Scientist Profile
Research interests and current focus
- Varietal development of sugarcane
- Maintenance and characterization of Saccharum genetic resources
- Facilitation of National Hybridization Programme
- Identification of location specific sugarcane varieties
Membership in professional societies
- Indian society of Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources
- Society for Sugarcane Research and Development
List of current external funded project
- Title: Enhancing Sugar Productivity in Tamil Nadu through Institute-Industry Approach (Co-PI)
Agency: South Indian Sugar Mills Association
Amount: Rs. 50 lakhs
- Title: Identification of suitable location specific sugarcane varieties for commercial cultivation under different agro-climatic situations in India (Co-PI)
Agency: Indian Sugar and Bioenergy Manufacturers Association
Amount: Rs. 7,50,00,000/-
Awards and honours
- Best poster award: ‘Genetic enhancement of sugarcane utilizing wild related species’ under Theme I: Sugarcane genetic resources pre-breeding for enriching gene pool in International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: Hundred Years and Beyond, September 18-21, 2017, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
- Best poster award: ‘Co 205; The Coimbatore legacy’ under Theme II: Breeding strategies: past, present and future in International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: Hundred Years and Beyond, September 18-21, 2017, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India.
- James E Irwin travel award of International Consortium on Sugarcane Biotechnology to Attend Sugarcane workshop at PAG 2020
- Best research paper award by Society For Sugarcane Research And Development for the paper entitled ‘Exploration and genetic diversity analysis of Saccharum spontaneum in Maharashtra state India’ by P Govindaraj. S. Karthigeyan and Adhini S. Pazhany
- Best research paper award by Society for Sugarcane Research and Development for the research paper entitled ‘Wild sugarcane – Saccharum germplasm collection in the states of Punjab and Haryana, India’ authored by Karthigeyan, P. Govindaraj and Adhini S. Pazhany on 30 Novemebr,2022.
Research Publications
- C Appunu, G Hemaprabha, V Sreenivasa, A Anna Durai, K Mohanraj, K Elayaraja, S Sheelamary, V Vinu, Adhini S Pazhany, HK Mahadeva Swamy, T Lakshmi Pathy, R Karuppaiyan, S Karthigeyan, P Govindaraj, S Alarmelu, RM Shanthi, AJ Prabakaran, Ananda Lekshmi, S Surya Krishna, R Arun Kumar, Chikkappa G Karjagi, Bakshi Ram (2024)Evaluation of sugarcane genotypes (Saccharum sp. hybrid) for multi-trait stability analysis across diverse environments Industrial Crops and Products 219 :118993
- Mintu Ram Meena, Ravinder Kumar, R. Karuppaiyan, Amaresh, Bakshi Ram, N. Kulshreshtha, M LChhabra, K. Elayaraja, Adhini S Pazhany, V.G.Dhanya, R.T.Maruthi, G.Hemaprabha, V. Sreenivasa 2024 Evaluation of popular sugarcane varieties for quality, yield and energy potential under subtropical climates ISSN: 00845841Volume 55, Issue 02, AMA, Agricultural Mechanization in Asia, Africa and Latin America
- Sreenivasa V., Amaresh, Aswini Nunavut, Dhanya V. G., Abhishek G. J., Mahadevaiah C., Adhini S. Pazhany, M. Alagupalamuthirsolai, Arun Kumar, Anna Durai , Ravinder Kumar , Meena Mintu Ram , Appunu C. and Hemaprabha G. 2024 Evaluation of superior cross combinations and identification of better parental stocks from early clonal trials in sugarcane Archives of Current Research International Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 32-38, 2024; Article no. ACRI.112653 ISSN: 2454-7077
- Valarmathi, H. K. Mahadevaswamy, V. Ulaganathan, C. Appunu, S. Karthigeyan, Adhini S. Pazhany 2022 Assessing the Genetic Diversity and Population Structureof World Germplasm Collection of Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.)Jeswiet Using Sequence-Related Amplified Polymorphic Markers Sugar Tech (Mar-Apr 2022) 24(2):438–447
- Lakshmi Pathy, V. Vinu, Adhini S. Pazhany and S. Karthigeyan. (2022). Constructing and comparing selection indices for early growth traits in Saccharum spontaneum. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, Vol. 13(1): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.37992/2022.1301.005.
- Vinu, V., Lakshmi Pathy, T., Adhini, S., Pazhany, and Karthigeyan, S. 2022. Cluster and principal component analyses for assessment of genetic diversity in Saccharum spontaneum. Journal of Sugarcane Research 12:41-51.
