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Dr. T. Subramani

Sr. Scientist (Agronomy), Division of Natural Resource and Management

Discipline Agronomy
Research interests and current focus: Water and nutrient management in vegetable crops, Protected and soilless cultivation of high value vegetables, Organic farming, Integrated Farming System, Moisture stress management
Research Experienced (in years): 13 Years
e-mail Id: T.Subramani@icar.gov.in
Mobile No +91 9933201438
+91 9476025075
Management of moisture stress in vegetable cropping system
High value vegetable cultivation and vermicompost production in rain out shelters for doubling farmer’s income (NABARD)
State Specific Action Plan (SSAP)- Water for Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Organic farming for sustainable productivity of island cropping system
Effect of supplemental irrigation on crop yield and water use efficiency in rice based cropping system of A & N islands
Water and nutrient management in capsicum through drip system under protected cultivation
Feasibility evaluation of pulse cultivation and resources optimization under coconut plantation
Farmers Participatory Action Research Programme-II (MoWR)
Development of production technologies for high value vegetables under soilless cultivation
Best Centre of AICRP on Integrated farming system in the category of Tribal Sub Plan under ICAR- Indian Institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram (Co-PI of the Project)
Plant Genome Saviour Community Award (Facilitator): As ITMU I/c, documented the conservation and utilization of Nicobari Aloo and facilitated Tribal Council, Car Nicobar for the receipt of Prestigious “Plant Genome Saviour Community Award from PPV&FRA, New Delhi.
Letter of Appreciation from Tribal Council, Car Nicobar for demonstration of water harvesting through lined dugout ponds and distribution of vegetable seeds and small farm implements to tribal farmers
Letter of Appreciation from Tribal Council, Little Andaman, South Andaman for management for Parthenium weeds through trainings and awareness programmes from 2014 to 2019, demonstration of water harvesting through lined dugout ponds and distribution of vegetable seeds and small farm implements to tribal farmers
Outstanding Achievement Award for the contribution in the field of Agronomy on the occasion of international web-conference on New trends in agriculture, environmental and biological sciences for inclusive development during 21- 22 June, 2020 organized by Agro Environmental Development Society (AEDS), Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Member of PKVY for implementation of organic farming in the islands, Andaman Administration
Journals:
Subramani T, Velmurugan A, Singh A K and Damodaran V. 2020. Influence of pigeonpea varieties and plant geometries on yield and economics in coconut plantation under island ecosystem. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2020; 9(3): 1188-1191 (NAAS Rating 5.21)
Subramani, T., B. Gangaiah, V. Baskaran and Swain, S. 2020. Effect of Soilless Growing Media on Yield and Quality of Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) under Tropical Island Condition. Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 9(05): 2084-2090. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.905.239 (NAAS Rating 5.38)
Subramani T, S Jeyakumar, SK Ambast, N Ravisankar, R Kiruba Sankar, A Velmurugan, SK Zamir Ahmed, H Apsath Beevi, Utpal Biswas and N Bommayasamy. 2019. Rain water harvesting and its efficient use in island farming system. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2019; 8(4): 2653-2656. (NAAS Rating 5.21)
Subramani, T., Sakthivel, K., Manigundan, K., Reena Singh, Pandey, V.K., Guatam, R.K. 2017. Efficacy of Bacillus-fortified organic fertilizer for controlling bacterial wilt of tomato under protected cultivation in the tropical Islands. Eco. Env. and Cons.23(2): 968-972 (NAAS Rating 4.89)
Subramani, T., Jaisankar, I and Srinivas, Rokkala. (2018). Database on tree borne oilseeds of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Trends in Biosciences, 11 (20):2922-2925. (NAAS Rating 3.94)
Subramani, T., R Raja, S K Ambast, R Ravishankar, S K Zamir Ahmed, V Damodaran, N Bommayasamy. 2014. Evaluation of long duration rice varieties for enhancing productivity and profitability under island ecosystem. Journal of Andaman Science Association, 20 (1):53-58. (NAAS Rating 3.86)
Subramani, T., Baskaran, V., Swain, S., and B. Gangaiah. 2019. Influence of nutrient concentration and irrigation frequency on yield and quality of cucumber in soilless cultivation under tropical island condition. International Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 37 (4): 531-535. (NAAS Rating 3.86)
