Latest publications

Books / Monographs /Manuals /Electronic Material

Balasubramanian. T.N., M. Devaraj and R. Rengalakshmi. 2020. Training manual for climate risk managers. Manual No. 87. Chennai: MSSRF. 57pp.

Bhavani, R.V., Israel Oliver King, R. Rengalakshmi, R. Ramasubramanian, S. Velvizhi, V. R. Prabavathy and B. Jayashree. 2019. From 30 years to 2030: Achieving sustainable development goals and strengthening science for climate resilience. Proceedings No.80. Chennai: MSSRF. 54 pp.

King E. D. Israel Oliver., Girigan Gopi, Prashant K Parida, N. Kumar, Kartik Charan Lenka and N. Anil Kumar. 2019. Community agro biodiversity conservation for food security and sustainable livelihoods. Working Paper No. 13. Chennai: MSSRF. 20 pp.

Kumar, N., King I. Oliver E. D., V. V. Sivan, Prashant K. Parida, Kartik Charan Lenka, V. Shakeela, J. Joseph, R. V. Bhavani and B. Jayashree. 2020. Local health traditions and health foods for conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. Working Paper No. 14. Chennai: MSSRF. 25pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2020. Good nutrition: A handbook for trainers. Manual No. 85. Chennai: MSSRF. 58 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2020. The first Dr. C Gopalan memorial lecture delivered by Dr Soumya Swaminathan, Chief Scientist, WHO. Chennai: MSSRF. 20 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2019. Towards a nutrition-secure Puducherry. Monograph No. 48. Chennai: MSSRF. 16 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2019. Journey of MSSRF: Innovations and impacts. Occasional Publication No. 9. Chennai: MSSRF. 48 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2019. 30 years of MSSRF: Influencing policy change. Occasional Publication No.8. Chennai: MSSRF. 48 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2020. Livelihoods of smallholder farmers engaged in floriculture in Tamil Nadu. Policy Brief No. 2. Chennai: MSSRF. 4 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2020. Livelihoods of marine fishing communities along India’s coast. Policy Brief No. 3. Chennai: MSSRF. 4 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2020. On Farmers and farming in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Kerala and Odisha. Policy Brief No.4. Chennai: MSSRF.11 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2020. Aquaculture in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Odisha. Policy Brief No. 5. Chennai: MSSRF. 6 pp.

M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation. 2020. COVID-19 MSSRF response: Series of assessments and support initiatives taken by the institution during and around the Coronavirus crisis. Policy Brief No.6. Chennai: MSSRF. 6 pp.

Panda, A. K., S. Raju, and D. J. Nithya. 2019. Housing listing survey report: Strengthening livelihoods and enhancing food and nutrition security of small and marginal farmers in Koraput District of Odisha through a farming system model. Research Report No. 53. Chennai: MSSRF. 14 pp.

Pichan, M. Salim and Jose Mathew. 2019. Biodiversity of Kurichiyarmala forest of Western Ghats: Diversity and rarity of a fragile forest system of India. Latvia: Scholars Press. 125 pp.

Raju, S., D. J. Nithya and Akshaya Kumar Panda. 2019. Baseline survey report: Strengthening livelihoods and enhancing food and nutrition security of small and marginal farmers in Koraput District of Odisha through a farming system model. Research Report No. 54. Chennai: MSSRF. 64 pp.

Ramasubramanian, R., T. Ravishankar, Shanti Priya Pandey and D. Nalini Mohan. 2020. Manual on preparing mangrove nursery and mangrove genetic resources conservation centre. Manual No. 84. Chennai: MSSRF. 56 pp.

Selvamukilan B., S. Malarvannan and R. Rengalakshmi. 2019. Key outcomes of the project on promotion of plant clinics for safe vegetable production in Oddanchatram Region of Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu. Research Report No.55. Chennai: MSSRF. 18 pp.

