environmental Sciences I:63-69.
  9. Thangavelu,R.,SuganyaDevi,P.,Chrismala,P.M. and Mustaffa,M.M. 2011 . Cross infection and genetic diversity of Fusariumoxysporum f. sp. cubense, the casual agent of Fusarium wilt in banana. Acta Hort. 897:353-362.
  10. Thangavelu R, K. Muthu Kumar, P. Ganga Devi and M. M. Mustaffa. 2011 . Genetic Diversity of Fusariumoxysporum f.sp. cubense Isolates(Foc) of India by Inter Simple Sequence Repeats (ISSR) Analysis. Molecular Biotechnology.5:203-211.
  11. Uma S., Mustaffa,M.M., Saraswathi,M.S. and Durai,P. 2011 . Exploitation of diploids in Indian banana breeding programmes. Acta Hort. 897:215-223.
  12. Uma S., Saraswathi,M.S and Anto,D. 2011 . Seed as an alternative source of DNA for molecular research of inaccessible wild Musa species. Acta Hort. 897:285-287.
  13. Anuradha C.,Gorakh,P.G.,Sasikumar,K and Polumetla,A.K. 2011 .Chimeric a-Endotoxins of Bacillus thuringiensis with increased activity against Helicoverpaarmigera . International Journal for Tropical Insect Science. 31(1-2):59-68.
  14. Jebasingh T, S Backiyarani, C Manohari and R Usha 2011 . Detection of cardamom mosaic virus-related sequences in plant genomes. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 10:369-371.
  15. Jebasingh T, T.m Jose, M., KasinYadunandam, Backiyarani, S. and Usha, R. 2011 . Molecular moddling and conformational analysis of native and refolded / viral genome-linked protein of cardamom mosaic virus. Indian Journal of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 48
  16. Palanichamy S, B. Padmanaban, M. I. Fazal Mohamed and M. M Mustaffa. 2011 . A simple and low cost semiochemical based trapping method for themanagement of banana pseudostem weevil, Odoiporuslongicollis Olivier (Coleoptera:Curculionidae). Advances in Appli
  17. Palanichamy S, B. Padmanaban, M. I. Fazal Mohamed and M. M Mustaffa. 2011 . Microwave Oven Assisted Extraction of Banana pseudostemkairomones asattractant of Odoiporuslongicollis Electroantennogram investigations. Archives of Applied Science Research. 3:2
  18. Sundararaju,P., Padmanaban,B.,Jaffar,S., and Hemalatha,S. 2011 . Effect of Tithoniadiversifolia, leaf extracts on the morality of root-lesion nematode infesting banana. Indian Journal of Nematology. 41:63-67.
  19. Uma S, M.S. Saraswathi and P. Durai. 2011 . Evidence of a new Musa species - M. swarnaphalyain India and its confirmation through morpho-molecular characterization. Indian Journal of Horticulture. 68(6):145-151.
International 2010
  1. Jeyabaskaran, K.J and Mustaffa, M.M. 2010. Integrated nutrient management in banana. Indian Journal of Fertiliser. 6(11):24-31.
  2. Sangeetha G, R Thangavelu and UshaRani,S. 2010. Evaluation of plant oils for suppression of crown rot disease and improvement of shelf life of banana (Musa spp. AAA subgroup, cv. Robusta). International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 45: 1024-103
  3. Sangeetha G, R Thangavelu.,UshaRani S , Muthukumar,A and Udayakumar, R. 2010. Induction of systemic resistance by mixtures of antagonistbacteria for the management of crown rot complex on banana. Acta Physiology Plantarum. 32: 1177-1187.
  4. Saraswathi M.S., S. Uma, K. Prasanyaselvam, S. Ramaraj, P. Durai and M. M. Mustaffa. 2011. Assessing the robustness of IRAP and RAPD marker systems tostudy intra-group diversity among Cavendish (AAA) clones of banana . Journal of Horticulture Science and
  5. Selvarajan, R.,Balasubramanian,V., Dayakar, S., Sathiamoorthy,S and Ahlawat, Y.S. 2010. Evaluation of immunological and molecular techniques for the detection of different isolates of banana bunchy top virus in India. Indian Phytopath.63(3):333-336.
