Prabhu Scientific
Dr.Prabhu Govindasamy[Senior Scientist]
Qualification Ph.D.
Specialization / Discipline Agronomy(specialized in weed science)
Department Crop Production Division
Official email G.Prabhu@icar.gov.in , prabmanikandan@gmail.com
Salient Research Achievements
(in bullets)
  • 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
Current Research
Projects(Institute)
Nil
Current Research
Projects(External)
Nil
Area of Interest Weed biology, ecology and integrated weed management, Carbon sequestration, and cropping system research
Total Research Publications 47
Best five Publications
  • 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
  • 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
Awards
  • 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)


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