Publications

(a) Indian Journals

1. P. S. Senthil Kumar, S. Aruna Geetha, P. Savithri, P. P. Mahendren, R.Jagadeeeswaran and K. P. Raghunath. 2003. Comparison of CVA, DRIS, MDRIS and CND norms in leaves of turmeric crop in Erode district of Tamil Nadu State. Indian J. Environ. & Ecoplan, 7(3), 511-518.

2. C.Bharathi, R.Jayakumar, M.Dakshinamoorthy, K.P.Ragunath and S.Sivagami. 2003. Studies on Dry matter production, nutrient uptake and yield as influenced by Chlormequatchloride with pesticides in cotton. Madras Agric. J. 90(1-3): 97-102.

3. C.Bharathi, R.Jayakumar, M.Dakshinamoorthy and K.P.Ragunath. 2003. Degradation and persistence of chlormequatchloride in soil and water. Madras Agric. J. 90(4-6): 356-360.

4. J.Ejilane, S.Monica, K.P.Ragunath, R.Arun Kumar, M.Ananthan and T.Senthil Kumar. 2011. Alcohol production from agricultural waste, Proceedings of AWARE 2011. p. 25-34.

5. J.Ejilane, S.Monica, K.P.Ragunath, R.Arun Kumar, M.Ananthan and T.Senthil Kumar. 2011. Biofuel production from Banana peel, Proceedings of AWARE 2011. p. 50-59.

(b) International Journals

1. P.S. Senthil Kumar, S. Aruna Geetha, P. Savithri, R. Jagadeeswaran and K.P.Ragunath. 2004. Effect of Zn enriched organic manures and zinc solubilizer application on the yield, curcumin content and nutrient status of soil under turmeric cultivation. J. Appl. Hort. 6(2): 82-86.

2. P.S. Senthil Kumar, S. Aruna Geetha, P. Savithri, P.P. Mahendran, and K.P.Ragunath. 2003. Evaluation of DRIS and CND indexes for effective nutrient management in Muscat grapevines (Vitis vinefera. Var). J. Appl. Hort. 5(2)

3. V. Arunkumar and K. P. Ragunath. 2013. Land evaluation of Vellamadai village in coimbatore district for sustainable land use planning. J. Plant Development Sciences, Vol. 5 (4): 341-348.

(c) International Conferences

1. Vinothkumar,B., R Jagadeeswaran, Balaji Kannan, K.P.Ragunath and R.Sivasamy. 2015. Hyperspectral radiometry for detection and estimation of damage caused by red spider mites in brinjal. Extended abstract of International conference on Inovative insect management approaches for sustainable agro eco syatem (IIMASAE). P.88-89

2. Ragunath, K.P, T.M.Thiyagarajan and S. Natarajan. 2006. Remote sensing and GIS as a tool in characterization and classification of soil wealth. In: Proc. of Environmental Geosciences held at Anna University, Chennai. Feb 15th and 16th, 101-102.

3. Thiyagarajan, G., R. Uma Devi, D. Rajakumar, K.P.Ragunath and J. Muralidharan. 2006. Use of Radial basis function network for non-linear rainfall-runoff modeling. In: Proc. of Environmental Geosciences held at Anna University, Chennai. Feb 15th and 16th, 48.

4. Ragunath, K.P., R. Kumaraperumal, S.S. Ganesh, P.S. Senthilkumar, D. Muthumanickam, G. Thiyagarajan and S. Natarajan. 2006. Remote sensing and GIS as a tool in land use land cover change detection studies. In: Proc. of Geoinformatics for Rural Development (ICORG, 2006) held at Hyderabad. June 5th to 8th , 42.

5. Kumaraperumal, R., S. Natarajan, R. Sivasamy, K.P. Ragunath and D. Muthumanickam. 2006. A GIS-Based Tsunami Hazard for selected Coastal Areas of Nagapattinam. In: Proc. of Geoinformatics for Rural Development (ICORG, 2006) held at Hyderabad. June 5th to 8th , 7.

6. Kumaraperumal, R., S. Natarajan, R. Sivasamy, K.P. Ragunath and D. Muthumanickam. 2006. Parcel level landuse and Landcover mapping in coastal areas – A case study. .In: Proc. of Geoinformatics for Rural Development (ICORG, 2006) held at Hyderabad. June 5th to 8th , 10.

