Dr. Maruthi R.T

Scientist Profile

Research interests and current focus

Breeding sugarcane varieties for high sucrose and cane yield, resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses.
Sugarcane parental database development

List of current external funded project

Title: C1-07/11-1-2: DUS testing of sugarcane (Agali) (As PI)

Agency: Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority

Amount: 16 Lakhs

Title: PPP-22/1-1-7: Enhancing Sugar Productivity in Tamil Nadu through Institute-Industry Approach (As Co-PI)

Agency: South Indian Sugar Mills’ Association-TN funded

Amount: 53 Lakhs

Title: PPP-23/1-1-8: Identification of suitable location specific sugarcane varieties for commercial cultivation under different agro-climatic situations in India (As Co-PI)

Agency: Indian Sugar Mills Association funded

Amount: 7.5 Crores

Research Publications

Research papers

Vinu, V., Lakshmi Pathy, T., Mahadeva Swamy, H., Krishnappa, G., Arun Kumar, R., Valarmathi, R., Gobu, R., Sreenivasa, V., Maruthi, R.T., Amaresh., and Govindaraj, P. 2025. Deciphering drought tolerance potential of Saccharum spontaneum in tropical climates using multivariate techniques. Sugar Tech, OnlineFirst, 1-13.
Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K., Arroju, A., Maruthi, R.T., Kumar, D. and J. Mitra. 2025. Phenological traits and molecular markers established genetic relationship and population structure in jute (Corchorus species) populations collected from Southern India. Genet. Resour. Crop. Evol., 72, 2843-2864. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-024-02122-z.
Meena, M. R., Kumar, R., Karuppaiyan, R., Amaresh, Bakshi Ram, Kulshreshtha, N., Chhabra, M.L., Elayaraja, K. Adhini S Pazhany., V.G. Dhanya., T. Maruthi., G. Hemaprabha and V. Sreenivasa. 2024. Evaluation of popular sugarcane varieties for quality, yield and energy potential under subtropical climates. AMA 55(02): 17167-17174.
Maruthi, R.T., Kumar, A.A., Mitra, J. and Kar, G., 2024. Agro-morphological and nutritional profiling of different roselle ( sabdariffa var. sabdariffa) morphotypes. Vegetos, 37(1), pp.397-403.
Maruthi, R.T., Kumar, A.A., Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K. and Mitra, J., 2024. Diversity assessment of Indian sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea) accessions for enhanced biomass and fibre yield using geographic information system approach. Legume Research, 47(3), pp.391-396.
Maruthi, R.T., Kumar, A.A., Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K., Prasannakumar, N.R., Thribhuvan, R., Saha, D. and Mitra, J., 2023. Reproductive analysis of sexual interference and role of pollinators in sunnhemp: a late-acting self-incompatible crop. Euphytica, 219(10), p.112.
Saha, D., Datta, S., Shaw, A.K., Maruthi, R.T., Satya, P., Mitra, J. and Kar, G., 2023. De novo transcriptome of a bast fibre crop, Crotalaria juncea reveals T2 ribonuclease genes to investigate late-acting self-rejection of pollens. Industrial Crops and Products, 202, p.117064.
Saha, D., Shaw, A.K., Mandal, P., Maruthi, R.T., Datta, S., Satya, P., Mitra, J. and Kar, G., 2023. Sui Generis development of molecular markers from transcriptome of Crotalaria juncea, a fabaceae family bast fiber Crop. Journal of Natural Fibers, 20(1), p.2139327.
Maruthi, R.T., Mangal, V., Kumar, A.A., Meena, J.K. and Mitra, J., 2023. Genetic diversity in advanced breeding lines derived from intraspecific crosses of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa). Vegetos, 36(2), pp.675-680.
Maruthi, R.T., Kumar, A.A., Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K. and Mitra, J., 2020. DIVA-GIS based insight into geographical distribution and diversity spectrum of Indian sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea) accessions suitable for diversified applications. Legume Research-An International Journal, 43(6), pp.749-756.
Naik, M.R., Barman, D., Maruthi, R.T., Babu, V.R., Mandal, U.K. and Kundu, D.K., 2019. Assessment of salinity tolerance based upon morpho-physiological attributes in white jute (Corchorus capsularis). Journal of Environmental Biology, 40(3), pp.377-383.
Maruthi, R.T., Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K., Kumar, A.A., Bhandari, H., Mitra, J. and Karmakar, P.G., 2018. Late-acting self-incompatibility: a barrier to self-fertilization in sunnhemp (Crotalaria juncea). Euphytica, 214, pp.1-13.
Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K., Kumar, A.A., Chowdhury, I., Maruthi, R.T. and Kak, A., 2017. Genetic diversity spectrum and marker trait association for agronomic traits in global accessions of Linum usitatissimum Industrial Crops and Products, 108, pp.604-615.
Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K., Anil Kumar, A., Maruthi, R.T. and Karmakar, P.G., 2017. The genus Corchorus (Malvaceae) in India: Species distribution and ethnobotany. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 64, pp.1675-1686.
Choudhary, S.B., Sharma, H.K., Kumar, A.A., Maruthi, R.T., Mitra, J., Chowdhury, I., Singh, B.K. and Karmakar, P.G., 2017. SSR and morphological trait based population structure analysis of 130 diverse flax (Linum usitatissimum) accessions. Comptes rendus biologies, 340(2), pp.65-75.
Sharma, H.K., Sarkar, M., Choudhary, S.B., Kumar, A.A., Maruthi, R.T., Mitra, J. and Karmakar, P.G., 2016. Diversity analysis based on agro-morphological traits and microsatellite based markers in global germplasm collections of roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa). Industrial Crops and Products, 89, pp.303-315.
Satya, P., Banerjee, R., Karan, M., Mukhopadhyay, E., Chaudhary, B., Bera, A., Maruthi, R.T. and Sarkar, S.K., 2016. Insight into genetic relation and diversity of cultivated and semi-domesticated under-utilized Crotalaria species gained using start codon targeted (SCoT) markers. Biochemical systematics and ecology, 66, pp.24-32.