• Water Management 
• Weed Management 
• Nutrient Management

• Technology: ICAR- certified technology: IPNS-STCR based Nutrient Management for plant and ratoon sugarcane (Developer)
• Variety: ICAR-SBI Co 09004, Co 10026, and Co 12009 sugarcane varieties (Co-developer)
• Water-saving and efficient irrigation management techniques for sugarcane (Co-developer)
• Bio-intensive ratoon rhizosphere modulation for enhanced cane production, green manuring + in-situ trash mulching (ISTM), and microbial consortia application for soil compaction management in multiple ratoon sugarcane cropping systems. (Developer)
•  Green cane trash blanketing, green manuring, in-situ trash mulching (ISTM), in multiple sugarcane ratoons. (Developer)
• Standardized crop geometry for Bud chips settling under wide row planting for sugarcane mechanization. (Developer)
• Weed Management in sugarcane with new generation herbicide molecules (Co-Developer)
• Identification of commercial sugarcane hybrids with high water productivity for drought-prone areas of tropical Indian conditions. (Developer)
• Canopy management in High Density Planting System (HDPS) cotton. (Developer)

• National Workshop on Cotton Yield Improvement Through High-Density Planting System (HDPS) Member of organizing committee National workshop was jointly organized by ICAR-CICR with the support of FSII and NSAI on March 7, 2025 at Le Meridien, Nagpur
• Co-chaired session in AICRP-AGM-2024 Annual Group Meeting (AGM) of ICAR-AICRP on Cotton for the year 2023-24 on 5-6, April, 2024 at Nagpur.
• Member, Poster Evaluation Committee II during ACRDN 9 at ICAR-CIRCOT, Mumbai

TRAINING ATTENDED 

• Short duration (10 to 20 days)

TRAINING CONDUCTED

• Course coordinator for training programme on “An Overview and Hands on Instrumentation for abiotic stresses in Agriculture” held at ICAR-NIASM, Baramati during 1-30 November 2022
• List of trainings conducted (5 days or more) 
• Course Co-Director for Training Programme on “Toolified approach Competency development of Government Officials for developing climate projects held at ICAR-NIASM, Baramati during 13-17 March 2023 

INVITED LECTURES 

• Invited lecture in the third International conference and exhibition on the theme “Sustainability: Challenges and Opportunities in Global Sugar Industry held on 12-14 January, 2024 at VSI Pune.

Invited lecture on “Advances in cotton production technology for enhancing yield and economics” during Krishi Vigyan Mandal’s 32^nd Monthly Seminar on 5th May, 2024 at KVK Jalna I, Maharashtra.

• Chairman, Poster Evaluation Committee for Posters presented during Symposium IX: New Vistas in Agronomic Education: Policy framework towards Agronomic innovations for Agriculture 5.0 and Viksit Bharat during the Sixth International Agronomy Congress from 24-26 November 2025 at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, (NPL) Auditorium, New Delhi.
•  Chairman, AICRP(Cotton), Monitoring of AICRP Experiments in AICRP Centre in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka
• Chief Editor , Ganna Prakash
• Joint Secretary, SSRD (2020-2021)
• Jury for CBSE Regional Science Exhibition-2023-24 held at Bhavans Bhaggwandas Purohit Vidya Mandir, Civil Line Nagpur during 1-2 December2023.
• ECO-Agri Award (2021)
• Outstanding Scientist Award (2018)
• ICAR-Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Award for Ganna Prakash, 2017-ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore TN
• Rajshree Tandon Rajbhasha Award, 2020-ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore TN
• Rajshree Tandon Rajbhasha Award, 2021-ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore TN
• Best Oral Presentation awards (3)
• Best Poster Presentations Awards (2)
•  Best Research Paper Awards (2)
• Excellent Performer Award for AICRP Team, ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore (2018-19)
• TOLIC Awards (2016, 2017, and n2018-19) -ICAR-SBI, Coimbatore TN
• Award and recognition for outstanding contribution to the overall development of Telgaon village Through the TAR-IVLP project

RESEARCH ARTICLES (not more than 10)

