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Staff Id : 04613
Name : Dr. M. MEYYAPPAN
Designation : ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Department : AGRONOMY
Qualification : M.Sc.(Ag.).,Ph.D.,PGDMM.,PGDBA
Specialization : Water management, Forestry, Weed management and meteorology
Date of Birth : 05-06-1968
Date of Joining : 03-07-2000

Present Address Contact Number E-Mail Address
83, 3rd South Cross ,
Mariyappa Nagar, Annamalai Nagar Post,
Pin- 608002		9597793504meyysagronomy@yahoo.com

Research Guidance
Discipline Awarded Guidance
M.Phil./M.E./M.Sc. 123
Ph.D. 11


Conference /Seminar / Symposia / Workshop
Conference Seminar Symposia Workshop
National International
Attended 3322---
Conducted --2--


Research Projects
Major Projects Minor Projects Total Amount (Rs.)
Completed 2-10.92 lakhs
Ongoing ---

Teaching and Research Experience Industry Experience
25 Years -

Journals Conference Books Published Popular Article
National International National International
20 14 9 9 9 -

List of Publications - National
E. Balaji, M Meyyappan, S. Ganapathy, A Angayarkanni, , "Effect of organic and inorganic liquid fertilizers on the growth and yield of sesamum ( Sesamum indicum).", Indian Journal of Natural Sciences , Volume 13, Number 74, Oct 2022, pp. 47919-47923. 2022.
V Tejaswini, M Meyyappan, M Ganapathy, A Angayarkanni, "Impact of various organic and inorganic fertilizer sources on yield attributes, yield and economics of greengram.", Indian Journal of applied and pure biology, Volume 37, Number 3, Sep 2022, pp. 886-890. 2022.
V Tejaswini, M Meyyappan, M Ganapathy, A Angayarkanni, "Effect of foliar application of organic and inorganic fertilizers on growth and yield of greengram.", The Pharma innovation journal, , Volume 11, Number 9, Aug 2022, pp. 939-941. 2022.
M.Meyyappan, E.Balaji, M.Ganapathy and A.Angayarkanni, "Effect of fish meal extract spray on the yield of Co-47 rice variety.", Indian Journal of Natural products and Resources, Volume 12, Number 1, Mar 2021, pp. 116-121. 2021.
G.Sivakumar and M.Meyyappan, "Effect of drip fertigation in enhancing production and economics of ratoon sugarcane.", Studies in Indian Place Names, Volume 40, Number 76, Mar 2020, pp. 569-577. 2020.
S.Kauya,M.Meyyappan, M.Ganapathy and A.Angayarkanni, "Effect of liquid inorganic and organic fertilizers on the growth and yield of rice.", Journal of Rice Research, Volume 13, Number 1, Jun 2020, pp. 75-78. 2020.
M.Meyyappan and G.Sivakumar, "Effect of foliar application of liquid organic and inorganic fertilizers along with NAA on cowpea.", Annals of plant and soil Research , Volume 22, Number 4, Dec 2020, pp. 454-456. 2020.
G.Sivakumar and M.Meyyappan, "Impact of drip fertigation in augmenting production of ratoon sugarcane.", Annals of plant and soil Research, Volume 22, Number 2, Jun 2020, pp. 210-213. 2020.
M.Rajkumar, M.Meyyappan and G.Sivakumar, "Management practices to improve the growth of polybag seedlings in sugarcane.", Annals of plant and soil Research, Volume 22, Number 2, Jun 2020, pp. 193-196. 2020.
Balaji.E, Meyyappan.M, Ganapathy.M and Angayarkanni.A, "Effect of organic and inorganic substances on the growth and yield of Rice .", Journal of Rice Research, Volume 12, Number 2, Dec 2019, pp. 34-37. 2019.
M.Meyyappan,C.Illango, S.Natarajan and A.Angayarkanni, "Effect of weed management practices on weeds, nutrient depletion and yield of rice.", Indian Journal of Agronomy, Volume 63, Number 4, Dec 2018, pp. 453-456. 2018.
G.Venkadeshprasanth, M.Meyyappan, M.Ganapathy and A.Ankayarkanni, "Effect of Humic acid and Fulvic acid with different levels of NPK on Rice yield.", Journal of Rice Research, Volume 10, Number 1, Jun 2017, pp. 64-66. 2017.
m.Meyyappan, C.Illango,S.Natarajan and A.Angayarkanni, "Economics of Integrated weed management practices in Rice.", Journal of Rice Research, Volume 9, Number 2, Dec 2016, pp. 44-46. 2016.
M.Meyyappan,M.Ganapathy,MV.Sriramachandrasekharan and S.Sujatha, "Influence of Agronomic practices on rice yield and nutrient uptake under SRI.", Journal of Rice Research, Volume 93, Number 3, Dec 2016, pp. 47-50. 2016.
