{"id":5755,"date":"2025-06-27T11:57:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T11:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/localhost\/wordpress_local\/?page_id=5755"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:38:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T08:08:17","slug":"dr-mahadeva-swamy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sugarcane.res.in\/?page_id=5755","title":{"rendered":"Dr Mahadeva swamy"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Dr H.K. Mahadevaswamy<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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  • Breeding Superior Sugarcane Varieties of Different Maturity with Improved Cane Yield, Quality and Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses for Tropical Conditions<\/li>
  • Development of molecular markers associated with red rot, drought and rust<\/li>
  • Exploration and collection of sugarcane germplasm and pre-breeding to develop trait-specific genetic stocks for red rot resistance and drought tolerance\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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    • Life member for the society for Sugarcane Research and Development<\/li>
    • Life member of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding<\/li>
    • Life member for Indian Society of Plant Breeders<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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      • Title: Enhancing Sugar Productivity in Tamil Nadu through InstituteIndustry Approach (SISMA-TN funded-SWEET BLOOM 2.0) as Co-PI<\/li><\/ul>

        Agency: SISMA-TN<\/p>

        Amount: 53 lakhs<\/p>

        • Title: Identification of suitable location specific sugarcane varieties for commercial cultivation under different agro-climatic situations in India As Co-PI<\/li><\/ul>

          Agency: ISMA<\/p>

          Amount: 750 lakhs<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

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          • Received Young Scientist award, by Bharathiya Sugars Society, Pune, Maharashtra, India<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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            • Swamy, HK Mahadeva<\/strong>, M. Anila, Ravindra R. Kale, V. P. Bhadana, M. S. Anantha, P. Brajendra, S. K. Hajira\u2026 RM sundaram l. “Phenotypic and molecular characterization of rice germplasm lines and identification of novel source for low soil phosphorus tolerance in rice.”\u00a0Euphytica<\/em><\/strong>215, no. 7 (2019): 118.<\/li><\/ul>
              • Swamy, HK Mahadeva<\/strong>, M. Anila, R. R. Kale, G. Rekha, V. P. Bhadana, M. S. Anantha, P. Brajendra,\u2026, RM sundaram. “Marker assisted improvement of low soil phosphorus tolerance in the bacterial blight resistant, fine-grain type rice variety, Improved Samba Mahsuri.”\u00a0Scientific reports<\/em><\/strong>10, no. 1 (2020): 21143.<\/li><\/ul>
                • Govindaraj, P., and HK Mahadeva Swamy*<\/strong>. “Expedition for the collection and conservation of saline and waterlogging tolerant sugarcane wild germplasm from West Bengal and Assam.”\u00a0Sugar Tech<\/em><\/strong>(2021): 1-16.<\/li><\/ul>
                  • Mahadevaiah, C., Prakash Hapase, V. Sreenivasa, Ramesh Hapase, HK Mahadeva Swamy<\/strong>, C. Anilkumar, K. Mohanraj, G. Hemaprabha, and Bakshi Ram. “Delineation of genotype\u00d7 environment interaction for identification of stable genotypes for tillering phase drought stress tolerance in sugarcane.”\u00a0Scientific reports<\/em><\/strong>11, no. 1 (2021): 18649.<\/li><\/ul>
                    • Valarmathi, R., K. Mahadevaswamy<\/strong>, V. Ulaganathan, C. Appunu, S. Karthigeyan, and Adhini S. Pazhany. “Assessing the genetic diversity and population structure of world germplasm collection of Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet using sequence-related amplified polymorphic markers.”\u00a0Sugar Tech<\/em><\/strong>(2022): 1-10.<\/li><\/ul>
