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Crop Production

Scientist

ajith.m93@icar.org.in

ajith9966@gmail.com

8383841149, 9207373650

Ph.D

Agricultural Chemicals


Academic Fellowships
1 ICAR- NTS Scholarship for B.Sc. programme (2012-2016)
2 AIR-30 (OBC-10th) (Physical Science) in ICAR-AIEEA Examination in Physical Science with ICAR-IARI Merit Fellowship, for M.Sc Programme 2016
3 AIR-04 (Agricultural Chemicals), ICAR-IARI Merit Fellowship for pursuing Ph.D. Programme -2018
4 Qualified ICAR - National Eligibility Test with 54.67% (Agricultural Chemicals)-2019
5 Qualified UGC - National Eligibility Test (Environmental Science)-2019

Professional Appointments

Scientist, Selected through ASRB ARS Examination-2023

Honors and Awards
 Life membership for Society of Pesticide Science India 
• Experience relating to analysis of pesticide using modern sophisticated analytical instruments such as GLC, GC-FID, GC-MS, HPLC, FT-IR, UV-VIS, NMR, HRMS.

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  Publications
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Ajith, M, Pankaj, Shakil, N. A., Kaushik, P., & Rana, V. S. (2020). Chemical composition and nematicidal activity of essential oils and their major compounds against Meloidogyne graminicola (Rice Root-Knot Nematode). Journal of Essential Oil Research, 32(6), 526-535.

NAAS- 8.20

2 Ajith, M., Kaushik, P., Shakil, N. A., & Rana, V. S. (2021). Efficacy of Essential Oils and Their Major Compounds against Meloidogyne graminicola (Rice Root-Knot Nematode) in Pots and Field Trials. Indian Journal of Nematology, 51(2), 102-108.
NAAS- 5.23
3 Ajith, M., Kaushik, P., Shakil, N. A., & Rana, V. S. (2022). Efficacy of Essential Oils from geranium (Pelargonium graveolens), citronella (Cymbopogon nadus) and major compounds against Meloidogyne graminicola in Pot and Field conditions. Indian Journal of Nematology, 52, (2), 149-154.
NAAS- 5.23
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Ajith, M., Kailashpati Tripathi, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Parshant Kaushik, Virendra Singh Rana, Najam Akhtar Shakil, Pushpendra Koli, and Yonglin Ren (2024). "Nematicidal Efficacy of Cymbopogon nardus, Pelargonium graveolens Essential Oils and Annona squamosa Extract against Meloidogyne incognita and M. graminicola." BioResources 19, (4), 9685-9707.

NAAS- 7.50

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Manikyanahalli Chandrashekara Keerthi, Sachin Suresh Suroshe, Sagar Doddachowdappa, Kadanakuppe Thammayya Shivakumara, Hosapura Shekhararaju Mahesha, Virendra Singh Rana, Ankita Gupta, Ajith Murukesan, Ryan Casini, Hosam Elansary, and Najam Akhtar Shakil (2023).  Bio-Intensive Tactics for the Management of Invasive Fall Armyworm for Organic Maize Production. Plants-Basel, 12, 685. 

NAAS rating=10.66  

6 Kundu Riya1, Shakil Najam Akhtar, Rana Virendra Singh, Tripathi Kailash Pati, Ajith M, Kamil Deeba, Kaushik Parshant. Synthesis and Antifungal Activity of Enaminone Derivatives against Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium oxysporum, Pesticide Research Journal, 36 (1), 10-16 (2024).                                                                     
NAAS rating=5.49
  Book Chapters
Ajith. M*, Dinesh Kumar Yadav, Kailash Pati Tripathi, Sameer Ranjan Misra: Recently Developed Technologies for Waste Water Treatment in Industries: Journal in Agricultural Sciences Plant Protection; Volume: 18, Issue: 6, (Published in: Nov / 2019)-Agrobios online popular article.
Ajith. M*, Abran Singh Kushwah, Kailashpati Tripathi, Virendra Singh Rana and Dinesh Kumar Yadav." Role of Microbial Endophytes in Plant Defense and Nematicidal Activity of Plant Extracts": Book Chapter Entitled "Advances in Agriculture Sciences, Volume 46, Reference no. AAS-46-08, (Accepted in Feb/2024)-Akinik Publications
Ajith. M*, Kailashpati Tripathi, Virendra Singh Rana, Parshant Kaushik, Partha Chandra Mondal and Dinesh Kumar Yadav." Fungal Biofilms: Target for Development of Newer Fungicides". Book Chapter Entitled Advances in Essential Oils and Natural Products (Volume - 4), Reference no. AEONP-04-02, (Accepted in Mar/2024)-Akinik Publications.