Velvizhi, S. and B. Jayashree. 2019. Science, service and the seas: Ten years of fish for all research and training centre. Chennai: MSSRF. 38pp.

Velvizhi, S. and L. Vedavalli. 2020. Ocean state forecast information for safe and informed fishing MSSRF- INCOIS interventions in southern states of India. Research Report No.56. Chennai: MSSRF. 18 pp.

Thesis

Jithin, M. M. 2019. Biosystematic study of selected rare, endemic and threatened tree species of high Gum, Resin, Oil (GRO) value in the Kerala part of Western Ghats, India. Thesis submitted to the University of Madras, Chennai, in partial fulfilment of requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Maganti Sowjanya. 2019. Collection, evaluation and molecular analysis for micronutrient variation in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Thesis submitted to the University of Madras, Chennai, in partial fulfilment of requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Saranya, J. 2019. Identification of salt responsive genes from c4 halophyte Suaeda nudiflora (wild). moq through suppression subtractive hybridization and expression analysis under salt and elevated carbon dioxide conditions. Thesis submitted to the University of Madras, Chennai, in partial fulfilment of requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Suma, T. R. 2019. Reorganization of Kurichya joint families and community natural resource management. Thesis submitted to the Kannur University, Kannur, in partial fulfilment of requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Articles in Journals / Books

Anil Kumar, N. and Suma Vishnudas. 2019. “Empowering local self governments for mainstream biodiversity in sustainable development of Kerala”. Social Science in Perspective. 11(1): 637-651.

Asiya, P. P. R. Sreeraj, Joseph John and P. B. Ramya. 2019. “In-Vitro Antagonistic Activity of Plant Extract on Fusarium Species”. Mapana Journal of Sciences. Vol. 18, No. 4, 53-62 ISSN 0975-3303|https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.51.5. pp.53-62.

Asiya, P. and Girigan Gopi. 2019. “Socio-economic Profile and Adoption of Recommended Milking Practices among Small Dairy Farmers of Meenangadi Gram Panchayat of Wayanad District of Kerala”. Mapana Journal of Sciences. Vol. 18, No. 4, 41-51 ISSN 0975-3303|https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.51.4. pp.41-51.

Asiya, P., Manjula Menon, Girigan Gopi and Vipin Das. 2019. “Impact of Cropping Systems on Soil Microbial Load: Evidence from Wetland Ecosystems of Wayanad District, Kerala”. Mapana Journal of Sciences. Vol.18, No.4, 1-8ISSN 0975-33033| https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.51.1. pp.1-8.

Bhavani, R. V. andN. Anil Kumar. 2020.“Redesigning our farming systems”. Seminar. 730(6): 2-4.

Devesh Singh, N. Mathimaran, T. Boller and A. Kahmen. 2020. “Deep-rooted pigeon pea promotes the water relations and survival of shallow-rooted finger millet during drought—Despite strong competitive interactions at ambient water availability”. PLOS One. 2: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228993

Gopinath, R. and Anuradha, G. 2019. “Need and scope for farming system for nutrition in Bihar”. Indian Journal of Social Research. 60(5): 733-748.

Gothandapani Sellamuthu, Vidya Jegadeeson, Radha Sivarajan Sajeevan, Raja Rajakani, Pavithra Parthasarathy, Kalaimani Raju, Lana Shabala, Zhong-Hua Chen, Meixue Zhou, Ramanathan Sowdhamini, Sergey Shabala and Gayatri Venkataraman. 2020. “Distinct evolutionary origins of intron retention splicing events in NHX1 antiporter transcripts relate to sequence specific distinctions in Oryza species”. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11: 267.

Gnanamoorthy, P., V. Selvam, P. K. Deb Burman, S. Chakraborty, A. Karipot, R. Nagarajan, R. Ramasubramanian, Qinghai Song, Yiping Zhang and John Grace. 2020. “Seasonal variations of net ecosystem (CO2) exchange in the Indian tropical mangrove forest of Pichavaram. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science.243
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.202

Jayashree, B and I. A. Aram. 2020.“Conservation of millets: The role of community leaders in Kolli Hills, South India”. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge 19(1): 101-110.