                      • Valarmathi, R., K. Mahadeva Swamy<\/strong>, C. Appunu, G. S. Suresha, K. Mohanraj, G. Hemaprabha, C. Mahadevaiah, and V. Ulaganathan. “Comparative transcriptome profiling to unravel the key molecular signalling pathways and drought adaptive plasticity in shoot borne root system of sugarcane.”\u00a0Scientific Reports<\/em><\/strong>13, no. 1 (2023): 12853.<\/li><\/ul>
                        • Kumar, R., Meena, M. R., Dhansu, P., Chhabra, M. L., Appunu, C., Sreenivasa, V., … & Amaresh. (2025). Disclosure of productive and stable sugarcane genotypes for cane yield and quality traits using various stability statistics.\u00a0Tropical Plant Biology<\/em>,\u00a018<\/em>(1), 11.<\/li><\/ul>
                          • Alarmelu, S., Sheelamary, S., Anusheela, V., Kumar, R. A., Vasantha, S., Mahadeva Swamy, H. K.<\/strong>, & Durai, A. A. (2025). Identification of Drought Tolerance Indicators in Interspecific Hybrid Derivatives of Saccharum spp Using Membership Function Value of Drought Tolerance (MFVD).\u00a0Sugar Tech<\/em>, 1-13.<\/li><\/ul>
                            • Appunu, C., Hemaprabha, G., Sreenivasa, V., Durai, A. A., Mohanraj, K., Elayaraja, K., .Mahadeva swamy HK<\/strong> .. & Ram, B. (2024). Evaluation of sugarcane genotypes (Saccharum sp. hybrid) for multi-trait stability analysis across diverse environments.\u00a0Industrial Crops and Products<\/em>,\u00a0219<\/em>, 118993.<\/li><\/ul>
                              • Naveenarani, M., Swamy, H. K. M<\/strong>., Surya Krishna, S., Mahadevaiah, C., Valarmathi, R., Manickavasagam, M., … & Appunu, C. (2023). Isolation and characterization of Erianthus arundinaceus phosphate transporter 1 (PHT1) gene promoter and 5\u2032 deletion analysis of transcriptional regulation regions under phosphate stress in transgenic tobacco.\u00a0Plants<\/em>,\u00a012<\/em>(21), 3760.<\/li><\/ul>
                                • Nithya, K., Parameswari, B., Kumar, S., Annadurai, A., Nithyanantham, R., Mahadevaswamy, H. K<\/strong>., & Viswanathan, R. (2023). Prospecting true ScYLV resistance in Saccharum hybrid parental population in India by symptom phenotyping and viral titre quantification.\u00a03 Biotech<\/em>,\u00a013<\/em>(5), 125.<\/li><\/ul>
                                  • Mahadevaiah, C., Vignesh, P., Appunu, C., Valarmathi, R., Dhansu, P., Kumar, A.,Mahadeva swamy HK <\/strong>… & Kumar, R. (2023). Physiological characterization of tripidium arundinaceum and sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) germplasm for salinity stress tolerance at the formative stage.\u00a0Sustainability<\/em>,\u00a015<\/em>(8), 6962.<\/li><\/ul>
                                    • Kumar, R., Dhansu, P., Kulshreshtha, N., Meena, M. R., Kumaraswamy, M. H<\/strong>., Appunu, C., … & Pandey, S. K. (2023). Identification of salinity tolerant stable sugarcane cultivars using AMMI, GGE and some other stability parameters under multi environments of salinity stress.\u00a0Sustainability<\/em>,\u00a015<\/em>(2), 1119.<\/li><\/ul>
                                      • Yathish, K. R., Karjagi, C. G., Gangoliya, S. S., Kumar, A., Preeti, J., Yadav, K.,Mahadeva swamy<\/strong> … & Gadag, R. N. (2022). Introgression of the low phytic acid locus (lpa2) into elite maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds through marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB).\u00a0Euphytica<\/em>,\u00a0218<\/em>(9), 127.<\/li><\/ul>
                                        • Kale, R. R., Durga Rani, C. V., Anila, M., Mahadeva Swamy, H. K.<\/strong>, Bhadana, V. P., Senguttuvel, P., … & Sundaram, R. M. (2021). Novel major QTLs associated with low soil phosphorus tolerance identified from the Indian rice landrace, Wazuhophek.\u00a0PLoS One<\/em>,\u00a016<\/em>(7), e0254526.<\/li><\/ul>