- Nithya, K., Parameswari, B., Adhini S. Pazhany, Annadurai, A., Nithyanantham, R. and Viswanathan, R. 2021. Identification of sugarcane yellow leaf virus resistance in Saccharum parental hybrids in India. Journal of Sugarcane Research 11:205-211.
- Alarmelu, A. Anna Durai, H. K. Mahadeva Swamy, G. Hemaprabha and Adhini S. Pazhany 2021 Genetic diversity of parental clones used in breeding programs of sugarcane. Electronic Journal of Plant BreedingVol 12(2): 529 – 539.
- Anna Durai , R. Viswanathan ,Adhini S. Pazhany 2021 Exploring the Sources of Red Rot Resistance Available in National Breeding Gene Pool and their Potential Utilization for Sugarcane Improvement in India Sugar Tech (July-Aug 2021) 23(4):843–853
- Viswanathan, R. Selvakumar , N. Geetha , C. G. Balaji , A. Annadurai ,Adhini S. Pazhani , P. Malathi ,A. Ramesh Sundar , R. Nithiyanantham , K. Manivannan 2021 Epidemiology of sugarcane wilt: predisposition by root borer Polyocha depresella a myth or reality Indian Phytopathology
- Karthigeyan, Adhini S. Pazhany, S Sheelamary, P. Govindaraj and A.K. Remadevi(2021) Variation in the flowering behaviour of Saccharum spontaneum L. world collection at Coimbatore Journal of Sugarcane Research 11, 191-204
- Karthigeyan, P. Govindaraj and Adhini S. Pazhany. (2020). Wild sugarcane – Saccharum sp. germplasm collection in the states of Punjab & Haryana, India. Journal of Sugarcane Research 10: 121 – 139.
- Mohanraj, K., T. Manjunatha, C. Mahadevaiah, A. Suganya, P. Adhini, and P. Geetha. “Genetic variability for nitrogen use efficiency in interspecific and intergeneric hybrids of sugarcane.” Int J Curr Microbiol App Sci 9 (2020): 19-30.
- Adhini S. Pazhany and Robert J. Henry 2019 Genetic Modification of Biomass to Alter Lignin Content and Structure Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research 58 (35), 16190-16203 DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b01163
- Viswanathan, C. G. Balaji, R. Selvakumar, P. Malathi, A. Ramesh Sundar, A. Annadurai, Adhini S. Pazhany, K. Manivannan and R. Nithyanantham (2019) Identification of sources of resistance to wilt caused by Fusarium sacchari in Indian sugarcane parental population Improvement in India International Sugar Journal
- Hemaprabha, C. Appunu, K. Mohanraj, A. Anna Durai, S. Alarmelu, V. Sreenivasa, R. Karuppaiyan, S. Karthigeyan, R. M. Shanthi, P. Govindaraj, C. Mahadevaiah, T. Lakshmi Pathy, H. K. Mahadevaswamy, A. J. Prabakaran, S. Sheelamary, Adhini S. Pazhani, K. Elayaraja, R. Viswanathan, Bakshi Ram (2019) Co 11015 (Atulya): a recently notified sugarcane variety for Tamil Nadu. Journal of Sugarcane Research, 2019, Vol. 9, No. 2, 193-195
- N. Premachandran, Maya Lekshmi,V. Raffee Viola, A. K. Remadevi and Adhini S. Pazhany (2018) Androgenic diploids of Erinathus arundinaceus with paternal chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes in backcross progeny of Saccharum x Erianthus intergenric hybrids. Tropical Plant Biology. Tropical Plant Biology (2019) 12:21–31.
- Shinogi, K. C., D. U. M. Rao, Sanjay Srivastava, Eldho Varghese, D. K. Sharma, Adhini S. Pazhany, I. Rashmi, and K. G. Rosin. “Organic agriculture and sustainable livelihood: Assessment of different organic agriculture systems for its suitability to family farms of south-west India.” (2019): 473-484.
- Maya Lekshmi, Adhini S. Pazhany, P. Sobhakumari and M. N. Premachandran. (2017) Nuclear and cytoplasmic contributions from Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet in a sugarcane hybrid clone confirmed through genomic in situ hybridization and cytoplasmic DNA polymorphism. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution. 64(7):1553-1560.
- Govindaraj P., Karthigeyan and Adhini S. Pazhany. (2016) Exploration and genetic diversity analysis of Saccharum spontaneum in Maharashtra State, India Journal of Sugarcane Research 6(2):72-84.
- Anna Durai, A, P. Govindaraj and Adhini S. Pazhany. (2014). Flowering behaviour of Sugarcane genotypes from different agro climatic zones of India. Sugar Tech 16(2):157-163.
