Research Overview
Cashew
Multiply high yielding trees for enhanced raw nut production
Introduce insect resistance genes to reduce use of pesticides
Achievements
First ever in vitro cashew tree produced by the LAB. Somatic embryogenesis from mature tissues
 
Ragi
Orphan crop for research
-Regeneration studies
-Molecular markers for genetic diversity studies.
 
Capsicum
Transformation for viral resistance (Work done at Rallis/Monsanto, Bangalore)
Cosciniun fenestratum multiplication and reforestation.
 
Other plants worked on at LAB
Ornamentals : Millingtonia, Butea, Mussaenda, Saintpaulia, Lagerstroemia
Forest trees : Ailanthus malabarica, Gnetum ula, Zanthoxylum, Artocarpus
Medicinal  plants : Vernonia cineria, Gloriosa superba, Datura, Rauwolfia, Drynaria  quercifolia, Murraya koenigii, Curculigo orchioides
Plantation crops : Coconut
Some of the trees are planted on the College Campus
 
Ecological work
Ecological aspects of  spores VAM fungi
A study of the effects of deforestation in DK district.