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Sujatha A Nair

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Designation: 
Principal Scientist (Horticulture)
Division/Section: 
Division of Flower and Medicinal Crops
Specialisation: 
Floriculture
Qualification: 
Ph.D.
Research Accomplishments: 

(During the Period of 2019-2023) 

  1. Developed production protocols for phenophase based irrigation and nutrient scheduling of open field cultivated chrysanthemum, tuberose and China aster.
  2. Developed production protocols for phenophase based irrigation and nutrient scheduling of gerbera under protected cultivation.
  3. Developed container type, nutrition and potting medium protocols for potted plant production of marigold and crossandra.
  4. Developed production protocols for  potted medicinal herbs- Centella asiatica and Bacopa monnieri.
  5. Developed protocols for rapid multiplication of healthy and quality planting stock of tuberose, from the mother bulbs and bulblets confirming to the prescribed standards
  6. Standardized the number of cutting cycles from the mother plant and the plant growth regulators for quality planting material production of crossandra.
  7. Vertical farming protocols for orchid cultivation under naturally ventilated polyhouse.
  8. Collection, conservation and characterization of commercially cultivated and wild/ underutilized Jasminum spp.
  9. Collection, conservation and domestication of native orchids of Western Ghats.
  10. Associated with development of protocols for valorization of floral waste and convert these into ecofriendly and useful products.
Varieties / Technologies Developed: 

 

  1. Associated with the development of Arka Floral agarbathi and dhoop
  2. Associated with the development of tuberose var. Arka Keerthana
Publications: 

(Best 10/High Impact) 

  1. 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. Hortic. 77(2), June 2020: 347-355.
  2. Sujatha A. Nair, Laxman, R.H. and Sangama.2020.  Influence of coloured shade nets and seasons on production and quality of cut foliage of leather leaf fern (Rumohra adiantiformis).   Indian J. Agric. Sci., 90 (8): 1434–8.
  3. Sujatha A. Nair and Venugopalan, R.2016. Stability analysis of nutrient scheduling for lean season flowering in Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac). Indian J. Agric. Sci., 86 (3): 321–5
  4. Sujatha A. Nair, Sujatha, K. and Venugopalan, R.2009.Influence of pruning time on enhancing the yield and quality of Jasminum sambac flowers during off-season. Indian J. Agric. Sci., 79 (11): 857-60.
  5. Shiva, K.N. and Sujatha A. Nair 2008. Variability and character association in Anthurium under Island ecosystem.Indian J. Hortic., 65(3):309-311.
  6. Shiva, K.N. and Sujatha A. Nair 2008. Performance of Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum Linden.) cultivars in Andamans. Indian J. Hortic.,65(2):180-183.
  7. Sujatha A. Nair, K.N. Shiva and D.R. Singh.2004. effect of planting time on flowering    of tuberose cv. Double in Andamans. Indian J. Hortic. 61(4):372-75.
  8. Sujatha a. Nair and d.r. singh.2004. Effect of varieties and spacing on growth and flowering of gladiolus in Andamans. Indian J. Hortic., 61 (3):253-55.
  9. Sujatha A. Nair and K.N Shiva. 2003.Performance of selected gladiolus (Gladiolus floribundus) varieties under Bay Island conditions. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 73(7): 397-98.
  10. Sujatha, A. Nair, Singh, V. and Sharma, T. V. R. S.2002. Effect of plant growth regulators on the growth, yield and quality of Gerbera under Bay Island conditions.Indian J. Hortic., 59 (1):100-105.

Book Chapter

  1. Sujatha A. Nair, Ramdas, S., Peter, G.B. and Muthuswami, S.(2021). Jasmine. Commercial Floriculture Vol. I. Aswath, C., Bose, T.K., Yadav, L.P., Pal, P., Dutta., Kumar, R. and Das,P. Daya Publishing House of Astral International Pvt. Ltd.New Delhi – 110002, pp: 583-654.ISBN 9789390435548 (HB)
  2. Bharathi, T.U. and Sujatha A. Nair. 2020.  Progress and challenges for breeding climate resilient flower varieties. In: Horticulture in the vanguard of climate change. Garden Glory Human empowerment co-operative Ltd., (Ed. S. Rameshkumar et al.), pp. 679-685. ISBN 978-93-5407-228-4
  3. Sujatha A.Nair.2019.Orchids.In: Production Technology of Flower Crops- A Hand Book (English). (Ed. T. Manjunatha Rao and Rajiv Kumar). ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru. pp.62-64. ISBN 978-81-942095-1-5.
  4. Sujatha A.Nair.2019.Jasmine.In: Production Technology of Flower Crops- A Hand Book (English). (Ed. T. Manjunatha Rao and Rajiv Kumar). ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru. pp.46-51. ISBN 978-81-942095-1-5.
  5. Sujatha A.Nair.2019.Cut foliage- Florists Greens.In: Production Technology of Flower Crops- A Hand Book (English). (Ed. T. Manjunatha Rao and Rajiv Kumar). ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru. pp.84-86. ISBN 978-81-942095-1-5.
Address for Communication: 

#C-501, Shriram Sahana, 1st Cross, Suryavamshi Layout, Nagenahalli, Yelahanka, Bengaluru - 560 064

Email Address: 
sujathaa.nair@icar.gov.in
Telephone #: 
080-23086100 Extn 258