M.Meyyappan, M.Ganapathy, MV.Sriramachandrasekaran and S.Sujatha, "Economics of weed management practices in SRI.", Journalof Rice Research, Volume 6, Number 1, 2013, pp. 66-68. 2013.
M.Meyyappan, M.Ganapathy, MV.Sriramachandrasekaran and S.Sujatha, "Effect of age of seedlings and weed management practices on certain growth parameters of rice under SRI.", Journalof Rice Research, Volume 6, Number 1, 2013, pp. 53-56. 2013.
Akula srihari and M.Meyyappan, "Seed treatment studies in Jatropha curcus.", Madras Agric.J, Volume 99, Number 35-36, Oct 2012, pp. 35-36. 2012.
M.Meyyappan and RM.Kathiresan, "Floristic composition of weed flora in Banana plantation.", Madras Agric. J, Volume 93, Number 7-12, Jul 2006, pp. 277-278. 2007.
M.Meyyappan and RM.Kathiresan, "Integrated weed management in Maize+blackgram intercropping system.", Indian journalof weed science, Volume 17, Number 3&4, 2005, pp. 209-211. 2005.
M.Meyyappan and V.Vaiyapuri, "Effect of plant growth regulators and micronutrients on yield, yield attributes and oil yield of groundnut cv.VRI-1.", Annamalai University Agricultural research annual, Volume 18, Number 1, 1997, pp. 64-69. 1997.
List of Publications - International
Dhaarani, S., Meyyappan, M., Sudhakar, P., Angayarkanni, A. and Sheik Shalik, S., "Influence of early post-emergence herbicides on growth and yield of transplanted rice.", International Journal of Research in Agronomy, Volume 8, Number 6, Jun 2025, pp. 386-390. 2025.
Dhaarani, S., Meyyappan, M., Sudhakar, P., Angayarkanni, A. and Sheik Shalik, S., "Impact of early post- emergence herbicides and weeding schedules on weed dynamics and yield of Transplanted Rice.", Journal of Experimental Agriculture International, Volume 47, Number 6, Jun 2025, pp. 714-721. 2025.
Bharath, B. P. Y., Meyyappan, M., Kandasamy, S., Angayarkanni, A. and Sheik Shalik, S., "Optimizing Growth and Yield of Blackgram (Vigna Mungo L.) Through Combined Weed and Foliar Nutrient Management.", Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, Volume 28, Number 7, Jun 2025, pp. 443-453. 2025.
Bharath, B. Y., Meyyappan, M., Kandasamy, S., Angayarkanni, A. and Sheik Shalik, S., "Impact of early post-emergence herbicides and foliar nutrition on Blackgram (Vigna mungo L.).", International Journal of Research in Agronomy, Volume 8, Number 6, Jun 2025, pp. 789-794. 2025.
Sheik Shalik, S., Sivakumar, G., Meyyappan, M., "Impact of enriched bio digested bone sludge compost on the fertility percentage of rice.", International Journal of Research in Agronomy, Volume 7, Number 4, Apr 2024, pp. 426-429. 2024.
Sheik Shalik, S., Sivakumar, G. and Meyyappan, M., "Assessing the Influence of Bio-digested Bone Sludge Compost on Root Morphology in Rice Cultivation.", Ecology, Environment and Conservation Journal, Volume 30, Number 9, Dec 2024, pp. 369-372. 2024.
P Elakkiyapriya, M Meyyappan, P Sudhakar, A Angayarkanni, "Yield enhancement in sesamum ( Sesamum indicum) var. TMV7 through weed management.", Crop Research , Volume 57, Number 5&6, Nov 2022, pp. 335-340. 2022.
M.Meyyappan, G.Venkadeshprasath ,M.Ganapathy and A.Angayarkanni, "Effect of NPK with granular and foliar application of organic substances on rice.", Journal of emerging technologies and innovative research, Volume 63, Number 2, Feb 2019, pp. 705-708. 2019.
M.Meyyappan and M.Ganapathy, "Occurrence of flood in Annamalainagar.", EPRA International Journal of climate and resource economic review, Volume 4, Number 4, Dec 2016, pp. 5-7. 2016.
M.Meyyappan and RM.Kathiresan, "Intercropping of pulses and oilseeds in maize.", Green Farming, Volume 3, Number 4, Aug 2012, pp. 119-120. 2012.
M.Meyyappan and RM.Kathiresan, "Effect of integrated weed management on yield components and yield of maize under intercropping system.", Green Farming, Volume 3, Number 5, Oct 2012, pp. 111-112. 2012.