  6. Selvarajan R, M Mary Sheeba and V. Balasubramanian. 2011. Simultaneous detection of episomalbanana streak mysorevirus and banana bunchy top virus using multiplex RT–PCR. Current Science. 100(1): 1031-34.
  7. Selvarajan R, M Mary Sheeba, V Balasubramanian, R Rajmohan, N Lakshmi Dhevi and T Sasireka. 2011. Molecular Characterization of Geographically Different Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV)Isolates in India. Indian J.Virol. 21(2):110-116.
  8. Sundararaju,P. 2010. Identification of nematode resistant gene sources against root-lesion nematode (Pratylenchuscoffeae) in banana. Indian Journal of Nematology. 40:48-54.
  9. Sundararaju,P and Kiruthika, P. 2009. Effect of bio-control agent, Paecilomyceslilacinus along with neemcake and botanicals for the management of Meloidogyne incognitaon banana. Indian Journal of Nematology. 39:201-206.
  10. Thangavelu, R and Mustaffa, M.M. 2010. A potential isolate of Trichodermaviride NRCB-1 and its mass production for the effective management of Fusarium wilt disease in banana. Tree and Forestry science and biotechnology. 4:76-84.
  11. Thangavelu, R and Mustaffa,M.M. 2010. First Report on the Occurrence of a Virulent Strain of Fusarium Wilt Pathogen (Race-1) Infecting Cavendish (AAA) Group of Bananas in India. Plant Disease. 94:1379.
  12. Uma S, S. Lakshmi , M.S. Saraswathi, A. Akbar and M.M. Mustaffa. 2010. Embryo rescue and plant regeneration in banana (Musa spp.). Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture. 105(1):105-110.
International 2009
  1. Manimekalai R, VP Soumya, R Sathish Kumar, R Selvarajan, K Reddy, GV Thomas, M Sasikala, G Rajeev, VK Baranwal. 2010. Molecular detection of 16SrXI group phytoplasma associated with root (wilt) disease of coconut (Cocosnucifera) in India – Disease notes.
  2. Nithya Devi A., Ponnuswami, V., Sundararaju,P., Van den Bergh,I and Kavino, M. 2009 .Histopathological changes in banana roots caused by Pratylenchuscoffeae, Meloidogyneincognita and Radopholussimilis and identification of RAPD markers associated with P.c
  3. Padmanaban B., Thangavelu,R., Gopi,M and Mustaffa,M.M . 2009 . Effect of mass multiplication media on sporulation, field efficacy and shelf life of Beauveriabassiana against rhizome and pseudostem weevils of banana. J. Biol Control. 23(3): 277-283.
  4. Selvarajan,R., SuganyaDevi,P., Thangavelu, R., Kumudha,R and Mustaffa, M.M. 2009 .Genetic diversity among Fusariumoxysporumf.sp. cubense race-1 isolates. In: Banana New Innovations (Eds. Singh, H.P and Mustaffa, M.M). Westville Publishing House, New Delhi
  5. Selvarajan R, V Balasubramanian, K.J Jeyabaskaran, S.D Pandey and M.M Mustaffa. 2009 . Management of bract mosaic disease through higher dose of fertilizers in banana cv. Ney Poovan (AB). Ind. J. Hort. 66(3): 301-305.
  6. Sundararaju P. 2009 . Vertical and horizontal distribution of plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana. Ind.J.Nematol.39:80-84.
  7. Sundararaju,P and Thangavelu, R. 2009 . Influence of Pratylenchus coffeae and Meloidogyne incognita on the Fusarium wilt complex of Banana. Ind.J. Nematol.39:71-74.
  8. Thangavelu R and Mustaffa, M.M. 2009 .First report of corm rot disease caused by Sclerotiumrolfsii in banana. Aust.Pl.Dis.Notes.5:30-33.
International 2008
  1. Sainamole Kurian P, G Sivakumar, A Josephrajkumar, S Backiyarani, M Murugan and K N Shiva. 2009 . Management of anthracnose disease (Colletotrichumgloeosporioides (Penz) Penz & Sac.) of black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) in the high ranges of Idukki District,
  2. Manohari C.,Backiyarani S., Jebasingh, T., Archana, S and Usha, R. 2008 . Efficient plant regeneration in small cardamom (ElettariacardamomumMaton) through somatic embryogenesis. Ind.JBiotech.,7:407-409.
