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Research Projects

List of ongoing Research Projects as on 1st March 2007

Sl No

Project
No.

Title of the project

Principal Investigator

Duration

Funding Agency

From

To

1

KFRI 340/2000

Taxonomy of Micro lepedoptera

Mathew G

2000 Apr

2007 Mar

MOEF

2

KFRI 358/2000

Taxonomy of bamboos

Kumar M

2000 Apr

2007 Mar

MOEF

3

KFRI 359/2000

Taxonomy of palms (Component of an All India Coordinated Project, coordinated by Dr. C. Renuka)

Renuka C

2000 May

2007 Apr

MOEF

4

KFRI 361/2000

Quantitative inventory of non-wood forest products in Northern Kerala

Sasidharan N

2000 Jun

2007 May

KFD [Dev.]

5

KFRI 392/2003

Micropropagation of three selected species of bamboo

Muralidharan EM

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

6

KFRI 395/2003

Standardization of technology for edible bamboos in Kerala

Muktesh Kumar

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

7

KFRI 396/2003

Standardization of nursery and plantation techniques of mahogany with particular reference to soil, nutrition and shoot borer incidence

Thomas P Thomas

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

8

KFRI 399/2003

Demonstrating the effect of controlling the teak defoliator on volume increment in teak in the permanent plots established at Nilambur

Sajeev TV

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

9

KFRI 401/2003

Productivity and growth studies on sympodial bamboos and establishment of a monopodial Bambusetum

Pandalai RC

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

10

KFRI 402/2003

Establishment of an arboretum of rare and characteristic species of the moist deciduous forests of Kerala

Nair KKN

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

11

KFRI 403/2003

Growth and yield studies in species trial plots established by KFRI

Chandrashekara UM

2003 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

12

KFRI 404/2003

Development of conservation strategies for selected, endangered rattan species of the Western Ghats

Renuka C

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

13

KFRI 405/2003

Phytochemical characterization and evaluation of the medicinal plant Moovila for resource enhancement

Sasidharan N

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

14

KFRI 408/2003

Appropriate technology for production of charcoal and activated carbon from bamboo

Dhamodaran TK

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

15

KFRI 409/2003

Standardization of bamboo cultivation practices for homesteads of Kerala

Nandakumar UN

2003 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

16

KFRI 410/2003

Commercial volume tables for selected home garden trees of Kerala

Krishnankutty CN

2003 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

17

KFRI 415/2003

Maintenance of provenance trial plots of eucalypts and acacia and development of new clones for establishment of Clonal Multiplication Area (CMA)

Maria Florence EJ

2003 Aug

2008 Jul

KFRI Plan Grants

18

KFRI 420/2004

Water and light use characteristics of the vegetation in the different strata of a tropical moist deciduous forest

Kallarackal J

2004 Jan

2007 April

MoEnF, Govt. of India

19

KFRI 421/2004

Land use change and its impact on selected biophysical and socio-economic aspects of Karuvannur river basin in Thrissur District of Kerala

Muraleedharan PK

2004 Feb

2007 Jan

MoEnF, Govt. of India

20

KFRI 423/2004

Establishment of Butterfly garden at Nilambur

Mathew, G

2004 Jan

2007 Mar

Plan Grants

21

KFRI 425/2004

Development of transgenic teak resistant to lepidopteran defoliators

Muralidharan EM

2004 Feb

2007 Jan

DBT, Govt. of India

22

KFRI 426/2004

Establishment of a Bioresources Nature Trail in the Kerala part of Western Ghats

Chandrashekara UM

2004 Mar

2007 Feb

DBT, Govt. of India

23

KFRI 428/2004

Conservation of critically endangered tree Syzygium palghatense Gamble (Myrtaceae) of the Western Ghats of Kerala

Yesodharan K

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

Planning & Economic Affairs Dept.

24

KFRI 429/2004

Computerised database on Kerala forest resources and data retreival system

Sivaram M

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

Planning & Economic Affairs Dept.

25

KFRI 430/2004

Potential of using coir geo-textiles in a highly degraded area in the Western Ghats for improving the soil and productivity

Balagopalan M

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

Planning & Economic Affairs Dept.

25

KFRI 431/2004

Modelling the growth of teak in relation to soil conditions in the Kerala part of the Western Ghats

Rugmini P

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

Planning & Economic Affairs Dept.

