Prasath Duraisamy

Education

  • PhD in Horticulture, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  • 2009-2010, Post Doctoral Research, the University of Guelph, Canada
  • 2017-2018, Post Doctoral Research, the University of Queensland, Australia

Career History

  • Since 2023: Project Coordinator, ICAR-AICRP Spices, Kerala, India
  • 1999-2023: Scientist, ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kerala, India
  • 1997-1999: Vegetable breeding research, SPIC, Tamil Nadu, India

Varieties Developed

  • IISR Pragati (turmeric), notified by Central varietal release committee (226(E) dated January 16, 2018)
  • IISR Surya (turmeric), notified by Central varietal release committee, 2024
  • IISR Vajra (ginger), notified by Central varietal release committee (S.O. 3254 (E) dated 20 July 2022)
  • SAS Kevu (ginger), :notified by Central varietal release committee, 2024
  • IISR Amrit (mango ginger), IISR Amrit (mango ginger), notified by Central varietal release committee, 2024
  • Appangala 2 (cardamom), notified by Central varietal release committee (S.O. 261(E) dated 16th January, 2018)
  • IISR Avinash (cardamom), notified by the Central varietal release committee (S.O. 692(E) dated February 05, 2019)
  • IISR Vijetha (cardamom), registered with PPVFRA (REG/2011/74), New Delhi

Technologies developed

  • Novel single sprout transplanting technique in ginger.
  • Healthy planting material production technology in black pepper using soil-less nursery mixture using plug-trays

Selected Publications

Prasath D, MN Venugopal and VA Parthasarathy (2010) Inheritance of Cardamom Mosaic Virus (CdMV) resistance in Cardamom. Scientia Horticulturae 125: 539-541 (DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2010.03.018).

Prasath D, I El-Sharkawy, S Sherif, KS Tiwary, S Jayasankar (2011) Cloning and characterization of PR5 gene from Curcuma amada and Zingiber officinale in response to Ralstonia solanacearum infection, Plant Cell Reports 30(10): 1799 – 1809, DOI: 10.1007/s00299-011-1087-x.

Prasath D, R Karthika, NT Habeeba, EJ Suraby, OB Rosana, A Shaji, SJ Eapen, U Deshpande and M Anandaraj (2014) Comparison of the Transcriptomes of Ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) and Mango Ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) in Response to the Bacterial Wilt Infection. PLoS ONE 9(6): e99731. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0099731.

Prasath D, K Kandiannan, NK Leela, S Aarthi, B Sasikumar and K Nirmal Babu (2019). Turmeric: Botany and production practices. Hort. Reviews 46: 99-184, ISBN: 978-1-119-52106-8.

Prasath D, Matthews A, O’Neill WT, Aitken EAB, Chen A (2023) Fusarium yellows of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. zingiberi is associated with cultivar-specific expression of defense-responsive genes. Pathogens 2023, 12, 141. https://doi.org/10.3390/ pathogens12010141

Aarthi S, J Suresh, NK Leela and D Prasath*. (2020) Multi environment testing reveals genotype-environment interaction for curcuminoids in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). Industrial Crops and Products, 145, 112090.

Akshitha H J, K Umesha, NK Leela, MS Shivakumar and D Prasath*. (2020) Quality attributes and essential oil profiling of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) genotypes from India. Journal of Essential Oil Research, 32(5): 456-463, DOI: 10.1080/10412905.2020.1789000.

Prasath D, Nair RR, Anisha Babu R (2022) Effect of colchicine induced tetraploids of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe) on cytology, rhizome morphology, and essential oil content. Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Crops, 31, 100422, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jarmap.2022.100422.

El-Sharkawy I, W El-Kayal, D Prasath, Fernandez H, Bouzayen M, Svircev AM, S Jayasankar (2012) Identification and genetic characterization of a gibberellin 2-oxidase gene that controls the tree stature and reproductive growth in plum. Journal of Experimental Botany, 63(2): 1225-1239. doi:10.1093/jxb/err345.

Anandaraj M, D Prasath*, K Kandiannan, T John Zachariah, V Srinivasan, AK Jha, BK Singh, AK Singh, VP Pandey, SP Singh, N Shoba, JC Jana, K Ravindra Kumar, K Uma Maheswari (2014) Genotype by environment interaction effects on yield and curcumin in turmeric (Curcuma longa L.). Industrial Crops and Products, 53: 358-364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.01.005.

Karthika R, D Prasath* and M Anandaraj (2019) Transcriptome-wide identification and characterization of resistant gene analogs (RGAs) of ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) and mango ginger (Curcuma amada Roxb.) under stress induced by pathogen. Scientia Horticulture, 248: 81–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2019.01.003.

Project Coordinator,
ICAR-All India Coordinated Research Project on Spices

Kerala, India

Email:Prasath.D@icar.org.in