E.somasundaram,R.Chandrasekaran, M.kumar, R.krishnan, M.Mohamed Amanullah and M.Meyyappan, "Influence of plant density and fertilizers levels on the yield attributes,yield and economics of groundnut.", Internationaljournal of Agricultural sciences, Volume 6, Number 1, Jun 2010, pp. 259-261. 2010.
E.somasundaram,R.Chandrasekaran, M.kumar, R.krishnan, M.Mohamed Amanullah and M.Meyyappan, "Influences of weed management practices on yield attributes and pod yield of groundnut.", Internationaljournal of Agricultural sciences, Volume 6, Number 1, Jun 2010, pp. 311-314. 2010.
M.Meyyappan and RM.Kathiresan, "Correlation studies in maize under intercropping system.", plant Archieves, Volume 7, Number 1, 2007, pp. 351-352. 2007.
List of Conferences - National
M.Rajkumar, M.Meyyappan, M.Ganapathy and A,Angayarkanni, Management practices to improve the growth of budchip seedlings in sugarcane, National conference on promoting agriculture for farmers livelihood and food security, Feb 27-28, 2020, coimbatore, pp. 169-173. coimbatore, RKMVERI, Coimbatore.
M.Rajkumar, M.Meyyappan, M.Ganapathy and MV.Sriramachandrasekharan, Suitable medium for sugarcane budchip nursery, National seminar on current trends and challenges in sustainable Agriculture, Feb 21-22, 2019, Ramakrishna mission vivekananda educational and research institute, coimbatore, pp. 289-292. coimbatore, RKMVERI.
M.Meyyappan, M.Rajkumar, M.Ganapathy and MV.Sriramachandrasekharan, Sustainable polybag nursery management for sugarcane, National seminar on current trends and challenges in sustainable Agriculture, Feb 21-22, 2019, Ramakrishna mission vivekananda educational and research institute, coimbatore, pp. 293-295. coimbatore, RKMVERI.
M.Meyyappan, G.Murali, M.Saravanaperumal and A.Angayarkanni, Low cost Agronomic techniques to enhance the yield of cowpea, Horticulture in the vanguard of climate change, Feb 7-8, 2019, Annamalainagar, pp. 328-330. Jammu, Garden glory human empowerment cooperative limited.
M.Meyyappan,G.Murali,M.Saravanaperumal and A.Angayarkanni, Effect of foliar spray on DMP, Nutrient uptake and seed yield of cowpea, National seminar on emerging trends in crop improvement, Feb 9-10, 2017, Annamalainagar, pp. 157-159. Annamalainagar, Department of Plant breeding and Genetics, AU.
M.Meyyappan, M.Rajkumar, M.Ganapathy and MV.Sriramachandrasekharan, Enhancing the growth of budchip seedlings in Sugarcane, National seminar on improved technologies for sustainable sugarcane production, Aug 21-21, 2014, Melmaruvathur, pp. 28-30. Kalavai, Adiparasakthi Agricultural college.
M.Meyyappan and RM.Kathiresan, Nutrient uptake studies in maize intercropping, Recent advances in soil health and crop management for sustainable Agriculture, Feb 26-27, 2009, Department of Soil science and Agricultural chemistry, pp. 239-241. Annamalainagar, Department of SS&AC, Annamalai University.
M.Meyyappan and RM.Kathiresan, Effect of methods of planting and intercropping on the growth and yield of maize, Resource management for sustainable Agriculture, Mar 17-18, 2005, Department of Agronomy,Annamalai University, pp. 331-332. Annamalainagar, Department of Agronomy,AU.
M.Meyyappan and G.Kuppusamy, Effect of seed coating with organic and inorganic nutrients on greengram in minespoil, Resource management for sustainable Agriculture, Mar 17-18, 2005, Department of Agronomy,Annamalai University, pp. 331-332. Annamalainagar, Department of Agronomy,AU.
List of Conferences - International
M.Meyyappan, K.Anbumani and E. Balaji, Sustainable water management for Banana, International conference on sustainable management of water resources in India, Feb 22-23, 2019, Department of Economics, Annamalai University, pp. 45-45. Annamalainagar, Glow plus publishers,chennai.
M.Meyyappan, P.Karthik, M.Ganapathy and A.Angayarkanni, Agrotechniques on the growth and yield of castor, International conference on recent innovations in biosustainability and environmental research, Feb 20-22, 2019, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, pp. 15-19. chidambaram, RIBER.
