Dr. Suchithra M

Membership in Professional bodies - Life member

Society for Promotion of Horticulture

Indian Society of Plantation Crops

Society of Biotechnology, Allahabad

Honours & Awards

Young scientist award on the occasion of International conference on Advancing Fronties in Biotechnology for sustainable Agriculture and Health (AFBSAH-2016) organized by Department of MCE in collaboration with Society of Biotechnology during 25-26 February 2016 held at SHIATS, Allahabad.

Publications

Suchithra, M., Suma, B. Minimol, J. S. Deepu Mathew and Santhosh Kumar, A.V. 2022. Physiological response of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) genotypes to drought. Journal of Plantation Crops, 50(3): 136-144. doi: 10.25081/jpc.2022.v50.i3.8073.

Suchithra, M., Suma, B. Minimol, J. S. Deepu Mathew and Santhosh Kumar, A.V. 2023. Biochemical response of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) genotypes to water deficit stress condition.Environment and Ecology .41 (2): 824-830.

Madhu, T.N., Saneera E.K., Pandian, R.T.P., Bhavishya, Nagaraja, N.R., Chaithra, M., ElainApshara, S., Nirmal Kumar, B.J.,Diwakar, Y.,Suchithra, M.,Rajesh, M.K. and HegdeVinayaka 2024. Field detection, molecular characterization and biology of the tea tortrix, HomonacoffeariaNeitner (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) on cocoa (Theobroma cacao L) from India. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 44: 2849–2856.

Suchithra, M. and Paramaguru, P. 2018. Variability and Correlation Studies for Vegetative, Floral, Nut and Yield Characters in Indigenous and Exotic Coconut Genotypes. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Science. 7(07): 3040-3054.

Suchithra, M. and Paramaguru, P. 2019. Studies on performance of certain indigenous and exotic coconut genotypes. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding.10 (2):899-921.

Porika, H., Chavan, M., Karosiya, A. And Suchithra, M. 2019. Under exploited fruits- a high potential for processing and value addition. ActaHortic. 1241, 615- 626. In III rd International Symposium on Underutilized species.

Harikanth Porika and Suchithra M. Jamun: An underutilized fruit loaded with nutraceuticals: A review.2022. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 11(4): 326-330.

Role of bio-fertilizers in horticulture crops-a Review: By HarikanthPorika, M. Suchithra, H.P. Sudeep and Mahantesh Y. Jogi. Annals of Plant and Soil Research: (2015)17(6): 406-410.

Projects (Ongoing)

In-house

Collection, conservation, cataloguing and evaluation of oil palm germplasm

Genetic enhancement in oil palm

Dissemination of technology & information communication technology applications in oil palm sector (Associate)