Dr. S.N. Sudhakara Babu

 
Dr. S.N. Sudhakara Babu
Designation
Principal Scientist
Educational qualification
M.Sc & Ph.D (Agronomy)
Other Roles
Head - Crop Production
Division
Crop Production
Contact Address

Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad,
Telangana, India- 500030

Tel No
040-24598333
E-mail
sudhakarababu.sn@icar.gov.in
Projects completed

Project Leader

  1. Evaluation of Promising Pre-release genotypes of Castor for Agronomic Management. Period: 1992 - 1995.
  2. Integrated Nutrient Management for Sunflower – Groundnut Cropping System. Period: 1995 - 1999.
  3. Integrated Nutrient Management for Sunflower – sorghum cropping system under rainfed conditions. Period: 1998 – 2007
  4. Phosphorus and Zn interaction studies in Sunflower in Alfisols: (2010-2012)
  5. Understanding the causes of branching in sunflower: (2006 to 2013)
  6. Assessment of oilseeds as component crops in emerging cropping systems in Alfisols (2016 to 2018)

A P Cess Fund Project: (as Co-Principal Investigator)

  1. Site specific “Integrated Nutrient Management Practices for Sunflower Based Cropping Systems” (code:30303824053) Period: 2004-2007 (Budget Rs. 16.4721lakhs)
  2. Standardizing Agro-techniques for Sunflower cultivation in Paddy Fallows. Period: 1996 - 2000

Contract research/service Project

  1. Evaluation of SRIDIAMIN, an Amino Acid Formulation on Sunflower and Groundnut. (Sponsor: Srinivasa Cystine LTD.) Year of trial: 1993
  2. Evaluation of Urea Nitro Phosphate on castor and sunflower. (Sponsor: Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.) Year of trial: 1993-94
  3. Delineation of Sulphur deficient areas and evaluation of oilseeds involving cropping systems response to S fertilization (direct and residual) in farmers fields in two districts (Ranga reddy and Mahaboobnagar) of Andhra Pradesh. (Sponsored by TSI/FAI/IFA) Year of trials: 2000-01, 2001-02 and 2002-03. (Budget: Rs. 3.525lakhs)
  4. Assessment of direct and residual effect of Bentonite Sulphur Pastels on sunflower – groundnut cropping system. (Sponsored by Coromondal Fertilizers Pvt. Ltd.) Year of trial: 2003-04 (Budget: Rs. 0.72 lakhs)
  5. Evaluation of PHYTOBACT bio-inoculant on Sunflower. (sponsored by K.N. Biotech, Pvt. Ltd. Hyderabad.) Year of trial: 2004 (Budget: Rs. 0.66 lakhs)
  6. Evaluation of RUDRARAM Fertilizers on Sunflower (sponsored by Rudraram Research Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Medak dist, AP.) Year of trial: Rabi 2004. (Budget: Rs.0.88 lakhs)
  7. Assessment of Bioefficacy of SEF-12 a new sulphur material in sunflower – groundnut cropping system in Alfisols. (sponsored by Ms coromandel Fertilizers Ltd. Secunderabad) Year of trial: 2010-2011 (Budget Rs.2.47lakhs)
  8. Assessment of Bioefficacy of SBZn a new sulphur, Boron and Zinc material on sunflower in Alfisols. (sponsored by Ms coromandel Fertilizers Ltd. Secunderabad) Year of trial: 2012 (Budget Rs. 2.54lakhs)
  9. Assessment of Bioefficacy of NPS (24:24:0:8) a new NPS fertilizer material on sunflower in Alfisols. (sponsored by Ms Coromandel Fertilizers Ltd. Secunderabad) Year of trial: 2012 (Budget Rs. 2.54lakhs)

National Agricultural Technology Project

  1. Identifying Research Gaps In Intercropping System Under Rainfed Conditions In India  Code: ROPS-10 (Lead Centre: CRIDA, Hyderabad) (Cooperating Center Principal Investigator)

         Period: Dec 2000 to Dec 2002 (Budget: Rs. 0.66 lakhs)

NMOOP Project

  1. NMOOP, DAC&FW project on “Area expansion and productivity enhancement of castor through quality seed production and adoption of BMPs” (2017-18) (20.03 Lakhs) (PI)

identification and release of crop varieties: 4

  1. DRSF 108: Sunflower Variety in 2003 from DOR
  2. DRSH-1 (PCSH 243): Sunflower Hybrid in 2004 from DOR.
  3. DRSF 113: Sunflower variety in 2007 from DOR 
  4. LSFH-1: Sunflower Hybrid released from ORS, Latur, VNMKV, Parbhani (2018) 
On-going Projects
  1. Long term nutrient management for maize - castor cropping system in Alfisols.
  2. Assessment of potential of hydrogel polymer in irrigation management for sunflower in Alfisols 
  3. DAC&FW Oilseeds Seed Hub project “Creation of Seed-Hubs for Enhancing Quality Seeds Availability of Oilseed Crops” (Rs.5091.18lakhs for 2018-20)
Trainings undertaken (National & International)
  • Attended General Management Programme for Senior Scientists at ASCI, Hyderabad from 16-6-2008 to 27-6-2008

