Browsing by Author "Ramesh Kumar, M.P."

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    CMSD: A Database of Microsatellite Markers Genotyped in Indigenous Coconut Accessions
    (2010) Bobby Paul; Rajesh, M.K.; Jayakrishnan, V.P.; Ramesh Kumar, M.P.; George V. Thomas
    The increased use of molecular markers in varietal identification has led to the need for an appropriate storage place and this has paved way for the development of a marker database containing allelic data of coconut accessions as revealed by microsatellite markers. The main features of the information system are a SSR database, SSR analysis tool, variety identification tool, data submission form and brief information about microsatellites. The database contains details of 11200 allelic data of 400 palms comprising 62 indigenous coconut accessions analyzed using 14 microsatellite primer pairs. Variety identification tool contains a display of 14 pairs of allelic entry corresponding to the 14 microsatellite primers. The result pages display the information about the query sample matches to a reference sample in the database and the score values they attain. Based upon the maximum score value, it can be concluded that the unknown sample is genetically related to the particular reference sample. The SSR allelic size data have been used for creating a DNA barcode system too, providing a more convenient handling of numerical data. This identification system with data warehouse can be accessed from the home page of Bioinformatics Centre, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (ICAR), Kasaragod (http://www.bioinfcpcri.org/cmsd/home.php).
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    In silico prediction of function and modelling of WRKY2 protein in coconut
    (2010-08) Sreesmitha, V.; Rajesh, M.K.; Bobby Paul; Anitha Karun; Ramesh Kumar, M.P.; George V. Thomas
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    Utilization of mass media for transfer of technology in palms and cocoa - an analysis
    (2005) Thamban, C.; Rajagopal, V.; Arulraj, S.; Ramesh Kumar, M.P.
    A study on assessing the extent of utilization of mass media for transfer of technology in palms and cocoa by our Institute 4 revealed that there is a substantial increase in the publication of popular articles from 1998-99 onwards. Though cocoa is getting more importance as a remunerative cash crop, only 1.39 per cent of the popular articles covered the topics related to cocoa. Maximum number of popular articles was published on topics related to disease management. Only 15 popular articles (4.17 per cent) were published on topics related to post-harvest technology. A lions share of popular articles was published in English (34.44 per cent) and Malayalam (33.33 per cent). About two-third (61.4 per cent) of the radio programmes were on topics related to coconut. Only 4.12 per cent of the radio programmes covered topics related to cocoa. Hence, efforts to present more programmes on cocoa cultivation are to be strengthened. It was observed that disease management, crop improvement and integrated nutrient management were the three subject matter areas which received maximum coverage (15.9 per cent, 15.7 per cent and 14.5 per cent respectively) in the radio programmes presented. The results also point to the fact that palm based fanning systems and post-harvest processing technologies need to be given more coverage considering the importance of these subject matter areasin increding the income of farmers especially in the current scenario of globalization.