Scientist Profile

Dr.K.Hari

Dr.K.Hari

Principal Scientist (Microbiology)
Address: Official: CBT lab -1, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore 641007, Tamil Nadu, India. Residence: 20-1, 4th Street, Periyar Nagar, Vadavalli, Coimbatore 641041, Tamil Nadu, India Email: k.hari@icar.org.in; sbi_hari@yahoo.com; Mobile: 9443911632
  • Biomass conversion to fuels, Biofertilizer, Value added products from sugarcane
  • Association of Microbiologists India
  • Indian Science Congress
  • Indian Society of Soil Biology and Ecology
  • Society for Sugarcane Research and Development
  • Sir T.S. Venkataraman award for outstanding research in sugarcane agriculture for the biennium 2010 – 2011’, by “ECO foundation, USA” in association with ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore.
  • FIRST PRIZE in the Best Research / Innovation / Adoption of New Technology for Water Conservation category by the in the 2nd NATIONAL WATER AWARDS 2019 – For the work on Soil Moisture Indicator and its application in irrigation water management, by Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India (K. Hari, D. Puthira Prathap, P. Murali, A. Rameshsundar and B. Singaravelu)
  • Winner of TERI-IWA-UNDP Water Sustainability Award 2021 – Excellence in water use efficiency in Agricultural Sector on 22nd March 2022 by The energy resource Institute in association with International water Association and UNDP, (K. Hari, D. Puthira Prathap, P. Murali, A., Ramesh Sundar, B. Singaravelu and Bakshi Ram)

PATENTS

  • Method for preparing spray dried sugarcane juice, Inventors: Hari, K. Sivaraman, S. Asokan, Indian Patent application No: 1829/CHE/2006, dated 3.10.2006; Publication: 48/2008 dated 28/11/2008.
  • Improved method of sugarcane micropropagation using Azospirillum and Methylobacterium, Inventors: P. Sobhakumari, K. Hari, Indian Patent application No.: 659/CHE/2008, Dated 17.3.2008, Publication: 39/2009 dated 25/09/2009.
  • Soil moisture indicator, Inventors: Hari, D. Puthira Prathap, K. Sivaraman, P. Rakkiyappan, B. Singaravelu, A. Ramesh Sundar, P. Murali, Indian Patent application No.: 2685/CHE/2010, Dated: 14/09/2010.
  • Process for preparation of sugarcane juice powder, Inventors: Hari, K. Sivaraman, Indian Patent application No: 1309/CHE/2011 Dated 15-04-2011.
  • Rapid treatment for planting materials of sugarcane and other vegetatively propagated crops, Inventors: Malathi, P., Viswanathan, R., Padmanaban, P., Ramesh Sundar, A., Hari, K and Jayakumar, V., Patent application No.: 3323/CHE/2011 Dated 26-09-2011.
  • A semisolid sugarcane juice composition, Inventors: Suresha, G.S., Lavanya, R., Hari, K., Murali, P and Bakshi Ram IPO No. 202041021560, 2021
  • A process for producing biopesticide formulation of entomopathogenic nematodes with extended shelf life, Inventors: C. Sankaranarayanan, B. Singaravelu, M. Rajeshkumar, Nici Ashok and Hari, IPO No. 202041003560, 2021
  • Novel process for formulating a low-cost scarabid-specific bacillus thuringiensis biopesticide for management of white grub Holotrichia serrata”, Inventors: P. Mahesh, B. Singaravelu, J. Srikanth, Hari, K.P Salin, C. Sankaranarayanan, G.S. Suresha, C. Appunu, R. Nirmala, and M. Rajeshkumar IPO No. 202241011397, 2022.
  • Process for the production of freeze-dried sugarcane juice, Inventors: Hari, G.S. Suresha, K. Sivaraman and P. Sivaraman, IPO No. 202441008502 dated 2024

DESIGNS

  • Soil Moisture Indicator, Inventors: K. Hari, D. Puthira Prathap, K. Sivaraman, P. Rakkiyappan, B. Singaravelu, A. Ramesh Sundar and P. Murali, IPO design patent Nos 231432, 231433, 231434 and 231435, dated 14/09/2010.