Akula srihari and M.Meyyappan, Utilization of cowdung and vermicompost for seed treatment in Jatropha curcus, International conference on conventional and nonconventional organic inputs in Agriculture, Aug 16-17, 2013, Pondicherry, pp. 270-271. Annamalainagar, Department of Agricultural Economics, AU.
Ajay krishnan and M.Meyyappan, Utilization of nonconventional organic waste for seed treatment in subabul, International conference on conventional and nonconventional organic inputs in Agriculture, Aug 16-17, 2013, Pondicherry, pp. 272-273. Annamalainagar, Department of Agricultural Economics, AU.
S.Sujatha,M.Meyyappan,M.Ganapathy and MV.Sriramachandrasekharan, Agronomic practices to maximise rice yield under SRI, International symposium on 100 years of Rice science and looking beyond, Jan 9-12, 2012, TNAU, Coimbatore, pp. 471-472. Coimbatore, TNAU.
S.Sujatha,M.Meyyappan,M.Ganapathy and MV.Sriramachandrasekharan, effect of integrated weed management on weed indices in SRI, International symposium on 100 years of Rice science and looking beyond, Jan 9-12, 2012, TNAU, Coimbatore, pp. 612-612. Coimbatore, TNAU.
G.Kuppusamy, M.Meyyappan and NN.Prasad, Effect of various organic manures and inorganic manures on finger millet,Pearl millet and cotton in kaolinite dominant minespoil, International symposium on clays in relation to environment and industry, Nov 25-27, 2000, Department of Geology, Annamalai University, pp. 230-238. Annamalainagar, Department of Geology.
G.Kuppusamy, M.Meyyappan and NN.Prasad, Screening of Rice varieties suitable for samba season in kaolinite dominant minespoil, International symposium on clays in relation to environment and industry, Nov 25-27, 2000, Department of Geology, Annamalai University, pp. 210-217. Annamalainagar, Department of Geology.
M.Meyyappan, V.Vaiyapuri and RM.Alagappan, Effect of plant growth regulators and micronutrients in chlorophyll content and Hill activity in Arachis hypogaea var.VRI-1, International conference of plant physiology, Jan 22-27, 1991, Varanasi, pp. 7-11. Varanasi, Indian society of plant physiology and BHU.
List of Book Published
M.Meyyappan, Basic text book on Forestry, East car street ,chidambaram: Sabanayagam, 978=81=923607-8-2, pp. 1-110. Sep 2012.
M.Meyyappan, Notes on water management, 176, East car street, chidambaram: Sabanayagam publishers, 978-81-952408-1-4, pp. 1-112. Feb 2014.
E.Somasundaram,D.Udhaya Nandhini and M.Meyyappan, Principles of organic farming (with theory and practicals), 101,vikas surya plaza, cu block,LSC market, pitam pura, New Delhi: New india publishing agency, ISBN : 9789387973718, pp. 1-410. Apr 2019.
G.Pathmanabhan,K.Rajan, M.Meyyappan,S.Rajkumar, R.Sivakumar and K.Ganesan, Hydroponics How todo, Behind nasrani cinema, chopasani road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state 342003: Agrobios, ISBN- 978-81-939255-3-9, pp. 1-250. Jan 2019.
G.Pathamnabhan, S.Sanbagavalli, K.Ganesan, M.Rajkumar, M.Meyyappan and E.Deepa, Aquaponics principles and practices, Behind nasrani cinema, chopasani road, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state 342003: Agrobios, ISBN:978-81-939255-2-2, pp. 1-247. Jan 2019.
E.Somasundaram, D.Udhaya Nandhini and M.Meyyappan, Principles of organic farming, Taylor& Francis, USA: CRC press, 9781032197845, pp. 1-378. Dec 2021, https://www.perlego.com/book/3022 of - organic-farming-pdf.
E.Somasundaram,D.Udhaya Nandhini and M.Meyyappan, Principles of organic farming, CRC press,London: CRC press, NIPA, 978-1000533699, pp. 1-412. Dec 2021, https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003260844.
M.Meyyappan and G.Sivakumar, Water and Weed Management, 176, east car street, chidambaram: Sabanayagam publishers, 978-81-952408-0-7, pp. 1-127. Aug 2022.
M.Meyyappan, Disaster Management, 4233/1,first floor, Ansari road, Daryaganj, Delhi- 110002: Blue rose publications, 978-93-5668-060-9, pp. 1-146. Aug 2022.

List of Awards /Honours / Memberships
Society for advancement of Rice Research - 3375
Indian society of Agronomy and Indian society of weed science - TN/2012/2497,

List of Awards
Best oral paper presentation award - Agricultural college and Research Institute, TNAU, Maduari - 2012