Scientist Profile

Dr. R. Karuppaiyan, M.Sc (Ag.), Ph.D.

Dr. R. Karuppaiyan, M.Sc (Ag.), Ph.D.

Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding) Division - Crop Improvement
ICAR- Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore - 641007 Tamil Nadu, India. Email: karuppaiyan.r@icar.org.in, sikkimkarups@gmail.com Phone: 0422-2472621 Extn 251, Mobile +91-8015927937
  • Breeding short duration sugarcane varieties suitable for the tropical region of India
  • Breeding sugarcane hybrids with high cane yield, high quality and resistant to red rot and smut suitable for tropical India
  • Evolving multi-purpose sugarcane varieties suitable for ethanol and co-generation purposes
  • Maintenance, characterization of sugarcane reference varieties and DUS testing
  • Life Member, Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Forum, New Delhi since 2004
  • Life Member, Society of Sugarcane Research and Development (SSRD), Coimbatore since 2012.
  • Life Member, Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR), New Delhi since 2014.
  • Fellow Member, Sugarcane Technologists’ Association of India (STAI), New Delhi since 2014
  • Life Member, Bose Science Society, Pudukottai, TN from 2020
  • Life Member, Society for Sugarcane Research and Promotion (SSRP), New Delhi from 2024.
  •  Title: DUS Testing Projects (Sugarcane) at Agali Centre (Co-PI) and Coimbatore (Nodal Officer)

Agency: PPV&FR Authority, New Delhi

Amount: 15.91 lakhs per year (2024-25)

  • Raja Sir. Muthiah Chettiar Agricultural Silver Jubilee memorial Gold Medal -1994-Annamalai University, Chidambaram
  • Silver Medal Award -2015- Sugar Technologist’s Association of India, New Delhi
  • Bharat Vikas Award – 2017 -Institute of Self Reliance, Bhubaneswar
  • Krishi Vigyan Gaurav Award Krishi Vigyan Gaurav Award -2018 –  Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika, Karnal
  • Rashtriya Gaurav Award – 2019 – India International Friendship Society, New Delhi
  • Best Scientist Award – 2020 – ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore
  • Reviewer Excellence Awards – 2021 – Agricultural Research Communication Centre, Karnal
  • Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar – 2021 – Global Management Council, Ahmedabad
  • Fellow – 2020 – Bose Science Society, Pudukkottai
  • Fellow – 2024 – Society for Sugarcane Research and Development, Coimbatore

