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  1. मुख पृष्ठ
  2. Radha T.K.

Radha T.K.

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Designation: 
Senior Scientist
Division/Section: 
Division of Natural Resources
Specialisation: 
Agril. Microbiology
Qualification: 
Ph.D
Research Accomplishments: 

(During the Period of 2019-2023) 

  1. Developed liquid Actinobacterial inoculants for use in Horticultural crops.
  2. First time reported the entomopathogenic  Streptomyces  for controlling of insect pest and nematodes of horticultural crops.
  3. Worked in integrated nutrient management of Horticultural crops and found that the use Biofertilizers  not only recorded highest yield over 100% RDF and can replace 25 % of recommended dose of fertilizers in Annona, Coorg mandrin and Guava.
Varieties / Technologies Developed: 

 

Collaborator in the Technologies

  1. Biological control of mango inflorescence hoppers Idioscopus sp by Metarhizium anisopliae.
  2. Biological control of guava tea mosquito bug Helopeltis antonii Signoret by Beauveria bassiana.
Publications: 

(Best 10/High Impact) 

  1. Radha, T.K., Savalgi, V.P. and Alagawadi, A.R., 2009, “Effect of Methylotrophs on growth and yield of soybean. Karnataka Journal of Agricultural Science, 22(1):118-121.
  2. T.K. Radha, D.L.N. Rao (2014). Plant growth promoting bacteria from cow dung based biodynamic preparations. Indian J Microbiol 54(4):413–418.
  3. T.K. Radha, D.L.N. Rao  and K.R. Sreeramulu. 2017. Actinobacteria of Arid and Semi-arid Soils: Antagonism to Fungal Pathogens and Plant Growth Promoting Potential. Pure and applied Microbiology Journal. 11 (2):1045-1052.
  4. T.K. Radha, D.L.N. Rao  and K.R. Sreeramulu. 2017.  Media comparison for enumeration of Actinobacteria and their catabolic diversity in the crop rhizosphere of arid,semi-arid and humid regions (AER 3 and AER 6) of India. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2017) 6(10): 955-962.
  5. T K Radha, A N Ganeshamurthy, Komal Sharma, Debasis Mitra, T.R. Rupa & G. Selvakumar. 2018. Feasibility of substituting cocopeat with rice husk and saw dust compost as a nursery medium for growing vegetable seedlings. The Bioscan 13 (2): 659-663.
  6. A N Ganeshamurthy, V.Ravindra, T.R. Rupa and T.K. Radha. 2019. Long-term conservation horticulture in mango orchards: comparative effects of conventional and conservation management practices on an Alfisol under seasonally dry tropical savanna climate. Agrochimica, Vol. LXIII - N. 4: 319-335. DOI 10.12871/00021857201917.
  7. Radha T.K, Cinthana K.L., A N Ganeshamurthy and Rupa T.R. 2020. Salt and pH stress  tolerating plant growth promoting rhizobacteria from multivarietal mango orchards. Research Journal of Biotechnology, Vol.15 (5):137-142.
  8. Sujatha A. Nair, H.B. Raghupathi, P. Panneerselvam, Sangama and T.K Radha. 2020. Influence of cocopeat based medium and nutrient scheduling on leather leaf fern. Indian J. Hort. 77(2): 347-355. DOI: 10.5958/0974-0112.2020.00048.1.
  9. Radha T.K, A.N. Ganeshamurthy, T.R. Rupa, M.E. Shilpa, K.L. Chinthana and N. Krishnakumar. 2021. Rhizospheric Microbial Diversity Associated with Different Agricultural Land Use. Frontiers in Crop improvement, 9 (6): 2412-2417.
  10. Ganeshamurthy, A. N., Saritha, B., Radha, T.K. and Paneerselvam, P. 2021. A new modified nutrient media for cultivation of Actinobacteria. Current science, 120 (4) 25:718-722. doi: 10.18520/cs/v120/i4/718-722.
  11. Debasis Mitra, Rittick Mondal, Bahman Khoshru,  Ansuman Senapati,T. K. Radha, Bhaswatimayee Mahakur, Navendra Uniya, Ei Mon Myo, HananeBoutaj, Guerra Sierra B. E. P. Panneerselvam, A. N. Ganeshamurthy, SnežanaAnđelković, TanjaVasić, Anju Rani, Subhadeep Dutta and Pradeep K. Das Mohapatra. 2021. Enhanced plant growth, nutrient acquisition, and crop protection by using Actinobacteria: advancements in soil, plant, and microbial multifactorial interactions. Pedosphere, DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(21)60042-5.