7. Muthumanickam, D.M., S. Natarajan, R. Sivasamy, R. Kumaraperumal and K.P.Ragunath. 2006.  Characterization and Classification of soil resources in pasture lands of Kangeyam watershed of Erode District in Tamil Nadu using Remote Sensing and GIS techniques. In: Proc. of Geoinformatics for Rural Development (ICORG, 2006) held at Hyderabad. June 5th to 8th , 29.

8. Muthumanickam, D.M., S. Natarajan, R. Sivasamy, R. Kumaraperumal and K.P.Ragunath. 2006.  Drought Assessment and monitoring through remote sensing and GIS in Kangeyam taluk of Tamil Nadu. In: Proc. of Geoinformatics for Rural Development (ICORG, 2006) held at Hyderabad. June 5th to 8th, 7.

(d) National Conferences

1. Ragunath, K.P and C.S. Balasundaram. 2001. Effect of Rock Phosphate with Organic Fertilizers on Yield and Quality of Cotton. In Proc. of First Post Graduate Seminar (Crop Management – Oral) held at TNAU, Coimbatore. 21.

2. Rajakumar, D., S. Gurumurthy, B.J. Pandian and K.P.Ragunath. 2002. Effect of nutrient spray and plant density an the growth components and yield of direct sown and transplanted Hybrid cotton (TCHB 213). In Proc. of Recent Trends in Sulphur and Silicon Nutrition of Crops. Held at TNAU, Madurai. Jun 12th and 13th, 37-38.

3. Arul Murugan. P, A. Arun Prakash, G. Thiyagarajan, D. Rajakumar and K.P.Ragunath. 2007. Liquid waste management in Desiccated coconut industry. In Proc. of Environmental challenges and Management held at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. Mar 8th and 9th, 120.

4. Ragunath. K.P., P. Senthilvalavan and P.S. Senthil Kumar. 2008. Assessment of Moisture stress in Soil using Water Balance Model. In Proc. of Spatial modeling and Soft Computing in Water resources Management held at Annamalai University, Chidambaram. Mar 14th and 15th, 44.

5. P.S. Senthil Kumar, S. Aruna Geetha, K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal, F.Carre and L. Montanarella.  2008. Spatial Modeling of Soil Erosion using Remote sensing and Geographic Information System. In Proc. of Spatial modeling and Soft Computing in Water resources Management held at Annamalai University, Chidambaram. Mar 14th and 15th, 53.

6. Ragunath, K.P., R. Arun Kumar, T. Senthil Kumar, J. Ejilane, and M. Ananthan. 2011. Vermicomposting of coffee pulp waste and its effect on the availability of nutrients. Proceedings of A WARE 2011. p. 108.

7. ArunKumar. V., and K.P. Ragunath. 2011. Soil resource information for agricultural planning of vellamadai village, Coimbatore district, using remote sensing and geographic information system. Proceedings of National seminar on Soil Science, IISS, Bhopal. p. 50.

8. Senthil Kumar T., R. Arun kumar, K.P. Ragunath, J. Ejilane, and M. Ananthan. 2011. Studies on the efficacy of biological agents on black pepper (piper nigrum) against root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. 2011. Proceedings of National seminar on "Current trends in Biotechnological strategies for Eco-friendly crop production". p. 57.

9. Cannaiyane.I, S. Subramanian, E.I. Jonathan, K.P. Ragunath and R.K. Jain. 2011. ECONEMA: Software for ecological analysis of nematode distribution. Proceedings of National symposium on ''Nematodes: A challenge under changing climate and agricultural practices". p. 63.

