ICAR-NRCB

Dr. G.Prabhu

Division

Crop Production and Post-Harvest Technology

Specialization / Discipline

Agronomy

Area of Interest

Weed biology, ecology and integrated weed management, Carbon sequestration, and cropping system research

Publications

Qualifications

Ph.D.

G.Prabhu@icar.gov.in
prabmanikandan@gmail.com

Current Institute Projects:

Assessment of carbon sequestration, energy budgeting, biodiversity, and production potential of three different banana production ecosystems of tropical climate (PI)
Crop Improvement of banana through conventional breeding (Co-PI)
Development of clump management technology for enhanced productivity in banana (Co-PI)
Organic banana farming for sustainable soil health and nutritional security (Co-PI)
Developing integrated package of practices for export of selected commercial and GI tagged varieties of Indian Bananas (Co-PI)

Current External Projects:
Nil

A patent received for Soil Core Sampler Assembly (Patent no. 457018, Date of grant: 05/10/2023)
Identified selective herbicides for Fodder Sorghum, Cowpea, Bajra Napier Hybrid, and Egyptian Clover.
An R-Package “Weed Indices” to calculate 11 different weed indices.
KIFIX a new selective herbicide for imazethapyr tolerant rice
Imazethapyr tolerant wheat variety for higher yield and efficient weed control
Developed a low cost Mini-rhizotron for in-situ measurement of roots
Spineless cactus as an alternate fodder crop for dry areas
Canopeo and SamplePoint is a non-destructive method to estimate forage crops ground cover
Identified low-cost methods for soil water holding capacity assessment

2024: Top cited article 2022-23 - WILEY for “Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity” Grass and forage science journal.
Best Oral Presentation (Early detection of Malva parviflora (Common mallow) invasion in wheat crop), National Symposium (Indian Society of Agronomy) held at GOA during November, 22-24, 2023
2023: Technology Innovation Award for development of soil core during 62 Institute Foundation Day, IGFRI, Jhansi
2022: Young Scientist Award 2019 , Range Management Society of India
2022: Top cited article 2021-22 -Wiley “Agronomical and breeding approaches to improve the nutritional status of forage crops for better livestock productivity” Grass and forage science journal
2022: Top cited article 2020-21 -Willey “Soil carbon improvement under long-term (36 years) no-till sorghum production in a sub-tropical environment” Soil use and management Journal
ICAR-IGFRI Awarded- Appreciation Award (for contribution in research of institute and technology development), in 2020 on 59th Institute Foundation Day
ICAR-IGFRI Awarded- Scientific Achievement Award , in 2020 on 59th Institute Foundation Day
2018: Awarded ICARIF (ICAR-International Fellow) by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-International Fellowship section
2018: 1st Prize in Crop response to herbicides , in Southern Weed Contest held in Memphis, Tennessee
2018: Gerald O. Mott Award for Meritorious Graduate Student in Crop Science, Crop Science Society of America
2018: Outstanding graduate student award , Department of Soil and Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University
2017: Member of the Third-Place team award in Southern Weed Contest held at Vero Beach, Florida
2017: 10th Top Individual award in Southern Weed Contest held in Vero Beach, Florida
2014: Awarded the prestigious Indian Council of Agricultural Research-International Fellowship from the government of India to pursue Ph.D.program at Texas A&M University
2014: Won the Best Poster Award for the presentation on “Assessment of different herbicide selectivity to fodder cowpea through laboratory and field experiments” at the “National Symposium on Climate resilient forage production and its utilization” held at BCKV, Kalyani, West Bengal, India
2010: Awarded Gold medal for the highest rank in M.Sc. Agronomy at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur, India (2010)
2010: Awarded INSPIRE Fellowship for the highest rank in M.Sc. Agronomy program, by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India (2010)

Hanamant M Halli*, Prabhu Govindasamy**, V. K. Wasnik, B. G. Shivakumar, Sunil Swami, Mukesh Choudhary, V. K. Yadav, A. K. Singh, N Raghavendra, Venkadasamy Govindasamy, Amaresh Chandra, K. Sammi Reddy, 2024. Climate–smart practices influenced the energy conservation, greenhouse gas emissions, and profitability of fodder maize seed production in semi-arid conditions Journal of Cleaner Production 442 (2024) 140950
Hanamant M. Halli, Prabhu Govindasamy , Mukesh Chaudhary, Srinivasan R, Mahendra Prasad, Wasnik VK, Yadav V K, Singh AK, Sunil Kumar, Vijay D, and Pathak HS. 2022. Range grasses to improve soil properties, carbon sustainability, and fodder security in degraded lands of semi-arid regions. Science of the total environment. 851 (2): 158211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158211
Prabhu Govindasamy , Senthilkumar K Muthusamy, Muthukumar Bagavathiannan, Jake Mowrer, Prasanth Tej Kumar Jagannadham, Aniruddha Maity, Hanamant Halli, Sujayanand GK, Rajagopal Vadivel, Das Tapas Kumar, Rishi Raj, Vijay Pooniya, Subhash Babu, Sanjay Singh Rathore, Muralikrishnan L, Gopal Tiwari. 2023. Nitrogen Use Efficiency – A Key to Enhance Crop Productivity under Changing Climate. Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 14:1121073. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1121073
S.R.Kantwa, Prabhu Govindasamy , D.R.Palsaniya, R. Srinivasan, Rishi Raj, Ramanjit Kaur, Gopal, T. 2023. Integrated weed control measures for higher yield of Egyptian clover (Trifolium alexandrinum L.). Range Management and Agroforestry Journal 44 (1): 204-209
Biswakarma, N., Pooniya, V., Zhiipao, R.R., Kumar, D., Shivay, Y.S., Das, T.K., Roy, D., Das, B., Choudhary, A.K., Swarnalakshmi, K. and Govindasamy, P. , 2023. Identification of a resource-efficient integrated crop management practice for the rice-wheat rotations in south Asian Indo-Gangetic Plains. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 357, p.108675
R. R. Zhiipao, Vijay Pooniya, Niraj Biswakarma, Dinesh Kumar, Y. S. Shivay, Anchal Dass, Ganapati Mukri, K. K. Lakhena, R. K. Pandey, Arti Bhatia, Prabhu Govindasamy , Anamika Burman, Subhash Babu, R. D. Jat, A. K. Dhaka, KarivaradharajanSwarnalakshmi, 2023. Timely sown maize hybrids improve the post-anthesis dry matter accumulation, nutrient acquisition and crop productivity. Scientific Reports, (2023) 13:1688
Govindasamy P, Mowrer J, Rajan N, Provin T, Hons F, and Bagavathiannan, M. 2021 Soil carbon dynamics is improved under long-term (36 years) no-till sorghum production in a sub-tropical environment. Soil use and management. 37:37-48
Govindasamy P, Sarangi D, Provin T, Hons F, and Bagavathiannan M. 2020 No-Tillage Altered Weed Species Dynamics in a Long-Term (36-Years) Grain Sorghum Experiment in Southeast Texas. Weed Science 68:476-484

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