List of Research on going Projects
| S/No. | Project No. | Project Title | Funding agency | Project period | Budget
(in lakhs) |
Project
Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme 1- Host plant production and management | ||||||
| 1. | NRM/MTP/SAC/2019/001 | Status and dynamics of soil nutrients and carbon sequestration potential with organicmanures in mulberry growing soil | TNAU | March 2019 to February 2022 | – | Dr. R. Rajeswari |
| 2. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2018/CP102 | Enhancement of quantitative and qualitative traits in mulberry through mutation breeding | TNAU
(Core Project) |
November 2018 – October 2020 | 1.5 | Dr. P. Mangammal |
| 3. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2018/CP164 | Application of oil cakes and assessment of their impact on mulberry crop and silkworm | TNAU
(Core Project) |
December 2018 to November 2021
|
1.25 | Dr. R. Shanmugam |
| Theme 2 – Silkworm production and management | ||||||
| 4. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2017/001
|
Effects of minerals on growth and development of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. and their influence on cocoon economic traits | TNAU | May 2017 – April 2020 | – | Dr. K. A. Murugesh |
| 5. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2018/CP165
|
Application of Amino acids as exogenous modulator for enhancing productivity and quality of raw silk – | TNAU
(Core Project) |
January 2019 – December 2021
|
1.25 | Dr. K. A. Murugesh |
| 6. | FCRI/MTP/SER/2018/CPO42 | Effect of probiotics on growth and development of silkworm, Bombyx mori. L | TNAU
(Core Project) |
Jul 2016 to Jun 2019 | 0.7 | Dr. P. Priyadharshini |
| Theme 3 – Value addition in Sericulture | ||||||
| 7. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2017/001 | Value addition to Mulberry Silkworm Rearing Waste and their impact on both Mulberry and Silkworm | TNAU | May 2017 to April 2020 | – | Dr. R. Shanmugam |
| 8. | NRM/MTP/ENS/SER/2018/001 | Standardization of the dose of additives and inoculums for combined seri-waste composting | TNAU | Jul 2018 to Jun 2021 | – | Dr.P. Jothimani |
| 9. | FCRI/MTP/SER/2018/CPO43 | Evaluation of pharmaceutical properties of sericin | TNAU
(Core Project) |
September 2018 – August, 2021 | 2.0 | Dr. P. Priyadharshini |
List of Core on going Projects
| S/No. | Project No. | Project Title | Funding agency | Project period | Budget
(in lakhs) |
Project
Investigator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Theme 1- Host plant production and management | ||||||
| 1. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2018/CP102
|
Enhancement of quantitative and qualitative traits in mulberry through mutation breeding | TNAU
(Core Project) |
November 2018 – October 2020 | 1.5 | Dr. P. Mangammal |
| 2. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2018/CP164 | Application of oil cakes and assessment of their impact on mulberry crop and silkworm | TNAU
(Core Project) |
December 2018 to November 2021
|
1.25 | Dr. R. Shanmugam |
| Theme 2 – Silkworm production and management | ||||||
| 3. | CPPS/MTP/SER/2018/CP165
|
Application of Amino acids as exogenous modulator for enhancing productivity and quality of raw silk – | TNAU
(Core Project) |
January 2019 – December 2021
|
1.25 | Dr. K. A. Murugesh |
| 4. | FCRI/MTP/SER/2018/CPO42 | Effect of probiotics on growth and development of silkworm, Bombyx mori. L | TNAU
(Core Project) |
Jul 2016 to Jun 2019 | 0.7 | Dr. P. Priyadharshini |
| Theme 3 – Value addition in Sericulture | ||||||
| 5. | FCRI/MTP/SER/2018/CPO43 | Evaluation of pharmaceutical properties of sericin | TNAU
(Core Project) |
September 2018 – August, 2021 | 2.0 | Dr. P. Priyadharshini |