Scientist Profile
Research interests and current focus
- Developing high yielding sugarcane varieties suitable for various agroclimatic regions of the country
- Unraveling genetic factors and developing assessment tools for enhancing lodging resistance in sugarcane
Outreach and Extension
- Farmers participatory seed production
- Conducting Field Day and Seed Day under AICRP on Seed (Crops)
Membership in professional societies
- Life member of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Life member of Society for Sugarcane Research & Development
- Life member of Indian Society for Spices
Awards and honours
- Served as Joint Secretary of Indian Society for Spices for the term 2022 – 2024
Research Publications
Research Publications:
- Ramasamy Gobu, Goutam Kumar Dash, Jai Prakash Lal, Padmini Swain, Anumalla Mahender, Annamalai Anandan and Jauhar Ali. Unlocking the Nexus between Leaf-Level Water Use Efficiency and Root Traits Together with Gas Exchange Measurements in Rice (Oryza sativa). Plants, 2022: 11, 1270. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11091270
- Vidya, V., Prasath, D., Snigdha, M., Gobu, R., Sona, C., & Maiti, C. S. (2021). Development of EST-SSR markers based on transcriptome and its validation in ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.). Plos one, 16(10), e0259146.
- Gobu, Ramasamy, Jai Prakash Lal, and Annamalai Anandan. “Generation mean analysis for yield and drought tolerant traits under rainfed and irrigated conditions in rice (Oryza sativa L.).” International Journal of Environment and Climate Change 11.11 (2021): 170-178.
- Alagupalamuthirsolai, Renuka Suresh, C. K. Thankamani, V. Srinivasan, R. Sivaranjani, K. S. Krishnamurthy, C. Sarathambal, R. Gobu, Honnappa Asangi, H. J. Akshitha, Mohammad Faisal Peeran and Balaji Rajkumar. Application Methodology and Physiological Insights of Melatonin Hormone for Water Stress Alleviation in Black Pepper (Piper nigrum L.). International Journal of Environment and Climate Change. vol. 13, no. 8, pp. 219-228, 2023. DOI: 10.9734/IJECC/2023/v13i81947
- Chandra, K., Nandini, R., Gobu, R., Kumar, C. B., & Muthuraju, R. (2019). Insight into floral biology and ancillary characteristics of underutilized legume-Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.]. Legume Research-An International Journal, 42(1), 96-101.
- Shankar, M., Harish Babu, B. N., & Gobu, R. 2019. Studies on genetic variability, heritability and genetic advance in groundnut (Arachis hypogeae L.) genotypes under normal and moisture stress condition in vegetative stage. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry, 8(3), 4271-4277.
- Brij Kishore Kushwaha, R Gobu and Jai Prakash Lal, (2019). An assessment of genetic variability for drought tolerance in rice. Oryza Vol. 56 No. 1, 2019 (26-32).
- Shankar, M., Harish Babu, B. N., & Gobu, R. Sheshaiah (2018). A study of correlation and path analysis in peanut (Arachis hypogaea). Bulletin of Environment, Pharmacology and Life Sciences, 7(12), 111-114.
- Chandra, K., Nandini, R., Pranesh, C. B. K., & Gobu, R. (2017). Improving Nutritional Security of India through a potential underutilized legume-Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.). Environment and Ecology, 35(2), 606-610.
- Dhevagi, P., Brundha, A., Geetha, K., Gobu, R., Manju, K. A. A., & Poorani, E. (2017). A preliminary study on the antimicrobial activity of marine actinomycetes. Journal of Environmental Biology, 38(3), 483.
- Gobu, B.N. Harish Babu, Kailash Chandra, M. Shankar and Om Prakash (2017). Effect of Moisture stress on Key Physiological traits in Brinjal (Solanum melongena L.) Cultivars. Vegetos 30 (Special issue).
- Gobu, R., Babu, B. H., Chandra, K., & Shankar, M. (2017). Insight into the genetic diversity of eggplant (Solanum melongena) genotypes through D2 analysis. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 8(3), 811-815.
- Omprakash, Gobu, Prashant Bisen, Murlimanohar Baghel and Kumar Nishant Chourasia (2017). Resistance/Tolerance Mechanism under Water Deficit (Drought) Condition in Plants. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6(4): 66-78.
- Gobu, R.,N. Harish Babu, Kailash Chandra, M. Shankar and Omprakash. (2017). Genetic Variability, Heritability and Genetic Advance in Eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) Genotypes under Normal and Osmotic Stress in invitro condition. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 6(3): 749- 760.
- Sharma, R., Chandra, K., Gobu, R., & Loitongbam, B. (2017). Post-transcriptional gene silencing and its implication to the asian soybean rust-a review article. International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Biotechnology, 10(1), 105-113.
- Kailash Chandra, K. C., Gobu, R., & Rohit Sharma, R. S. (2017). Switch from climate prone to climate resilient agriculture: a need in current scenario. Trends in Biosciences, 10(2) 519 – 522.
- Gobu, R., & Lal, J. P. (2016). Breeding for Drought Tolerance in Rice: Progress, Achievements and Future Perspectives in India. Advances in Life Sciences, 5(2), 356-364.
- Harish Babu, B. N., & Gobu, R. (2016). Optimization of osmotic stress induced by different concentrations of Polyethylene glycol-6000 for drought tolerance screening in eggplant (Solanum melongena,). International Journal of Scientific Research, 5(2), 205-206.
Book Chapters:
- Satyavathi, C.T., Ambawat, S., Lata, C., Shivhare, R., Kapoor, C., Sankar, S.M., Gobu, R., Soumya, S.L., Siddaiah, C.N. and Srivastava, R.K., 2024. Allele Mining for Genome Designing in Pearl Millet. In Allele Mining for Genomic Designing of Cereal Crops (pp. 210-238). CRC Press.
- Tara Satyavathi, C., Mukesh Sankar, S., Singh, S.P., Kapoor, C., Soumya, S.L., Ambawat, S., Khandelwal, V., Srivastava, R.K. and Gobu, R., Breeding Climate Resilient Pearl Millet Cultivars for India. In The Pearl Millet Genome (pp. 31-55). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
- Balakumaran, M., Gobu, R., Berliner, J., & Sellaperumal, C. (2024). Transcriptomic Resources of Cardamom and Their Implications. In The Cardamom Genome (pp. 89-98). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.
- A compendium entitled ‘Biodiversity of Piper species in Western Ghats, India’ authored by K. V. Saji, M. S. Shivakumar, Gobu and J. Rema was prepared and released during the RAC held on 10-11, Jan, 2022.
- Gobu, R., Shiv, A., Kumar, C. A., Basavaraj, P. S., Harish, D., Adhikari, S., … & Sujatha, M. (2020). Accelerated crop breeding towards development of climate resilient varieties. In: Ch. Srinivasarao et al., (Eds). Climate Change and Indian Agriculture: Challenges and Adaptation Strategies, ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. pp-49-70.
- Gobu R, Omprakash, Kailash Chandra, Patil Srihari Reddy and Megaladevi, P. 2017. Containment of pollen mediated Gene flow in GM plants through Transplastomic Technology. New Perspective in Agriculture and Human Health, Bharti Publications; 1st, New edition ISBN-978- 81-33475-1-5.
- Kailash Chandra, Ravindra Prasad, Gobu R, Rohit Sharma, 2017. Bioprospecting of Genes – An Approach of Mining Superior Alleles for Crop. New Perspective in Agriculture and Human Health, Bharti Publications; 1st, New edition ISBN-978- 81-33475-1-5.