Books Chapter

  1. A.Mandal, T.K. Radha and S.Neenu, 2012. Impact of Climate change on RhizosphereMicrobial activity and Nutrient cycling. In: Climate Change and Natural Resource management, Pg No: 93-115. ISBN No 9789381450673.
  2. Radha, T.K., Mahesh S. Yandigeri and Roopa, T.K. (2013). Microbial plant growth promotion and biological control of plant pathogens. In: Newer Approaches to Biotechnology, Pg No: 239–255. ISBN No. 9382471243.
  3. A.N. Ganeshamurthy, T.R.Rupa, D. Kalaivan, T.K. Radha (2017). Nitrogen management paradigm in Horticultuure systems in India. (Abrol, Y.P., Adhya T.K., Aneja V.P., Nandula Raghuram, Himanshu Pathak, Umesh Kulshrestha, chhemendra Sharma, Bijay Singh) In: The Indian Nitrogen assessment, Elsevier publication,Pg no: 133-145. ISBN No. 978-0-12-811836-8.
  4. Umamaheswari, R., Rao, M. S. and Radha, T. K. (2020). Biorational Interventions for Nematode Stress Management in Horticultural Crops. In: Horticulture in the Vanguard of Climate Change (Eds. S. Ramesh Kumar, K. Manivannan, CT Sathappan, Arumugam Shakila and Dhanasekaran), Publisher, Garden Glory Human Empowerment Co-operative Ltd., Jammu, Pg.No. 41-43. ISBN No: 978-93-5407-228-4.

 

Awards & Recognitions: 

 

  1. Received Rajiv Gandhi National fellowship and Departmental scholarship for pursuing PhD in Agril Microbiology at University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore. Guest editor for the special issue "Recent trends and future prospects
    in Plant-Microbe interactions Research" in the 'Journal of Plant
  2. Received Young Scientist award from Dr. Ram Avatar Shiksha Samiti (DRASS), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh for overall achievements and accomplishment in the field of Agriculture and Allied Sciences on 12 July, 2019.
  3. Conferred Young Scientist Award from the 'Society for Scientific Development in Agriculture & Technology' for outstanding contribution in the field of Agricultural Microbiology during International Web conference on Global Research Initiatives for sustainable Agriculture & Allied Sciences (GRISAAS-2021) during 13-15 December, 2021.
  4. Received STE Young Researcher Award [Faculty category], 2021 in recognition of outstanding contribution in contemporary research from Save the Environment, a society for Research Awareness and Social development, New Delhi.
  5. Received Young Agricultural Microbiologist Award – 2022 in appreciation of Commendable Contribution to Agricultural Microbiology from Dr. B. Vasantharaj David Foundation on 01.10.2022.
  6. Received Best poster award for the paper 'Biorational approaches for managing nematodes pests in protected cultivation' during International conference on Plant Protection in Horticulture: Advances and Challenge from 24-27 July, 2019 at IIHR, Bangalore.
  7. Received Best poster award for the paper 'Biocontrol potential of entomopathogenic Streptomyces and its secondary metabolites on insects pests and nematodes' during 7th National conference on Biological Control of Pests and Diseases in Agriculture: Challenges and the Way Forward from 15-17 December, 2022 at Hotel Ramada by Wyndham, Yelahanka, Bengaluru.
  8. Recognised as PG teacher for University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore, University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot and PG faculty for the IARI outreach PG Programme at IIHR, Bangalore. Guest editor for the special issue ''Recent trends and future prospects
    in Plant-Microbe interactions Research'' in Journal of Plant Sciences.
Address for Communication: 

E-3, A.R Court, 1st main, Cauvery nagar, R.T Nagar post, Bangalore-32

Email Address: 
Radha.K@icar.gov.in
Telephone #: 
080-23086100 Extn 495