Department of Soil Science Ongoing Schemes

S.No.	Scientist in charge / Principal investigator	Title of the Subproject	Duration	Remarks
1.	Dr.P.P.Mahendran Professor (SS&AC)	NRM/MDU/SAC/RIC/2017/001Optimization of silicon requirement for enhancing growth and yield of rice in the intensively rice grown soils of PeriyarVaigai Command area of Madurai district	Jan. 2017 – Dec. 2019	initiated
2.	Dr.G.Sridevi Assistant Professor (SS&AC)	NRM/MDU/SAC/VEG/2016/001Effect of different EC level of irrigation water on the yield and quality of tomato	Apr. 2016 – Mar.2019	ongoing
3.	Dr.G.Balasubramanian Professor (ENS)	NRM/MDU/ENS/2014/001Assessment of Heavy metal contamination in Periyar – Vaigai river basin of Madurai District	01.10.2014 –30.09.2017	ongoing
4.	Dr.S.Thiyageshwari	SAC – MDU-S&E-14-001Assessment of Phosphorus Utilization and Response of Red Gram cultivars to P in Alkaline Calcareous soils of Madurai district	Mar.2014- Feb 2017	Based on the proceedings, may be continued to take up field trial
5.	Dr. P.Saravanapandian Professor (SS&AC)	NRM / MDU / SAC / RIC/1975/001PermanentManurial Experiment on Rice	2015	Ongoing
6	Dr. K. Senthil Asst. Professor (Agrl. Chemicals)	NRM/MDU/AGC/2018/ R 001“Development of Dry (D) Formulation from Botanicals for Insect Pest Management in rice” CPBG/MDU/PBG/SOR/2019/R001Evaluation of high yielding Red Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) Varieties suitable for industrial utilities	2017-20 2019-22	Ongoing
7	Dr. P Kannan Asst. Professor (SS&AC)	NRM/CBE/SAC/GGR/2019/001Multi nutrient foliar fertilization for irrigated green gram NRM/CBE/SAC/BGR/2019/001Evaluation of N potential of prominent Black gram varieties of TNAU DCM/CBE/AMT/RIC/2019/001Climate smart Organic Farming in Rice	2019-21 2019-21 2019-22	Ongoing
8	Dr.P.Christy Nirmala Mary Associate Professor(SS&AC)	NRM/MDU/SAC/RIC/2018/001Enhancing phytolith and phytolith occluded carbon on carbon sequestration in rice ecosystem	2018-21	Ongoing