Diseases and Management of Crops under Protected Cultivation
Diseases and Management of Crops under Protected Cultivation
Diseases and Management of Crops under Protected Cultivation
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(<strong>Diseases</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Management</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Crops</strong> <strong>under</strong> <strong>Protected</strong> <strong>Cultivation</strong>)<br />
RESEARCH<br />
Research work in the department began since the inception <strong>of</strong> the University. With the<br />
addition <strong>of</strong> new programme <strong>and</strong> staff strength, the research activities got diversified<br />
encompassing, Ecology <strong>of</strong> soil borne plant pathogens, Epidemiology <strong>and</strong> Forecasting, Biological<br />
control <strong>and</strong> IPM, Molecular Biology <strong>and</strong> Population Biology, Seed Pathology, Fungicides,<br />
Nematology, Phytovirology, Phytobacteriology <strong>and</strong> Biology & Technology <strong>of</strong> Mushroom<br />
Production. The department has several research projects funded by national <strong>and</strong> international<br />
funding agencies. The department is guiding the research work at the regional station such as<br />
Bharsar, Kashipur, Lohaghat, Majhera <strong>and</strong> Ranichauri on pathological aspects. The scientists <strong>of</strong><br />
the department have won many national <strong>and</strong> international awards.<br />
The department is actively engaged in the research work on both fundamental <strong>and</strong> applied<br />
aspects in frontier areas <strong>of</strong> plant pathology. The plant protection technology developed by the<br />
department is being effectively communicated to the farming community <strong>of</strong> state <strong>of</strong> Uttaranchal.<br />
The department has to cater the needs <strong>of</strong> not only farmers <strong>of</strong> the plain but also <strong>of</strong> hills located at<br />
different altitudes. In hills crops, diseases <strong>and</strong> cropping practices vary a lot depending on altitudes<br />
<strong>and</strong> they are quite different from plain. This <strong>of</strong>fers a big challenge to the Centre <strong>of</strong> Advanced<br />
Studies in Plant Pathology.<br />
Significant Contribution<br />
• Cause <strong>and</strong> control <strong>of</strong> Khaira disease <strong>of</strong> rice<br />
• Development <strong>of</strong> selective media for isolation <strong>and</strong> enumeration <strong>of</strong> Pythium <strong>and</strong> Fusarium<br />
• Mechanism <strong>of</strong> biological control in soil amended with organic matters<br />
• Biology <strong>and</strong> characterization <strong>of</strong> legume viruses<br />
• Ecology <strong>of</strong> soil – borne pathogens (Fusarium, Pythium, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotium r<strong>of</strong>sii)<br />
• Mechanism <strong>of</strong> absorption, translocation <strong>and</strong> distribution <strong>of</strong> fungicides in plants<br />
• Methods for quantitative estimation <strong>of</strong> fungicides like metalaxyl, organotin compounds, carbendazim<br />
etc.<br />
• Hormonal action <strong>of</strong> fungicides<br />
• Phenolics in Plant disease resistance<br />
• Biological control with introduced antagonists<br />
• Etiology & management <strong>of</strong> mango malformation<br />
• Etiology <strong>and</strong> management <strong>of</strong> shisham wilt.<br />
• Epidemiology <strong>and</strong> Genetics <strong>of</strong> Karnal bunt fungus<br />
• Population biology <strong>of</strong> rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea<br />
• Mechanism <strong>of</strong> intra-field variability in Rhizoctonia solani<br />
• Soil solarization<br />
• Mushrooms – Development <strong>of</strong> strains, <strong>and</strong> production technologies<br />
• Role <strong>of</strong> Ps. fluorescens in sporophores development <strong>of</strong> A. bisporus<br />
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