Jayesh P. Joseph, Manjula Menon and Girigan Gopi. 2019. “Conservation of medicinal plant resources: Potential for medicinal plants intensification in agroforestry systems”. In Amruth M., A. V. Raghu, V. P. Raveendran, K. V. Muhammed Kunhi and S. Viswanath (eds). Medicinal plants cultivation and conservation. Thirissur: Kerala Forest Research Institute. 45-55 pp.

Joseph John, P. R. Sreeraj, P. Asiya, P. Kathireswari, Rini Joseph and Jijo George. 2019. “Earthworm Population in Relation to Different Agro Climatic Regions of Wayanad District of Kerala”. Mapana Journal of Sciences. Vol. 18, No. 4, 63-73 ISSN 0975-3303| https://doi.org/10.12723/mjs.51.6. pp. 63-73.

Sekar, J., Saharan, K., Raju, K., Singh, U. and Vaiyapuri, P.R. 2019. Consequences of bioinoculants and intercropping approach to alleviate plant drought and salinity stress for sustainable agriculture. In Salt Stress, Microbes, and Plant Interactions: Mechanisms and Molecular Approaches ed. Akhtar, M.S. pp.161-182. Springer Singapore: Singapore.

Jothiramshekar, S., J. J. Benjamin, R. Krishnasamy, Suja George, R. Swaminathan and Ajay Parida. 2020. “Identification of salt-responsive genes from C4 halophyte Suaeda nudiflora through suppression subtractive hybridization and expression analysis under individual and combined treatment of salt and elevated carbon dioxide conditions”. Physiol Mol Biol Plants.26: 163-172.

Juan Liu, Sergey Shabala, Jing Zhang, Guohui Ma, Dandan Chen, Lana Shabala, Fanrong Zeng, ZhongHua Chen, Meixue Zhou, Gayatri Venkataraman and Quanzhi Zhao. 2020. “Melatonin improves rice salinity stress tolerance by NADPH oxidase-dependent control of the plasma membrane K+ transporters and K+ homeostasis”. Plant, Cell and Environment.
https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13759

Maske, Mahesh, S. Landage, M. Sayre and R. V. Bhavani. 2019. “Nutritional and livelihood security through backyard poultry model in tribal regions of Maharashtra, India”. Indian Journal of Poultry Science. 54(2): 175−179.

Maske, Mahesh, M. Sayre, M. Sadatpure and R.V. Bhavani. 2020. “Drudgery reduction among farm women through innovative cotton harvesting bag: a study in Maharashtra, India”. International Journal of Farm Sciences. 10(1): 85-89.

Mathimaran, N., M. N.Thimmegowda,V. R. Prabavathy, P. Yuvaraj,R. Kathiravan, M. N. SivakumarB. N. Manjunatha,N. C. BhavithaA. Sathish,G. C. Shashidhar,D. J. Bagyaraj,E. G. Ashok,D. Singh,A. Kahmen, T.Boller, and P. Mäder. 2020.“Intercropping transplanted pigeon pea with finger millet: Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi and plant growth promoting Rhizobacteriaboost yield while reducing fertilizer input” Frontiers in Sustainable Food System. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2020.00088

Mathew Jose, P. M., P. M. Salim, R. Radhamany and K. Varghese George. 2020. “Araceae of Agasthyamala biosphere reserve, South Western Ghats, India”. In Jayanta Kumar Patra, Gitishree Das Sanjeet Kumar, Hrudayanath Thatoi (eds). Ethnopharmacology and Biodiversity of Medicinal Plants. Florida: Apple Academic Press. 137-167 pp.