10. Ragunath, K.P., Balaji Kannan, R.Kumaraperumal and R.Sivasamy. 2015.  Characterization of Soils in Coconut Growing Areas of Coimbatore District. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 186

11. Ragunath, K.P., R.Kumaraperumal, R. Sivasam and S. Natarajan. 2015. Taxonomy of Tamil Nadu Soils. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 206

12. Jagadeeswaran, R, R. Kumaraperumal, K.P.Ragunath,., Balaji Kannan and R. Sivasamy. 2015. Land Degradation Mapping Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques for Western Region of Tamil Nadu. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 178

13. Kumaraperumal, R.,  K.P.Ragunath,  Balaji Kannan, R.Jagadeeswaran, B.Vinothkumar and R.Sivasamy. 2015. NDVI for Monitoring Agricultural Drought Using Near-Real Time MODIS Data. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 188

14. Balaji Kannan, K.P.Ragunath, R.Kumaraperumal, R.Jagadeeswaran and G.Subasini. 2015. Hyper analyst – A tool for Vegetation Spectral Analysis. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 190

15. Manikandan, K,S. Natarajan, R.Sivasamy, P. Kannan, R. Kumaraperumal and K.P.Ragunath. 2015. Assessment of Soil Variation in Coastal Physiography using Remote Sensing and GIS Approach for Cadastral Level Planning. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 192

16. Kumaraperumal,R., K.P.Ragunath,  S.Swathi, M.Sumathi, U.Senthil kumar and R. Sivasam. 2015.  Application of GIS for Cadastral Level Fertility Mapping – A Case Study. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 200

17. Ramachandran,J., Balaji Kannan, R.Kumaraperumal, K.P.Ragunath and R.Jagadeeswaran . 2015. Application of Geospatial Technologies in Site Selection for Dumping Municipal Solid Waste in Coimbatore City. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 208

18. Vinothkumar, B., Balaji Kannan, K.P.Ragunath and R.Kumaraperumal . 2015. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Detection and Estimation of Damage Caused by Aphids in Brinjal. Extended abstract in National Seminar on Soil Resilience 2015, held at Department of Soils and Environment, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai during 21st – 22nd January, 2015. p. 210

(e) Books with ISBN.

1. Senthil-Kumar Selvaradjou, Luca Montanarella, Florence Carre, Arwyn Jones, Panos Panagos, Kaliaperumal Ragunath, Ramalingam Kumaraperumal and Subramanian Natarajan. 2007. An Innovative Approach for Updating Soil Information based on Digital Soil Mapping Techniques. Published by European Commission Institute for Environment and Sustainability, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy, pp.44, ISBN 92-79-03878-8.

2. Kumaraperumal, R., K.P.Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R.Jagadeeswaran, R.Krishnan, M.R.Srinivasan and R.Sivasamy (Editors). 2012. Geospatial Technologies and Applications. Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India.Pp:305 (ISBN: 978-81-907149-1-4).

3. Kumaraperumal,R., K.P.Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R.Jagadeeswaran, R.Krishnan, and M.R.Srinivasan (Editors). 2012. Geospatial Technologies and Applications – A Practical Guide. Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India.Pp:230 (ISBN:978-81-907149-2-1).

4. Kannan,P. K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal. 2012.  Soil Resource Based Crop Planning for Cauvery Delta Zone of Tamil Nadu-Soil suitability Water balance modeling Remote Sensing and GIS, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, pp.320, ISBN 978-3-8465-8297-8.

5. V. ArunKumar, K.P. Ragunath and M.V. Sriramachandrasekaran. 2010. Role of potassium nutrition to sustain crop production in Tamil Nadu. ISBN: 978-93-81236-07-9.

6. Balaji Kannan, K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal, R. Jagadeeswaran, B. Vinothkumar and R. Sivasamy (Editors) 2014. Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture. Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India, pp 216. ISBN: 978-81-907149-4-5.

(f) Book without ISBN:

1. R. Sivasamy, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath and B. Vinothkumar (Editors) 2014. Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture- practical manual. Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India, pp 282.

(g) Book Chapters in Books with ISBN.

1. T.M.Thiyagarajan, S. natarajan, M. Maheswari, V. Geethalakshmi and K.P.Ragunath. 2002. Agriculture 2002. Science, Agriculture, Policy. Published by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore

2. Ragunath, K.P. and R. Kumaraperumal. 2012. Digital Image Enhancement, In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications. (eds) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan, M.R. Srinivasan and  R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 73-81, ISBN 978-81-907149-1-4.

3. Ragunath, K.P., Balaji Kannan and R. Kumaraperumal. 2012. Analysis in Geographic Information System, In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications. (eds) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan, M.R. Srinivasan and  R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 269-278, ISBN 978-81-907149-1-4.

