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S.No.
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ICAR Funded Projects
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Principal Investigator
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1
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Network Program on Precison Agriculture (NePPA)
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Dr. I. Ravi
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2
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Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Centre
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Dr. K.N. Shiva
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3
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Development of smart foods, bio-composites, green packaging and bio-energy from agroresidues
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Dr. P. Suresh Kumar
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4
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Intellectual property management and Transfer / Commercialisation of Agricultural technology
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Dr. K. Nagendran
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5
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All India Co-ordinated project on Fruits (Banana)
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Dr. V.Kumar
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6
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Consortia Research Platform on Vaccines and Diagnostics - Development and utilization of diagnostics to viruses of banana
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Dr. R. Selvarajan
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7
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Enabling climate resilience and ensuring food and Nutritional security through gene editing in horticultural crops: sub-scheme – Application of genome editing to develop trait specific varieties / hybrids in banana crop - Gene editing to develop resistance against Foc TR4/ race1 and multiple viruses in Grand Nain banana.
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Dr. C.Anuradha
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S.No.
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Other Agencies Funded Projects
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Principal Investigator
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-
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DBT-QUT Funded
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-
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1
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Development and transfer of technology from Queensland University of Technology to India for Biofortification and disease resistance in banana (Phase II) - Biofortification and development of disease resistance banana
Component-1: Transfer and evaluation of Indian banana with Pro-Vitamin-A (PVA) constructs
Component-2: Transfer and evaluation of Indian bananas with iron constructs
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Dr. S. Backiyarani
Dr. M. Mayil Vaganan
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-
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BRNS Funded
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-
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2
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High – throughput Screening for induced mutations in banana cv. Grand Naine (AAA) with Fusarium wilt (TR4) resistance (Phase III)
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Dr. M.S. Saraswathi
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-
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PPV-FRA Funded
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-
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3
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Framing Crop Specific DUS guidelines for banana
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Dr. M.S. Saraswathi
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4
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Establishment and management of field gene bank for maintenance of banana varieties registered under PPV&FR Act, 2001
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Dr. M.S. Saraswathi
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-
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DBT Funded
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-
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5
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Transgene free gene editing in high value vegetatively propagated crops - Sugarcane and Banana
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Dr. C. Anuradha
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6
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Accelerated Breeding of Banana (Musa spp) through development of Markers for fruit filling and genome selection model for yield”
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Dr. P. Savitha
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-
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DST Funded
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-
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7
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Gene editing for Fusarium Wilt resistance in banana (Grand Naine, AAA)
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Dr. C. Anuradha
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8
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Induced polyploidy : A tool to improve sterile bananas
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Dr. S. Kalpana
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9
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Efforts towards the development of Fusarium wilt resistance in banana using CRISPR/ Cas9
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Dr. Jeyabharathy Chandrasekaran
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-
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Govt. of Madhya Pradesh Funded
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-
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10
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Assess the suitability of different Fusarium wilt tolerant/resistant banana varieties in Burhanpur to enhance farmers income
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Dr. R. Selvarajan
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-
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Govt. of Tamil Nadu Funded (Tribal Welfare Dept.)
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-
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11
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Entrepreneurship development of value-added banana products for the livelihood of tribal farmers in Tirupathur and Namakkal districts
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Dr. R. Selvarajan
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