Gangaiah, B., T. Subramani, Singh Sanjeev Kumar, Ratheesh, A.K.O and Sushilkumar. 2020. Parthenium weed spread in Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep island of India: Lurking invasion needs attention for its eradication. Indian Journal of Weed Science, 53 (3):200-203 (NAAS: 5.84)
Damodaran, V., Saren, B.K., Ravisankar, N., Bommayasamy, N and Subramani, T. (2015). Evaluation of System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in rice –ground nut system under island ecosystem. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 85 (11): 36-42. (NAAS Rating 6.25)
Ravisankar, N., Balakrishnan, M., Ambast, S. K., Srivastava, R. C., Bommayasamy, N and Subramani, T (2014). Influence of irrigation and crop residue mulching on yield and water productivity of table purpose groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) in humid tropical island. Legume Research, 37 (2): 189 – 194. (NAAS Rating 6.34)
Swarnam, T.P., Velmurugan, A., Subramani, T., Kundu, M. S., Kiruba Sankar. R., Awnindra K. Singh, Jaisankar, I and Dam Roy, S. (2016). Agrobiodiversity management in integrated farming system for food and nutritional security. Vegetos, 29: 9-13. (NAAS Rating 5.00)
Sakthivel, K., Manigundan, K., Gautam, R.K., Singh, P.K., Yogeshwari, Subramani, T., Sharma, S.K and Rajesh Khande (2018). Bioefficacy of antimicrobial peptide biosynthesis-gene-linked antagonistic Lysinibacillus sphaericus strains for management of bacterial plant diseases under Islands conditions of Andaman and Nicobar, India. Journal of Environmental Biology, 38: 517-521 (NAAS Rating 6.56).
Bommayasamy, N., Ravishankar, N. and T. Subramani. 2010. Influence of non-monetory inputs on growth and yield of rice under System of Rice Intensification. Indian Journal of Agronomy, 55 (2):95-99. (NAAS Rating 5.46)
N Ravisankar, M Balakrishnan, S Ghoshal Chaudhuri, SK Ambast, RC Srivastava, T Subramani, N Bommayasamy.2010. Evaluation of time, method of sowing and varieties for table-purpose groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) under Island ecosystem. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 80 (4): 293-297. (NAAS Rating 6.25)
B. Gangaiah, S. Swain and T. Subramani. 2020. Direct wet seeding as an alternative to transplanted rice (Oryza Sativa l.) cultivation in Andaman & Nicobar islands. Bioscan. (NAAS Rating 5.2)
Jaisankar, I., T. Subramani., Awnindra K. Singh., R.K. Gautam., A. Velmurugan., T. Rajeshkannan and Divya Parisa (2016). Genetic diversity among Jamun (Syzygiumcumini L. Skeels) accessions of Andaman and Nicobar Islands revealed through morpho- biochemical and DNA markers. Journal of the Andaman Science Association, 21(1): 35-44 (NAAS Rating 3.68)
Rekha, S.C., Sankaran, M and Subramani, T (2017). Performance of Bell Pepper with different irrigation regimes and nutrient scheduling under protected structure in island ecosystem. Advance Research Journal of Crop Improvement, 8 (1): 89-94. (NAAS Rating 3.86)
Jaisankar, I., T. Subramani., Awnindra K. Singh., R.K. Gautam., A. Velmurugan., T. Rajeshkannan and Divya Parisa (2016). Genetic diversity among Jamun (Syzygiumcumini L. Skeels) accessions of Andaman and Nicobar Islands revealed through morpho- biochemical and DNA markers. Journal of the Andaman Science Association, 21(1):35-44. (NAAS Rating 3.68)
Damodaran V., Saren B.K., Ravisankar N., Bommayasamy N and Subramani T (2015). Evaluation of system of rice intensification (SRI) in rice (Oryza sativa) groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) system under Island ecosystem. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 85(11):1412-1418. (NAAS Rating 6.25)
Velmurugan, A., Swarnam, T.P., Ambast, S.K., Meena, R.L and Subramani, T (2015). Soil salinity dynamics in raised bed and furrow (RBF) system and its effect on alleviating water logging in the coastal low lands. Journal of Soil Salinity and Water Quality, 7(2):90-97. (NAAS Rating 4.94)
Raja, R., N.Ravisankar, S. Ghoshal Chaudhuri, S. K. Ambast, Subash Chand, M.Din, Babulal Meena, T. Subramani and Zamir Ahmed. Effect of supplemental irrigation on yield and water productivity of dry season crops in Andaman and Nicobar inlands. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 82 (1):122-126, 2012 (NAAS Rating 6.25)
Ambast, S.K., R.C.Srivastava, T.Subramani, Subash Chand and N.Ravisankar. Design of drop spillway in undulated terrains for rain water management in Kajunallah watershed of Andaman & Nicobar Inlands. Indian Society of Coastal Agriculture 28 (2):51-55, 2010 (NAAS Rating 4.0).