  3. Nwauzoma A.B, S Uma, M.M Mustaffa and Durai,P. 2009 . Response of banana hybrids to Sigatoka leaf spot disease under tropical conditions in Southern India. ActaAgronomicaNigeriana, 8(1): 33-42.
  4. Prasuna A.L, K.N Jyothi, A.R Prasad, J.S Yadav and B Padmanaban. 2008 . Olfactory responses of banana pseudostem weevil, Odoiporuslongicollis Olivier (Curculionidae: Coleoptera) to semiochemicals from conspecifics and host plant. Curr. Sci., 94(7):896-900
  5. Selvarajan R, V Balasubramanian, K Kavitha, K.S Kavitha, S Sathiamoorthy and Y.S Ahlawat. 2008 . Detection of Banana bunchy top virus and Banana streak Mysore virus by PCR: impact of storing virus infected banana samples. Ind. J.Virol.,19(2): 28-33.
  6. Sundararaju P, N. Swarnakumari and S.Uma. 2008 . Evaluation of Banana (Musa spp) germplasm against root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). Ind.J.ag.Sci., 78(6):563-566.
  7. Sundararaju P and S. Kurinji malar. 2008 . Effect of Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid & White) on Growth, physiological and biochemical changes in banana. Pest Manangementin Hort. Ecosystem, 14(2):161-167.
  8. Sundararaju P and Thenmozhi, R. 2008 . Efficacy of neem based pesticides used for sucker treatment against root-knot nematode infesting banana cv. robusta. Pest Manangement in Hort. Ecosystem, 14(2):155-160.
  9. Sundararaju P and Sudha. R. 2008 . Organic amendments for the management of root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus coffeae Goodey in banana. Pest Manangement in Hort. Ecosystem, 14(2):148-154.
  10. Thangavelu R and A. Jayanthi. 2008 . RFLP analysis of rDNA-ITS regions of native non-pathogenic Fusarium oxysporum isolates and their field evaluation for the suppression of Fusarium wilt disease of banana. Aust. Pl. Pathol., 38(1):13-21.
International 2007
  1. Jeyabaskaran K.J and Pandey,S.D. 2008 . Effect of foliar spray of micronutrients in banana under high soil pH condition. Ind.J.Hort.,65(1):102-105.
  2. Narayana C.K., Mustaffa,M.M and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2007 . Standardization of process for preparation of banana fruit bar. Ind.J.Hort.,65(1):102-105.
  3. Narayana C.K., Sreeprabha, S and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2007 . Production of ethanol from waste banana peel. Mysore J. Agric.Sci., 41(2): 282-285.
  4. Narayana C.K., Ramajayam, D and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2006 .Effect of different fungicides on shelf life, spoilage and quality of cold stored Ney Poovan (AB group) banana. Mysore J.Agric. Sci., 40(4):136-138.
  5. Nithyadevi A., Ponnuswami V., Sundararaju P, Soorianathasundaram K, Sathiamoorthy S, Uma.S and Van den Bergh. I. 2007 . Mechanism of resistance in banana cultivars against root- lesion nematode, Pratylenchus coffeae. Ind .J.Nematol. 37: 138-144.
  6. Nithyadevi A., Ponnuswami V., Sundararaju P, Soorianathasundaram K, Sathiamoorthy S, Uma.S and Van den Bergh. I. 2007 . Phenylalanine ammonia lyaseand total phenol content in resistant banana to Pratylenchus coffeae. Ind.J. Nematol.37:149-155.
  7. Saraswathi M.S., Siva S.A., Uma S., Sathiamoorthy S and Vadivelu E. 2007 . RAPD markers in flesh colour determination of papayas (Carica papaya L). Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Papaya. ActaHorticulturae pp. 740-745.
  8. Sundararaju P. 2006 . Community structure of plant parasitic nematodes in banana plantations of andhraPradesh, India. Ind.J.Nematol.36:226-229.
  9. Sundararaju P and Pandisuba K. 2006 . Biochemical changes in banana plants induced by Pratylenchus coffeae and Meloidogyne incognita. Ind.J. Nematol.36:256-259.