27

KFRI 432/2004

Establishment of ex-situ gardens of species of Dalbergia and monocotyledons in Bioresources Nature Trail in the Kerala part of Western Ghats

Chandrashekara UM

2004 Apr

2009 Mar

Planning & Economic Affairs Dept.

28

KFRI 433/2004

Micropropagation of superior clones of teak for the Western Ghats of Kerala

Muralidharan EM

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

Planning & Economic Affairs Dept.

29

KFRI 434/2004

Vegetative propagation of selected medicinal plants for enrichment of resources

Surendran T

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFD

30

KFRI 435/2004

The raw drugs requirement of Ayurvedic medicine manufacturing industry in Keala

N Sasidharan

2004 Apr

2006 Mar

State Medicinal Plant Board, Govt. of Kerala

31

KFRI 437/2004

Genetic variability in teak clones using DNA marker technology

Balasundaran M

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

32

KFRI 438/2004

Improvement of teak through genetic evaluation

Indira EP

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

33

KFRI 439/2004

Growth of field planted teak clones at Karulai

Surendran T

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

34

KFRI 440/2004

Enriching of live collections of wild orchids and ferns of Kerala and preparation of an illustrated manual

Muktesh Kumar

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

35

KFRI 441/2003

Enrichment of insect and microbial culture collections at KFRI

George Mathew

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

36

KFRI 442/2004

Habitat enrichment in the butterfly garden at KFRI campus, Peechi

George Mathew

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

37

KFRI 443/2004

Strengthening and computerization of KFRI Herbarium

Yesodharan K

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

38

KFRI 444/2004

Strengthening and enriching the Palmetum

Renuka C

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

39

KFRI 445/2004

Strengthening medicinal plants garden in the Peechi campus

Sasidharan N

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

40

KFRI 446/2004

Ecology and behaviour of arboreal mammals of Nelliampathy forests

Ramachandran KK

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

41

KFRI 447/2004

Forest dynamics in four one-hectare permanent plots in natural forests

Swarupanandan K

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

42

KFRI 448/2004

A handbook of lesser known timbers

Bhat KM

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

43

KFRI 449/2004

Participatory Forest Management and ecodevelopment alternatives: Initiatives and challenges in Kerala

Mammen Chundamannil

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

44

KFRI 450/2004

Comparison of prediction models developed by statistical and neural network techniques in applied forestry research

Sivaram M

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

45

KFRI 452/2004

Mapping biodiversity of the Myristica swamps in southern Kerala

Vijayakumaran Nair PV

2004 Apr

2007 Mar

MoEnF, Govt. of India

46

KFRI 453/2004

Micropropagation of Bambusa balcooa and Dendrocalamus giganteus

Muralidharan EM

2004 May

2007 Mar

DBT, Govt. of India

47

KFRI 454/2003

Ecological studies to conserve and rehabilitate the mangrove vegetation in the coastal landscapes of Kerala

Swarupanandan K

2004 May

2007 Mar

MoEnF, Govt. of India

48

KFRI 455/2004

Forests and agricultural ecosystem analysis to assess ecosystem health and to identify rehabilitation strategies in the Kerala part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Chandrashekara UM

2004 May

2007 Mar

MoEnF, Govt. of India

49

KFRI 457/2004

Field perfomance of mirco and macro propagated planting stock of selected five commercially important bamboo species

Seethalakshmi KK

2004 July

2007 Jun

DBT, Govt. of India

50

KFRI 458/2004

Water use by Eucalyptus grandis in comparison with rice fields and grass lands located in the downhill area of Mannavan Shola in the Western Ghats of Kerala

Kallarackal J

2004 Sep

2007 Mar

KFD(Dev)

51

KFRI 459/2004

Biotechnological approaches for improvement of plant species with special reference to pulp and paper

Bhat KM

2004 Sep

2007 Oct

CSIR (NMITI)

52

KFRI 460/2004

Production of quality planting material for rare medicinal plants of commercial importance

Sasidharan N

2004 Nov

2007 Oct

National Medicinal Plant Board

53

KFRI 461/2004

Use of bioprotectant against fungal deterioration of rubber wood

Maria Florence EJ

2004 Dec

2007 Nov

DBT,Govt of India

54

KFRI 463/2004

Mapping and quantitative assessment of geographic distribution and the population status of plant resources of the Western Ghats

