Dr. Anitha Pedapati

Membership in Professional bodies

• Life member of Indian Society of Plant Genetic Resources (ISPGR)
• Life member of Society for promotion of oil palm research and development (SOPOPRAD)
• Life member of Society for Upliftment of Rural Economy (SURE).
• Life member of Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences (IAHS)

Publications

• Anitha Pedapati, R.K. Mathur, G. Ravichandran , B.K. Babu  and H.P. Bhagya. 2021. Evaluation of bunch quality components in Dura x Dura progenies of Zambia and Camaroon sources of oil palm germplasm. Journal of Environmental Biology. 42: 1567-1577.
• BK Babu, RK Mathur, P Anitha, G Ravichandran, HP Bhagya. 2021. Phenomics, genomics of oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.): way forward for making sustainable and high yielding quality oil palm. Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants. 27: 587-604
• Pitchai Murugesan, D Ramajayam, P Naveen Kumar, Anitha Pedapati, G Ravichandran, HP Bhagya, Vikramaditya Pandey. 2020. Evaluation of wild oil palm germplasm for horticultural traits. Indian Journal of Horticulture 77(33): 406-411
• Pedapati Anitha, R.K Mathur, G Ravichandran, B Kalyanababu, H.P. 2020. Identification of first sterile Dura in oil palm. International Journal of Agriculture Sciences. 12(4): 9598-9600
• B. Kalyana Babu , R.K. Mathur, G. Ravichandran, P. Anita, M.V.B. Venu. 2019. Genome wide association study (GWAS) and identification of candidate genes for yield and oil yield related traits in oil palm (Eleaeis guineensis) using SNPs by genotyping-based sequencing. Genomics. 112(1): 1011-1020
• B. Kalyana Babu ,R. K. Mathur,G. Ravichandran, P. Anitha, M. V. B. Venu. 2019. Genome-wide association study for leaf area, rachis length and total dry weight in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) using genotyping by sequencing. Plos One. 14(8): 1-10
• Yadav, SK, Tyagi Vandana, Nidhi Verma, Anitha Pedapati, Singh, S. P., Surender Singh and Pratibha Brahmi. 2015. Exchange of plant genetic resources: Prospects in India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 84(5): 616-623
• Anitha Pedapati, Vandana Tyagi, AK Singh, Nidhi Verma, SK Yadav, S Singh, SP: Singh, Prathiba Brahmi. 2014. Spices and Condiments: Status of Genetic Resources and Setting Priorities for Introduction in India. Environment & Ecology. 32 (3A): 1051-1056
• Anita Pedapati, RVSK Reddy, J Dilip Babu, S Sudheer Kumar, N Sunil. 2014. Genetic diversity analysis in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.). Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding. 5(3): 517-525
• AK Singh, Anitha Pedapati and Manibhushan. 2015. Assessment of exchange of crop in view of change climate and International Treaties. Journal of Environmental Biology. 36: 309-310

Projects

• Inhouse projects
  • Collection, conservation, cataloguing & evaluation of oil palm germplasm (Associate)
  • Genetic enhancement in oil palm (Associate)
  • Physiological and biochemical basis for growth, yield and nutrition in oil palm (Associate)
  • Biotechnological studies in oil palm (Associate)
  • Development of farm machineries and post harvest technologies in oil palm (Associate)
• Externally funded projects
  • Development and evaluation of next generation dwarf and high oil yielding oil palm hybrids (Funding source: DA&FW, GOI)