  10. Uma S., Kalpana S.,Saraswathi M.S., Durai P and Kumar V. 2007 . Evaluation of culinary Musa germplasm for fibre yield and quality. Ind.J. Agril.Sci.,77(9):553-557.
  11. Uma S., Saraswathi M.S., Siva S.A., Dhivya V.S., Manickavasagam M and Durai P. 2008 . Diversity and phylogenic relationships between wild and cultivated bananas (Silk-AAB) as revealed by microsatellite markers. J. Hort.Sci.Biotech.83(2):239-245.
International 2006
  1. Narayana C.K., and M.M.Mustaffa. 2006 . Influence of maturity on shelf life and quality changes in banana during storage under ambient condition. Indian Journal of Horticulture Vol.64(1).
  2. Selvarajan R and Jeyabaskaran.K.J. 2006 . Effect of Banana bract mosaic virus (BBrMV) on growth and yield of cultivar Nendran (Plantain, AAB). Indian Phytopathology,59(4): 496-500.
  3. Sundararaju P. 2005 . Effect of marigold (Tagetuserecta) intercropped with banana cv. Nendran against root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus coffeae. Indian J.Nematol 35:123-126.
  4. Sundararaju P and V.Saritha. 2006 . Effect of leaf extracts of Acalyphaindica,Cassia fistula and Solanumtorvum on Pratylenchus coffeae. Indian Journal of Nematology 36(1): 144-145.
  5. Sundararaju P. 2005 . Biodiversity of plant parasitic nematodes associated with banana in Northern parts of Tamilnadu, India. . Current Nematol.16(1,2):27-33.
  6. Uma S., Saraswathi M.S., Durai P., Sathiamoorthy S and Natarajan R. 2006 . Evaluation of Indigenous and exotic banana (Musaspp) hybrids for subsistence cultivation in India. Indian. J. Agril. Sciences,76(12):747-749.
  7. Uma S., Saraswathi M.S., Durai P and Sathiamoorthy S. 2006. Diversity and distribution of section Rhodochlamys (Genus Musa, Musaceae) in India and breeding potential for banana improvement programmes. Plant Genetic Technology Newsletter 146:17-23.
International 2005
  1. Uma,S., S.A.Siva, M.S. Saraswathi., M.Manickavasagam, P.Durai, R.Selvarajan and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2006 . Variation and intraspecific relationships in Indian wild Musa balbisiana (BB)population as evidenced by random amplified polymorphic DNA. Genetic Resou
  2. Uma S., S.A Siva, M.S. Saraswathi., P.Durai, T.V.R.S Sharma, D.B Singh., R Selvarajan and S Sathiamoorthy. 2005 . Studies on the origin and diversification of Indian wild banana (Musa balbisiana) using arbitrarily amplified DNA markers. The Journal of Hor
  3. Uma S., S.Kalpana, S.Sathiamoorthy and V Kumar. 2005 . Evaluation of commercial cultivars of banana for their suitability to fibre industry. Plant Genetic Technology Newsletter, 142:1-8.
  4. Uma S., S.Sathiamoorthy, R.Selvarajan, M.S.Saraswathi and P.Durai. 2005 . Genetic Improvement of Musa sp. through clonal selection: NRCB Sel.001 a better substitute for Indian PisangAwaks(AAB). IndianJ.Hort. 62(4):319-323.
  5. Jeyabaskaran K.J., S.D.Pandey, M.M.Mustaffa and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2005 . Diagnosis and recommendation integrated system for monitoring status of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium of ‘Nendran’ banana (Musa paradisiaca). Indian Journal of Agricultural Scien
  6. Narayana C.K., D.Ramajayam and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2005 . Studies on Banana Pickle and its quality changes during storage. Beverage and Food World., May 2005., pp.44-45.
  7. Narayana C.K., M.M Mustaffa and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2005 . Chilling injury and quality changes in Pachanadan banana during storage at low temperature. IndianJ.Hort.62(3):241-243.
  8. Sundararaju P., Sasikala,T and Cannayane,I. 2004 . Biocontrol potential of Verticilliumchalamydosporium against Meloidogyne incognita infesting banana. Current Nematology 15(2)72-75.
