Professional Information
Area of specialization Molecular screening of wild Ipomoea sp. for sweet potato weevil resistance
Area of interest Identification of plant genotypes and genes responsible for sweet potato weevil resistance, Identification of tuber crop pests, bacterial endosymbionts by molecular biology methods
Number of Institute Projects completed 2
Number of Institute Projects being handled 1
Number of externally funded projects completed 3
Number of externally funded projects being handled 2
Technologies developed

Ipomoea mauritiana was identified tolerant to sweet potato weevil for the first time by screening of different wild Ipomoea sp.