Training imparted:

  1. Course Coordinator for winter School on "New Dimensions in Integrated Nutrient Management of Major Field Crops for Sustainable Crop Production" 05th October to 25th October, 2006 at Directorate of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad, Sponsored by ICAR.
  2. Course Director for Model Training on "Secondary and Micronutrients Management for Oilseeds Crops" sponsored by Directorate of Extension, Ministry of agriculture, GOI, New Delhi. From February 21-28, 2005.
  3. Course Director, Refresher-cum-Skill Upgradation Training’; ICAR-IIOR, Hyderabad, March 2016.
  4. Course Director, Seed Production Technologies in Castor, Sunflower, Safflower and Sesame January 7-11, 2019
Recent Publications (best papers in past 5 years )
  1. Satish Kumar, G.D., Sudhakara Babu, S.N. and Sujatha, M. 2022. Diversification of Summer Paddy Through Sunflower Crop Value Chain. Intensive agriculture, 56(1): 23-25.  
  2. Suresh, G. Sudhakara Babu, S.N. and Qureshi, A.A. 2021. Conservation Agriculture – An ideal Resource Management Strategy for Sustainable Oilseed Production in India
    Mod Concep Dev Agrono. 8(1). MCDA. 000678. 2021. DOI: 10.31031/MCDA.2021.08.000678. 
  3. Suryavanshi, V.P., Sudhakara Babu, S.N. and Suryawanshi, S.B. 2015. Seed yield, economics, sustainability and soil fertility as influenced by long-term nutrient management in soybean (Glycine max) – sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) cropping system in Vertisols. Indian Journal of Agronomy, 60 (2): 212- 216.
  4. Varaprasad, K.S. and Sudhakara Babu, S.N. 2015. Technology for increasing oilseeds production. In Lead Papers, National seminar on Technologies for enhancing oilseeds production through NMOOP. January 18-19, 2015. Directorate of Oilseeds Rajendranagar, Hyderabad. p 23-38.
  5. Sarada, C., Alivelu, K., Sambasiva Rao, V., Sudhakara Babu, S.N. and Varaprasad, K.S. 2015. Oilseeds Statistics: A Compendium – 2015. ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad. P 956.
  6. Hegde, D.M. and Sudhakara Babu, S.N. 2016. Sustainable Agriculture. In Modern Concepts of Agronomy (Ed. D.S. Rana, P.K.Ghosh, Y.S. Shivay, Gurubachan Singh). Pp 1-36. Pub by The Indian Society of Agronomy, Division of Agronomy, IARI, New Delhi 110012. 
  7. Sudhakara Babu, S.N. 2016. Sustainable Agriculture: The Status and Approach. In Sustainable Agriculture: Challenges and Prospects (Ed K. Suman Cahndra, Devi Prasad Juvvadi and E.V. Prakash Rao). Pp77-80. Pub: NIRD & PR and CGG, Hyderabad.
  8. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, A. and Sudhakara Babu, S.N. 2016. Status, Technologies and Strategies for increasing oilseeds production in India. The Journal of Research, PJTSAU. 44 (3): 1-7. 
  9. Suresh, G., Sudhakara Babu, S.N. and Qureshi, A.A. 2016. Productivity and nutrient use of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) in sequential cropping in Vertisols. Journal of Oilseeds Research, 32(1):139-141. 
  10. Shanwad, U.K., Shankergoud, I., Sudhakar Babu, S.N., Vinod Kumar, W., Anand Kanatti and Vikas Kulkarni. 2016. Performance of sunflower hybrids in black cotton soils of northern Karnataka, India. Proceedings of 19th international sunflower conference, Edirne, Turkey, 2016. Pp.896-904. 
  11. Sai Kumar, T., Bhanu Rekha, K., Sudhakara Babu, S.N. and Madhavi, A. 2017. Yield and nutrient uptake of rainfed sunflower as influenced by humic acid under nutrient management practices in Alfisols. Green Farming, 8(1):P132-136. 
  12. A.Vishuvardhan Reddy and S.N. Sudhakara Babu, 2019. Potentials, opportunities and challenges in quality seed production in oilseeds. Souvenir article -National seminar on seed production at UAS, Raichur Feb 15-17, 2019.
  13. S.N. Sudhakara Babu, 2019. Potentials and Strategies for oilseeds cultivation under organic farming. Lecture notes, Manual, ICAR - Winter school on Technological advances, Priorities and Future strategies in Organic Agriculture for sustainable farm production and doubling farmers income (Dec 3-23, 2019), UAS, Raichur, Karnataka. 
  14. S.N. Sudhakara Babu and V. Muralidharan. 2017. Technologies to Meet Global Demand of Indian Sesame. Souvenir, IOPEPC, Mumbai. 
  15. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, A., Sudhakara Babu, S.N., Radhakrishnan, T., Bhatia, V.S. and Rai, P.K. 2020. Status and technological options for increasing oilseeds production. Souvenir, National Seminar on Oilseeds, ISOR-IIOR, Hyderabad, Feb 7-8, 2020.
  16. Sudhakara Babu, S.N., Leelavathi, M., Balakishan, G., Prabhakar Rao, N. and Vishnuvardhan Reddy, A. 2020. Seed setting and filling under pollination with stored pollen in sunflower. Journal of Oilseeds research, 37 (Special issue): National Seminar on Oilseeds. ISOR, Hyderabad. 
Area of expertise
  • Cropping systems
  • Oilseeds agronomy 
  • Sunflower agro-technology 
  • Site specific nutrient management 
  • Balanced and Integrated Nutrient Management
  • Dryland agriculture technology
  • Sulphur nutrition
  • Long term fertility studies
  • Best Management Practices and Ecological Farming 
  • Seed production of varieties and hybrids of oilseeds
  • Organic farming
  • Conservation agriculture
  • Micro-irrigation and fertigation
  • Paddy fallows agro-technology
  • Watershed development
  • Oilseeds research and development
  • Project planning, monitoring and evaluation.
  • Review of research projects and technology assessment 
  • Regulatory SOPs of BRL trials
     
