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Dr. M. Mohana Keerthi

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Assistant Professor (Agronomy)

School of Agriculture

Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

5 Years 9 Months

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Aerobic Rice, Pulses, Nutrient and Irrigation Management, Utilization of drones, Yield estimation based on Crop Weather Models, Digitization in Agriculture

Irrigation Scheduling and Nutrient Management for Aerobic Rice

Educational
Qualifications
(From Highest)

2019

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D). in Agronomy from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

2014

Master of Science (M.Sc). in Agriculture with specilization of Agronomy from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

2011

B.Sc. (Agriculture) from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

Professional
Experience

2020

Assistant Professor (Agronomy) at SR University, Warangal, Telangana, from 2020-12-10 to Till Date.

2019

Assistant Professor (Agronomy) at Mother Terasa College of Agriculture (Affiliated by TNAU), Pudukkottai, from 2019-03-02 to 2019-11-15.

2014

Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Department of Crop Physiology at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, from 2014-10-10 to 2015-05-31.

2012

Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Department of Crop Physiology at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, from 2012-04-19 to 2012-08-12.

2011

Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Department of Agronomy at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, from 2011-10-14 to 2012-02-20.

Student
Supervision

16

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Key Publications

Keerthi, M.M and R. Babu. 2017. Response of different plant spacing and nutrients on physiological parameters of greengram under irrigated condition. International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research, 7, 543-546.

Vijayalakshmi, D., S. Srividhya, P. Vivitha and M.M. Keerthi. 2017. Enhanced oxidative stress tolerance in rice plants is associated with membrane stability, pigment composition and scavenging of reactive oxygen species. Oryza, 54(4), 407-413.

Keerthi, M.M., R. Babu, N.S. Venkataraman, and P.P. Mahendran. 2018. Influence of Irrigation Scheduling with Levels and Times of Nitrogen Application on Root Growth of Aerobic Rice. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 9, 2297-2305.

Keerthi, M.M., R. Babu, N.S. Venkataraman, E. Subramanian, and K. Kumutha. 2018. Effect of Varied Irrigation Scheduling with Levels and Times of Nitrogen Application on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Aerobic Rice. American Journal of Plant Sciences, 9, 2287-2296.

Keerthi, M.M., R. Babu and R, Karthika. 2019. Integrated wastewater management and use in agriculture. In: National Conference on Eco-Waste Management, PG-Department of Zoology, Govt. Arts College, Melur, 25th January 2019, p. 27.

Keerthi, M.M. and R. Babu. 2019. Rooting Behavior of Aerobic Rice under Different Irrigation Scheduling and Levels of Nitrogen Application. Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 10(1), 155-160.

Karthika, R., E. Subramanian and M.M. Keerthi. 2019. Aerobic rice cultivation system in relation to weed emergence and their management under changing climatic condition – A Review. In: 28th National conference on Farmers’ friendly soil and water conservation technologies for mitigating climate change impact, ICAR - IISWC, Regional Centre, Udhagamandalam, 31th January to 2nd February 2019. pp: 1991-192.

A. Arunarani, S. Selvanayaki, M. Saleh Al Ansari, M. A. Ala Walid, N. Devireddy and M. M. Keerthi. 2023. "Crop Yield Prediction Using Spatio Temporal CNN and Multimodal Remote Sensing," 2023 2nd International Conference on Edge Computing and Applications (ICECAA), Namakkal, India. 1042-1048. doi: 10.1109/ICECAA58104.2023.10212267.

A. Arunarani, S. Selvanayaki, M. Saleh Al Ansari, M. A. Ala Walid, N. Devireddy and M. M. Keerthi. 2023. "Crop Yield Prediction Using Spatio Temporal CNN and Multimodal Remote Sensing," 2023 2nd International Conference on Edge Computing and Applications (ICECAA), Namakkal, India. 1042-1048. doi: 10.1109/ICECAA58104.2023.10212267.

Keerthi, M.M., Sharmili, K.S., Arun, A., and Govindhasamy, R. 2023. Emerging Weed Problems under Changing Climatic Condition: A Review. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change, 13(7), 559-574.

Keerthi, M.M., Sharmili, K.S., and Babu, R. 2023. Scheduling of Irrigation Based on IW/CPE for Aerobic Rice – A Review. Ecology, Environment and Conservation, 29 (May Suppl. Issue), S458-S471.

Keerthi, M.M., Pooja, S., Rajasekar, G., Arun, A., and Babu, R. 2023. Precision nitrogen management in aerobic system for maximising paddy (Oryza sativa L.) yields: A review. Crop research, 58 (3 & 4): 107-115.

Keerthi, M.M., R. Babu, M. Joseph and R. Amutha. 2015. Optimizing plant geometry and nutrient management for grain yield and economics in irrigated greengram. American journal of plant sciences, 6, 1144-1150.

A. Arunarani, S. Selvanayaki, M. Saleh Al Ansari, M. A. Ala Walid, N. Devireddy and M. M. Keerthi. 2023. "Crop Yield Prediction Using Spatio Temporal CNN and Multimodal Remote Sensing," 2023 2nd International Conference on Edge Computing and Applications (ICECAA), Namakkal, India. 1042-1048, doi: 10.1109/ICECAA58104.2023.10212267.

Awards and Honors / Achievements

award

Best Paper Award from International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research, TRANS STELLAR Publishers in the year of 2017

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Best Master’s Thesis Award from GKV Society, Agra, UP in the year of 2015

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Best Oral Presentation Award Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad in the year of 2015

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Best Short Film Award in the category of Direction, FeTNA’s Award from Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA), America in the year of 2014

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Best Short Film Award in the category of Direction, Certificate of merit (Official selection) in Don Bosco Institute of Communication Arts, Chennai in the year of 2014

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Young Teacher Award from 5th National Conference on Doubling Farmers Income for Sustainable, Green Agri Professional Society, Jharkhand

Books

Farm Mechanization

S.K. Singh., M. Kumar, M. Manoharan, M. Mohana Keerthi, Satish kumar, V. Kumar, M. Kumar and K. Nagajjanavar (2021)

Parmar Publication, Jharkhand

Modern Trends in Agronomy

A. Ramachandran, and M. Mohana Keerthi (2019)

Ideal International E – Publication Pvt. Ltd.

Fundamentals of Agronomy and Agricultural Heritage

M. Mohana Keerthi and A. Arun (2023)

Sara Book Publication