MiingTiem Yong., Celymar Angela Solis, Barkat Rabbi, Samsul Huda, Rong Liu, Meixue Zhou, Lana Shabala, Gayatri Venkataraman, Sergey Shabala and Zhong Hua Chen. 2020. “Leaf mesophyll K+ and Cl- fluxes and reactive oxygen species production predict rice salt tolerance at reproductive stage in greenhouse and field conditions” Plant Growth Regulation.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-020-00619-y

Nitya Rao and S. Raju. 2019. “Gendered time, seasonality, and nutrition: Insights from two Indian Districts” Feminist Economics. 26(2):95-125.

Panda, D., N. Hema Sailaja, Prafulla K. Behera, Kartik Lenka, Shyam S. Sharma and Sangram K. Lenka, 2020. “Genetic diversity of under-utilized indigenous finger millet genotypes from Koraput, India for crop improvement”. Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13562-020-00557-w

Parida, Prashant K., Neeranjan Gauda, Jeva, R and Kartik Charan Lenka, 2020. “Magical Hands of a Tribal Farmer Set a Milestone in Finger Millet Cultivation-A Case from Koraput, Odisha India”. Scholarly Journal of Food and Nutrition.
http://dx.doi.org/10.32474/SJFN.2020.02.000144

Pichan M. Salim., Jose Mathew and T. K. Hrideek. 2020. “Sonerila sulpheyi (Melastomataceae, Sonerileae): A new species from the Southern Western Ghats, India”. Phytotaxa. 435 (1): 76-80.

Prabha., S. Sini, T. S. Priyadarshini, P. Sasikumar, Greeshma Gopalan, Jayesh P. Joseph, M. M. Jithin, V. V. Sivan, P. Jayamurthy and K. V. Radhakrishnan. 2019. “Anti-inflammatory effect and mechanism of action of ellagic acid-3,3′,4-trimethoxy-4′-O-α-Lrhamnopyranoside isolated from Hopea parviflora in lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophages”. Natural Product Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/14786419.2019.1690486

Raneri, E. Jessica., Stefano Padulosi, Gennifer Meldrum, Oliver I. King. 2019. “Supply-side measures improving food environments: Promoting neglected and underutilized species to boost Nutrition in LMICs”. UNSCN Nutrition. 44:10-25.

Rengalakshmi, R., M. Devaraj, B. Selvamukilan, R. Seenivasan and C. A. S. Britto. 2020. “Improving women’s access to climate information services and enhancing their capability to manage climate risks”. APN Science Bulletin.10(1): 3-10.

Rohit Parasar., R.V. Bhavani and S. Raju. 2020. “Access to milk and milk products and child undernutrition”. In Swarna Sadasivam Vepa and Brinda Viswanathan (eds). Undernutrition, Agriculture and Public Provisioning: The Impact on Women and Children in India. London: Routledge and Taylor & Francis Group. pp 201-229.

Sarah H. K., Varsha Dhurde, Shilpa Bhaise, Rashmi Kale, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Aulo Gelli and R. Rengalakshmi (et al.). 2019. “Barriers and facilitators to fruit and vegetable consumption among rural Indian women of reproductive age”. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 40: 87-98.

Sarah H. K., Varsha Dhurde, Shilpa Bhaise, Rashmi Kale, Kalyanaraman Kumaran, Aulo Gelli, R. Rengalakshmi (et al.). 2019. “How do fruit and vegetable markets operate in rural India? A qualitative study of the impact of supply and demand on nutrition security”. Food and Nutrition Bulletin. 20: 1-15.

