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Dr. Venkatesan K
Designation:
Senior Scientist
     
Division/RS/Unit:
ICAR-NBPGR RS, Thrissur
     
Discipline:
Economic Botany and PGR
Contact:
+91 8742804779
     
E-Mail:
Venkatesan.K(AT)icar.gov.in, venkipgr08(AT)gmail.com
     
Personal Webpage:
     
Salient Achievements:
  • Genetic variability on Grewia tenax, cluster bean, watermelon and pulses genotypes were assessed
  • Molecular characterization of 15 accessions of Beach pea (Vigna marina) by using 7 SSR markers for salt tolerance were done
  • Morphological and biochemical variability in Aloe vera accessions were assessed
  • Changes on vegetation and their sustenance in arid rangelands by grazing pressures
  • One watermelon variety released
  • A bacterial wilt resistant brinjal line ‘CARI Brinjal 2’ (Accession No. IC0640704 and Plant Germplasm Registration No. INGR21153) developed at ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair has been registered by Plant Germplasm Registration Committee (PGRC) of Indian Council of Agricultural Research on September, 2021
     
Awards/Honours:
  • ICAR-JRF fellowship for M. Sc.,
  • IARI-SRF fellowship for Ph.D.,
  • Scientist of the Year -2020 award [From Agro-Environmental Development Society (AEDS), Rampur (U.P) India (www.aedsi.org)].
     
Recent Publications Research Papers
1.  Patidar A, Venkatesan K, Singh JP, Dev R, Malav PK, Kumar M, Meena SC, Sanyal A and Patidar M (2022). Notes on Grewia tenax (Forssk.) Fiori: an underutilized multipurpose shrub of hot arid region of western Rajasthan, Genet Resour Crop Evol, 69: 2909–2918
2.  Kumawat RN, AK Misra, M Louhaichi and K Venkatesan (2022). Vegetation dynamics under different management interventions in arid rangelands of Rajasthan, Range Mgmt. & Agroforestry, 43 (1): 11-18
3.  Prithivi M, K Venkatesan, D Manimaran, RK Gautam, PK Singh, K Sakthivel, SK Zamir Ahmed, SK Pandey and SS Rao (2021). Molecular characterization of Vigna marina (Burm.f.) Merr. from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands for salt tolerance using SSR markers, Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 19(5): 428-436
4.  Abirami K, S Swain, V Baskaran, K Venkatesan, K Sakthivel and N Bommayasamy (2021). Distinguishing three Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) species grown in Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India using morphological, biochemical and molecular traits, Scientific Reports, 11: 2894
5.  Gautam RK, PK Singh, K Venkatesan, K Sakthivel, SK Zamir Ahmed, S Swain, K Devakumar, KSS Rao, BL Meena, MA Iquebal and S Jaiswal (2020). Intra-varietal stability performance of popular rice landrace ‘C14-8’ in the Andaman Islands, Cereal Research Communications (Springer), 48: 103-111
6.  Maharaj Singh, K Venkatesan and VV Singh (2019). Genetic variation studies among physiological characters in Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) under rainfed condition of Jaisalmer district Rajasthan, India, Legume Research (Online First Articles), 44: 692-698
7.  Venkatesan K, A Patidar, M Singh, M Kumar, RN Kumawat, R Dev, J Uchoi, A Kumar, DS Mertia and JP Singh (2019). Distribution, associated vegetation, conservation and utilization of Grewia tenax: an important underutilized shrub species of the Thar Desert of India, Plant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization, 17(1): 73-80
8.  Suresh Kumar, MM Azam, K Venkatesan, Anjly Pancholy and RN Kulloli (2019). Morphological and biochemical variability in aloe germplasm in hot arid region of India, Journal of Herbs, Spices & Medicinal Plants, 25(2): 158-171
9.  Mahla HR, SS Rathore, K Venkatesan and R Sharma (2018). Analysis of fatty acid methyl esters and oxidative stability of seed purpose watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) genotypes for edible oil, Journal of food science and technology, 55(4): 1552-1561
     
 
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Last Updated : 01/11/2022