Research Articles

  • Karuppaiyan, R. 2002. Variability and association among seedling characters, seed and oil yield in sesame (Sesamum indicum). Madras Agric. J. 89 (7-9):515-516
  • Karuppaiyan, R. and Ramasamy, P. Cost of commercial seed production in hybrid sesame (Sesamum indium L.). Madras Agric. J. 87(1-3):190-193
  • Karuppaiyan, R. and Ramasamy, P. 2000. Cause and effect relationship between seed yield and its components in sesame (Sesamum indium). Madras Agric. J.87(1-3):74-76
  • Karuppaiyan, R. Kapoor, C. and Gopi, R. 2014. Variability, heritability and genetic divergence in yellow sarson (Brassica campestris yellow sarson) genotypes under the mid-hills of Sikkim. Indian J. Plant Genetic Resources 27(2):127-132
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Kapoor, C. and Gopi, R. 2013. Variability, heritability and genetic divergence in low land rice genotype under the mid hills of Sikkim. Oryza 50(1):81-84.
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Nair, N.V., Ram, B., Mohanraj, K., Anna Durai, A. and Amudha, P. 2020. Evaluation of intra-specific hybrids of Saccharum officinarum for yield, quality and incidence of yellow leaf disease. Sugarcane Res. 10(1):54-62.
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Ram, B., Pooja, Kumar, S., Ali, M., Meena, M.R. and Kumar, R. 2014. Sugarcane sunburn: An emerging abiotic disorder in subtropical India. Sugar Tech 17(3): 283-290
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Ram, B., Ramdiya, S. Ali, M., Meena, M.R. 2015. The incidence of pokkah boeng in indigenous and exotic sugarcane (Saccharum spp) clones. Indian J. Agric. Sci. 85 (4): 596-601.
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Ramasamy, P., Arulmozhi, N., Sandha, S., and Sundaresan, N. 2000. Heterosis and inbreeding depression in sesame (Sesamum indicum). J. Oilseeds Res. 17(2): 260-264
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Ramasamy, P., Sandha, S., Arulmozhi, N. and Sundaresan, N. 2000. Combining ability analysis in sesame (Sesamum indicum ). J. Oilseeds Res. 17(2): 255-259
  • Alarmelu, S., Jayabose, C., Anusheela, V., Aravindhan, V and Karuppaiyan, R. 2022. Genetic diversity analysis in tropical sugarcane genotypes using morphometric traits. Sugar Tech 25:430-439 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-022-01215-2
  • Appunu A., Hemaprabha, G., Sreenivasa, V., Durai, A.A., Mohanraj, K., Elayaraja, K., Sheelamary, S., Vinu, V., Pazhany, A.S., Swamy, H.K.M, Pathy, T.L., Karuppaiyan, R., Karthigeyan, S., Govindaraj, P., Alarmelu, S., Shanthi, R.M., Prabakaran, A.J., Lekshmi, A., Krishna, S.S., Kumar, R.A., Chikkappa, G.K. and Ram, B. 2024. Evaluation of sugarcane genotypes (Saccharum hybrid) for multi-trait stability analysis across diverse environments. Industrial Crops & Products 219: 118993. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2024.118993
  • John, J.K., Antony,V.T., Marydas, J. and Karuppaiyan, R. 2009. Tuber morphology, germination behaviour and propagation efficiency in three edible Momordica (Cucurbitaceae) species of India. Resourc. Crop Evol. 56 (6): 861-868.
  • Kumar, R., Meena, M.R., Dhansu, P., Karuppaiyan, R., Appunu, C., Kulshreshtha, N., Kaushik, P., Ram, B. 2022. Winter Tolerance potential of genetically diverse sugarcane clones under subtropical climate of Northern India. Sustainability (14): 11757. https://doi.org/10.3390/su141811757
  • Meena, M.R., Karuppaiyan, R., Ram, B., Kumar, R. and Kulshreshtha, N. 2018. Distinctness of candidate varieties of sugarcane using DUS descriptors. Bhartiya Krishi Anusandhan Patrika 33(1&2):94-98
  • Meena, M.R., Karuppaiyan, R., Ram, B., Kumar, R., and Kulshreshtha, N. 2017. Genotypes x environment interactions and stability analysis of sugarcane clones (Saccharum) by AMMI model in sub-tropical regions of India. Indian J. Genet. 77(4): 540-546
  • Meena, M.R., Kumar, R., Karuppaiyan, R., Amaresh, Ram, B., Kulshreshtha, N., Chhabra, M.L., Elayaraja, K., Pazhani, A.S., Dhanya, V.G., Maruthi, R.T. Hemaprabha, G., Sreenivasa, V. 2024. Evaluation of popular sugarcane varieties for quality, yield and energy potential under subtropical climates. Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America. 55(2): AMA-07-02-2024-12883
  • Meena, M.R., Kumar, R., Karuppaiyan, R., Chhabra, M.L., Raja, A. K., Mohanraj, K., Kulshreshtha, N., Pandey, S.K. and Ram, B. 2020. Biomass potential of novel interspecifc and intergeneric hybrids of Saccharum grown in sub‑tropical climates. Scientific Reports 10:21560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78329-8.
  • Meena, M.R., Kumar, R., Karuppaiyan, R., Kulshreshtha, N., Chhabra, M.L., Amaresh, Krishnappa, G., Nunavath, A., Mohanraj, K., Govindaraj. P. and Hemaprabha, G. Unraveling the stability of sugarcane clones using multivariate stability models for cane yield and quality under subtropical climates. Sugar Tech 26(6):1790–1801
  • Narayanan, S. L. and Karuppaiyan, R. 2003. Genetics of seedling vigour in Sesame (Sesamum indicum). Madras Agric. J. 90 (1-3):16-19
  • Narayanankutty, C., Jaikumaran, U. and Karuppaiyan, R. Genotype x environment interaction and stability analysis in snake gourd (Trichosanthes anguina). Indian J. Agric. Sci. 75(11):763-765
  • Nizar, M. A., John, J. and Karuppaiyan, R. 2004. Evaluation of okra germplasm for fruit yield, quality and field resistance to yellow vein mosaic virus. Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 17(3):241-244
  • Nizar, M. A., John, J. and Karuppaiyan, R. 2007. Selection response for fruit yield in okra (Abelmoschus esculentus (L) Moench). Indian Plant Genet. Resour. 20(1):43-47
  • Pandey, S.K., Karuppaiyan, R., Singaravelu, B., Kumar, R., Meena, M.R., Ram, B., Chhabra, M.L. and Nair, N.V. 2014. Reaction of sub-tropical, foreign and wild genome introgressed sugarcane hybrids against stalk borer, Chilo auricilius Vegetos 27(3):221-226.
  • Pooja, D., Ram, B., Singh, A.K., Tomar, S.K., Karuppaiyan, R., Kumar, K., Chhabra, M.L., Singh, A., Raja, A.K. Kaushik, P. and Pandey, S.K. 2023. Different treatments for sugarcane juice preservation. Food 12: 311. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods12020311
  • Rahman, H., Karuppaiyan, R., Kishore, K. and Denzongpa, R. 2009. Traditional practices of ginger cultivation in Northeast India. Indian J. Traditional Knowledge 8(1): 23-28
  • Ram, B., Balakrishnan, R. and Karuppaiyan, R. 2013. Analysing the performance of sugarcane (Saccharum) clones under abiotic stresses using ANOM as a tool. Indian J. Agril. Sci. 83(10): 1079-1085.
  • Ram, B., Karuppaiyan, R., Meena, M.R., Kumar, R., Kulshreshta, N. 2017. Winter sprouting index of sugarcane genotypes is a measure of winter ratooning ability. International Journal of Development Research 7(9): 15385-15391.
  • Ram, B., Tomar, S. K. and Karuppaiyan, R. 2011. Evaluation of sugarcane tops of Co clones for fodder quality traits. Sugarcane Res. 1(1):39-44.
  • Sukhdev, Pooja, Ram, B. and Karuppaiyan, R. 2017. Effect of bud placement on germination and tillering in sugarcane. Sugarcane Res. 7(2): 132-140