                                          • Anila, M., Mahadeva Swamy, H. K<\/strong>., Kale, R. R., Bhadana, V. P., Anantha, M. S., Brajendra, … & Sundaram, R. M. (2018). Breeding lines of the Indian mega-rice variety, MTU 1010, possessing protein kinase OsPSTOL (Pup1), show better root system architecture and higher yield in soils with low phosphorus.\u00a0Molecular Breeding<\/em>,\u00a038<\/em>, 1-9.<\/li><\/ul>
                                            • Valarmathi, R., Mahadevaswamy, H. K<\/strong>., Ulaganathan, V., Appunu, C., Karthigeyan, S., & Pazhany, A. S. (2022). Assessing the genetic diversity and population structure of world germplasm collection of Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet using sequence-related amplified polymorphic markers.\u00a0Sugar Tech<\/em>, 1-10.<\/li><\/ul>

                                              Abstracts presented in Symposiums\/ Conferences for oral and poster presentations:<\/strong><\/p>

                                              • Mahadeva Swamy HK<\/strong>, Hemaprabha G, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Manimekalai R, Vinith N, Gopalareddy K. 2024. Molecular diversity and population structure of the drought panel and identification of markers associated with drought tolerance in sugarcane. ISSCT 13th<\/sup> Germplasm & Breeding \/ 10th<\/sup> Molecular Biology Workshop, 8-12 July 2024, Coimbatore, India, pp-34.<\/li>
                                              • Maahdeva swamy HK<\/strong>, Hemaprabha G, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Manimekalai R, Visvanathan R, Malathi P,\u00a0 Mahesh Kumar E, Vinith, Prabakaran AJ, Anna Durai A, Sreenivasa V. 2024. Development of association mapping panel and Identification of markers for red rot resistance in sugarcane. R. Viswanathan, Dinesh Singh, Dinesh Singh, S.K. Goswami, Chandramani Raj, Shweta Singh, Lalan Sharma, K. K. Biswas, Arun Baitha and Rahul Kumar Tiwari (eds). National Conference on Plant Health for Food Security: Threats and Promises, 1-3 February 2024, ICAR- Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, pp 115-116<\/li><\/ul>
                                                • Maahdeva swamy HK<\/strong>, Hemaprabha G, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Manimekalai R, Visvanathan R, Malathi P,\u00a0 Mahesh Kumar E, Vinith, Prabakaran AJ, Anna Durai A, Sreenivasa V. 2023. Identification of molecular markers associated with red rot resistance in sugarcane. Gomathi, et al (Eds.) Proceedings of the National Seminar on Research Imperatives for Sustaining Sugarcane, Sugar and Ethanol Production (SugarSem-2023), 25 August 2023, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. p. 1-162.<\/li><\/ul>
                                                  • Mahadevaswamy HK<\/strong>, Bhadana VP, Ravindra R Kale, Anila M, Brajendra P, Balachiranjeevi CH, Bhaskar S, Hajira SK, Pranathi K, Abhilash Kumar V, Dhanalaxmi D, Harika G, Dilipkumar T, LaxmiPrasanna B, Rekha G , MBVN Kousik, Ayyappa Dass.M, Chaitra. K, Balachandran SM, Surekha K, Anantha MS, Fiyaz A, Suneetha K, Gireesh C, Cheralu. V ,Sundaram RM. 2017. Screening of rice germplasm for tolerance to low soil phosphorus and identification of novel donors devoid of Pup1<\/em>. National Conference on Technological Challenges in Social, Environmental and Agricultural Reforms- TECHSEAR2017 Sept 9-10 Hyderabad. Crop Improvement. TECHSEAR\u00a017-PP 36. PP-145<\/li><\/ul>
                                                    • Mahadeva swamy HK<\/strong>, Anila M, Ravindra K , Bhadana VP, Brajendra, Reddy TD, Dhanalaxmi D, Vinod kumar B, Hajira Sk, Balachiranjeevi CH, Abhilash V, Bhaskar S, Rekha G, Pranathi K, Harika G, Dilip T, Yugander A, Surekha K, Laha GS and Sundaram RM. 2015. Marker-assisted transfer of the QTL conferring tolerance to low soil phosphorus, Pup1 to the elite, high yielding, bacterial blight resistant rice variety, Improved Samba Mahsuri. International rice symposium- IRS2015 nov 18-20 Hyderabad. Genetic gains. P-356. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>