Shilpha Jayabalan., Shalini Pulipati, Karthikeyan Ramasamy, Deepa Jaganathan, Sowmiya Devi Venkatesan, Gopikaa Vijay, Kumkum Kumari, Kalaimani Raju, Gopalasamudram Neelakantan Hariharan and Gayatri Venkataraman. 2019. “Analysis of genetic diversity and population structure using SSR markers and validation of a cleavage amplified polymorphic sequences (CAPS) marker involving the sodium transporter OsHKT1;5 in saline tolerant rice (Oryza sativa L.) landraces”. Gene .https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2019.143976

Suji Somasundaram., Anne-AliénorVéry, Rithvik S Vinekar, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Kumkum Kumari, Shalini Pulipati, Kavitha Kumaresan, Claire Corratgé-Faillie, R. Sowdhamini, Ajay Parida, Lana Shabala, Sergey Shabala and Gayatri Venkataraman. 2020. “Homology modelling identifies crucial amino-acid residues that confer higher Na+ transport capacity of OcHKT1;5 from Oryza coarctata Roxb”. Plant and Cell Physiology.
https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaa061

Suma, T. R. and S. Gregory. 2019. “Gandhiji’s vision of Grama Swaraj and the Kurichya joint farming system: The development experience and the way forward”. Rajagiri Journal of Social Development. 11(2): 87-110.

Swaminathan. M. S. 2020. “From food security to nutrition security”. Seminar. 730(6): 1-2.

Tianxiao Chen., Yajun Zhu, Kai Chen, Congcong Shen, Xiuqin Zhao, Sergey Shabala, Lana Shabala, Holger Meinke, Gayatri Venkataraman, Zhong Hua Chen, Jianglong Xu and Meixue Zhou. 2020. “Identification of new QTL for salt tolerance from rice variety Pokkali”. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jac.12387

Zhao Q.J. Liu, S. Shabala, L. Shabala,M. Zhou, H. Meinke, Gayatri Venkataraman, Z. Chen and F. Zeng. 2019. “Tissue-specific regulation of Na+ and K+ transporters explains genotypic differences in salinity stress tolerance in rice”. Frontiers in Plant Science.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01361

Conference Proceedings

Bikram Baliarsingh K., S. Malarvannan, BalajiMohanty and M. A. Gill. 2019. “Integrated fish farming by tribal poor of Boipariguda Block, Koraput district, Odisha-A profitable model”. In Proceedings of the World Brackish water Aquaculture Conference, Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai. pp 21-25.

Bikram Baliarsingh K., S. Malarvannan, C. Naresh Patra, K. AjitSahu and E. D. Oliver King. 2019. “Livelihood enhancement of tribal poor through fish culture in seasonal ponds of Kundra Block, Koraput, Odisha”. In Proceedings of the National Seminar on Industrialization, Environment and Local Sustainability, Vikram Deb Autonomous College, Jeypore. pp145.

Gopinath, R. 2020. “Food security status after economic reforms in India: An analysis”. In Proceedings of International Conference on Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation: Three Decades of Experience in India, The Gandhigram Rural Institute. Dindigul. pp 134.

Gopinath, R and R. V. Bhavani. 2020. “Leveraging agriculture for nutrition”. In Proceedings of the 9th National Seminar on Doubling Farmers Income by 2022: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward. MOBILISATION Society and Career Point University, Hamirpur. pp. 55-62

Nagarajan, R. 2019 “Application of GIS and Remote Sensing in Agriculture” in Proceedings of National Seminar on Innovations in Plant Science, Soil Health and Agriculture. Lady Doak College, Madurai. pp 04

Rengalakshmi, R., R. Rajkumar, G. Girija, K. Sudhakar and R. Seenivasan. 2019. “The Role of modern information communication and technologies in building the ‘move up’ the strategy of livelihoods among small producers”. In Proceedings of the National Seminar on Engineers Conclave, Bharath Electronics Ltd, Bengaluru, pp 60.

Selvamukilan, B., R. Rengalakshmi and V. R. Prabavathy. 2019. “Building smallholder farming climate resilient in pest management: The role of eco-friendly technologies”. In Proceedings of the International conference on Effect of Climate Change on Plant Pests and Biodiversity in Desert Environment, Arab Centre for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands, Egypt. pp 68.

