Technology developed:
- Rice – Sweet flag intercropping for increasing the net return and thwarting pests settlement on rice
- IPM card and e-extension for real-time IPM in rice farming
Patents obtained
- TNAU Master Trap (Patent No. 201482 of 7.3.2000): This multi-purpose device can be used as a versatile light trap, fly trap and pheromone trap in IPM.
2. Patent proposal has been approved by TNAU on 21.1.2016.This is a small honey extractor suitable for non-professionals and hobbyists who want to extract honey from a smaller number of honeycombs
Tech. commercialized/(MoU) signed
1.TNAU Master Trap
An MoU was signed with M/s Nutricon Animal Heatlh Care, B 4/24, Industrial Estate, Maraimalai Nagar, Kancheepuram to commercialize TNAU Master Trap – A Multipurpose Device for Insects and Rodents (TNAU Patent No. 201482)
2.Acorus calamus 10D
An MoU was signed on July 20, 2007 between Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and M/s. Bhuvicare (P) Limited, Tirunelveli to produce and sell the KKM 1 botanical insecticide Acorus calamus 10D, which was released by TNAU as a new crop protection technology in the year 2004.