International 2004
  1. Uma S, S.Sudha, M.S.Saraswathi, M.Manikavasagam, R. Selvarajan, P.Durai, S.Sathiamoorthy and S.A.Siva. 2004 . Analysis of Genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationship among indigenous and exotic Silk (AAB) group of bananas using RAPD markers. J. Hort.
  2. Uma S, S.Sathiamoorthy, M.S.Saraswathi, P.Durai, Hari Om Sharma and Anuradha Agarwal. 2004 . Evaluation and Utilisation of Introduced Musa Germplasm in India. Indian J.of Plant Genetic Technology. 18(1):79-81.
  3. Jeyabaskaran,K.J., S.D.Pandey and G.Gomadhi. 2004 . Integration of Potassium-rich cement kiln flue dust and distillery effluent in potassium fertilization for increasing banana production. andhra Agric.J. 50:418-420.
  4. Jeyabaskaran.K.J., S.D.Pandey and G. Gomadhi. 2004 . Substitution of potassium-rich cement kiln flue dust and distillery effluent for potassium fertilizers in banana cv. Ney Poovan. J.Potassium Research 21:
  5. Thangavelu R., Palaniswami A and Velazhahan R. 2004 . Mass multiplication of Trichodermaharzianum using biodegradable banana waste for the control of Fusarium wilt of banana. Agriculture, Ecosystems &Environment.103(1):259-263.
  6. Mustaffa M.M., B TanujaPriya and V.Krishnamoorthy. 2005 . Standardisation of carrier material as ethylene absorbent on shelf life of Rasthali banana. J. Food Sci. & Tech. 42(1): 46-48.
International 2003
  1. Jeyabaskaran K.J., S.D.Pandey and G.Gomadhi. 2003. Effect of potassium-rich cement kiln flue dust and distillery effluent as substitute for potassium fertilizers on growth, yield and quality of “Ney Poovan” banana (Musa paradisiaca). Indian J. Agric. Sci.
  2. Jeyabaskaran K.J., S.D.Pandey and G.Gomadhi. 2004 . Integration of Potassium-rich cement kiln flue dust and distillery effluent in potassium fertilization for increasing banana production. andhra Agric.J.,50:418-420.
  3. Nahif A.A., Padmanaban,B., P.Sundararaju and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2003 . Ultra structure of mouthparts, elytra and tarsus of the Banana Stem Weevil, Odoiporuslongicollis, Entomon 28(1):45-49.
  4. Narayana C.K., M.M.Mustaffa and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2002 . Effect of postharvest application of calcium chloride on ripening, shelf life and quality of banana cv. Poovan. South Indian Hort.50(4-6):308-316.
  5. Narayana C.K., P.Krishnan and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2004 . Effect of various postharvest treatments on ripening, storage life and quality of Rasthali banana during low temperature storage. Andhra Agric. J. 50(Spl):385-389.
  6. Narayana C.K., S.Sathiamoorthy and A.Evelin Mary. 2002 Studies on ready-to-serve beverage from enzyme clarified banana juice. Hort.34(1):65-71.
  7. Narayana C.K., S.Sathiamoorthy and D.Ramajeyam. 2002 . Effect of ethylene absorbent and hot water treatment on storage life and quality of Rasthali banana. Current Research 31(7-8):131-134.
  8. Narayana C.K., S.Sathiamoorthy , A.EvelinMary. 2002 . Osmotic dehydration of banana and changes in its quality during storage. Beverage and Food world.,30(6):30-31.
  9. Padmanaban B and M.Daniel. 2003 . Biology and bionomics of palm white grub, Leucopholisburmeisteri Bren. Coleoptera: Scarabalidae: Melonothinae). Indian.J.Ent.,65(4):444-452.
  10. Padmanaban B and M.Daniel. 2003 . Natural enemies of the oriental yellow scale, A.orientalis (Newstead) (Homophero: Diaspidae). Indian.J.Ent., 65(3):422-424.
  11. Padmanaban B., M.Kandasamy and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2003 . Survival of banana weevil borers in banana plant residues. Indian.J.Ent.65(3):424-425.
  12. Padmanaban B., P.Rajan and M.Daniel. 2003 . Biocontrol agents recorded from palm white grubs. Indian.J.Ent.,65(4):434-438.
