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

#	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	Developing agro-techniques for ICAR-NRCB released varieties and selections of banana	Dr. K.J. Jeyabaskaran
4	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
5	Biochemical dissection of fruit ripening-related phenomena and components and exploring nutraceutical applications of bioactives of banana	Dr. M. Mayilvaganan
6	Developing integrated package of practices for export of selected commercial and GI tagged varieties of Indian Bananas	Dr. K.N. Shiva
7	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
9	Assessment of carbon sequestration, energy budgeting, biodiversity and production potential of three different banana production ecosystems	Dr. G. Prabhu
10	Design and development of banana central core stem juice extractor	Dr. Pramod Shelake

#	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