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CROP IMPROVEMENT & BIOTECHNOLOGY
  • Priyadarshan, P.M., Madhusoodanan, KJ., Kuruvilla, K.M. and Radhakrishnan, V.V. 1990. Tissue culture for rapid clonal propagation. In: Cardamom Production Technology. A guide to planters. ICRI, Spices Board. pp. 1419.
  • Madhusoodanan, KJ., Kuruvilla, K.M. and Priyadarshan, P.M. 1994. Genetic resources of cardamom. In: Advances in Horticulture. Vol. 9. Part 1. Chadha, K.L. and P. Rethinum (eds.), Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi. pp. 121 130.
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J., Kuruvilla, K.M. and Priyadarshan, P.M. 1994. Improvement of cardamom. In: Advances in Horticulture. Vol. 9. Part 1. Chadha, K.L. and P. Rethinum (eds.), Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi. pp. 307 - 314.
  • Pradipkumar, K., Mary Mathew, K., Rao, Y.S., Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Potty, S.N. 1997. Role of Biotechnology in spice crop improvement (Review). In: Role of Biotechnology in Medicinal and Aromatic Crops (Vol. I). Khan, LA and Khanum, A (eds.). pp. 190 - 198.
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J., Pradipkumar, K. and Radhakrishnan, V.V. 1998. Vanilla tissue culture - a lab to land programme. In: Plant tissue culture and molecular biology. Nair, G.M (ed.). University of Kerala, Trivandrum.
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Rao, Y.S. 2001. Cardamom (large). In: Handbook of herbs and spices. Peter, K.V (ed.). Woodhead Publishing Ltd., England. pp. 134 - 140.
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J., Radhakrishnan, V.V. and Sudharshan, M.R. 2003. Botany. In: Vanilla the prince of spices. Thomas, J. and Rao, Y.S (eds.). Spices Board, Cochin. pp. 5-9.
  • Thomas, J. and Madhusoodanan, K.J. 2003. Package of practices. In: Vanilla the prince of spices. Thomas, J. and Rao, Y.S (eds.). Spices Board, Cochin. pp. 10-18.
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Radhakrishanan, V.V. Herbal spices - cultivation, trade and usage. In: Progress in Spice Culture. Haworth Press, Inc. New York (In press).
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Radhakrishnan, V.V. Uses of cardamom - Traditional and Modem. In:Cardamom. Ravindran, P.N and Madhusoodanan, KJ (eds.).Harwood Academic Publishers. (In press).
  • Madhusoodanan, KJ. and Radhakrishnan, V.V. Vanilla - Botany. In: Vanilla Monograph. Spices Board, Cochin. (In press).
  • Thomas, J. and Madhusoodanan, KJ. Vanilla - Package of Practices. In: Vanilla Monograph, Spices Board, Cochin. (in press).
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Radhakrishnan, V.V. Small cardamom and Vanilla. In: Encyclopaedia of Cultivated Plants. Swaminathan, M.S and Kochhar, S.L (eds.) (In press).
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Gopakumar, B. Cardamom - the queen of spices. In: Progress in Spice Culture. Howorth Press Inc., New York (In press).
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Rao, Y.S. Glimpses in plantation crops research. Chadha, K.L. and Nair, M.K (eds.), ICAR, New Delhi, India (In press).
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. Chapters on small cardamom, large cardamom and vanilla. In: Directory of Spices. Indian Society for Spices, Calicut, India (In press) .
  • Madhusoodanan, K.J. and Radhakrishnan, V.V. Vanilla - a profile. In: Spices, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Singh, J (ed.). Bikaner, India (In press).
  • Koshy John and Madhusoodanan, K.J. Spices - transfer of technology and extension activities. In: Spices Research and Development in India - 50 years. Raveendran, P.N (ed.), ICAR, New Delhi, India (In press).
  • Madhusoodanan, KJ. Cardamom - post harvest processing and value addition. In: Book on Plantation Crops. Mohanan, KV (ed.), University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India (In press).
  • Madhusoodanan, KJ. Post harvest technology of pepper - processing and value addition. In: Book on Plantation Crops. Mohanan, KV (ed.), University of Calicut, Calicut, Kerala, India (In press).
  • Rao, Y.S., Madhusoodanan, KJ. and Potty, S.N. Large cardamom. In: Spices research and development in India - 50 years. Raveendran, P.N. (ed.), IISR, Calicut (In press).
  • Kuruvilla, K.M., Rao, Y.S., Mary Mathew, K and Pradipkumar, K 2003. Planting material. In: Vanilla the prince of spice. Thomas, J. and Rao, Y.S (eds.). Spices Board, Cochin.
Plant Pathology
  • Joseph Thomas, A.K. Vijayan, R. Suseela Bhai and R. Naidu. 1993. Biocontrol of rhizome rot disease of small cardamom. In Crop Diseases Innovative Techniques and Management. 189-197. Eds. K. Sivaprakasam and K. Seetharaman Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi.
  • Joseph Thomas, Vijayan A.K., Suseela Bhai R. and Susan George. 1994.Trichoderma spp. in vermicomposting systems- a new approach Science. Research Editor. Imran A. Khan. 629-633. for bio- control of rot diseases of small cardamom. Frontiers in Plant
  • Naidu, R. and Joseph Thomas 1994. Viral diseases of cardamom. Advances in Horticulture voL10.. Plantation and spice crops part 2. pages1101-1111. Eds. K.L. Chadha and P. Rethinam. Malhotra Publishing House, New Delhi.
  • Dhanapal, K., Joseph Thomas and Naidu, R. 1996. Use of neem in integrated management of rot diseases of cardamom. In "Neem and Environment". Vol. 2. P.793-798. Eds. R.P. Singh, M.S. Chari, A.K. Raheja and W. Krous. Oxford and IBH Publishing houses. New Delhi.
  • Dhanapal, K and Joseph Thomas 1996. Evaluation of Trichoderma isolates against rot pathogens of small cardamom. Current Trends in Life Sciences XXI Eds.K. Manibhushan Rao, and A Mahadevan. Today and Tomorrow Printers and Publishers, New Delhi
  • Joseph Thomas and Susan George 1998. Studies on Nilgiri Necrosis disease of small cardamom. In Developments in Plantation Crops Research (1998) 244- 250. Eds. N.M. Mathew and C. Kuruvilla Jacob. Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam. Allied Publishers Ltd. New Delhi.
  • Govindaraju, C, Joseph Thomas and Sudharshan M.R.1998. Chenthal disease of cardamom caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz. and its control. In Developments in Plantation Crops Research 255-259. Eds. N.M. Mathew and C. Kuruvilla Jacob. Rubber Research Institute of India, Kottayam. Allied Publishers Ltd. New Delhi.
  • Suseela Bhai, R., Sarma Y.R. and Joseph Thomas 1998. Integrated management strategy for capsule rot of cardamom. In Recent Advances in Plantation Crops Research 378-381. Eds. N. Muraleedharan and R. Rajkumar. Allied Publishers Ltd. New Delhi.
  • Dhanapal, K. and Joseph Thomas 1998. Stem rot - a new fungal disease of small cardamom. In Recent Advances in Plantation Crops research. 408-411. Eds. N. Muraleedharan and R. Rajkumar. Allied Publishers New Delhi.
  • Joseph Thomas, 2000. Biological control of rot diseases of small cardamom. In "Biocontrol Potential and its Exploitation in Sustainable Agriculture". Volume 1. Crop Diseases, Weeds and Nematodes. Eds. R.K. Upadhyaya, K.G. Mukerji and B.P. Chamola. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. New york. P. 223-237 (294 pp).
  • Joseph Thomas, 2000. Biological control of insect pests of small cardamom. In " Biocontrol potential and its exploitation in sustainable Agriculture" Vol. II. P. 389-400. Eds. K. Upadhyaya, K.G. Mukerji and B.P. Chamola. Kluwer Academic/Plenum publishers. New York.
  • Joseph Thomas and R. Suseela Bhai, 2002. Diseases of Cardamom (Fungal, Bacterial and Nematode Diseases). In Cardamom-The Genus Elettaria. Eds. P.N. Ravindran and K.J. Madhusoodanan. Pages 160-179. Taylor & FrancisLondon and New York.
  • Joseph Thomas and Suseela Bhai, R.and Vijayan, A.K., 2003. Diseases and their management. In Vanilla, The Prince of Spices. P .29-41. Publ. Spices Board, Kochi.
  • Vijayan, A.K. and Joseph Thomas, 2002. Management of Diseases of Aromatic Herbs. In Recent Progress in Medicinal Plants, vol. 6. Diseases and Their Management. ( PP 212). 159-170 . Eds. P.Sinha, J.N.Govil & V.K.Singh.SCI Tech Publishing LLC.USA
  • Joseph Thomas, Suseela Bhai R., Vijayan A.K. and Dhanapal, K. 1996. Trichoderma, a potential bio-agent for control of soil borne diseases of small cardamom. Current Trend in Life Sciences XXI 43-52. Eds. K. Manibhushan Rao and A. Mahadevan. Today and Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.
ENTOMOLOGY
  • Kumares an, D., Regupathy, A. and Bhaskaran, P. (1988) Pests of Spices, Rajalakshmi Publications, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India, p 241
  • Varadarasan, S. (1995) Biological control of insect pests of cardamom. IN: Biological control of social forest and plantation crop insects (Ed. T.N. Ananthakrishnan), Published by Oxford & IBH Pub!. Co. Ltd., New Delhi, India, pp 109-119.
  • Varadarasan, S. and Biswas, A.K. (2002) Large Cardamom (Amomum subulatum Roxb.) IN: Cardamom the genus Elettaria (Eds. Dr. P.N. Ravindran and K.J. Madhusoodanan) Taylor & Francis, London pp 299-329.
  • Gopakumar, B. and Chandrasekar, S.S. (2002) Insect Pests of cardamom. IN:Cardamom the genus Elettaria (Eds. Dr. P.N. Ravindran and KJ. Madhusoodanan), Taylor & Francis, London pp 180-206
  • Varadarasan, S. (2002) Technical Bulletin on "Cardamom root grub". Published by Spices Board, Kochi, India. 55 pp.