Research Papers

• Kumar, S., Dar, S.A., Srivastava, P.P., Aklakur, M.D., Muralidhar, P.A., Gireesh babu, P. and Gupta, S. 2016. Quantitative expression of MYOD Regulatory factor in Pangasianadon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) fingerlings for optimization of dietary protein. The Bioscan, 11(4): 2077 – 2082.
• Mane, A.M., Meena, D., Varghese, T., Syamala, K. and Muralidhar, A.P. 2017. Effect of stocking density on the growth, survival and yield of carp fry reared in pens. Int. J. Curr. Microbiol. App. Sci. 6 (4): 641-648.
• Sivaramakrishnan, T., Sahu, N. P., Jain, K.K., Muralidhar, A.P., Saravanan, K., Ferosekhan, S., Praveen raj, J. and Artheeswaran, N. 2017. Optimum dietary lipid requirement of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus juveniles in relation to growth, fatty acid profile, body indices and digestive enzyme activity. Aquaculture International. 25(2): 941-954
• Jayant, M., Muralidhar, A.P., Sahu, N.P., Jain, K.K., Pal, A.K. and Srivastava, P.P. 2017. Protein requirement of juvenile striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus. Aquaculture International doi.org/10.1007/s10499-017-0216-0.
• Sharma, A., Chanu, T.I., Muralidhar, P.A., Suresh babu, P.P., Syamala, K., Srinivasa Rao, P., Deo, A.D. and Jahageerdar, S. 2017. Virulent Aeromonas veronii Strain BLB-01 associated with mass mortality of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758). Int. J. Curr. Microbiol.App. Sci 6 (8): 3668-3681.
• Showkat, A.D., Adnan, H.G., Bhat, I.A., Kumar, S., Srivastava, P.P., Muralidhar, P.A. and Gupta, S. 2017. Studies of anthelminthic benzimidazole derivatives on cytochrome P450 1A (CYP1A) dependent detoxification mechanism in Labeo rohita. Aquaculture. Volume 481, Pages 79-84.
• Daniel, N., Muralidhar, A.P., Srivastava, P.P., Jain, K.K., Pani Prasad, K., Manish, J. and Sivaramakrishnan, T. 2018. Dietary ascorbic acid requirement for growth of striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) juveniles. Aquaculture nutrition 24 (1): 616-624.
• Ranjan, A., Jain, K.K., Srivastava, P.P. and Muralidhar, A.P. 2018. Dietary energy requirement of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) juveniles reared at two temperatures. Turkish journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences. 18: 101-108.
• Gopan, A., Muralidhar, A.P., Tincy, V. Sahu, N.P., Syamlal, L., Srivastava, P.P. and Jain, K.K. 2018. Dietary carotenoid supplementation improved fillet appearance antioxidant status and immune responses in striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) nevertheless the growth performance. Turkish journal of fisheries and aquatic sciences Doi: 10.4194/1303-2712-v18_11_07.
• Mir, I. N., Srivastava, P.P., Bhat, I.A., Muralidhar, P.A., Tincy, V., Gireesh Babu, P., and K.K.Jain. 2018. Expression and activity of trypsin and pepsin during larval development of Indian walking catfish (Clarias magur). Aquaculture. Volume 491, Pages 266-272.
• Syamala, K., Lakra, W.S., Chadha, N.K., Sahu, N.P. and Pani Prasad, K. and Muralidhar, P.A. 2018. Immuno-physiological response of Litopenaeus vannamei in oil palm kernel meal based biofloc systems. The Indian journal of animal sciences 88(11):1329-1332
• Mir, I.N., Srivastava, P.P., Bhat,I.A., Muralidhar, P.A., GireeshBabu, P., Tincy V., Chanu, T.I., and Jain, K.K. 2018. Reference gene selection for quantitative real-time RT-PCR normalization in Clarias magur at different larval developmental stages. Indian journal of Animal Science 88(3):380-382
• Daniel, N., Muralidhar, A.P., Srivastava, P.P., Jain, K.K., Pani Prasad, K., Anandan, R. and Manish, J. 2018. Influence of vitamin C on hematology of Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) juveniles during pre and post-challenge with Aeromonas hydrophila (chester, 1901). Fishery Technology, 55: 120-127.
• Lingam, S.S., Sawant, P.B., Chadha, N.K., Pani Prasad, K., Muralidhar, A., Syamala, K., Xavier, M. 2018. Effect of stunting on carcass quality characteristics of milkfish, Chanos chanos (Forsskal, 1775), reared under pond conditions. Aquaculture Research, 49(11): 3491-3497.
• Lingam, S.S., Sawant, P.B., Chadha, N.K., Pani Prasad, K., Muralidhar, A., Syamala, K., Xavier, M. 2019. Duration of stunting impacts compensatory growth and carcass quality of farmed milkfish, Chanos chanos (Forsskal, 1775), reared under field conditions. Scientific Reports: 9: 16747.
• Lingam, S.S., Sawant, P.B., Chadha, N.K., Pani Prasad, K., Muralidhar, A., Syamala, K., Xavier, M. 2019. Effect of duration of stunting on physiological recovery of stunted milkfish under field conditions: a relevant farmers' advisory. Journal of Coastal Research. 86. 32.
• Mir, I. N., Srivastava, P.P., Bhat, I., Yousuf, J., Sushila, N., Sardar, P., Kumar, S., Muralidhar, P.A., and Jain, K.K. 2019. Optimal dietary lipid and protein level for growth and survival of catfish Clarias magur larvae. Aquaculture. 734678.
• Mir, I. N., Srivastava, P.P., Bhat, I., Bhat, A.,Dar, S., Dar, A., Sushila, N., Varghese, T., Muralidhar, P.A., and Jain, K.K. 2019. Expression and activity of key lipases during the larval development of walking catfish (Clarias magur). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B Molecular and Developmental Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22861.
• Sontakke, R., Tiwari, V.K., Paniprasad, K., Babita Rani, A.M. and Muralidhar, P.A. 2019.Non-specific immune and antioxidant status of milkfish, Chanos chanos varies with the carbon source used in the biofloc system. J. Exp. Zool. India, 22 (1) : 109-118
• Ranjan, A., Jain, K.K., Srivastava, P.P. and Muralidhar, A.P. 2020. Comparative evaluation of metabolic enzymes activities in different tissues of striped catfish, Pangasianodon hypophthalmus (Sauvage, 1878) fingerlings reared at ambient and higher temperature. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 19(2):893-903.

