Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education award

Scientist Kannan C S Warrier has been conferred the National Award of Excellence for Outstanding Research in Forestry for the year 2019.
The Award was given by the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE).
The scientist was involved in releasing three productive clones of casuarina, known as kattadi and savukku that are suitable for salt-affected soils for the first time in the country.
Casuarina is a genus of 17 tree species in the family Casuarinaceae.
The tree is native to Australia, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, islands of the western Pacific Ocean, and eastern Africa.
They are evergreen shrubs and trees growing to 35 m (115 ft.) tall.