                                                      • K. Mahadeva Swamy<\/strong>, V. Ulaganathan, R. Arun Kumar, S. Karthigeyan, Adhini S. Pazhany and R. Valarmathi. Identification of new genetic resources for drought stress tolerance from wild sugarcane germplasm. National Seminar on Abiotic stress management (NSASM, 2018) organized by Department of Crop Physiology, TNAU during\u00a0October 25-26, 2018<\/li>
                                                      • Valarmathi, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy<\/strong>, V. Ulaganathan, C. Mahadevaiah and C. Appunu. Unravelling drought adaptive root plasticity in sugarcane germplasm. National Seminar on Abiotic stress management (NSASM, 2018) organized by Department of Crop Physiology, TNAU during\u00a0October 25-26, 2018<\/li><\/ul>
                                                        • Anila M, Mahadeva swamy HK, Bhadana VP, Brajendra, Hajira SK, Pranathi K, Balachiranjeevi CH, Dhanalaxmi D, Vinod kumar B, Bhaskar B, Abhilash V, Rekha G, Harika G, Dilip T, Balachandran SM, Neeraja CN, Mangrathia SK, Madhav MS and Sundaram RM. 2016. Introgression of Low soil phosphorus tolerance QTL- Pup1<\/em> into elite Rice varieties- MTU1010 and IR-64 through Marker-assisted back cross breeding. ECOASPECT 2016. Hyderabad.- [Oral]<\/li>
                                                        • Anila M, Mahadeva swamy HK<\/strong>, Bhadana VP, Brajendra, Hajira SK, Pranathi K, Balachiranjeevi CH, Dhanalaxmi D, Vinod kumar B, Bhaskar B, Abhilash V, Rekha G, Harika G, Dilip T, Balachandran SM, Neeraja CN, Mangrathia SK, Madhav MS and Sundaram RM. 2015. Improvement of an elite variety IR64 for tolerance to soil phosphorus through Marker-assisted introgression of Pup1. International rice symposium- irs2015 nov 18-20 Hyderabad. Genetic gains. IRS15 \u2013PP 473. P-319.<\/li><\/ul>
                                                          • Sundaram RM, Madhav MS, Neeraja CN, Mangrautia SK, Balachandran SM, Laha GS, Prasad MS, Krishnaveni D, Katti G, Padmakumari AP, Jhansilakshmi V, Bhadana VP, Suneetha K, Hariprasad AS, Senguttuvel P, Kemparaju B, Reddy GA, Subba Rao LV, Ravindrababu V, Rani NS, Bentur JS, Viraktamath BC, Hajira Sk, Yugander A, Abhilash V, Madhavi Latha, Balachiranjeevi CH, Bhaskar S, Rekha G, Harika G, Dileep T, Mahadevaswamy HK<\/strong>, Anila M, Pranathi K and Srikkanth BIndian. 2015. International rice symposium- irs2015 nov 18-20 hyderabad. Genetic gains. IRS15 \u2013 OP597. P- 162<\/li><\/ul>
                                                            • Makadeva swamy HK<\/strong>, Govindaraj P, Laksmipathy T. 2017. Assessing the drought tolerance potential of ISH and IGH clones using various drought indices. In proceedings of International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co205: 100 years and beyond. Eds. Hemaprabha G, Vishwanathan R, Ramasubramanian T, Bhaskaran A, Mohanraj K, and Bakshi Ram. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore. Pp:660-662<\/li><\/ul>
                                                              • Sreenivasa V, Govindaraj P, Mahadeva swamy HK<\/strong>. 2017. Evaluation of Saccharum and Erianthus introgressed hybrids for juice quality, cane fibre and biomass production. In proceedings of International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co205: 100 years and beyond. Eds. Hemaprabha G, Vishwanathan R, Ramasubramanian T, Bhaskaran A, Mohanraj K, and Bakshi Ram. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore. Pp:<\/li><\/ul>
