Dr. Muthusamy Selvamurugan

Assistant Professor
Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Environmental Science from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

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Area of Interest:

Environmental Sciences
Environmental Policy
Ecological Engineering
Pollution Research
Water Quality

Selected Publications

  1. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy and M. Maheswari, 2014. High-rate anaerobic treatment of distillery spentwash using UASB and UAHR. Int. J. Environ. Eng., 6: 273-286.
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  2. Selvamurugan, M., I. Muthuchamy and M. Manikandan, 2014. Standardization of water requirement for Gloriosa superb L. through Drip Irrigation. Trends Biosci., 7: 231-233.
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  3. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy and M. Maheswari, 2013. Effect of biomethanated distillery spentwash and pressmud biocompost on growth, yield and quality of sugarcane. J. Int. Environ. Applic. Sci., 8: 511-519.

  4. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy and M. Maheswari, 2013. Biomethanated distillery spentwash and pressmud biocompost as sources of plant nutrients for groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.). J. Applied Nat. Sci., 5: 328-334.

  5. Doraisamy, P., N.B. Nandakumar, M. Maheswari and M. Selvamurugan, 2013. Comparative performance of anaerobic reactors for treatment of sago industry wastewater. Clean Technol. Environ. Policy, 15: 391-394.
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  6. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy, M. Maheswari and K. Valliappan, 2012. Performance evaluation of full-scale upflow anaerobic sludge blanket reactor treating distillery spentwash. Clean Technol. Environ. Policy, 14: 267-271.
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  7. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy, M. Maheswari and N.B. Nandakumar, 2011. Comparative study on startup performance of UAHR and UASB reactors in anaerobic treatment of distillery spentwash. Int. J. Environ. Res., 6: 235-244.

  8. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy and M. Maheswari, 2011. Effect of biomethanated distillery spentwash and pressmud biocompost on microbial and enzyme dynamics in sugarcane grown soil. J. Biol. Sci., 11: 417-422.

  9. Selvamurugan, M., N. B. Nandakumar, P. Doraisamy and M. Maheswari, 2011. Effect of biomethanated distillery spentwash and pressmud biocompost on microbial and enzyme dynamics in soil. Environ. Sci: Indian J., 6: 355-359.

  10. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy, M. Maheswari and N.B. Nandakumar, 2010. High rate anaerobic treatment of coffee processing wastewater using upflow anaerobic hybrid reactor. Iran. J. Environ. Health Sci. Eng., 7: 129-136.
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  11. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy, M. Maheswari and N.B. Nandakumar, 2010. Evaluation of batch aeration as a post treatment for reducing the pollution load of biomethanated coffee processing wastewater. Indian J. Environ. Res., 22: 37-41.

  12. Selvamurugan, M., P. Doraisamy and M. Maheswari, 2010. An integrated treatment system for coffee processing wastewater using anaerobic and aerobic process. Ecol. Eng., 36: 1686-1690.
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  13. Selvamurugan, M., N.B. Nandakumar, M. Maheswari and P. Doraisamy, 2010. Evaluation of a reed bed system as a tertiary treatment of coffee processing wastewater. Pollut. Res., 29: 114-116.

  14. Selvamurugan, M., M. Maheswari, P. Doraisamy and N.B. Nandakumar, 2010. Studies on physico-chemical characteristics of coffee processing wastewater in Thandikudi, Dindigul district, Tamilnadu. Adv. Applied Res., 2: 70-73.

  15. Nandakumar, N.B., M. Selvamurugan, M. Maheswari and P. Doraisamy, 2010. Impact of coffee processing wastewater on water quality of Kodavanar River in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu. Adv. Applied Res., 22: 44-50.

  16. Nandakumar, N.B., M. Maheswari, P. Doraisamy and M. Selvamurugan, 2010. Water recycling in coffee processing units through aeration of wastewater. Indian J. Environ. Res., 22: 25-29.

  17. Selvamurugan, M. and K.A. Kumar, 2007. Effective microorganisms for sustainable agriculture. Agrobios Newslett., 1: 9-10.