Laxminarayana, K and Subramani, T. 2016.Performance of sweet potato genotypes under island ecosystem of Andaman. Journal of Root Crops, 2016, Vol. 42 No. 1, pp. 39-44. (NAAS Rating 3.86)
Soren B.K, N Ravisankar, N Bommayasamy, T Subramani.2012. Influence of crop management practices on productivity and economics of rice in south Andaman Islands. ORYZA-An International Journal on Rice 49 (1), 30-34. 9 (NAAS Rating 4.44).
Chand, S., Singh, S., Srivastava, R. C., and T. Subramani.2019. Subash Adoption determinants of soil and water conservation measures in bay islands: An analysis of farmer’s Perception for investmentIndian Journal of Soil conservation; 47 (1): 1-7. (NAAS 5.44)
Books:
Gangaiah, B., Kundu, A. Abirami, K., Swain, S., Subramani, T and S. K. Zamir Ahmed. 2017. Organic farming in tropical Islands of India. ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, pp. 1-320. (ISBN 978-93-85418-30-3).
N. Bommayasamy, L.B.Singh, K.Abirami, A.Velmurugan, V. Baskaran, T.P.Swarnam, B.A.Jerard, T. Subramani, B.K.Nanda, Harapriya Nayak and V.K.Pandey. 2020. Organic Production technologies and strategies, ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair. pp 1- 180 (ISBN: 978-93-85418-78-5).
Book Chapters:
Subramani, T. and Gangaiah, B (2016). Soil and water resources of islands and their management. In: Integrated Farming Systems for Tropical Islands of India Gangaiah, B and Dam Roy, S. (Eds.), CIARI, Port Blair, pp 12-17.
Subramani, T. and Gangaiah, B. (2017). Exploitation of grain (vegetable) legumes, green manuring as nutrition source in organic farms in the Islands. pp. 76 – 83. In: Gangaiah, B., Kundu, A., Abirami, K., Swain, S., Subramani, T. and Zamir Ahmed, S.K. (Eds.). Organic Farming in Tropical Islands of India. ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair, 310 p.
Subramani, T and N. Bommayasamy (2018). Chilli: A potential spice crop for Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: Spices of Islands: Potentials and way forward for profitability, K. Abirami, B.A.Jerald, V. Baskaran, V. Damodaran, S.K. Zamir Ahmed and A. Kundu (Eds.), ICAR- CIARI, Port Blair, pp. 1-252.
Subramani, T and Swain, S. (2019). Vertical farming and periurban farming, In: An overview of Integrated farming systems of Coastal India, pp 201. (Editors: B. Gangaiah, et al.).Published by ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair.
Velmurugan, A., Ambast, S.K., Swarnam, T.P., Burman, D., Subhasis Mandal, and Subramani, T. (2018). Land shaping methods for climate change adaptation in coastal and Island region. Sivaperuman, C., Velmurugan, A. Singh, S.K. and Jaisankar, I. (Eds.). Biodiversity and climate change adaptation in tropical Islands. Elsevier Academic publishers, USA, pp: 577-596.
Velmurugan, A., Swarnam, T.P., Ravisankar, N., Subramani, T., Swain, S and Jaisankar, I (2017). Organic Agriculture in Coastal Areas. In: Towards Organic Agriculture, B. Gangwar and N. K. Jat (Eds.), Today & Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi - 110 002, India. pp. 87-108.
