Dr. K. Manorama

Membership in Professional bodies

Life Member of Indian Society of Agronomy

Life Member of SOPOPRD

Life Member of ISPC

Life Member of Indian Potato Association

Honorary Life Member of PGPR

Vice President of Indian Potato Association Region VI during 2006-07

Councilor of Indian Potato Association for 203-14, 2019-20 and 2023-24

Honours & Awards

Fellow of Indian Society of Agronomy

Fellow of SOPOPRAD

Best Paper Presented in International Conference on “Increasing Agriculture Productivity & Sustainability in India : The Future we Want” held at Bengaluru in 2013

Best slogan award on potato in Golden jubilee celebrations of India’s independence by IPA

Reviewer Excellence Award from ARCC

ICAR Senior Research Fellowship for pursuing PhD

DST Post Doctoral Fellowship

Publications

Manorama, K. Reddy, G.P.O., Suresh, K., Ray, S.S., Behera, S.K., Kumar, N., Mathur, R.K. 2024. Characterization and Mapping of the Potential Area of Oil Palm Using Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis in a Geographic Information Systems Environment. Agriculture 2024, 14, 986. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture14070986 (NAAS : 9.40)

Manorama K.; Behera, S.K.; Kancherla, S. 2023. Establishing Critical Leaf Nutrient Concentrations and Identification of Yield Limiting Nutrients for Precise Nutrient Prescriptions of Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) Plantations. Agriculture 2023, 13, 453. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020453 (NAAS : 9.40)

Manorama K, Behera SK, Suresh K, Prasad MV, Mathur RK, Harinarayana P. 2021. Mulching and technological interventions avoid land degradation in an intensive oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) production system. Land Degrad Dev. 2021;32:3785–3797. https://doi.org/10. 1002/ldr.3886 (NAAS: 10.70)

Manorama Kamireddy, Sanjib Kumar Behera, Kancehrla Suresh. 2021. Establishing optimal nutrient norms in leaf and soil for oil palm in India, Industrial Crops and Products, Volume 174, 2021, 114223, ISSN 0926-6690, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.114223  (NAAS : 11.90)

Behera S K, Suresh K, Shukla A K, Manorama K et al  2021. Soil and leaf potassium, calcium and magnesium in oil palm plantations grown on three different soils of India: Status, stoichiometry and relations. Industrial Crops and Products, 168 : 113589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2021.113589 (NAAS : 11.90)

Suresh K, Behera SK, Manorama K, Mathur RK. 2020. Phenological stages and degree days of oil palmcrosses grown under irrigation in tropical conditions. Ann Appl Biol. 2021;178:121–128. https://doi.org/10.1111/aab.12641128  (NAAS : 8.60)

Premalatha R P, Prasad L K, Poorna Bindu J, Damodar Reddy D, Manorama K & Chandrasekhara Rao C (10 Jan 2024): Land Use and Management Influenced Changes in Soil Quality Parameters in Coastal Light Soils of India, Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00103624.2024.2303128   (NAAS : 7.80)

Ramachandrudu K, Narasimha Rao B and Manorama K. 2023. Nutritive screening and forage yield of Guinea and hybrid Napier grass varieties under dense shade of mature oil palm plantation. Journal of Oil Palm Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.21894/jopr.2023.0051  (NAAS : 7.30)

Behera S K, Shukla A K, Suresh K, Manorama K et al. 2020. Oil palm cultivation enhances soil pH, electrical conductivity, concentrations of exch.Ca, Mg, available sulphur and soil organic carbon content. Land Degradation and Development. 31 : 2789 – 2803 (NAAS : 7.80). DOI:10.1002/ldr.3657 (NAAS : 10.70)

Behera SK, Suresh K, Rao BN, Mathur RK, Shukla AK, Manorama, K et al. 2016. Spatial variability of some soil properties varies in oil palm (Elaeisguineensis Jacq.) plantations of west coastal area of India. Solid Earth. 7 (3), 979-993 https://doi:10.5194/se-2016-9   (NAAS : 9.40)

Projects (Onging)

In-house

Efficient Resource management strategies in oil palm production system. (Principal Investigator)

Dissemination of technology & information communication technology applications in oil palm sector (Associate)

Externally funded

Enhancing resource use efficiency in oil palm through sensor based IOT applications in irrigation and fertigation (DA & FW sponsored) – PI (Rs 64.10 lakhs)

Contract Research Project on “Evaluation of dehydrate Polyhalite (POLY4) - A naturally occurring mineral fertilizer (13.5 K2O: 16.5 CaO: 5.5 MgO: 18.5 S) as a substitute for potassium and magnesium in Oil palm” – Sponsored by Anglo American Crop Nutrients – PI (Rs 19.35 lakhs)

FFP-Enhancing profitability of oil palm based cropping system through resource use efficient technologies with farmer – scientist and stakeholders interface (ICAR sponsored) (Rs 84.60 lakhs)