Sankaran K M.

Biography

Currently he is a Professor in Division of Fruit Crops at ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research

Research Interest

Developed the high yielding varieties of Coconut (4no), Sweet potato (2no), Greater yam (2 no), Elephant foot yam (1no), Ashgourd (1no), 2 Dolichos bean (2no) and 2 Brinjal varieties. Surveyed and collected 16 accessions of various tuber crops, 20 accessions of mango and 35 coconut accessions from A&N Islands which includes three dwarf type and a makapuno type. The makapuno type with soft endosperm is first report and collection from the A&N islands. Characterized the 24 Pacific Ocean accessions and 6 Nicobar Island accessions and a descriptor has been prepared according to COGENT Descriptor (64 traits). About 66 underutilized vegetables were documented in Tripura, the proximate and mineral composition of 16 underutilized vegetables have been estimated (a technical bulletin has been published). Studied the physiological and biochemical aspects of bud dormancy in pomegranate and standardised the method for induction of flowering in pomegranate. “Discovered the genes responsible for drought and biomass production in Cassava”. Developed databases on Biodiversity of Horticultural Crops, Butterflies of A&N Islands and 35 years of dedicated service of CARI to the Islanders.