Dr. Nagajothi R
Assistant Professor in Crop Physiology with an interest in stress physiology and microbial physiology.
EXPERIENCE : 2 years 4 months years of experience
RESEARCH INTEREST :
- Abiotic Stress Physiology
- Postharvest Physiology
- Microbial Physiology
COURSES :
- Introduction to Crop Physiology
- Growth and Development of Horticultural Crops
- Principles of Plant Physiology
Education
publications
awards & Achievements
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
Work Experience
memberships
Responsibilities Held
Education
Degree | Institute/Organisation | Specialisation | Year Of Passing |
---|---|---|---|
Ph.D. | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University | Crop Physiology | 2013 |
M.Sc. | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University | Crop Physiology | 2005 |
B.Sc. | Tamil Nadu Agricultural University | Agriculture | 2003 |
publications
- Nagajothi, R. and P. Jeyakumar. 2017. Foliar application of trifloxystrobin in combination with tebuconazole enhances anti-oxidative defense system and yield in tomato. The BioScan. 11(4): 2615-2619.
- Naghi, R., S. Jidhu Vaishnavi and U. Bangarusamy. 2016. Impact of water deficits on morpho-physiological parameters and yield of pigeonpea genotypes. Ecology, Environment and Conservation. 22: S9-S13.
- Nagajothi, R., and P. Jeyakumar. 2014. Differential response of trifloxystrobin in combination with tebuconazole on growth, nutrient uptake and yield of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Int. J. Agri. Environ. Biotech. 6(1): 87-93.
awards & Achievements
- Conferred Young Scientist Award from Society of Biotechnology at AFBSAH, 2016
- Conferred Scholarship by Bayer Pvt Ltd sponsored Private Scheme for pursuing Ph.D. (2011-2013)
- Conferred TNAU Merit Scholarship for M.Sc programme (2003-2005).
Workshops / Seminars / Conferences
- Attended Online two – week Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in “Advanced Research Methodology” ’organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, Jan-Feb , 2023.
- Completed One-month National Massive Open Online Course on ‘Digital Assessment and Evaluation Methodologies’ held by ICAR-NAARM – September 1-30, 2022.
- Participated in One week Faculty Development Programme on “Academic Research Writing’ ’organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, September 5-11. 2022.
- Attended Faculty development programme on ‘e-content development ’organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi, August 14-19. 2022. (online)
- Completed one-month National Massive Open Online Course on ‘Theoretical Foundation of Educational Technologies’ held by ICAR-NAARM – June 1-30, 2021.
- Participated and presented a topic on “Yield Boosters in Agriculture” at Webinar on Doubling Farmers Income conducted by Global Nature Foundation on 27th February 2021.
- Participated and presented a paper on “Effect of plant growth regulators on yield of Soybean” at National Conference on Technological Challenges in Social, Environment and Agricultural Reforms (TECHSEAR), Hyderabad during 9-10th September, 2017.
- Participated and presented a paper on “Molecular Mechanism of Herbicide Resistance in plants” at National Conference on Emerging Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture, Social, Plant, Environment, Co-operatives and Technology (ECOASPECT), Hyderabad during 10-11 September, 2016.
- Participated and published full length paper on ‘Studies on the impact of fungicide (Nativo) on morphological characters and yield in tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) at International Conference on Advancing Frontiers in Biotechnology for Sustainable Agriculture, Allahabad during 25-26th February, 2016.
- Participated and presented a poster on “Variation of sensitivity of tomato plants to different concentrations of trifloxystrobin, a novel fungicide on growth, photosynthesis and yield” at 6th Indian Horticultural Congress, Horticultural society of India, Coimbatore during 6-9th November, 2014.
- Co-authored a paper presented entitled “Trifloxystrobin induced changes in the postharvest behaviour of Tomato fruits at 2nd International conference on Agricultural and Horticultural Sciences. Hyderabad, during 2014.
- Published a full length paper on “Physiological impact of plant growth regulators and nutrients on yield of soybean” at National seminar on Recent Trends in Plant Growth Regulators and Nutrient Management in Agricultural and Horticultural crops Adhiparasakthi Agricultural College, Kalavai, Tamil Nadu on 16th April, 2014.
- Participated and presented a poster entitled “Differential growth and physiological response of soybean to plant growth regulators and nutrients” at International Soybean Research Conference on Mitigating productivity Constraints in Soybean for Sustainable Agriculture (SOYCON) at Indore during 22-24th February, 2014.
- Participated and presented a poster entitled “Influence of drought stress on growth and yield of pigeonpea genotypes” at National Seminar on Physiological and Molecular Approaches for the Improvement of Agricultural, Horticultural and Forestry crops, Vellanikara, Kerala during 28-30th November, 2006.
- Participated and presented a poster entitled “Influence of water deficits on morpho-physiological traits and yield of pigeonpea at National seminar on Resource Management Options to reverse the declining trend in crop productivity, ISARM, TNAU, Coimbatore during 4-5th July, 2005.
Work Experience
Academic Experience:
- Working as Assistant Professor (Crop Physiology) in SRMCAS from November 2020 to till date
- Instructional Designer cum Subject Matter Specialist in Mobile Tutor Pvt Ltd from February 2017 to November 2017 (10 months)
memberships
- Life Member, Environmental Protection Agency, Coimbatore
- Life Member, Indian Ecological Society, Punjab
Responsibilities Held
- Year Coordinator
- Ward Counsellor
- ICAR Accreditation core committee member
- Disciplinary committee member
- Student Grievances cell member