Mahender Kumar R
Mahender Kumar R
Principal Scientist and Head (Agronomy), Crop Production Section, Directorate of Rice Research, Rajendranagar Hyderabad- 500030
Biography
Worked in Japan for a period of 9 months on rice cultivation technology. Cultivation technology. • ‘P’ management in rice and rice based cropping system. • Development of leaf color chat for ‘N’ management in rice • Agro technology for hybrid rice cultivation • Package of practices for SRI
Research Interest
Developing cost effective and environment friendly agro - technologies in different rice ecosystems
Developing suitable SRI technology for wide scale adoption of SRI method across the country for enhancing water and productivity
Enhancement of Water productivity in irrigated rice ecosystem in different cropping systems
Long term Soil health improvement in rice production systems.
Studies on the long term interaction effect of different fertilizers, water and crop establishment methods in different soil situations