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

(Seed Health Management for Better Productivity)Future Strategies:Teaching: Introduction of new courses Methods in Biological Control Plant disease and national importance Integrated plant disease management Molecular plant pathology Advances in mushroom productionResearch thrust:• Biological control & ICM (IPM + INM) in different crops/cropping systems• Disease management under organic farming• Microbial ecology• Green chemicals• Population biology of pathogens (including use of molecular tools)• Induced resistance• Exploitation of indigenous edible and medicinal mushroomsHuman Resource DevelopmentDegree awardedM.Sc. 285PhD 155Trainings organized No. Persons trainedSummer schools (ICAR) 5 136Summer training (DBT) 1 24International training (IRRI) 1 11 (8 countries)Under CAS 19 395Persons training under SGSY on Mushroom Production 1785Out of above > 750 persons have started mushroom cultivationFuture Goal:Ecologically sustainable management of plant diseases to ensure both food security &safety through education, research & extension- 31 -