4. Ragunath, K.P. and R. Kumaraperumal. 2012. Map Projections and Co-ordinate Systems. In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications – A Practical Guide (eds.) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan and M.R. Srinivasan, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 173-184, ISBN 978-81-907149-2-1.

5. Ragunath, K.P. and R. Kumaraperumal. 2012. The Geostatistical Analyst. In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications – A Practical Guide (eds.) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan and M.R. Srinivasan, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 199-216, ISBN 978-81-907149-2-1.

6. Jagadeeswaran, R. and K.P. Ragunath. 2012. Thermal remote sensing and its applications. In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications (eds.) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan, M.R. Srinivasan and  R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 35-42, ISBN 978-81-907149-1-4.

7. Jagadeeswaran, R. and K.P. Ragunath. 2012. Principles of microwave remote sensing and applications. In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications (eds.) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan, M.R. Srinivasan and  R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 43-54, ISBN 978-81-907149-1-4.

8. Kumaraperumal, R. and K.P. Ragunath. 2012. Crop Acreage and Condition Assessment, In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications. (eds) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan, M.R. Srinivasan and  R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 169-171, ISBN 978-81-907149-1-4.

9. Kumaraperumal, R. and K.P. Ragunath. 2012. Introduction to ArcGIS. In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications – A Practical Guide (eds.) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan and M.R. Srinivasan, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 159-172, ISBN 978-81-907149-2-1.

10. Kumaraperumal, R. and K.P. Ragunath. 2012. Digital Elevation Model. In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications – A Practical Guide (eds.) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan and M.R. Srinivasan, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 217-230, ISBN 978-81-907149-2-1.

11. Jagadeeswaran, R. and K.P. Ragunath. 2012. Image enhancement techniques using IDRISI. In: Geospatial Technologies and Applications – A Practical Guide (eds.) R. Kumaraperumal, K.P. Ragunath, Balaji Kannan, R. Jagadeeswaran, R. Krishnan and M.R. Srinivasan, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, pp: 91-102, ISBN 978-81-907149-2-1.

12. Ragunath, K.P. 2014. DIGITAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT – I. In: Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture. (eds.) Balaji Kannan, K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal, R. Jagadeeswaran, B. Vinothkumar and R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India, pp 55-60. ISBN: 978-81-907149-4-5.

13. Ragunath, K.P. 2014. DIGITAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT – II. In: Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture. (eds.) Balaji Kannan, K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal, R. Jagadeeswaran, B. Vinothkumar and R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India, pp 61-64. ISBN: 978-81-907149-4-5.

14. Ragunath, K.P. 2014. UNDERSTANDING DIGITAL TERRAIN DATA. In: Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture. (eds.) Balaji Kannan, K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal, R. Jagadeeswaran, B. Vinothkumar and R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India, pp 101-106. ISBN: 978-81-907149-4-5.

15. Ragunath, K.P. 2014. NON-SPATIAL INFORMATION AND CONCEPT OF DATABASE. In: Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture. (eds.) Balaji Kannan, K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal, R. Jagadeeswaran, B. Vinothkumar and R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India, pp 133-138. ISBN: 978-81-907149-4-5.

16. Ragunath, K.P. 2014. DATA QUALITY AND ERRORS. In: Geospatial Technologies in Agriculture. (eds.) Balaji Kannan, K.P. Ragunath, R. Kumaraperumal, R. Jagadeeswaran, B. Vinothkumar and R. Sivasamy, Official publication of Department of Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System, TNAU, India, pp 159-164. ISBN: 978-81-907149-4-5.

(h) CD’s with ISBN.

1. Natarajan, S., R. Sivasamy, K.P. Ragunath and Kumaraperumal. R. 2008. Block Level Soil Information System– Digital archive of Remote Sensing and GIS Centre. CD-ROM version. Office for Official Publications of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India, ISBN 978-81-904634-4-7.

2. Natarajan, S., R. Sivasamy, K.P. Ragunath and Kumaraperumal. R. 2008. Crop Planner for Cauvery Delta Zone – Digital archive of Remote Sensing and GIS Centre. CD-ROM version. Office for Official Publications of the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India, ISBN 978-81-904634-5-4.