| Area of specialization |
Plant pathology |
| Area of interest |
Fungal Pathology, Bio-intensive management of diseases, tuber crops |
| Number of institute projects completed |
5 as PI and 10 as Co-PI |
| Number of Institute projects being handled |
1 as PI and 7 as Co-PI |
| Number of externally funded projects completed |
4 as Co-PI |
| Number of externally funded projects being handled |
2 as Co-PI |
| Technologies developed |
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| Spices |
1. Release of P-24, the first Phytophthora tolerant black pepper variety (Co-Developer) |
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2. IPM strategy for the management of foot rot disease in black pepper involving bio-control agent, Trichoderma harzianum + potassium phosphonate. |
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3. Identification of black pepper hybrids / cultivars/ lines with tolerance to Phytophthora. |
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4. Identification of vanilla accessions, tolerant to Phytophthora meadii and Fusarium spp. |
| Mushroom |
5. Standardized complete package of cultivation technology for indigenous isolates of medicinal mushroom Ganoderma lucidum. |
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6. Standardized complete package of cultivation technology for Ganoderma lucidum on paddy straw based substrate formulation for the first time in world |
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7. Standardized cultivation technology of medicinal mushroom Trametes versicolor for the first time in India |
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8. A simple method of culture preservation of Ganoderma using sorghum grain was developed |
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9. Arka OM-1, a new pink oyster mushroom variety was released and commercialized (Co- Developer) |
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10. Successful cultivation of mushroom Hypsizygus ulmarius, Schizophyllum commune, Lentinula edodes and Pycnoporus cinnabarinus, a mushroom for aesthetic purpose and dye industry (Co- Developer) |
| Tubercrops |
11. Integrated management of taro leaf blight |
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12. Organic management of taro leaf blight |
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13. Integrated management of collar rot of elephant foot yam |
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14. Organic management of collar rot of elephant foot yam |
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15. Integrated management of postharvest rot in elephant foot yam |
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16. Organic management of postharvest rot in elephant foot yam |
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Management of taro leaf blight incidence |
