1.      Developed Package of practices on 4 industrially important bamboo species in India as first author (Guadua angustifolia, Dendrocalamus brandisii, Dendrocalamus stocksii, Bambusa balcooa)

 Guadua angustifolia Kunth: Potential Bamboo species for Humid Tropics of Peninsular India. IWST Technical Bulletin No.9. IWST publication, Bangalore. 2012

• Dendrocalamus brandisii — An ideal bamboo species for domestication in humid tropics. IWST Technical Bulletin No.12. IWST publication, Bangalore. 2013
• Dendrocalamus stocksii (Munro.): A potential multipurpose bamboo species for Peninsular India. IWST Technical Bulletin No.11. IWST publication, Bangalore. 2013
• Bambusa balcooa Roxb.: A multi-utility bamboo for domestication. KSCSTE-Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi publication. 2021

 2.      Around 30 publications on bamboo and 5 short videos on Bamboo in Youtube. Guided 7 students for Ph.D in bamboo related topics

 3.      Practicing bamboo cultivation in own farm (Vanasree farms, Thenkurissi, Palakkad). Around 750 clumps of bamboo which are in the fourth year of maturity. Species include B.balcooa, B.polymorpha, D.stocksii, D,strictus (erect var), B,tulda,  B,cacharensis. Also have experience in raising bamboo plantations in Karnatak, Kerala, Punjab in more than 200acres

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