                                                                • Laksmipathy T, Govindaraj P, Makadeva swamy HK<\/strong>. 2017. Identification of drought tolerant ISH and IGH clones in sugarcane (Saccharum<\/em>). In proceedings of International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co205: 100 years and beyond. Eds. Hemaprabha G, Vishwanathan R, Ramasubramanian T, Bhaskaran A, Mohanraj K, and Bakshi Ram. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore. Pp:47-49<\/li><\/ul>
                                                                  • Vinu, V., Lakshmi Pathy, T and Mahadevaswamy, H. K.<\/strong> Phenotypic divergence among Saccharumspontaneum clones. In: Hemaprabha G., Viswanathan, R., Ramasubramanian, T., Bhaskaran, A., Mohanraj, K. and Bakshi Ram (Eds.). 2017. Proceedings of International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co 205: Hundred Years and Beyond, September 18-21, 2017, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore, India. pp. 25-28.<\/li><\/ul>
                                                                    • Mahadeviah C, Hemaprabha G, Anna Durai A, Adhini Pazhany, Mahadeva swamy HK<\/strong>. 2017. Evaluation of progenies derived from genetically diverse crosses based on coefficient of coancestry revealed their association and nature of gene action for number of millable cane, cane thickness and brix in sugarcane. In proceedings of International Symposium on Sugarcane Research Since Co205: 100 years and beyond. Eds. Hemaprabha G, Vishwanathan R, Ramasubramanian T, Bhaskaran A, Mohanraj K, and Bakshi Ram. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore. Pp:196-198<\/li><\/ul>
                                                                      • Valarmathi, H.K. Mahadeva Swamy<\/strong>, K.Preeti, C. Mahadevaiah and C. Appunu. Drought adaptive root anatomical phenes in sugarcane germplasm: Targets for crop improvement.Indian Plant science congress. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, January 23-25, 2019<\/li><\/ul>

                                                                        Books<\/strong><\/p>

                                                                        • Suresha, Giriyapura Shivalingamurthy, Gopalareddy Krishnappa, Murali Palanichamy, Huskur<\/strong> Kumaraswamy Mahadeva Swamy<\/strong>, Hari Kuppusamy, and Hemaprabha Govindakurup, eds. Value Addition and Product Diversification in Sugarcane. Springer Nature Singapore, 2024.<\/li><\/ul>

                                                                          Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>

                                                                          • Bhadana VP, Sundaram RM, Brajendra, Mahadeva swamy HK<\/strong>, Kota S and Senguttuvel P. Development of\u00a0 Nutrient\u00a0 Use\u00a0 Efficient\u00a0 Genotypes: In Advances in Nutrient\u00a0 Dynamics\u00a0 in\u00a0 Soil\u00a0 –\u00a0 Plant\u00a0 System\u00a0 for\u00a0 Improving\u00a0 Nutrient\u00a0 Use\u00a0 Eds. Elanchezhian R, Biswas AK, Ramesh K, and Patra AK. New India Publishing Agency. Pp 189-196.<\/li><\/ul>
                                                                            • Suresha, Giriyapura Shivalingamurthy, Hari Kuppusamy, Murali Palanichamy, Lavanya Rajamani, Kalaiselvi Kalaimani, Gopalareddy Krishnappa, Rangappa Thimmaiah Maruthi, Swamy, H.K.M<\/strong>., Amaresh, Vinayaka and Kandasamy, E. “Sugarcane Fibre as Dietary Supplement, Health Benefits and Applications in Functional Foods.” In Value Addition and Product Diversification in Sugarcane, pp. 323-335. Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2024.<\/li><\/ul>