Books

  • Amalraj, V.A., Premachandran, M.N., Ram, B., Karuppaiyan, R., Devi, R.S., Viola, V.R. and Devi, A.K.R. 2011. DUS Characterization of Reference Varieties in Sugarcane. Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, 128p. ISBN: 978-81-904359-2-5
  • Alarmelu, S., Karuppaiyan, R., Jayabose, C., Sreenivasa, V., Hemaprabha, G., Anusheela, V. and Amudha, P. 2023. An Introduction to Protection of Plant Varieties Acts in India / இந்தியாவில் பயிர் இரகங்களின் பாதுகாப்பு சட்டங்கள்-ஓர் அறிமுகம். ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, 276p. ISBN No 978-93-85267-41-3
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Ram, B. and Meena, M.R. 2011. Protection of Plant Varieties, Breeders’ Rights and Farmers’ Rights in India. Training Manual. No. SBIRC-KNL- 02/2011 & SBI Centenary Publication 2. Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Centre, Karnal-132 001 (Haryana) 68p
  • Karuppaiyan, R. and Bakshi Ram. 2012. Sugarcane Seed Production. Training Manual. Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Regional Centre, Karnal. SBI Centenary Publication 5. 48p.
  • पाण्डेय, एस. के., कुमार, आर., छाबड़ा, एम्.एल., करुप्पैयन, आर., मीना, एम्. आर. and परमेस्वरी,बी. गन्ना की उन्नत खेती (प्रशिक्षण स्मारिका). गन्ना प्रचनन संस्थान, क्षेत्रीय केन्द्र, करनाल. 41p.

Book Chapter

  • Karuppaiyan, R. Avasthe, R. K. and Rahman, H. 2007. Principles and Methods in Organic Plant Breeding and its Applicability for Crop Improvement in Sikkim. In: Organic Farming Technology in NEH Region (eds. Munda, G.C., Ghosh, P.K., Das, A., Ngachan, S.V. and Bujarbaruah, K.M.). ICAR Res. Complex for NEH Region, Shillong, pp.465-486.
  • கருப்பையன், இரா. 2016. தரமான விதைக்கரும்புகளை தேர்வு செய்தல் மற்றும் விதை நாற்றங்கால் தயாரித்தல். In: கரும்பு உற்பத்தியில் நவீன தொழில்நுட்பங்கள் (e முரளி, ப., பிரதாப், பு., வெங்கடசுப்ரமணியன், வெ., சாந்தி, த.ர.). இ.வே.ஆ.க-கரும்பு இனப்பெருக்கு நிறுவனம், கோயம்புத்தூர். No. SBI/NABARD/2016/TA/01 pp 9-14.
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Bakshi Ram, Govindaraj, P., Annadurai, A. and Amudha, P. 2018. National Sugarcane Varietal Development Programmes. In: Best Management Practices for Sustained Sugarcane Productivity (eds. T. Rajula Shanthy and Bakshi Ram). ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore. pp9-30, 292p., ISBN: 978-93-85267-13-0
  • ராம், ப. and கருப்பையன், இரா. கரும்பு விவசாயத்தின் முக்கியத்துவமும் இந்திய சர்க்கரை ஆலைத் துறையின் தற்கால நிலவரமும் In: கரும்பு சாகுபடி (eds. சாந்தி, ர. and ராம், ப.). இ.வே.ஆ.க-கரும்பு இனப்பெருக்கு நிறுவனம், கோயம்புத்தூர். pp 1-19. Extension publication No 290 (2020).
  • Karuppaiyan, R., Sreenivasa, V., Suganya, A. and Mohanraj, K. 2021. Wide Hybridization in Sugarcane. In: Recent Scientific Advances in Sugarcane Cultivation for Doubling Farmers’ Income (eds. Bakshi Ram, Hemaprabha, G., Ratna Nashine, K. Mohanraj, P. Murali, and R. Ahmad Shah). Dilpreet Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, pp 87-108 ISBN 978-81-953726-0-7.