• C, Brindha; S, Vasantha; R, Arun Kumar; Arjun Shaligram, Tayade.2021. Characterization of Salt Overly Sensitive (SOS) pathway genes involved in Na+ ions trafficking in sugarcane under salinity stress. Physiologia Plantarum, 171(4):677-687doi: 10.1111/ppl.13245. (NASS ID:P 066, NAAS Score:12.40)
• A. S. Tayade, P. Geetha, S. Anusha, R. Arun Kumar, C. Palnisamy and P.Govindraj.2021. Effects of Spatial and Genotypic Variability on HUE (Heat Use Efficiency), EUE (energy use efficiency) and Sugarcane Productivity under Tropical Indian Conditions. Journal of crop and Weed, 17(2): 219-225 https://doi.org/10.22271/09746315.2021.v17.i2.1474. (NASS ID:J 183, NAAS Score:5.27) 
• Thirugnana, S., Nageshwari, R., Chandrashekaran, R., Tayade, A.S.2022. Influence of Plant Geometry and Intercropping on soil fertility and Nutrient Budgeting under sustainable Sugarcane Initiative of Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.) In India. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research, H 20(3):2247-2259.DOI: http://doi.org/10.15666/aeer. (NASS ID:A 252, NAAS Score:6.70)
• S. Vasantha, R.A. Kumar, A.S. Tayade, V Krishnapriya.2023. Sugarcane stalk Traits for high Throughput Phenotyping in restricted Irrigation Regimes. Sugar Tech, 25(4):788–796 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-023-01242-7. (NASS ID:S 096, NAAS Score:7.9) 
• Arun Kumar Raja, Srinivasavedantham Vasantha, Raju Gomathi, Govindakurup Hemaprabha,Srinivasan Alarmelu, Venkatarayappa Srinivasa, Krishnapriya Vengavasi, Muthalagu Alagupalamuthirsolai, Kuppusamy Hari, Chinappagounder Palaniswami,Krishnasamy Mohanraj, Chinnaswamy Appunu ,Ponmani Geetha, Arjun Shaligram Tayade, Shareef Anusha, Vazhakkannadi Vinu, Ramanathan Valarmathi, Pooja Dhansu, and Meena Minturam.2023. Rapid and Non-Destructive Methodology for Measuring Canopy Coverage at an Early Stage and Its Correlation with Physiological and Morphological Traits and Yield in Sugarcane. Agriculture, 13:  1481 https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13081481. (NASS ID:A106, NAAS Score:9.6)
• Tayade, A.S., S. Vasantha, S. Anusha, R. Arun Kumar, G. Hemaprabha, P. Geetha, V. Krishnapriya, K. Sammi Reddy, Rajan Bhatt, Manzer H. Siddiqui, Mahipal Singh Kesawat. 2023. Water efficient genotypes along with conservation measures significantly reduce the green and blue water footprint in sugarcane (Saccharum spp.).2023. Scientific reports 13, 13229. https:doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-40223-4. (NASS ID: S 023, NAAS Score:10.26)
• Krishnapriya Vengavasi, Vasantha Srinivasavedantham, Arun Kumar Raja, Arjun Shaligram Tayade, Bakshi Ram.2023. Photoperiodic Induction and Synchronization of Flowering in Sugarcane Hybrids for Breeding Programs. Sugar Tech, 25(1):160–167 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-022-01164-w. (NASS ID:S 096, NAAS Score:7.9)
• Vinay Hegde, Aliza Pradhan, Tarasingh Rathod, Arjun Tayade, Jagadish Rane.2024. Application of thermal imaging for assessing desiccation stress memory in sugarcane and sorghum cultivars. Sugar Tech. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-023-01355-z. (NASS ID:S 096, NAAS Score:7.9)
• Anusha, P. Geetha, V. Krishnapriya, A. S. Tayade, R. Arun Kumar. 2024. Management of diverse weed flora in widely spaced sugarcane plant crop in tropical India through sequential and tank mix application of herbicides. Sugar Tech, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12355-    024-01515-9. (NASS ID:S 096, NAAS Score:7.9)
• E Ravi Goud, G Dhanalakshmi, M Sudhakar, D Balaraju, S Srikanth, AR Reddy and A Tayade. 2025. HDPS cotton: A pathway for higher yields in rainfed situations. International Journal of Research in Agronomy 2025; SP-8(7): 252-255. DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.33545/2618060X.2025.v8.i7Sd.3339