                                                                              • Valarmathi, R., Mahadeva Swamy, H. K<\/strong>., Appunu, C., Kambale, R., & Sudhagar, R. (2023). Anatomy of tolerance mechanisms in sugarcane crop to abiotic stresses. In Agro-industrial Perspectives on Sugarcane Production under Environmental Stress (pp. 107-121). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                                                                Scientist Profile Dr H.K. Mahadevaswamy Scientist (Plant Breeding) E-mail : mahadevaswamy.hk@icar.org.in, maddygkvk@gmail.com Research interests and current focus Breeding Superior Sugarcane Varieties of Different Maturity with Improved Cane Yield, Quality and Resistance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses for Tropical Conditions Development of molecular markers associated with red rot, drought and rust Exploration and collection of sugarcane germplasm and pre-breeding to develop trait-specific genetic stocks for red rot resistance and drought tolerance\u00a0 Membership in professional societies Life member for the society for Sugarcane Research and Development Life member of Indian Society of Genetics and Plant Breeding Life member for Indian Society of Plant Breeders List of current externally funded projects Title: Enhancing Sugar Productivity in Tamil Nadu through InstituteIndustry Approach (SISMA-TN funded-SWEET BLOOM 2.0) as Co-PI Agency: SISMA-TN Amount: 53 lakhs Title: Identification of suitable location specific sugarcane varieties for commercial cultivation under different agro-climatic situations in India As Co-PI Agency: ISMA Amount: 750 lakhs Awards and honours Received Young Scientist award, by Bharathiya Sugars Society, Pune, Maharashtra, India Research Publications Swamy, HK Mahadeva, M. Anila, Ravindra R. Kale, V. P. Bhadana, M. S. Anantha, P. Brajendra, S. K. Hajira\u2026 RM sundaram l. “Phenotypic and molecular characterization of rice germplasm lines and identification of novel source for low soil phosphorus tolerance in rice.”\u00a0Euphytica215, no. 7 (2019): 118. Swamy, HK Mahadeva, M. Anila, R. R. Kale, G. Rekha, V. P. Bhadana, M. S. Anantha, P. Brajendra,\u2026, RM sundaram. “Marker assisted improvement of low soil phosphorus tolerance in the bacterial blight resistant, fine-grain type rice variety, Improved Samba Mahsuri.”\u00a0Scientific reports10, no. 1 (2020): 21143. Govindaraj, P., and HK Mahadeva Swamy*. “Expedition for the collection and conservation of saline and waterlogging tolerant sugarcane wild germplasm from West Bengal and Assam.”\u00a0Sugar Tech(2021): 1-16. Mahadevaiah, C., Prakash Hapase, V. Sreenivasa, Ramesh Hapase, HK Mahadeva Swamy, C. Anilkumar, K. Mohanraj, G. Hemaprabha, and Bakshi Ram. “Delineation of genotype\u00d7 environment interaction for identification of stable genotypes for tillering phase drought stress tolerance in sugarcane.”\u00a0Scientific reports11, no. 1 (2021): 18649. Valarmathi, R., K. Mahadevaswamy, V. Ulaganathan, C. Appunu, S. Karthigeyan, and Adhini S. Pazhany. “Assessing the genetic diversity and population structure of world germplasm collection of Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet using sequence-related amplified polymorphic markers.”\u00a0Sugar Tech(2022): 1-10. Valarmathi, R., K. Mahadeva Swamy, C. Appunu, G. S. Suresha, K. Mohanraj, G. Hemaprabha, C. Mahadevaiah, and V. Ulaganathan. “Comparative transcriptome profiling to unravel the key molecular signalling pathways and drought adaptive plasticity in shoot borne root system of sugarcane.”\u00a0Scientific Reports13, no. 1 (2023): 12853. Kumar, R., Meena, M. R., Dhansu, P., Chhabra, M. L., Appunu, C., Sreenivasa, V., … & Amaresh. (2025). Disclosure of productive and stable sugarcane genotypes for cane yield and quality traits using various stability statistics.\u00a0Tropical Plant Biology,\u00a018(1), 11. Alarmelu, S., Sheelamary, S., Anusheela, V., Kumar, R. A., Vasantha, S., Mahadeva Swamy, H. K., & Durai, A. A. (2025). Identification of Drought Tolerance Indicators in Interspecific Hybrid Derivatives of Saccharum spp Using Membership Function Value of Drought Tolerance (MFVD).