Patent bacterial culture deposit – 3 Nos

  • Three cultures of Bacillus thuringiensis Bt 62, Bacillus thuringiensis SBI KK 27, Allotted accession Number: NAIMCC-IDA-4 dated 11-07-2022 and Bacillus thuringiensis SBI KK 27, Allotted accession Number: NAIMCC-IDA-4 dated 11-07-2022 was deposited in compliance with the BUDAPEST treaty on the international recognition of the deposit of microorganisms for the purposes of patent with National Agriculturally Important Microbial Culture Collection (NAIMCC), NBAIM, Mao
  • Undergone three months NAIP sponsored training on Fermentation Technology at Biomass Conversion Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA during 2011.
  • Arun Kumar R, Vasantha S, Gomathi R, Hemaprabha G, Alarmelu S, Srinivasa V, Vengavasi K, Alagupalamuthirsolai M, Hari K, Palaniswami C, Moharaj K, Appunu C, Geetha P, Tayade AS, Anusha S, Vinu V, Valarmathi R, Pooja D, Meena MR. 2023. Rapid and non-destructive methodology for measuring canopy coverage at an early stage and its correlation with physiological and morphological traits and yield in sugarcane. Agriculture 13:1481. 10.3390/agriculture13081481.
  • Arun Kumar R, Hemaprabha G, Vasantha S, Arumuganathan T, Hari K, Senthilkumar T, Sadvatha RH, Ambrose DCP, Manikandan C, Lakshmi K, Suresha GS, Govindaraj P, Sreenivasa V, Palaniswami C, Gomathi R, Appunu C, Mahesh P, Yogambal C, Krishnapriya V, Tayade AS, Alagupalamuthirsolai M. 2023. Rapid assessment of rind hardness in sugarcane and its association with biochemical traits. International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 13(8):2019-2031.
  • Naveenarani, M., Suresha, G.S., Srikanth, J., Hari, K., Sankaranarayanan, C., Mahesh, P., Nirmala R., Swathik, C.P., Crickmore, N., Bakshi Ram, Appunu, C and Singaravelu B. 2022 Whole genome analysis and functional characterization of a novel Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt 62) isolate against sugarcane white grub Holotrichia serrata (F), Genomics, 114: 185–195 (ISSN: 0888-7543).
  • Suresha G.S and Hari K. 2021. Comparative evaluation of xylan extraction methods and product characterization, from sugarcane bagasse, Journal of Sugarcane Research 11, 158-171.
  • Sankaranarayanan, C and Hari, K. 2021. Integration of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and nematode antagonistic fungi for the biocontrol of root lesion nematode Pratylenchus zeae Graham, 1951 on Sugarcane. Sugar Tech, Sugar Tech, 23(1):194–200 (ISSN: 09740740, 09721525)
  • Vasantha, S., Venkataramana, S., Hari K., and Arunkumar, R. 2018. Prospects of commercial hybrids of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) For biomass and bioenergy production potential, Journal of Sugarcane Research, 7 (2): 71 – 82. ISSN: 2249-927X.
  • Tayade, A.S., Geetha, P., Anusha, S., Dhanapal, R and Hari, K. 2017. Effect of green cane trash blanketing and microbial consortia application on soil compaction and productivity of mechanically harvested sugarcane ratoon crops, Journal of Sugarcane Research (2017) 7 (2) :112 – 120.
  • Suresha, G.S., Prasath, m., Naveenarani, M., Appunu, C., Vasantha, S and Hari, K. 2017. Assessing the effect of soluble acid invertase activity in post-harvest sugarcane under tropical conditions, Journal of Sugarcane Research, 7 (2): 93 – 99.
  • Hari, K., Vasantha, S., Anna Durai, A., Rajeshkumar, Brinda, C and Sruthi, P. 2017. Sugarcane root growth and development in hydroponics system Journal of Sugarcane Research, 7 (2): 71 – 82.
  • Murali, P., Hari, K and Puthira Prathap, D. 2016. An Economic Analysis of Biofuel Production and Food Security in India Sugar Tech, 18, (5): 447–456 (The paper was presented as poster in the 29th IAAE conference which was held at Milan, Italy, on 8–14th August 2015.)
  • Hari, K., Reginold Jebitta, S and Sivaraman, K. 2013. Production and characterization of sugarcane juice powder. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 3(1) : 20 – 34.
  • Sivaraman, K., Srikanth, J., Hari, K., Rakkiyappan, P., Sankaranarayanan, C., Ramesh Sundar, A., Somasekhar, N., Sundara, B., Asokan, S and Chandrasekhar, S.D. 2013. Sustainability of sugarcane productivity in a long-term organic production system vis-à-vis conventional system. Journal of Sugarcane Research 3 (2) : 130 – 140.