Menon ARR

2004 Dec

2008 Nov

DBT,Govt of India

55

KFRI 465/2005

Ecology and behaviour of owls in the Western Ghats and developing a habitat model for their Conservation

Jayson EA

2005 Feb

2008 Jan

MoEnF, Govt. of India

56

KFRI 470/2005

Developing appropriate technology for community level production of charcoal and activated carbon from coconut stem wood and shell for industrial use

Dhamodaran T.K

2005 June

2008 May

Coconut Development Board, Kochi, Kerala

57

KFRI 471/2005

Regeneration study of selected Terminalias in Kerala

Chandrasekhara Pillai PK

2005 April

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

58

KFRI 472/2005

Genetic diversity and conservation of teak

Indira EP

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

59

KFRI 473/2005

Recording of weather data at different centers of KFRI

Jose Kallarackal

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

60

KFRI 474/2005

Establishment of a Clonal Multiplication Area for teak

Surendran T

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

61

KFRI 475/2005

Genetic diversity assessment of captive Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) population at Guruvayur elephant camp using microsatellite DNA markers

Balasundaran M

2005 Apr

2006 Dec

KFRI Plan Grants

62

KFRI 476/2005

Improving sandal population in Marayur sandal reserves through assisted natural regeneration and planting improved seedlings and clones

Balasundaran M

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

63

KFRI 477/2005

Studies on the growth performance of the rattan species under plantations

Renuka C

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

64

KFRI 478/2005

Documentation and conservation of small mammals of the sacred groves of Kerala State, Peninsular India

Padmanabhan P

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

65

KFRI 479/2005

Identification of mammals based on hair structure, flesh, tissue and preparation of a manual

Ramachandran KK

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

66

KFRI 480/2005

Preparation of illustrated keys on the macrolichens of Kerala

Mukteshkumar MS

2005 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

67

KFRI 481/2005

Status of critically endangered species, Malabar Civet Viverra megaspila civettina Blyth, 1862 in the South Western Ghats

Jayson EA

2005 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

68

KFRI 482/2005

Ecology and economics of riverine ecosystems and possibilities of their improvement and management: A case study of the Thalipparamba River, Kannur Dt., Kerala

Swarupanandan K

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

69

KFRI 483/2005

Enrichment of microbial culture collections at KFRI

Mohanan C

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

70

KFRI 484/2005

Bamboo for affordable shelter: Demonstration of appropriate construction practices and construction of durable model Bamboo House

Dhamodaran TK

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

71

KFRI 485/2005

Developing an innovative industrial technology of shockwave-assisted protection of bamboo against fungi and insect borers

Dhamodaran TK

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

72

KFRI 486/2005

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of biologically active principles, Baicalein, Luteolin and Psoralen from Oroxylum indicum, Premna integrifolia and Aegle marmelos respectively and its allied species

Sasidharan N

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

73

KFRI 487/2005

The conservation of mangroves in Kerala: Economic and ecological linkages

Muraleedharan PK

2005 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

74

KFRI 489/2005

Forestry Sector Analysis for the State of Kerala

Jayaraman K

2005 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

75

KFRI 490/2005

Organising educational programmes at Teak Museaum , KFRI Subcentre, Nilambur

Sani Lookose

2005 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

76

KFRI 492/2005

Studies on controlling teak defoliator outbreaks by seeding baculo virus, HpNPV in epicenter populations

Sudheendrakumar VV

2005 Aug

2008 Jul

DBT

77

KFRI 493/2005

Establishment of a Bamboo stand for conservation and sustainable utilization of Arayambu (Pseudoxytenanthera bourdillonii (Gamble) Naithani (Phase II)

Muktesh kumar MS

2005 Aug

2007 Jul

Kerala Forest Department (Dev. Fund)

78

KFRI 494/2005

Multilocational field trials for selected bamboo species in Kerala

Raveendran VP

2005 Aug

2007 Jul

National Mission on Bamboo Applications (NMBA)

79

KFRI 496/2005

Estimation of moisture content in bamboo culms for deriving the weight and price conversion factors

Krishnankutty CN

2005 Nov

2006 Oct

Hindustan Newsprint Ltd. Kottayam

80

KFRI 497/2006

Prelimkinary study for conservation and sustainable utilisation of Erankol, a rare and endemic bamboo of Western Ghats and Koorankolli

