Awards (if any)

• ICAR Junior Research Fellowship for M.Sc. (Ag)

• Rockefeller foundation Senior Research Fellowship for Ph.D.

Publications

Research papers

Ramesh, R. 2004. Management of damping- off in brinjal using biocontrol agents. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 34 (2): 666-670.

Ramesh, R. and Korikanthimath, V.S. 2004. Fungal and Bacterial Antagonists for the Management of Damping off and Wilt in Brinjal. Indian Journal of Plant Protection 32 (2): 80-84.

Ramesh, R., Faleiro, J.R and Korikanthimath, V.S. 2004. A new report on leaf rot of coconut (Cocus nucifera L.) caused by Chalaropsis thielavioides (Peyr.) and Botryodiplodia theobromae (Pat.). Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 34 (2): 210-211.

Manjunath, B.L., Korikanthimath, V,S., Faleiro, J.R. and Ramesh, R. 2005. selection of leguminous crops and varieties for upland cultivation in coastal ecosystem. Journal of Farming System Research 11: 77-79.

Ramesh, R. 2006. Field Evaluation of Biological Control Agents for the Management of Ralstonia solanacearum in Brinjal. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 36 (2): 327-328.

Ramesh, R. and Korikanthimath, V.S. 2006. Management of Groundnut Root Rot by Trichoderma viride and Pseudomonas fluorescens Under Rainfed Conditions. Indian Journal of Plant Protection 34 (2): 239-241.

Ramesh, R., Joshi, A.A and Ghanekar, M.P. 2009. Pseudomonads: major antagonistic endophytic bacteria to suppress bacterial wilt pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum in the eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 25:47–55.

Ramesh, R., Ghanekar, M.P. and Joshi, A.A. 2009. Potential rhizobacteria for the suppression of bacterial wilt pathogen, Ralstonia solanacearum in eggplant (Solanum melongena L.). Vegetable Science 36: 193-199.

Loganathan, M., Rai, A.B., Ramesh, R., Sharma, B.K., Rai, R.K. and Rai, M. 2009. Vascular wilt diseases- A menace in vegetable crops. Vegetable Science 36: 1-13.

Ramesh, R., Mathew, T. and Singh, N. 2009. Role of Chitinolytic enzymes and volatile compounds produced by endophytic bacteria in the inhibition of mango (Mangifera indica L.) root rot pathogens. Journal of Biological Control. 23: 433-441.

Ramesh, R. and Korikanthimath, V.S. 2010. Seed treatment with bacterial antagonists – A simple technology to manage groundnut root rot under residual moisture conditions. Journal of Biological Control 24: 58-64.

Satarkar, V.R., Faleiro, J.R., Krishnamurthy, S.V., Ramesh, R. and Verghese, A. 2009. A review on the behavior of Bactrocera fruit flies. Current Biotica 3: 264-277.

Book chapters/Training manuals

Ramesh, R. and Manjunath, B.L. 2002. Effect of recycled manurial resources, use of biocontrol agents and fungicides on the incidence of brinjal wilt. In: Resource management in plant protection Vol. II (Ed. Sarathbabu, S., Varaprasad, K.S., Anitha, K., Prasadarao, R.D.V.J., Chakrabarty, S.K. and Chandurkar, P.S.). Plant Protection Association of India, NPPTI, Hyderabad. India. 15-18.

R. Ramesh, J.R. Faleiro. 2008. Training manual on ESDP on Biotechnology (Bio-fertilizers & Bio-pesticides). ICAR RC for Goa. p126

Technical bulletins/ Extension folders

Ramesh, R. 2008. Bacterial wilt in brinjal and its management- Technical Bulletin No. 10. ICAR RC for Goa, p10.

Ramesh, R. 2009. Management of seedling mortality in mango nursery - Technical Folder No. 35. ICAR RC for Goa, Old Goa.