• Y.G. Prasad, A.S. Tayade, M. V. Venugopalan, K. Sankarnarayanan, BS Patil, A.L.  Waghmare, Rabindra Prasad.2023. Success stories of Special Project on Cotton. The Director, Directorate of Cotton Development Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Department of Agriculture and Farmers Bhoomi Sarvekshan Bhavan, Katol Road, Nagpur 440013, Maharashtra, pages:112.
• Singh A.K., Wakchaure G.C., Kochewad S.A., Gaikwad B.B., Basavaraj. P.S., Kakade V.D., Gopalkrishnan B., Rajkumar, Halli H.M., Pradhan A., K. Ravi Kumar, Chavan S.B., Tayade A.S. and Reddy K.S.2023. Book of Abstracts: National Seminar on Abiotic Stress Management for Sustainable Millet based Production Systems Management, Baramati, Pune, Maharashtra (India). Pages:195.
• Pradhan A, Gaikwad BB, Pawar SS, Nangare DD, Chavan SB, Paritosh Kumar, Salunkhe VN, Rajagopal V, Khapte PS, Paul NC, Tayade A.S., Reddy KS. 2023. Souvenir of National Seminar on Abiotic Stress Management for Sustainable Millet based Production Systems, ICAR-National Institute of Abiotic Stress Management, Baramati, India, pages: 142.
• P. Geetha, Bakshi Ram, A.S.Tayade, T.Rajula Shanthy, C. Palaniswami, N. Thawapraksh,D.Rajkumar.2021. Integrated Farming System in Sugarcane: Ensuring Production, Profit and Nutritional security. ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore pages: 214.
• P. Geetha, Bakshi Ram, A.S.Tayade, T.Rajula Shanthy, C. Palaniswami, N. Thawapraksh,D.Rajkumar.2021.Ganne me Ekikrut Krishi Pranali:Utpadan, Labh Aur Poshan Suraksha Sunishit karane Ke liye (Hindi). ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore pages: 163. 
• P. Geetha, Bakshi Ram, A.S.Tayade, T.Rajula Shanthy, C. Palaniswami, N. Thawapraksh, D.Rajkumar. 2021. Karumbu Saar Orunginaintha pannai murai(Tamil). ICARSugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore pages:161
• Seemantini Nadiger, B. Jebasingh, Pavankumar Muralakar, B. N. Aravinda Kumar, Mercy Eben Newton Balakrishnan, and Arjun Tayade. 2024.Nanoencapsulation, Nano-Based Formulations of Graphene-Based Materials for Plant Growth Fertilizers and Nutrient Enhancers. In the Book: Graphene-Based Nanomaterials, Application in Food, Agriculture and Healthcare, Editor: Yugal Kishore Mohanta, Kunal Biswas, Sauraov Mahanta, Saravanan Muthupandian, CRC Press. DOI: 10.1201/9781003300540-12. Pp.121-137.
• Tayade, A.S. P. Getha, S. Anusha, R. Arunkumar and S. Vasantha.2022. Agro technologies to sustain sugarcane productivity under abiotic stresses. In: Agro-industrial Perspectives on Sugarcane Production under Environmental Stress edited by: Dr. Krishan K. Verma, Dr. Xiu-Peng Song, Dr. Vishnu D. Rajput, Dr. Sushil Solomon, Dr. Yang-Rui Li, Dr. Govind P. Rao. Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore. Pp. 231-266.
• A.S. Tayade, P.Geetha and S.Anusha.2022.Climate Smart Agronomy Practices for the Management of Abiotic Stresses in Sugarcane. In :Physiological Interventions for Developing Climate Resilent Commercial crops.Editors: Dr. R. Gomathi, A. H. Prakash and Bakshi Ram, Satish Serial Publishing House, 403, Express Tower, Commercial Complex, Azadpur, Delhi-110033 (INDIA) ISBN : 978-93-90660-53-7. Pp.:139-164

