Dr. N. Raja Kumar
Programme Coordinator
Email ID: kvk.kondempudi@angrau.ac.in
Phone: 9440887450, 9989623984
Brief Profile
Expertise in one line: Plant Pathology, Organic Farming
Notable contributions :
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At RARS, Chintapalle: Worked on Phytophthora foot rot disease of Blackpepper and Rhizome rot of Turmeric and Ginger.
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At RARS Anakapalle: Worked on Screening of genotypes against red rot, smut, wilt, toprot and YLD is highly useful for the identification of resistant material for the breeding programme. Standardized the ELISA protocols for Identification of ScYLV and ScMV by using specific antibodies.
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Contributed in release of FOUR sugarcane varieties viz. 2003 A 255 (Simhadri), 2000 A 225 (Revathi), 2007 A 107 (Vashista) and 2009A252 (CoA 14323) which are resistant to red rot.
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Attended 5th Asian PGPR Conference for Sustainable Agriculture, held at Bogor, Indonesia from 16-19 July 2017 and presented research paper on Sugarcane Yellow Leaf Disease.
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At KVK, Kondempudi: Established demonstration units like Shade net nursery, IFS unit, Solar Poly tunnel dryer, Permanent Pendal system, Guava, Tamarind, Custard apple, Sapota orchards, Dragon fruit demo unit, Nadep compost, Azolla Unit, Farm pond, Backyard poultry and Goats, Cow units are maintaining at KVK instructional farm.
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Established Jackfruit seed powder processing plant at Pedabayalu mandal with the financial support from the ICAR- ATARI Zone –X, ICAR- NBAIR, Bangalore and technical Support from the ICAR- IIHR, Bangalore.
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Participated and presented the paper in the International Conference "Food and Nutritional Security for achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs) in SAARC Countries: Revisiting Extension approaches and strategies" held between 2nd to 4th February, 2023 at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Research Interests :
Professional recognition :
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3 years in Spice (Blackpepper, Coffee, Turmeric and Ginger) research at RARS, Chintapalle.
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9 years in AICRP on Sugarcane at RARS, Anakapalle.
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2 years as SMS (Plant Protection) at KVK, Amadalavalasa.
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3 years as Programme Coordinator at KVK, Kondempudi.
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Given around 150 TV programs and 25 radio programs and several farmer scientist -interactions.
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PI of CSISA project conducted ODK survey in 60 villages of Srikakulam.
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PI of TSP, SCSP, CFLD -Pulses and CFLD- Oilseeds.
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Life Member in six scientific societies related to Plant Pathology and allied.
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Participated around 25 national and international Spice and Sugarcane workshops, symposiums, and conferences including Asian PGPR at Indonesia and Bangladesh.
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Produced foundation and Certified quality seed of Paddy, Ragi, Redgram and pulses which has contributed significantly for the profits of revolving fund.
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Produced around 3.5 lakhs of Vegetable, Sugarcane, Plantation, fruit crop seedlings and 30000 grafts of Cashew grafts at KVK, Kondempudi and improved the revolving fund.
Research Publications :
International / National Journals: 54
Conference proceedings : 43
Books and Book chapters: 07
Technical bulletins: 26
Popular articles: 47
Awards & Honours :
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Received The Sudarsana Raju Memorial Prize to the Best Research worker of Sugarcane for the year 2015– 2016 at RARS, Anakapalle.
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Received the “ Asian PGPR Society for Sustainable Agriculture Best Achievement award- 2017” during the 5th Asian PGPR Conference for Sustainable Agriculture, held at Bogor, Indonesia from 16-19 July 2017.
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Received Excellence in Extension Award- 2018 by the Agricultural Technology Development Society (ATDS)
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Received Best Paper Award Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi, Central Zone Conference on “Climate change impacts on Plant Pathogens and Plant Diseases” held on 17.12.2019 at AU, Visakhapatnam.
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Received Zonal Best KVK in implementing of TSP project, Natural farming, Planting material production.