Dr. H J Akshitha

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Name	Dr. H J Akshitha
Designation	Scientist
Discipline	Spices Plantation Medicinal & Aromatic Plants
Qualification	M.Sc. (Hort.)
Specialisation	Spices, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
Contact	Official mail Akshitha.HJ@icar.gov.in Personal mail akshi.hosahalli10@gmail.com Mobile 09739732442
Areas of Interest	Crop improvement Breeding for drought tolerance

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Research Publications

Research Publications:

Akshitha, H. J., Umesha, K. Sathyanarayana, B. N. And Waman Ajit Arun, 2014, In vitro multiplication of madhunashini (Gymnema sylvestre Retz.). International Journal of Agriculture, Environment & Biotechnology, 7(4): 889-894.
Akshitha, H. J., Umesha, K. And Shankarappa, T. H., 2014, Effect of type of cutting, IBA and bioinoculants on rooting in Madhunashini (Gymnema sylvestre Retz.). Journal of Horticultural Sciences, 9(1): 94-97.
Vijayan, A. K., Leela, N. K. Dhanalakshmi, M. Akshitha, H. J., Rahul, R., Utpala, P. & Babu, K. N., 2017, Volatile oil composition of four popular varieties of large cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.). Journal of Spices and Aromatic Crops, 26 (1): 37-43.
Akshitha, H. J. and Umesha, K., 2017, Seed germination studies in Salacia oblonga Wall. International Journal of Forest Usufructus Management, 18(1): 37-40.
Prasath D, Santhosh J Eapen, B Sasikumar, HJ Akshitha, NK Leela, R Chitra, B. Mahender, C. Chandrasekhara Rao, SL Swargaonkar and K Nirmal Babu. 2017. A new short duration turmeric variety, IISR Pragati – a boon to Indian farmers. International Journal of Innovative Horticulture, 6(1): 89-92.
Alagupalamuthirsolai M., Ankegowda, S. J., Mohammed Faisal, P., Akshitha, H. J., Balaji Rajkumar and Narendra Chaudhary, 2018, Effect of Natural Growth Enhancer on Growth, Physiological and Biochemical Attributes in Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, ISSN: 2319-7692 Special Issue-6: 2857-2866

Awards

Awards:

Best Poster Presentation Award in International Symposium on Underutilized Plant Species exploration and conservation for future - 2015
DST-INSPIRE Fellowship
M.Sc. Gold Medalist - University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot - 2012
M.Sc. Gold Medalist - University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot - 2012
DST-INSPIRE Fellowship
Life member - Agricultural Research Service Scientists' Forum
Life member - Indian Society for Spices, IISR, Kozhikode

Research Projects

Research Projects:

Identification of core collection, characterization and maintenance of cardamom germplasm
Breeding cardamom for high yield and disease resistance
Conservation, characterization, evaluation and improvement of Zingiber and Curcuma sp.
Conservation and Characterization of Piper Germplasm

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Inauguration of Summer Internship programme at ICAR – IISR, Kozhikode

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