  • Singaravelu, B., Crickmore, N., Srikanth, J., Hari, K., Sankaranarayanan, C., Nirmala, R., Radesh Krishnan, S and Meghna, M. 2013. Prospecting for scarabid specific Bacillus thuringiensis crystal toxin cry8 gene in sugarcane ecosystem of Tamil Nadu, India. Journal of Sugarcane 141 Research, 3 (2) : 141 – 144.
  • Srikanth, J., Sivaraman, K., Kurup, N.K., Chandrasekhar, S.D., Sundara, B., Rakkiyappan, P., Hari, K., Ramesh Sundar A and Sankaranarayanan. C. 2013. Pest scenario in long-term organic and conventional sugarcane production systems. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 3(1) : 47 – 61.
  • Madhaiyan, M., Poonguzhali, S., Saravanan, V.S., Hari, K., Lee, K.C and Lee, J.S. 2013. Duganella sacchari sp. nov. and Duganella radicis sp. nov., two novel species isolated from rhizosphere of field-grown sugarcane. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 63, 1126 – 1131.
  • Geetha, N., Preseetha, M., Hari, K., Santhalakshmi, G and Subathra Bai, K. 2012. In vitro interactions of entomopathogenic fungi, Beauveria spp. and Metarhizium anisopliae with selected opportunistic soil fungi of sugarcane ecosystem. Journal of Environmental Biology, 33, 721 – 727.
  • Madhaiyan, M., Poonguzhali, S., Lee, J., Lee, K and Hari, K. 2011. Bacillus rhizosphaerae nov., an novel diazotrophic bacterium isolated from sugarcane rhizosphere soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 100, 437 – 444.
  • Murali, P and Hari, K. 2011. Bio-Fuel Market Scenario in India, Sugar Tech, 13, 394–398.
  • Geetha, N., Nithya, D., Hari, K., Preseetha, M., Subadhra Bai, K and Santhalakshmi, G. 2011. Rhizosphere competence of three entomopathogenic fungi in relation to host plant and interspecific interaction. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 1, 66 – 74.
  • Somasekhar, N., Sankaranarayanan, C. and Hari, K. 2008. Mass production of fungal biocontrol agents of phytonematodes on agro industrial by-products. Indian Journal of Plant Protection, 36, 312-314.
  • Sobhakumari, V.P., Hari, K., Neelamathi, D. and Anandkumar, S.P. 2006. Sugarcane micropropagation responses to Azospirillum, Methylobacterium and nitrogen. Sugarcane International, 24, 6 – 12.
  • Madhaiyan, M., Poonguzhali, S., Hari, K., Saravanan, V.S. and Sa, T.M. 2006. Influence of pesticides on the growth rate and plant-growth promoting traits of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus. Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology, 84, 143 – 154.
  • Madhaiyan, M., Poonguzhali, S., Lee, H.S., Hari, K., Sundaram, S.P. and Sa, T.M. 2005. Pink-pigmented facultative methylotrophic bacteria accelerate germination, growth and yield of sugarcane clone Co 86032 (Saccharum officinarum), Biology and Fertility of Soils, 41, 350 – 358.
  • Hari, K. 2005. Response of sugarcane varieties to application of nitrogen fixing bacteria under different nitrogen levels. Sugar Tech, 7, 28 – 31.
  • Hari, K. 2003. Production of plant growth promoting substances and phosphate solubilization by diazotrophicus isolated from Indian sugarcane varieties. Journal of Soil Biology and Ecology, 23, 10 – 16.
  • Sundara, B., Natarajan, V. and Hari, K. 2002. Influence of phosphorus solubilizing bacteria on the changes in soil available phosphorus and sugarcane and sugar yields, Field Crops Research, 77, 43 – 49.
  • Hari, K. and A.C. Gaur, 1998. Biomethanation of rice straw, Agricultural Science Digest,18, 133 – 136.
  • Hari, K. and Somasekhar, N. 1998. Utilization of sugarcane wastes for the mass multiplication of fungal biocontrol agents. Cooperative Sugar, 29, 637-638.
  • Venkateswarlu, B., Hari, K. and Katyal, J.C. 1997. Influence of soil and crop factors on the native rhizobial populations in soils under dry land farming. Applied Soil Ecology, 7 (1), 1 – 10.
  • Hari, K. and Purushothaman, D. 1992. Production of indole acetic acid by actinomycetes in soil.  Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences India, 62 III, 495 – 497.