Muktesh kumar MS

2006 Jan

2007 Mar

Kerala Forest Department

81

KFRI 498/2006

Improving livelihood of bamboo artisans and bamboo farmers in ten clusters through technological interventions

Seethalakshmi KK

2006 Apr

2009 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

82

KFRI 499/2006

Improving the yield and reducing the rotation age of teak plantations through superior clonal teak

Surendran T

2006 Apr

2011 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

83

KFRI 500/2006

Rehabilitation of 50 ha of sandal reserve in Marayur with improved planting stock resistant to spike disease and high oil content

Balasundaran M

2006 Apr

2011 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

84

KFRI 501/2006

Strengthening and enriching Institute Central Nursery

Pandalai RC

2006 Apr

2009 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

85

KFRI 502/2006

Strengthening and enriching Bambusetum

Pandalai RC

2006 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

86

KFRI 503/2006

Strengthening the ex-situ conservation of evergreen trees

Unni KK

2006 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

87

KFRI 504/2006

Publication of a field guide to the birds of Kerala

Jayson E.A.

2006 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

88

KFRI 505/2006

Strengthening and documentation of Wildlife Museum

Ramachandran K.K.

2006 Apr

2009 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

89

KFRI 506/2006

Strengthening of floristic diversity in the KFRI Subcentre campus through planting and weed management

Chandrashekara UM

2006 Apr

2009 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

90

KFRI 507/2006

Transfer of technology of biological control of the teak defoliator pest to the Kerala Forest Department for field implementation and entrepreneurs for commercial production

Sudheendrakumar VV

2006 Apr

2009 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

91

KFRI 508/2006

Establishement of three model Bioparks through participatory approach for promoting awareness on Nature conservation

George Mathew

2006 Jan

2006 Dec

KFRI Plan Grants

92

KFRI 509/2006

Identification of Santalum album and Osyris lanceolata through morphological and biochemical characteristics and moleclular markers to check adultreration

Bhat KV

2006 Jan

2007 Oct

KFRI Plan Grants

93

KFRI 510/2006

Model watershed :Maintenance, monitoring and outreach

Sankar S

2006 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

94

KFRI 511/2006

Information Compendium on Kerala Forestry Sector

Jayaraman K

2006 Apr

2008 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

95

KFRI 512/2006

Capability development in instrumental methods of analysis

M Balagopalan

2006 Apr

2009 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

96

KFRI 513/2006

Developing a safer (biological) preservative against bamboo borer, based on traditional knowledge

Varma RV

2006 Apr

2007 Dec

KFRI Plan Grants

97

KFRI 514/2006

Mangement and monitoring of growth of coppice crop in the experimental plantations of Eucalyptus treticornis (Kayampoovam & Punnala) and E.grandis (Sooryanelli & Vattavada)

Sankaran KV

2006 Apr

2007 Mar

KFRI Plan Grants

98

KFRI 515/2006

Post harvest protection of bambnoo from insect borers by a technique enhancing starch hydrolisis

Bhat KV

2006 May

2007 Oct

NMBA (Dept. of Science and Technology)

99

KFRI 516/2006

Species recovery of Dipterocarpus bourdillonii and Humboldtia bourdillonii, two critically endangered endemic trees of Western Ghats

Swarupanandan K

2006 Mar

2011 Feb

DBT (Ministry of Science and Technology)

100

KFRI 517/2006

A handbook of the butterflies of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

George Mathew

2006 Jul

2009 Jun

MoEnF

101

KFRI 518/2006

Processing storage and supply of forest tree seeds through KFSC

Pandalai, R.C.

2006 Jul

2007 Jun

KFD

102

KFRI 519/2006

Ecosystem structure and dynamics, biodiversity, human dimensions and their linkages of Eringol Sacred Grove in the Western Ghats of India

Nair, KKN.

2006 Aug

2009 Jul

MoEnF

103

KFRI 520/2006

Linking conservation and forest management with sustainable livelihoods and resource use conflict in Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve

Anitha, V

2006 Aug

2009 Jul

MoEnF

104

KFRI 521/2006

Species recovery plan for Semicarpus kathalakanensis: a critically endangered fresh water swamp species of the Western Ghats

PVK Nair

2006 Sep

2009 Aug

DBT

105

KFRI 522/2006

Tolerance of indigenous forest species to degraded lateritic soils of Kerala

Sujatha MP

2006 Oct

2009 Sep

MoEnF