Taracad Subramania Ramakrishnan, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (Malabar District, Madras 25 August 1899 – 02 December 1971)

Authored over 85 papers 

Established efficient methods of control of most of the diseases affecting the rubber tree

CONTRIBUTIONS

With V. Seethalakshmi. Phytophthora cyperi-bulbosi sp.nov. on Cyperus bulbosus Vahl. Curr.Sci. 22:149-50, 1953

With N.V. Sundaram. A new rust of Antidesma in India. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 35:26-8, 1952

Two new rusts from South India. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 34:141-5, 1951

With K.V. Srinivasan. On two new rust fungi. Curr. Sci. 19 (1):25-7, 1950

With K. Ramakrishnan. Chaconia tectonae Ramakrishnan T.S. & K. sp.nov. on teak. Indian Phytopathology 2:17-9, 1949

Uromyces acori Ramakrishnan & Rangaswami sp.nov. on Acorus calamus L. Curr. Sci. 17(8), 1948

With K. Ramakrishnan. A new rust on Dalbergia paniculata Roxb. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 26:60-3, 1947

With C.K. Soumini. A new rust on Premna tomentosa Willd. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. B 25:35-7, 1947  

A leaf spot disease of Zingiber officinale caused by Phyllosticta zingiberi n.sp. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. B 20:167-71, 1942

A leafspot disease of Andropogon sorghum caused by Cercospora sorghi E & E. Mem. Dep. Agric. India Bot. Ser. 18:259-79, 1931

HONORS

Ramakrishnanella Kamat & Ullasa 1970 (Fungi)