Other Publications

• Muralidhar, P.A., Syamala, K., Srinivasa Rao, P. and Somu Sunder Lingam. 2017. Nutritional deficiency disorders in Aquatic Organisms. Aqua Star. pp: 50-55.
• Muralidhar, P.A., Syamala, K., Srinivasa Rao, P. and Murali Mohan, K. and Somu Sunder Lingam. 2017. Marine Nutraceuticals. Aquaculture times., 3 (2): 6-8.
• Chanu, T.I., Sharma, A., Muralidhar P. A., Prasad, J.K., Patnaik.R.R.S., Srinivasa Rao, P., Jahageerdar, S. 2018. Three tier larval rearing system for mass scale production and culture of magur, Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822). Aqua star ; pp: 54-59
• Sharma, A., Chanu, T.I., Muralidhar P. A., Shrinivas Jahageerdar. 2018. Common diseases and aberration in walking catfish (Clarias magur, Hamilton, 1822) and related advisories. Aquaculture Times, vol 4(4), pp: 14-20.
• Chanu, T.I., Sharma, A., Muralidhar P. A., Syamala,K and Srinivasa Rao, P. 2019. Pengba, Osteobrama belangeri: an emerging species for the diversification of fish culture in Andhra Pradesh. Aqua Star,pp: 16-18.

Completed / Ongoing Projects

• Nutritional requirement and nutrigenomics studies for growth and flesh quality in Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
• Pharmacodynamics and Physico- Metabolic Responses for Selected Antiparasitic Compound in Labeo rohita.
• Isolation and characterization of pathogenic bacteria associated with L. vannamei farming.
• Technology refinement of zero water exchange system in Litopenaeus vannamei farming through commercial probiotic and bioremediator intervention.
• Evaluation of Leaf meal as a replacer of De-oiled Ricebran (DORB) in the diet of Labeo rohita.
• Capacity building of stakeholders to integrate Fisheries and aquaculture in emergency response and preparedness.
• Purity, Stability, Toxicity Studies and Field Trials on a Commercial batch of DNA vaccine against WSSV.
• Performance evaluation and improvement of newly-designed water filtration unit.
• Development of a multi-species Brackishwater fish culture model.

Significant achievements in research & development

• Nutritional requirement studies for Pangasianodon hypophthalmus fingerlings (Protein, Lipid, Energy, Vitamin C, Zinc) was quantified for the optimum feeding as per the actual nutrient requirement of the fish.
• Improvement of flesh quality of P. hypophthalmus through dietary caroteniod and zinc supplementation was achieved.
• Partial characterization of different genes (Myo-D, Calpain, Cathepsin, Carbonic anhydrase, Hexokinase, Amylase) was achieved through dietary nutrients for P. hypophthalmus.
• Comparative assessment of compensatory growth, physiological changes and carcass characteristics of Chanos chanos under various stunting regimes
• Successful demonstration of package of practices for pengba, Osteobrama belangerii.
• Co-culture of Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer with tilapia for small and marginal farmers livelihood

Awards/Honours

• BEST PAPER Award in the International conference, PROFIT ON AQUACULTURE – 2017 held at Bhimavaram, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh during 11-13, February 2017.
• Recipient of Best Young Scientist for Field oriented work 2016-17 from ICAR-CIFE during ICAR-CIFE Annual day celebrations held on 06.06.2017
• Best Centre Award for the year 2017-18 during ICAR-CIFE Annual day celebrations held on 06.06.2018
• Best oral presentation Award received during BRAQCON, 2019 World Brackishwater Aquaculture Conference for the paper entitled “Optimization of duration of stunting improves growth, physiology and carcass quality of milkfish, Chanos chanos under field conditions: A relevant farmers’ advisory”.