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Department of Plant
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Overview: |
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discipline of plant pathology occupies a nucleus position in
the domain of plant protection strategies. Consequently, the
department was established in 1962 as a strong centre of
plant pathology, which was inherited from state government
Agriculture department. There has been tremendous progress
of this department in the areas of teaching, research and
extension leaving indelible impact in academic. None the
less, 190 M. Sc. and 80 Ph.D. students received training form
the department who are serving in various high positions in
different parts of the country and world. |
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department has a strong faculty of teachers specializing in
sub disciplines like biochemical basis of pathogenesis with
special reference to bacterial and viral diseases, maize
pathology , sorghum pathology, seed pathology, fungal
pathology, disease management and mushroom technology etc.
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erstwhile professors Drs. N. Prasad and R. Prasada founded a
professional society (ISMPP) in the year 1970 and
publication of journal begun in 1971,which now enjoys the
reputation of an international society. The society
publisher journal of mycology and plant pathology (three
issues in a year), ISMPP news letter and Annual review of
plant pathology. the society has organised 27 annual
conferences at different places, 1st global conference in 1995 and Asian
congress during 2002 at Udaipur and Mysore. Now, the society
is going to organize 2nd global conference at Udaipur during
25-29 November,2005 coinciding with the centenary year of
plant pathology in India and the golden jubilee celebrations
of RCA. (www.ismpp.com) |
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Facilities: |
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The
department is well developed and fully equipped with the
facilities of UG , PG and Ph.D. teaching and research in the
various sub disciplines of Plant Pathology. The faculty of
department has developed some advance laboratories in the
areas of molecular basics of pathogenesis, virology,
bacteriology , biological control and mushroom technology
etc. for which funds arrived through research projects. |
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associated with-various extension programme of the
university on the management of different crop diseases of
Rajasthan. |
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Faculty: |
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S. No. |
Name |
Designation |
Specialization |
Email
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1 |
Dr. H. N. Gour |
Professor & Head (R) |
Plant Bacteriology
&Virology |
gour_hn@sancharnet.in |
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2 |
Dr. R.S. Rathore |
Professor (R) |
Maize Pathology |
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Dr. B. B. L. Thakore |
Professor(T) |
Plant Disease
Management |
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Dr. Kusum Mathur |
Assoc. Professor (R)
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Sorghum Pathology &
Biological Control |
kusummathur@rediffmail.com |
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5 |
Dr. M.P. Sharma |
Assoc.Professor (R) |
Ansmatic & Medicinal
Plant Pathology |
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6 |
Dr. Anila Doshi |
Assoc. Prof. |
Mushrooms |
aniladoshi@yahoo.co.in |
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Dr. S. L. choudhary |
Assoc. Professor(T) |
Plant Disease
Management |
choudharysl@yahoo.co.in |
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Dr. S.D. Singh |
Assoc. Professor(T) |
Seed Pathology |
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Dr. Rakesh Shah |
Assoc. Professor (T) |
Plant Bacteriology
And
Fungal Pathology |
shahdpr2005@yahoo.com |
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Dr. A. K. Gupta |
Assoc. Professor (R) |
Fungal Pathology |
guptaanilgl@rediffmail.com |
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11 |
Dr. B. L. Mali |
Asstt. Professor (R) |
Plant bacteriology |
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Dr. S. S. Sharma |
Asstt. Professor (T) |
Mushrooms |
sssharma_9@rediffmail.com |
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13 |
Mr. Amit Trevidi |
Asstt. Professor (R) |
Maize Pathology |
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Teaching R = Research |
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