  13. Sundararaju P and Jeyabaskaran K.J. 2003 . Evaluation of different soil types on multiplication of Pratylenchus coffeae and growth of banana seedlings var. NendranNematol.Medit. 31:151-153.
  14. Sundararaju P. Cannayane, I and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2003 . Occurrence of Meloidogyne incognita on Ensetesuperlenchus. InfoMusa.12:43-44.
  15. Sundararaju P., B. Padmanaban and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2003 . Efficacy of certain botanicals against root-lesion nematode, Pratylenchus coffeae in banana. Nematol.Medit.31:201-205.
  16. Sundararaju P., Cannayane,I., Pandey.S.D and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2002 . Effect of population levels of plant parasitic nematodes on high density planting with fertigation levels in banana cv. Robusta. Pratylenchuscoffeae infecting banana. In: Emerging trend
  17. Thangavelu R., Palaniswami A and Velazhahan R. 2004 . Mass production of Trichodermaharzianum for managing fusarium wilt of banana. Agriculture ecosystem and environment. 103(1):259-263.
  18. Thangavelu R., Sundararaju, P and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2004 . Management of anthracnose disease of banana caused by ColletotrichumMusae using plant extracts. J.Hort.Sci.and Biotech.79(4)664-668.
  19. Uma S., R.Selvarajan, S.Sathiamoorthy, A.RameshKumar and P.Durai. 2003 . Evaluation of Banana Germplasm for leaf Industry and their suitability to different production profiles in India. International Plant Genetic Resource Newsletter 134:41-44.
International 2002
  1. Narayana C.K., S.Shivashankar, M.M.Mustaffa and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2002 . Studies on Suitability of varieties of banana and frying medium for production of chips. Beverage and Food World. Vol.29(6):29-30.
  2. Narayana C.K.,M.M.Mustaffa and S.Sathiamoorthy. 2002 . Effect of Packaging and storage on shelf life and quality of banana cv. Karpuravalli. Indian.J.Hort., 59(2):113-117.
  3. Padmanaban B.,P.Sundararaju., I.Cannaane and S.S Hussaini. 2002 . Effect of Entomopathogenic nematode, Heterorhabditisindica (PDBC EN 13.3) on banana stem weevil, O.longicollis(Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in vitro. Indian Journal of Nematology 32(2): 203-2
  4. Padmanaban B., R Selvarajan, M Kandasamy and V Balasubramanian. 2002 . Occurrence of fungi Scopulariopsisbrevicaulis (Saccardo) Bainer and Aspergillusflavus as entomopathogenes of banana stem weevil, Odoiporuslongicollis Oliver (Curculionade: Coleoptera).
  5. Pandey S.D., K.J.Jeyabaskaran,R.H.Laxman and M.M.Mustaffa. 2001 . Effect of Different moisture regimes and N fertigation on growth, yield and quality of Poovan banana. Progressive Horticulture, 33(2).130-133.
  6. Sundararaju P. 2002 . Seasonal fluctuations of Radopholussimilis and Pratylenchus coffeae in certain cultivars of banana. Info Musa. 11:16-18.
  7. Sundararaju P ., R.Leela Devi and M. Manimekalai. 2002 . Analysis of best treatment and variety based on nematode population of banana using artificial neural networks. Indian J.Nematol.32:84-85.
  8. Sundararaju P and I. Cannayane. 2002 . Antinemic activity of plant extracts against Pratylenchus coffeae Infecting Banana. Indian J.Nematol.32:121-124.
  9. Sundararaju P and I. Cannayane. 2002 . Production of Nematode egg parasitic fungus, Paecilomyceslilacinus, on Banana wastes and certain plant leaves. IndianJ.Nematol. 32:188-189.
  10. Sundararaju P.,M.M. Mustaffa, V.Kumar, I.Cannayane and B.Tanuja Priya. 2002 . Effect of organic farming on plant parasitic nematodes infesting banana cv. Karpuravalli. Current Nematology. 13(1):39-43.
  11. Sundararaju P. , R.Thangavelu and I. Cannayane. 2002 . Management of Pratylenchus coffeae and Meloidogyneincognita on banana by using endophytic fungi. Current Nematology 13(1):77-81.
