ICAR-NRCB

#	Project Name	Principal Investigator
1	Improvement and management of banana genetic resources in Indian subcontinent	Dr. S. Backiyarani
2	Crop Improvement of banana through conventional breeding	Dr. S. Backiyarani
3	Improvement of cv. Grande Naine (Cavendish - AAA) for Fusarium wilt resistance through non-conventional breeding	Dr. M.S. Saraswathi
4	Development of trait specific markers for fusarium wilt resistance through association mapping studies in banana (Musa spp.)	Dr. M.S. Saraswathi
5	Identification of resistant gene candidate(s) in banana for tropical race 4 of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense	Dr. C. Anuradha
6	Development of nutrient enriched banana varieties through biofortification	Dr. R. Sudha

#	Project Name	Principal Investigator
1	Development of clump management technology for enhanced productivity in banana	Dr. V. Kumar
2	Organic banana farming for sustainable soil health and nutritional security	Dr. K.J. Jeyabaskaran
3	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
4	Biochemical dissection of fruit ripening-related phenomena and components and exploring nutraceutical applications of bioactives of banana	Dr. M. Mayilvaganan
5	Developing integrated package of practices for export of selected commercial and GI tagged varieties of Indian Bananas	Dr. K.N. Shiva
6	Novel nutraceutical smart delivery systems for high-value food and non-food products of banana	Dr. P.Suresh Kumar
7	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
8	Assessment of carbon sequestration, energy budgeting, biodiversity and production potential of three different banana production ecosystems	Dr. G. Prabhu
9	Design and development of banana central core stem juice extractor	Dr. Shelake Pramod Shivaji
10	GI bananas in India: Current status, socio-economic, Consumer preferences and Market insights	Dr. C. Karpagam
11	Development and characterisation of pellets and composites from banana biomass for industrial applications	Dr. Shelake Pramod Shivaji

#	Project Name	Principal Investigator
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. M. Loganathan
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
9	Development of agro-infectious clones for the DNA viruses infecting banana	Dr. K. Nagendran
10	AI-Powered image-based banana fungal disease detection	Dr. R. Saranya
11	Deciphering the Molecular basis of host response in banana cultivars against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense TropicalRace 4	Dr. S.R. Prabhukarthikeyan

ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana