Dr. PRABHA SUSAN PHILIP

Research experience

S.No.	Position	Organization		Duration
			From		To
1.	Scientist	ICAR-NAARM	01/07/2015		30/09/2015
2.	Scientist	ICAR-DCR	08/10/2015		11/07/2017
3.	Scientist	ICAR –NBSS & LUP	17/07/2017		30/06/2020
4.	Scientist (Senior scale)	ICAR –NBSS & LUP	01/07/2020		16/11/2021
5.	Assistant Professor	Radiotracer Tracer Laboratory, CoA, Vellanikkara	17/11/2021		Till date

 

Project handled: 5 (institute projects) 1 (external funded) 

                              1 (ongoing-KAU Station wise funding)

Achievements and honours

1. First rank/position in all India Agriculture Research Service (ARS) Exam, 2013 in the discipline of soil science 
2. National Eligibility Test for lectureship of ICAR in 2013 
3. MSc. Best Student award from Department of Soil Science & Agricultural Chemistry, TNAU (2012) 
4. ICAR Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Soil Sciences for MSc. Program (2010)
5. Approved as Radiological Safety Officer (GIC) by GOI-AERB on 22/08/2022
6. Best PhD thesis award -2022 by AETDS, Uttarakhand

Research Papers

Beena, V. I. Geetha, P. Prabha. S. P., Sureshkumar, P., Ajayan, S. A., Issac, K. S. Sooraj, R.S. Shukla, A. K. 2022. Evaluation of ABDTPA for micronutrient extraction from cardamom and pepper plantation in Idukki districts of Kerala. J. Crop and Weed, 18(3):

51-56.

Beena, V. I. Geetha, P. Prabha. S. P., Sureshkumar, P., Ajayan, S. A. Issac, K. S. Sooraj, R. S. Shukla, A. K. 2022.Optimisation of magnesium and boron dosage in cardamom grown in Idukki districts of Kerala. . J. Crop and Weed, 18(3): 57-63.

Mangalassery, S., Nayak, M. G., Prabha Susan, P., Rupa, T. R., Behera, S. K., and Srinivasan, V.  2021. Delineating the nutrient constraints and developing nutrient norms for cashew ( Anacardium occidentale L.) in coastal India. J. Plant Nutrition, 44(17), 2627–2639.

Prabha Susan Philip and Anil Kumar K. S.  2021. Soil Fertility Characterisation of Intensive Rice-Growing Soils in Selected Agro-Climatic Zones of Karnataka. Mysore J. Agric.

Sci., 55(4): 253-261.

I. Rashmi, A.K. Biswas, K.C. Shinogi, S. Kala, K.S. Karthika, S.P. Prabha and Yushma Sao.

2017. Phosphorus Movement and Vertical Distribution in Four Soil Orders of India: Column Leaching Experiment. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 6(4): 1919-1930.

Prabha Susan and R. K. Kaleeswari. 2015. Impact of nutrient management on nutrient uptake and yield in lowland rice. Agric. Res. J. 52 (4): 44-47.

Prabha Susan Philip, Kaleeswari, R.K., and Kumar, K., 2018. Microbial Biomass- Carbon (SMB-C) and Dehydrogenase Activity (DHA) in Wetland Rice Ecosystem. Int. J. Curr.

Microbiol. App. Sci. 7(9): 384-389. 

Mangalassery, S., Rejani, R, Singh V., Adiga, J.D., Kalaivanan, D., Rupa, T.R.  and Prabha, S.

Philip, 2018. Impact of different irrigation regimes under varied planting density on

growth, yield and economic return of cashew (Anacardiumoccidentale L.). Irrig Sci. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00271-019-00625-7.

Mangalassery, S., Kalaivanan, D., and Prabha, S. Philip, 2019. Effect of  inorganic   fertilisers and organic amendments on soil aggregation and biochemical characteristics in a weathered tropical soil. Soil and Tillage Research 187: 144- 151. 

Abstract published in conference proceedings

Prabha Susan Philip and Anil Kumar K.S. 2022. Suitability and sustainability evaluation of intensive rice-growing areas in agro-climatic zones of Karnataka. In: “24th Annual Convention and National Conference on Application of Clay and Allied Sciences in

Agriculture, Environment and Industry‟ held during September 22-23, 2022at ICARNBSS & LUP, Regional Centre, Kolkata. 

Prabha Susan Philip and Anil Kumar K. S. 2022. Characterization, classification and organic carbon stock of intensive rice growing soils of Karnataka for assessing suitability and sustainability.In: 4^th International Conference on Global efforts on Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Food security held during September 17-19, 2022 at Pokhara, Nepal.

Shamsudheen Mangalassery, M.G.Nayak and Prabha Susan Philip, 2019. Delineation of soil nutrient constraints of cashew orchards in India and management alternatives. In: Souvenir on 2nd International conference on Recent advances on Agriculture, Environmental and Applied Sciences for Global Development held at Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry Solan from 27-29 September, 2019 pp.218.

Prabha Susan Philip, Verma, T.P., Katiyar, D.K. and Yadav, R.P., 2018. Soil Resource

Potential of Hot Typic Arid Agro-ecological Subregion of South-Western Part of

Haryana for Sustainable Agriculture. In: Souvenir on 21st Annual Convention on the Clay Minerals Society of India and National Conference on Advances in Clay Science towards Agriculture, Environment and Industry held at ICAR-NBSS&LUP, Regional Centre, Kolkata from 14-15 September, 2018.

