| Designation | Principal Scientist |
|---|---|
| Qualification | Ph.D |
| Division | Farm |
| Specialisation | Agronomy |
sunitha.s@icar.gov.in | |
| Location | Head Quarters |
Areas of Interest
Water management, Cropping systems, Organic recycling, Nutrient management
Research Projects
Number of institute projects completed : 7
1. Utilization of oil palm wastes for nutrient management
2. Nutrient recycling in oil palm plantations for nutrient management
3. Fertilizer requirement of oil palm during pre bearing stage
4. Agro techniques and land use systems for soil, water and nutrient conservation in oil palm plantations of hill slopes
5. Performance of oil palm in peat soils of Kerala
6. Studies on replanting techniques in oil palm
7. Utilization of biogas slurry from POME for nutrient management of oil palm
8. Development of composting techniques for oil palm wastes
9. Multidisciplinary approaches for transfer of technology and area expansion in relation to oil palm development in India
Number of Institute projects being handled : 4
1. Water management of tropical tuber crops
2. Precision approaches in tuber crops cultivation
3. Cropping systems involving short duration cassava
4. Rapid multiplication of disease free planting materials
Number of externally funded projects completed: 4
1. Studies for developing optimum fertilizer schedule for oil palm nursery
2. Nutrient recycling in oil palm plantations for nutrient management
3. Development and evaluation of soil and water conservation measures and land use systems for sustainable crop production in Western Ghat region.
4. Training of extension, research workers and farmers involved in oil palm production
5. Seed production in agricultural crops and Fisheries
6. Number of externally funded projects being handled(Add list):
Research Publications
Number of Research Papers:
1. Sunitha, S. and Krishnakumar, T. 2006. Biomass production and potential nutrient contribution from Oil Palm at felling. Journal of Plantation Crops, 34(3): 309-311.
2. Sunitha, S. and Varghese, P.T. 2009. Biomass production and potential nutrient contribution from Oil Palm annually and at felling. International Journal of Oil Palm, 6(1): 39-41.
3. Sunitha, S. and Varghese, P.T. 2009. Effect of agrotechniques and bioengineering measures for soil, water, and nutrient conservation in oil palm plantations in high rainfall areas. International Journal of Oil Palm, 6(2): 29-32.
4. Prasad, M.V., Sunitha, S., and Kochubabu, M. 2009. Adoption of oil palm in kari lands of Kerala under rainfed conditions - A case study. International Journal of Oil Palm, 6(2): 21-23.
5. Sunitha, S. and Varghese, P.T. 2009. A multi-tier cropping for oil palm under rainfed conditions. International Journal of Oil Palm, 6(1): 69-70.
6. Sunitha, S. and Varghese, P.T. 2009. Economics of nutrient recycling in oil palm plantations. International Journal of Oil Palm, 6(1): 71-72.
Number of Books/Book Chapters: 3
1. Sunitha, S. 2009. Management of Oil Palm seed gardens - In: Compendium of Lectures on Oil Palm Hybrid Seed Production (ed. M.V. Prasad), Directorate of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, Andhra Pradesh.
2. Sunitha, S. 2010. Oil Palm production technology under rainfed conditions. In: Compendium of Lectures on Oil Palm Production Technology (ed. M.V. Prasad), Directorate of Oil Palm Research, Pedavegi, Andhra Pradesh.
3. Prasad, M.V., Sunitha, S., Jayanthi, M., and Kochubabu, M. 2012. Participation of women in oil palm production and processing. In: Women in Horticulture and Women-Friendly Technologies (eds. Tripathi, P.C., Krishna Srinath, Shukla, A.K., Kundan Kishore, and Naresh Babu), Directorate of Research on Women in Agriculture, Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