Gangaiah, B., Subramani, T and Swain, S (2016). Bringing climatic resilience to farming systems of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In: Gangaiah & Dam Roy (Eds.). In: Integrated Farming Systems for Tropical Islands of India Gangaiah, B and Dam Roy, S. (Eds.), CIARI, Port Blair, pp 174-180. ISBN: 978-93-85418-06-8(India).
Gangaiah, B., Subramani, T and, Singh, A.K (2016). Ecological and economic weed management practices for crops / farming systems of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In: Gangaiah & Dam Roy (Eds.). In: Integrated Farming Systems for Tropical Islands of India Gangaiah, B and Dam Roy, S. (Eds.), CIARI, Port Blair, pp 59-63. ISBN: 978-93-85418-06-8(India).
Velmurugan, A., Swarnam, T.P., Subramani, T., Meena, B. L., and Kaledhonkar, M.J. (2019). Water demand and salinity.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.888095
Gangaiah. B., Subramani. T., Swain. S. (2016). Bringing climatic resilience to farming systems of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: Integrated Farming Systems for Tropical Islands of India, ICAR- Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair. Pp 174-180.
Research Articles:
Subramani, T., Velmurugan, A., Swarnam,T.P., Lakhsmi, N.V., and Abbubaker. 2021. Floating beds for vegetable cultivation in water logged areas. Journal of Andaman Science Association 26 (1):56-57
Velmurugan, A., Subramani,T., Bommayasamy,N., Ramakrishna, Manoj Kumar and Swarnam, T.P. 2022. The effect of foliar application of nano urea (liquid) on rice (Oryza sativa L). Journal of Andaman Science Association 26 (2):76-81
Sirisha Adamala, Velmurugan, A., Subramani, T and Damodaran, V. 2021. Soil loss: Serious economic and environmental endangerment for the island ecosystem. Journal of Andaman Science Association 26(2):189-190
Velmurugan, A., Swarnam, T.P., Jaisankar, I., Swain, S. and Subramani. T. 2022. Vegetation–soil–microbial diversity influences ecosystem multifunctionality across different tropical coastal ecosystem types. Tropical ecology, 63 (2), 273-285.
Others:
Subramani, T., Swarnam, T.P., Damodaran, V., I.Jaisankar, Velmurugan, A., Augustine B. Jerard.2020. Diversification and Intensification of coconut plantations, CIARI/Bulletin/01/2020
Subramani, T., A. Velmurugan, B.K. Nanda, S.K. Pandey, S.K.Singh, T.P. Swarnam and Augustine B. Jerard. 2020. Water harvesting through lined ponds for vegetable cultivation in Car Nicobar, Published by ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Subramani, T., Velmurugan, A., Ambast, S.K. and Swarnam, T.P. (2012). Production technology for capsicum under protected cultivation. CIARI, Port Blair.
Subramani, T., Gangaiah B., Damodaran, V., Velmurugan, A., Swarnam, T.P., Swain, S, Dam Roy, S (2016). Ecological Management of Parthenium (Hindi and English). ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair.
Velmurugan, A., Chattopathya, N., Kundu, A., Balasubramaniyan, R., Swarnam, T.P., Subramani, T., Zamir Ahmed, Kiruba Sankar, R., Singh, P.K., Zachariah George and Biswas, T.K. (2017). Weather extremes in Island Agroclimatic Region: Information decision making through agromet advisory services, GKMS/NRM/TB-03, CIARI, Port Blair, India, 54p.
Velmurugan, A., Swarnam, T.P., Subramani, T., Kundu, A., Zanir Ahmed, S.K., Nagesh ram, Kiruba Sankar, Singh, P.K., Zakaria George and Biswas, T.K. (2015). Technical Bulletin on Weather based agricultural practices for island ecosystem Published by CIARI, Port Blair, p.1-48.
Contributor of CIARI Mung 4 & 5
Contributor of CIARI Urd 1 & 2
Contributor of CIARI Mushroom 2
Vertical farming system for growing leafy vegetables in kitchen/terrace garden
Soilless growing media for cultivation of high value vegetables
Raft method of vegetable cultivation in tsunami affected waterlogged areas.
Optimum irrigation regime for capsicum under protected cultivation
Broad Bed and Furrow system for crop diversification and management of drainage and salinity.
Life Member, Indian Society of Weed Science
Life Member, Agro Environmental Development Society (AEDS), India.
Life Member, Andaman Science Association
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