Prabha Susan Philip, M. Singh, Wanjari, R.H. and S. Srivastava. 2017. Impact of long term nutrient management on dynamics of potassium in 40 years old rice-wheat system on Mollisols of Pantnagar. In: Abstracts International Conference on ‘Advances in

Potassium Research for Ecient Soil and Crop Management’, 28-29 August 2017, New Delhi, India. pp.124.

Prabha Susan Philip, M. Singh, Wanjari, R.H. and S. Srivastava. 2017. Impact of long term nutrient management on dynamics of potassium in 40 years old soybean-wheat system on Alfisols of Pantnagar. (Accepted for oral presentation) In: Proceedings for the 'Frontiers of Potassium Science Conference', 25-27 January 2017, Rome, Italy.  pp.335.

Prabha Susan Philip, Rupa T.R., Srividya B.R. and Vijay Singh. 2017. Micronutrient availability affected by organic and inorganic nutrient sources in cashew (AnacardiumOccidentale L.) orchard soils. In: Abstracts of International Symposium on Horticulture: Priorities and emerging trends, 5-8 September 2017, Bengaluru, India.  pp:67.

R.K. Kaleeswari and Prabha Susan Philip. 2016. Optimization of elevated CO₂ levels and nutrient management for lowland rice ecosystem. Poster Presentation In: International Conference on Contaminated Site Remediation Clean Up India 2016, held at TNAU, Coimbatore during 13-15 December, 2016.

Technical/ Popular article/E-publication

Janani, P. and Prabha Susan Philip. 2016. Problems found in cashew cultivation in India. In: Cashew crop production technology, (Eds. Patil, A. B., M. S. Logesh   N. Srinivas), published by College of Horticulture, Bidar, Karnataka, pp. 56-59.

P. L. Saroj and Prabha S. Philip. 2017. Research initiatives and Accomplishment in Cashew.

The Cashew and Cocoa Journal. October- December, 2017. Vol. VI. No. 4. pp. 7-18.

Karthika, K.S., Rashmi, I., Srinivasan, R., Neenu, S. and Prabha Susan Philip. 2018. Acidification of soils and amelioration. Harit Dhara 1(1): 22-23.

Rajimol P.R., Prabha Susan Philip and Greena P.G. 2019. Carbon stabilization – An avenue for Carbon Sequestration. Harit Dhara 2(2): -12-15.

Karthika K.S., Prabha Susan Philip, K.S. Anil Kumar and Neenu S. 2019. Significance of soil carbon studies in plantation based ecosystems. Harit Dhara 2(2): -19-21.

Neenu S., Karthika K.S., Prabha Susan Philip and K.S. Anil Kumar and 2020. Role of chlorine in coconut nutrition. Harit Dhara 3(1): -14-17.

Books published

Beena, V. I., Geetha, P., Rajimol R. P., Prabha Susan Philip and Amrutha S. Ajayan. 2022. Secondary and micronutrients status disorders and management for tropical soils of Kerala. Kerala Agricultural University. Thrissur 97 p.

Book chapters

Rajimol R.P., Karthika K. S., Prabha Susan Philip and M. Chandrakala. 2024. Soil Mycorrhiza: Overview, Evolution, Agricultural, and Commercial Application. 2022. In book: Industrial Applications of Soil Microbes 1(3) Publisher: Bentham Science. pp 149-160.

Karthika K S., I. Rashmi,  Neenu Sathyaseelan, Prabha Susan Philip. 2023. Agronomic

Biofortification: An Effective Tool for Alleviating Nutrient Deficiency in Plants and

Human Diet. In: Hasanuzzaman, M., Tahir, M.S., Tanveer, M., Shah, A.N. (eds) Mineral Biofortification in Crop Plants for Ensuring Food Security. Springer, Singapore. pp 1-35.

Sneha S. Nair, Prabha Susan Philip and Karthika K. S. 2022. Soil Bacteria- Our Allies in Building Soil Health.2022. In book: Industrial Applications of Soil Microbes 1(1) Bentham Science. pp 1-38.

Prabha Susan Philip, Karthika K. S. and Rajimol R.P. 2021. Functional Nitrogen in Rhizosphere. In: Cruz, C., Vishwakarma, K., Choudhary, D.K., Varma, A. (eds) Soil Nitrogen Ecology. Soil Biology, Springer, Singapore. 62: 113-138.

Karthika, K.S., Prabha Susan Philip, Neenu, S. 2020. Brassicaceae: Plants Response and Tolerance to Nutrient Deficiencies. In: Hasanuzzaman, M. (eds). The Plant Family Brassicaceae. Springer, Singapore. pp-337-362. 

Manuals published

Beena V. I., Geetha, P., Prabha S, P, Amrutha, S, A., Reji, A. M., Hamna, M., Anusree, T., 2022. Manual on analysis of plant and organic manure, Published by Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur Radiotracer Laboratory, 66p.

Beena V. I., Geetha, P., Prabha S, P., Amrutha, S, A., Reji, A. M., Hamna, M., 2022. Manual on soil and irrigation water analysis. Published by Kerala Agricultural University, Thrissur Radiotracer Laboratory, 115p.

Extension Bulletins/Pamphlets

Nayak, M.G., Raviprasad, T.N., Prabha, Susan Philip and Sajeev, M.V. 2017. Cashew Cultivation Practices (English).

Copyright registered 

l. No.	Details of software/mobile app	Copyright Diary No.	Filing Date	Registration No.	Issue date
14	Cashew Nutrient Deficiency	8071/2022- CO/SW	16/04/2022	SW- 17839/2023	18-12- 2023