Awards and recognition
  1. Key note speaker on Oilseeds based cropping systems at international Webinar Conference, ICAR-Indian institute of Farming Systems Research, Modipuram, (Virtual), (29 September-O1 October, 2021).
  2. Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award for the best article in Agricultural Sciences 2009-10 from Fertilizer Association of India. The article “Improving yield and quality of oilseeds through secondary and micronutrients” authored by D.M. Hegde and S.N. Sudhakara Babu, Published in Indian Journal of Fertilizers, 5(4):29-36, 39-46 & 49-55. April 2009 issue.
  3. Best Paper (Oral) Award in the National Symposium on “Conservation and Management of Agro-resources in Accelerating the Food Production for 21st century” held at IGAU, Raipur on 14-15 December, 2006, organized by ISA, Raipur Chapter, IGKV, Raipur.
  4. Best Researcher Award 2003. The TSI-FAI-IFA Project on Balanced Fertilization Award for the Best Researcher is presented to Dr S.N. Sudhakara Babu and D.M. Hegde for the best conduct of Research and extension work carried out at DOR, Hyderabad center on rice – sunflower and sunflower – groundnut cropping systems during 2000-2003. (TSI = The Sulphur Institute, Washington, USA; FAI = Fertilizer Association of India, New Delhi; IFA = International Fertilizer Association, Paris, France)
  5. Dhiru Morarji Memorial Award for the best article in Agricultural Sciences 2000-2001 from Fertilizer Association of India. The article “Nutrient Mining in Agro-climatic Zones of Karnataka” authored by D.M. Hegde and S.N. Sudhakara Babu, Published in Fertilizer News, July 2001 issue.
  6. Best Poster Award: 2015. National Seminar on Oilseeds, ISOR-IIOR, Bharatpur, Rajastan.
  7. Best Poster Award: 2020. National Seminar on Oilseeds NSO2020, ISOR-IIOR, Hyderabad
  8. UAS Gold Medal for highest grade point average (CGPA = 4.00/4.00) in Ph.D (Agronomy) during 1993. (UAS = University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore)
     
Any other relevant information

Other major responsibilities:

  1. Project Investigator (AICRP Sunflower) (2012-2015)
  2. Chairman, DOR Publication Committee (2012-2014)
  3. Vigilance Officer, IIOR (2007 to 2014) 
  4. Member of RCGM, DBT, Govt of India: 2014 to 2019
  5. Head, Seed Section, ICAR – IIOR: Since 2017 to 2020
  6. Nodal Officer, ICAR Seed Project: 2017-2020
  7. Co-Nodal Officer, DACFW Oilseeds Seed Hubs project: Since 2018
  8. PI, Oilseeds Seed hub on Castor, Sunflower and Safflower at IIOR: Since 2018
  9. Task force member for Doubling Farm Income - Oilseeds
  10. Head, Crop Production, ICAR-IIOR: Since July 2020
  11. Nodal Officer, Third party impact assessment of IIOR technologies: 2020
  12. Member, Academic Council, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh:2020
  13. Member, Institute Management Committee, ATARI, Zone X, Hyderabad: Since 2020.