# | Project Name | Principal Investigator |
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1 | Improvement and management of banana genetic resources in Indian subcontinent | Dr. S. Uma |
2 | Crop Improvement of banana through conventional breeding | Dr. S. Backiyarani |
3 | Production of doubled haploids for improvement of bananas (Musa spp.) | Dr. S. Backiyarani |
4 | Improvement of cv. Grande Naine (Cavendish - AAA) for Fusarium wilt resistance through non-conventional breeding | Dr. M.S. Saraswathi |
5 | Development of trait specific markers for fusarium wilt resistance through association mapping studies in banana (Musa spp.) | Dr. M.S. Saraswathi |
6 | Identification of resistant gene candidate(s) in banana for tropical race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense | Dr. C. Anuradha |
# | Project Name | Principal Investigator |
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1 | Development of clump management technology for enhanced productivity in banana | Dr. V. Kumar |
2 | Studies on nutrient dynamics in banana | Dr. K.J. Jeyabaskaran |
3 | Organic banana farming for sustainable soil health and nutritional security | Dr. K.J. Jeyabaskaran |
4 | Developing agro-techniques for ICAR-NRCB released varieties and selections of banana | Dr. K.J. Jeyabaskaran |
5 | High temperature and soil moisture deficit stresses in banana: Mechanism of high temperature tolerance and management of high temperature and soil moisture deficit stresses in banana | Dr. I. Ravi |
6 | Biochemical dissection of fruit ripening-related phenomena and components and exploring nutraceutical applications of bioactives of banana | Dr. M. Mayilvaganan |
7 | Developing integrated package of practices for export of selected commercial and GI tagged varieties of Indian Bananas | Dr. K.N. Shiva |
9 | Novel nutraceutical smart delivery systems for high-value food and non-food products of banana | Dr. P.Suresh Kumar |
8 | Effective utilization of different extension methods and mass media for holistic transfer of banana technologies for different stakeholders in banana production system | Dr. C. Karpagam |
# | Project Name | Principal Investigator |
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1 | Pest mapping in bananas and plantains of India | Dr. J. Poorani |
2 | Bio-intensive management of major insect pests of Banana | Dr. J. Poorani |
3 | Eco-friendly management of banana pseudostem weevil (Odoiporus longicollis Olivier) and banana scarring beetle Basilepta spp.) | Dr. A. Mohanasundaram |
4 | Investigations on Musa nematode’s biology, behaviour, diversity and their interactions | Dr. P. Giribabu |
5 | Integrated management of Fusarium wilt disease (Foc R1) in banana | Dr. R. Thangavelu |
6 | Survey, etiology and management of rhizome rot of banana | Dr. M.Loganathan |
7 | Management of post harvest diseases of banana | Dr. M. Loganathan |
8 | Molecular approaches to understand the host-virus-vector-environment interactions and RNAi for the management of banana viruses | Dr. R. Selvarajan |