- G Hemaprabha, P Adhini, TS Sarath, S Alarmelu, RM Shanthi (2013) An assessment of high temperature tolerance potential of elite genotypes of sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) evaluated in the Peninsular zone of India. Journal of Sugarcane Research (2013) 3(1): 1-8
Book Chapters
- Adhini S. Pazhany and Mohanraj, K (2016) Collection, conservation and utilization of sugarcane genetic resources 204-211.in Bakshi Ram, P. Govindaraj, A. Ramesh Sundar and Bhaskaran. 2016. (Eds) Biotechnological and conventional tools for biotic and abiotic stress management in sugarcane. Course Manual of ICAR sponsored winter school, December 7- 27, 2016. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore-641 007, Tamil Nadu, India. ISBN978-93-5267-07-9; 346p.
- Karthigeyan, S. and Adhini S. Pazhany (2016) Evaluation of Saccharum spontaneum collections from Arunachal Pradesh for cold tolerance 325-328. in Bakshi Ram, P. Govindaraj, A. Ramesh Sundar and Bhaskaran. 2016. (Eds) Biotechnological and conventional tools for biotic and abiotic stress management in sugarcane. Course Manual of ICAR sponsored winter school, December 7- 27, 2016. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore-641 007, Tamil Nadu, India. ISBN978-93-5267-07-9; 346p.
- Adhini S. Pazhany (2017) Sugarcane Genetic Resources, collection maintenance and its utilization in K Palanisamy, Thangamani, S.P Subramani, R S Prashanth 2017(Eds). HRD training on forest genetic resources management and conservation for scientists and research officers of ICFRE 13-17 February,2017 Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore pp 94-111.
- Prathima P Thirugnanasambandam, Patrick J Mason, Adhini S Pazhany, Senthil Kumar Shanmugavel, Nam V Hoang and Robert J Henry 2019 Transcriptome of Sugarcane, a Highly Complex Polyploid In Comprehensive Foodomics Elsevier pp 1-13 .
- Dhansu, Pooja, Arun Kumar Raja, Krishnapriya Vengavasi, Ravinder Kumar, Adhini S. Pazhany, Ashwani Kumar, Naresh Kumar, Anita Mann, and Shashi Kant Pandey (2022) ‘Physiological and molecular adaptation of sugarcane under drought vis-a- vis root system traits’ in Drought – Impacts and Management. IntechOpen. doi:10.5772/intechopen.103795.
- Pauline Okemo, Upendra Wijesundra, Upuli Nakandala, Galaihalage KS Ananda, Prameela Vanambathina, Sharmin Hasan, Muhammad Abdulla, Priyanka Sharma, Sachini Manatunga, Adhini Pazhany, Ardy Kharabian Masouleh, Onkar Nath, Neena Mitter, Agnelo Furtado, Robert J Henry (2022) The use of genome sequencing to improve crops for tropical agriculture in ‘Next-Generation Sequencing and Agriculture’ pp.59-91CABI Biotechnology Series (CAB International).
- Sapna, Sinky, Babita Rani, Pooja, Adhini S. Pazhany, K. D. Sharma, and Ashwani Kumar (2023). Selenium mediated amelioration of drought in crop plants: A Review. In: Kumar, A., Dhansu, P., Mann, A. (eds) Salinity and Drought Tolerance in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4669-3_21
- Anita Kumari, Pooja Ahlawat, Kiran, Babita Rani, Alisha Goyal, Pooja, Adhini S. Pazhany, Ashwani Kumar, Sarita Devi, Nisha Kumari, Sukham Madaan, and Minakshi Jattan. (2023). An overview of phytohormones mediated drought and salinity tolerance in plants. In: Kumar, A., Dhansu, P., Mann, A. (eds) Salinity and Drought Tolerance in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4669-3_20.
- Sihmar, M., Yadav, R., Pazhany, A.S. (2023). Strategies to improve drought and salinity tolerance in some cash crops through proteomics perspective. In: Kumar, A., Dhansu, P., Mann, A. (eds) Salinity and Drought Tolerance in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4669-3_11.
- Sunita Devi, Naresh Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Pooja Dhansu, Adhini S. Pazhany,Anita Mann, Ajay Kumar Bhardwaj, and Parvender Sheoran. (2023). Potential use of nanofertilizers in alleviating stresses in plants. In: Kumar, A., Dhansu, P., Mann, A. (eds) Salinity and Drought Tolerance in Plants. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4669-3_26.








