Seed Health Management for Better Productivity - Govind Ballabh ...

(Seed Health Management for Better Productivity)Significant Contribution• Cause and control of Khaira disease of rice• Development of selective media for isolation and enumeration of Pythium and Fusarium• Mechanism of biological control in soil amended with organic matters• Biology and characterization of legume viruses• Ecology of soil – borne pathogens (Fusarium, Pythium, Rhizoctonia solani, Sclerotium rofsii)• Mechanism of absorption, translocation and distribution of fungicides in plants• Methods for quantitative estimation of fungicides like metalaxyl, organotin compounds, carbendazimetc.• Hormonal action of fungicides• Phenolics in Plant disease resistance• Biological control with introduced antagonists• Etiology & management of mango malformation• Etiology and management of shisham wilt.• Epidemiology and Genetics of Karnal bunt fungus• Population biology of rice blast fungus, Magnaporthe grisea• Mechanism of intra-field variability in Rhizoctonia solani• Soil solarization• Mushrooms – Development of strains, and production technologies• Role of Ps. fluorescens in sporophores development of A. bisporus• Compost formulation with Sugarcane baggase + Wheat Straw, 2:1 developed to reduce cost ofcultivation of Agaricus bisporus.• Developed chemical treatment (Formalin 15ml + Bavistin 0.5g/10kg compost) of long methodcompost to avoid the moulds in cultivation of A. bisporus.• Recommended supplementation of substrate with 2% mixture of Neem cake + Wheat straw + Ricebran + Soybean meal for Pleurotus spp. cultivation.• Standardized cultivation of Auricularia polytricha using sterilized wheat straw supplemented withwheat bran (5%).• Standardized cultivation of Lentinula edodes with substratepopular sawdust.• Systemic induced resistance in brassicae.• Use of siderophore producing Pseudomonads for early fruitingand enhanced yield of Agaricus bisporus.Lentinula edodes• Use of Pseudomonas fluorescens for control of mushroomdiseases caused by Verticillium, Sepedonium, Trichoderma and Fusarium.• Pleurotus sajor-caju and P. florida recommended for commercial cultivation using soybean straw /Paddy straw / Wheat straw / Mustard straw.• Standardized cultivation technology for Hypsizygus almarius using wheat straw supplemented withwheat bran.- 15 -