International

1. Oral Presentation A.S. Tayade, 2025.Standardizing Canopy Management and Mulching Techniques for High Density Planting System in Cotton. Sub-theme entitled “Harnessing genetic potentials for food and nutritional security” scheduled on 25 November 2025 at 10:00 AM organized by The Indian Society of Agronomy at CSIR–National Physical Laboratory (NPL) Auditorium, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, New Delhi, India
2. Oral presentation Y.G. Prasad and A.S. Tayade 2024. A Cluster Based and Value Chain Public Private Partnership (PPP) Approach to Boost Cotton Productivity in India. In: International Conference on “Innovative Technologies for research and development for Sustainable production of cotton, oilseeds and fiber crops” organized by Cotton Research and Development Association (CRDA) at KVK, ICAR-CCARI, Ela Old Goa, during 13-15, 2024.
3. A.S. Tayade.2022. Effects of water efficient hybrids and water conservation measures on the green and blue water footprints of sugarcane.in the 7^th IAPSIT International Sugar Conference /Sugarcon 2022 on sustainability of sugar and integrated industries: Issues and Initiatives held at ICAR-IISR Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India from 16-19 October 2022.
4. Tayade, A.S., P. Geetha and S. Anusha. 2021. Climate smart weed management practices to mitigate the abiotic stresses in sugarcane. In: International plant physiology virtual symposium “Physiological interventions for climate smart agriculture”, Coimbatore, 11-12 March 2021, p. 146
5. Tayade, A.S., P. Geetha and S. Anusha, C. Palaniswami and P. Govindaraj. 2021. Impact of climate smart genotypes and nutrient management strategies on sugarcane productivity. In: International plant physiology virtual symposium “Physiological interventions for climate smart agriculture”, Coimbatore, 11-12 March 2021, p. 199

National 

1. Co-chaired the session in National Workshop on Cotton Yield Improvement Trough HDPS” organized by ICAR-CICR, Nagpur during 7 March 2025
2. Presented CICR-Nagpur Achievement in the Joint Agresco held at Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani on 29 may 2025.

• Ramkrushna G.I., Srirang Devba Lad, A.S. Tayade and Y.G. Prasad. 2024. ICAR-CICR-Dada Lad Cotton Production technology. CICR/Leaflet/2024/1(English). ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur.
• Ramkrushna G.I., Srirang Devba Lad, A.S. Tayade, Rachna Pande and Y.G. Prasad. 2024. ICAR-CICR-Dada Lad Cotton Production technology. CICR/Leaflet/2024/1(Hindi). ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur.
• Ramkrushna GI, Venugopalan MV, Pande, R., Gawande SP, Tayade AS, Behere GT. Prasad YG. 2024. जैविक कपास की खेती के लिए तकनीकी विकल्प. CICR folder 2024/1 ICAR- Central Institute for Cotton Research (Hindi).
• Ramkrushna GI, Venugopalan MV, Pande, R., Gawande SP, Tayade AS, Behere GT. Prasad YG. 2024. सेंद्रीय कापूस लागवड तंत्रज्ञान. CICR folder 2024/1 ICAR- Central Institute for Cotton Research (Marathi)

Arjun Tayade, P. Geetha, S.Anusha, A. Vennila, C. Palaniswami and Bakshi Ram .2021.Ganna Utpadan Prodyogikiyoki Upyogita. Kheti 73(12):5-12, 2021

• Ramkrushna G.I., Venugopalan, M.V., Pande, R., Gawande, S.P., Tayade, A.S., Behere, G.T., Prasad, Y.G. 2024. Organic Cotton Production Technology. CICR Bulletin 2024/1. ICAR- Central Institute for Cotton Research.

• Life Member of Indian Society of Agronomy, New Delhi
• Life member of Society for Sugarcane Research and Development Coimbatore  
• Life Member, of Society for Sugar Research and Promotion, New Delhi, India
• Life Member of Indian Society of Weed Science, Jabalpur
• Life Member of Indian Society for Cotton Improvement, Mumbai
• Life Member of Society for Agricultural Research on Abiotic Stress (Saras), Baramati, Pune
• Life Member, Academy of Natural Resource Conservation and Management, Lucknow

• Head Division of Crop Production 
• Chairman, Institute Works Committee, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur 
• Member, Institute Technology Management Committee, ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
• Editor, Indian Society for Agronomy (ISA), New Delhi
• Editorial Board Member, Annual Report Publication Committee ICAR-CICR, Nagpur
• Expert on Selection Board, Maharashtra Agricultural Universities Recruitment Board (MAURB), Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education and Research, Pune, for finalizing promotion proposals under Career Advancement Scheme (CAS) of Agronomy discipline 
• Expert Member (NRM) for Research Review Committee of Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri held on 10-12 February, 2025.
• Expert Member for Research Planning (Agronomy) of Dr. PDKV, Akola held on 27 February, 2025
• Academic Editor for “International Journal of Plant & Soil Science” a NAAS rated journal

• Chief Nodal Officer and PI, Special Project on Cotton
• Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav
• Chairman, Agro-Advisory Committee, ICAR-NIASM, Baramati