Dr. Thangavelu Saravanan

Post-Doctoral Fellow
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India


Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
Plant Pathology
Biological Control
Horticultural Crops
Powder Mildew of Onobrychis

Selected Publications

  1. Venkataraman, N.S., T. Ragavan and T. Saravanan, 2007. Radiation interception and rain water use efficiency in cotton based intercropping. Georgikon Agric., 11: 63-70.

  2. Saravanan, T., M. Muthusamy, E.G. Ebenezar and R. Bhaskaran, 2007. Development of suitable method for proving pathogenicity of race 1 Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense. Infomusa, 16: 16-18.

  3. Saravanan, T., 2006. Management of yellow mosaic disease in black gram by non-chemical methods. Int. J. Agric. Sci., 2: 416-418.

  4. Saravanan, T., 2006. Management of damping -off of chilli using bio control agents multiplied in vermicompost. Indian J. Plant Prot., 34: 265-267.

  5. Saravanan, T. and M. Muthusamy, 2006. Influence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (e. F. Smith) Snyder and Hansen on 2, 4-diacetylpholoroglucinol production by Pseudomonas fluorescens in banana rhizosphere. J. Plant Prot. Res., 46: 241-253.
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  6. Saravanan, T. and T. Marimuthu, 2005. Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria in plant disease management- An overview. Everyman's Sci., 39: 357-360.

  7. Saravanan, T., R. Bhaskaran and M. Muthusamy, 2004. Pseudomonas fluorescens induced enzymological changes in banana roots (Cv. Rasthali) against Fusarium wilt disease. Plant Pathol. J., 3: 72-80.
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  8. Saravanan, T., M. Muthusamy, M. Loganathan and K. Prabhakar, 2004. Antifungal effects of organic amendments against Fusarium wilt pathogen in banana. Madras Agric. J., 91: 526-529.

  9. Saravanan, T., M. Muthusamy and T. Marimuthu, 2004. In vitro establishment of tolerance clones of banana against race 1 of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense. J. Applied Hortic., 5: 82-84.

  10. Saravanan, T., M. Muthusamy and T. Marimuthu, 2004. Effect of Pseudomonas fluorescens on fusarium wilt pathogen in banana rhizosphere. J. Biological Sci., 4: 192-198.
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  11. Harish, S., T. Saravanan, R. Radjecommare, E.G. Ebenezar and K. Seetharaman, 2004. Mycotoxic effect of seed extracts against helminthosporium oryzae breda de hann, the incitant of rice brown spot pathogen. J. Biol. Sci., 4: 366-369.
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  12. Saravanan, T., M. Muthusamy and T. Marimuthu, 2003. Development of integrated approach to manage the Fusarial wilt of banana. Crop Protection, 22: 1117-1123.

  13. Saravanan, T. and V. Valluvaparidasan, 2003. Occurrence of seed-borne mycoflora of sorghum and their effect on seed germination. Plant Prot. Bull., 55: 16-18.

  14. Saravanan, T. and R. Karuppiah, 2003. Effect of fungicides, biocontrol agents and plant extracts on sorghum seed infection. J. Ecobiol., 5: 461-465.

  15. Saravanan, T., V. Valluvaparidasan and V. Ravichandran, 2002. Effect of mould causing organisms of sorghum on seed and seedling vigor. Res. Crops, 2: 203-205.

  16. Saravanan, T., V. Valluvaparidasan and M. Muthusamy, 2002. Changes in biochemical qualities of sorghum seeds due to seed infection. Res. Crops, 3: 627-628.

  17. Saravanan, T. and V. Valluvaparidasan, 2001. Fungitoxic effect of biocontrol agents and plant extracts on seed borne fungi of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench). Pak. J. Biol. Sci., 4: 676-678.
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