Dr. K Yesodharan

Dr. K. Yesodharan, Scientist C, Botany Department, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation Division, superannuated from service on 29 February 2012. He joined KFRI as Senior Scientific Assistant in 1980. He was awarded his PhD on “Taxonomical studies on lignicolous fungi from forests” in 1993. Over the years he has worked on various aspects such as Fungicidal management of quick wilt disease, Macrofungal flora of Peechi and Vazhani Wildlife Sanctuary, Biodiversity of plant pathogenic fungi in the Kerala part of the Western Ghats, Ecosystem structure, biodiversity, human dimensions and their linkages of Iringole sacred groves, Conservation of the critically endangered tree Syzygium palghatense Gamble (Myrtaceae) in the Western Ghats etc. He was instrumental in establishing an arboretum of rare and characteristic species of the moist deciduous forests of Kerala. Recently he has created a multidisciplinary database of RET plants of the Kerala State.