  12. Sundararaju P and V.Kumar. 2003 . Management of root-lesion nematode Pratylenchus coffeae in six commercial cultivars of banana through organic and inorganic amendments. InfoMusa.12(1):35-38.
  13. Sudha S and P.Sundararaju. 2002 . Occurrence and distribution of Radopholus(Cobb,1893) Thorne,1949 and other plant parasitic nematodes in arecanut based cropping system in Kerala. Indian J.Nematol.32:219-220.
  14. Uma S., Sathiamoorthy.S and Nicolas Rous. 2002 . Confirmation of occurrence of natural tetraploid banana in India. Indian J Plant Genet.Technology.14(3):350-353.
  15. Uma S., Sathiamoorthy.S and Dayarani.M. 2002 . Crop improvement in Musa – Evaluation of germplasm for male and female fertility. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Technology. (15)(2): 137-139.
  16. Uma S., M. Dayarani and Sathiamoorthy.S. 2002 . Genetic variability studies in banana I Mysore subgroup (AAB). Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Technology.(15)(3):275-277
  17. Uma S., Selvarajan,R, S.Sathiamoorthy, A.RameshKumar and P.Durai. 2003 . Evaluation of Banana germplasm for the leaf industry and for suitability to different growing environments in India. Plant Genetic Technology Newsletter. 134-26-32.
International 2001
  1. Jeyabaskaran K.J., Pandey,S.D.,Mustaffa, M.M. and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 . Effect of Different Organic manures with graded levels of inorganic fertilisers on ratoon’ of Poovan Banana. South India Hort., 49:105-108.
  2. Jeyabaskaran K.J., Pandey,S.D.,Mustaffa, M.M. and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 . Effect of FYM and gypsum with graded levels of K application on banana grown in saline sodic soils. Journal of Potassium Research, 17:101-106.
  3. Mustaffa M.M. and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 . Organic Farming in banana – Problems and Prospects. South Indian Horticulture, 49:209-213.
  4. Padmanaban B., Sundararaju,P., Velauydhan,K.C and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 . Evaluation of Musa germplasm against banana weevil borers. InfoMusa 10:43-44.
  5. Padmanaban B., Kandasamy, M., Sundararaju,P and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2001 . Banana beetle Sybra preausta – New pests from Tamilnadu. InfoMusa 10:43-44.
  6. Padmanaban B and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 . The Banana stem Weevil, Odoiporus longicollis Musa Pest Fact sheet No.5(Nov 2001) INIBAP, France.
  7. Pandey S.D., Jeyabaskaran,K.J., Laxman, R.H., Santhi,V.P. and Mustaffa, M.M. 2001 . Effect of irrigation, N fertigation and planting geometry on growth and yield of banana cv. Nendran. South Indian Horticulture, 49:76-77.
  8. Sathiamoorthy S and Mustaffa, M.M. 2001 . High Density planting in banana and plantains – An Overview. South Indian Horticulture, 49:6-12.
  9. Sathiamoorthy S., Uma,S and Selvarajan,R. 2001 . Banana Research and Development Programme in India and highlights of NRCB-INIBAP collaborative projects. In: Advancing banana and plantain R&D in Asia and the Pacific, Vol 10(Eds. AB.Molina and V.Rao), pp67
  10. Selvarajan R., Uma,S and Sathiamoorthy, S. 2001 . Etiology and survey for banana leaf spot disease in India. In: Advancing banana and plantain R&D in Asia and the Pacific, Vol 10(Eds. A.B.Molina and V.Rao), pp 94-102.
  11. Selvarajan,R., Sathiamoorthy, S., Pandey,S.D and Dhanasekaran,D. 2001 . Incidence of sigatoka leaf spot disease in relation to different plant densities in cultivar Robusta. South Indian Horti. Vol. 49(special). pp. 43-46.
  12. Sundararaju P., Cannayane, I and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 . Occurrence of Heterodera oryzicola on banana in Tamilnadu, India. InfoMusa. 10(2): 43-44.