Web Published Articles/ Videos

Bhavani, R. V. 2020. “Impact of COVID-19 on rural lives and livelihoods in India”. Observer Research Foundation.
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/impact-covid19-rural-lives-livelihoods-india-64889/

Bhavani, R. V and Priya Rampal. 2020.” The lockdown and its aftermath”. Observer Research Foundation.
https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/the-lockdown-and-its-aftermath-67550/l

Chandrika, C. S. 2019. “Keralathilumvenam Kaalavasthaadiyantharaavastha”
https://www.madhyamam.com/opinion/articles/kerala-need-weather-emargency-opinion/641329

Chandrika, C. S. 2019. “Nava kerala chinthakal”.
https://m.madhyamam.com/opinion/articles/neo-kerala-thinkers-malayalam-article/644027

Chandrika, C. S. 2019. “Keralathesthree souhrudamaak kaanaavumo?”.
https://m.madhyamam.com/opinion/articles/kerala-women-friendly-state-opinion/647270

Gopinath, R. 2020. “Include agricultural activities under hundred days employment scheme”. Hindu Tamil Thisai.
https://www.hindutamil.in/news/opinion/columns/554382-100-days-work-plan.html

Gopinath, R and B. Jayashree. 2020, “Beyond food rations: Six ways India can ensure nutrition security for its most vulnerable people”.
https://scroll.in/article/961967/beyond-food-rations-six-ways-india-can-ensure-nutrition-security-for-its-most-vulnerable-people

Jayashree, B. 2019. “Smart tech makes for smarter fishing in India”.
http://news.trust.org/item/20191231124158-y042r

ayashree, B. and R. Rengalakshmi. 2020. “TN’s flower growers wilt under lockdown impact”. The Times of India.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tns-flower-growers-wilt-under-lockdown-impact/articleshow/75197355.cms

Jayashree, B and R. Gopinath.2020. “Nutrition and the Budget’s fine print”.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/nutrition-and-the-budgets-fine-print/article30803731.ece

Jayashree, B. 2020. ”Lockdown unlocking technology for India’s farmers”.
http://blogs.nature.com/indigenus/2020/05/lockdown-unlocking-technology-for-indias-farmers.html

Pratheepa, C. M. 2019. “A journey towards Sirkazhi block-Experience from the field”. https://tigr2ess.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/news/journey-towards-sirkazhi-block-experiences-field

Varshney, R. K. and B. Jayashree. 2020. “Union Budget 2020-21: Examining the agri-research agenda”. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/union-budget-2020-21-examining-the-agri-research-agenda-69171

Jayashree, B. 2019. “Smart tech makes for smarter fishing in India”.
http://news.trust.org/item/20191231124158-y042r

ayashree, B. and R. Rengalakshmi. 2020. “TN’s flower growers wilt under lockdown impact”. The Times of India.
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tns-flower-growers-wilt-under-lockdown-impact/articleshow/75197355.cms

Jayashree, B and R. Gopinath.2020. “Nutrition and the Budget’s fine print”.
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/nutrition-and-the-budgets-fine-print/article30803731.ece

Jayashree, B. 2020. ”Lockdown unlocking technology for India’s farmers”.
http://blogs.nature.com/indigenus/2020/05/lockdown-unlocking-technology-for-indias-farmers.html

Pratheepa, C. M. 2019. “A journey towards Sirkazhi block-Experience from the field”. https://tigr2ess.globalfood.cam.ac.uk/news/journey-towards-sirkazhi-block-experiences-field

Varshney, R. K. and B. Jayashree. 2020. “Union Budget 2020-21: Examining the agri-research agenda”. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/union-budget-2020-21-examining-the-agri-research-agenda-69171

Awards and Recognition

Janakiraman, A. 2020. IFLA – Wall of Fame. International Federation of Library Association, The Netherlands.