\u00a0Sugar Tech, 1-13. Appunu, C., Hemaprabha, G., Sreenivasa, V., Durai, A. A., Mohanraj, K., Elayaraja, K., .Mahadeva swamy HK .. & Ram, B. (2024). Evaluation of sugarcane genotypes (Saccharum sp. hybrid) for multi-trait stability analysis across diverse environments.\u00a0Industrial Crops and Products,\u00a0219, 118993. Naveenarani, M., Swamy, H. K. M., Surya Krishna, S., Mahadevaiah, C., Valarmathi, R., Manickavasagam, M., … & Appunu, C. (2023). Isolation and characterization of Erianthus arundinaceus phosphate transporter 1 (PHT1) gene promoter and 5\u2032 deletion analysis of transcriptional regulation regions under phosphate stress in transgenic tobacco.\u00a0Plants,\u00a012(21), 3760. Nithya, K., Parameswari, B., Kumar, S., Annadurai, A., Nithyanantham, R., Mahadevaswamy, H. K., & Viswanathan, R. (2023). Prospecting true ScYLV resistance in Saccharum hybrid parental population in India by symptom phenotyping and viral titre quantification.\u00a03 Biotech,\u00a013(5), 125. Mahadevaiah, C., Vignesh, P., Appunu, C., Valarmathi, R., Dhansu, P., Kumar, A.,Mahadeva swamy HK … & Kumar, R. (2023). Physiological characterization of tripidium arundinaceum and sugarcane (Saccharum spp.) germplasm for salinity stress tolerance at the formative stage.\u00a0Sustainability,\u00a015(8), 6962. Kumar, R., Dhansu, P., Kulshreshtha, N., Meena, M. R., Kumaraswamy, M. H., Appunu, C., … & Pandey, S. K. (2023). Identification of salinity tolerant stable sugarcane cultivars using AMMI, GGE and some other stability parameters under multi environments of salinity stress.\u00a0Sustainability,\u00a015(2), 1119. Yathish, K. R., Karjagi, C. G., Gangoliya, S. S., Kumar, A., Preeti, J., Yadav, K.,Mahadeva swamy … & Gadag, R. N. (2022). Introgression of the low phytic acid locus (lpa2) into elite maize (Zea mays L.) inbreds through marker-assisted backcross breeding (MABB).\u00a0Euphytica,\u00a0218(9), 127. Kale, R. R., Durga Rani, C. V., Anila, M., Mahadeva Swamy, H. K., Bhadana, V. P., Senguttuvel, P., … & Sundaram, R. M. (2021). Novel major QTLs associated with low soil phosphorus tolerance identified from the Indian rice landrace, Wazuhophek.\u00a0PLoS One,\u00a016(7), e0254526. Anila, M., Mahadeva Swamy, H. K., Kale, R. R., Bhadana, V. P., Anantha, M. S., Brajendra, … & Sundaram, R. M. (2018). Breeding lines of the Indian mega-rice variety, MTU 1010, possessing protein kinase OsPSTOL (Pup1), show better root system architecture and higher yield in soils with low phosphorus.\u00a0Molecular Breeding,\u00a038, 1-9. Valarmathi, R., Mahadevaswamy, H. K., Ulaganathan, V., Appunu, C., Karthigeyan, S., & Pazhany, A. S. (2022). Assessing the genetic diversity and population structure of world germplasm collection of Erianthus arundinaceus (Retz.) Jeswiet using sequence-related amplified polymorphic markers.\u00a0Sugar Tech, 1-10. Abstracts presented in Symposiums\/ Conferences for oral and poster presentations: Mahadeva Swamy HK, Hemaprabha G, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Manimekalai R, Vinith N, Gopalareddy K. 2024. Molecular diversity and population structure of the drought panel and identification of markers associated with drought tolerance in sugarcane. ISSCT 13th Germplasm & Breeding \/ 10th Molecular Biology Workshop, 8-12 July 2024, Coimbatore, India, pp-34. Maahdeva swamy HK, Hemaprabha G, Mohanraj K, Appunu C, Manimekalai R, Visvanathan R, Malathi P,\u00a0 Mahesh Kumar E, Vinith, Prabakaran AJ, Anna Durai A, Sreenivasa V. 2024. Development of association mapping panel and Identification of markers for red rot resistance in sugarcane. R. Viswanathan, Dinesh Singh, Dinesh Singh, S.K. Goswami, Chandramani Raj, Shweta Singh, Lalan Sharma, K. K. Biswas, Arun Baitha and Rahul Kumar Tiwari (eds). 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