  13. Thangavelu R., Palaniswami, A.,Ramakrishnan, G., SabithaDuraiswamy, Muthukrishnan, S and Velazhahan,R. 2001 . Involvement of Fusaric acid detoxification by Pseudomonas fluorescens strain Pf10 in the biological control of Fusarium wilt of banana Caused by
  14. Thangavelu R.,Sundararaju,P.,Sathiamoorthy,S., Raghuchander,T.,Velazhahan,R.,Nakkeran,S and Palanisami,A. 2001 .Status of Fusarium wilt of banana in India. In Banana Fusarium wilt disease management: Towards sustainable cultivation. (eds:A.B.Molina,N.H.Ni
  15. Uma S., Theriappan,P.,Dayarani,M.,Shyam,B and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 .Characterisation and Intra-Group Cluster Analysis of Musa sub group Pisang Awak (ABB). Ind.J.Plant.Gen.Resources14(2):190-191
  16. Uma S.,Shyam,B.,Selvarajan,R and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2001 . Collection and characterization of banana and plantains of north eastern India. In: Advancing Banana and Plantain R&D in Asia and the Pacific, Vol 10(Eds. A.B.Molina and V.Rao), pp 103-109.
  17. Uma S., M. Dayarani and Sathiamoorthy.S. 2002 . Genetic variability studies in banana I Mysore subgroup (AAB). Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Technology.(15)(3):275-277
International 2000
  1. Jeyabaskaran K.J and Sundararaju, P. 2000 . Identification and evaluation of salt tolerance mechanism in some commercial varieties of banana. Indian Journal of Plant Physiology, 5(3):290-292.
  2. Jeyabaskaran K.J. 2000 . Studies on fixing critical limits of K, Na and K/Na ratio for banana and soil in saline sodic conditions. InfoMusa, p.34.
  3. Laxman R.H and Srivastava G.C. 2000 . Photosynthetic and respiratory activity in sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) bracts. Indian Journal of Plant physiology, 5(1): 101-104.
  4. Laxman,R.H. and Srivastava,G.C. 2000 . Photosynthetic characteristics of sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) leaves and bracts. Indian Journal of plant physiology, 5(2): 150-153.
  5. NeelimGarg., Singh B.P. and Narayana,C.K. 2000 . Effect of modified atmosphere on aerobic mesophilic and psychrophilic microflora of mango fruits. Indian Food Packer, September-October, 2000. 75-77.
  6. Padmanaban B., Thangavelu,R. and Sundararaju,P. 2000 . Occurrence of Giant African snail, Achatina fulica Boa. on Banana. Indian J.Entomology, 62(1):95-97.
  7. Padmanaban B., Sundararaju,P and Sathiamoorthy. 2001 . Incidence of banana pseudostem borer, O.longicollis in banana peduncle. Indian J. Entomology,63(2):
  8. Rajagopal V., Nareshkumar,S., KasturiBai,K.V. and Laxman,R.H. 2000 . Daytime fluctuations in photosynthetic parameters and water relations in juvenile coconut palms grown under rained and irrigated conditions. Journal of Plant Biology, 27(1):27-32.
  9. Shivashankar S. 2000 . Effect of ascorbic acid and calcium chloride on the chilling injury of banana. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 38:56-60.
  10. Sripriya C., Padmanaban,B. and Uma,S. 2000 . Evaluation of banana (Musa spp) germplasm against insect pests. Indian J. Entomology, 62(4):382-390.
  11. Uma S., Singh,H.P.,Dayarani M. and Shyam,B. 2000 . Variety evaluation for response to edaphic factors on yield and physico-chemical characterisation of commercial banana cultivars. Indian Journal of Horticulture, 56(1-4):104-108.
  12. Uma S., Dayarani,M., Singh,H.P.,Shyam,B. and Sathiamoorthy,S. 2000 . Studies on Genetic Variability in Banana – Silk subgroup (AAB). Indian Journal of Horticulture, 57(2):106-109.
  13. Uma S., Selvarajan,R., Sathiamoorthy,S., Rameshkumar,A. and Shyam,B. 2001 . Banana diversity in North Eastern India, Genetic erosions and solutions. In the proceedings of the National Symposium on Biodiversity vis-a-vis Resource Exploitation – an Introspe
  14. Uma S., Sathiamoorthy,S.,Shyam,B. and Selvarajan,R. 2000 . Role of Mizotribal Women in Eco-conservation of fibre yielding wild banana (Musa sp) in Mizoram. In the Proceedings of 88th Indian National Science Congress part-IV held at New Delhi from January
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