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Accredited by ICAR in 1961 and a Centre of Advanced Studies (CAS) and Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) in Plant Pathology — M.Sc. and Ph.D. programmes, specialised laboratories and nationwide training.
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology (the erstwhile U. P. Agriculture University) was established in 1960 and the Department of Plant Pathology was created & accredited by the ICAR in 1961. Department stupendously progressed under the able guidance of Drs. Y.L. Nene, first Head of the Department, and R.S. Singh. Department was further expanded by many dedicated faculty members who lead the department as recognized leader in the country.
In view of the outstanding contribution made in the area of teaching, research and extension by the department, ICAR upgraded the department in the year 1995 to the status of Centre of Advanced Studies in Plant Pathology and subsequently as Centre of Advanced Faculty Training (CAFT) in the year 2009-10. Major mandate of the CAFT is to train scientific faculty from all over the country in important and innovative areas of Plant Pathology. So far 43 trainings, with 884 participants from 27 states, have been conducted. The CAS was awarded a certificate of appreciation in commemoration of Golden Jubilee year of independence (1998) by the Education Division, ICAR on August 14, 1998 for organizing the excellent programmes for human resource development and developing useful instructional material.
Attainment of excellence in teaching and research in Plant Pathology and render services to the farming community.
| S.No. | Degree | No. of Seats | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UA Domicile | Other states | Payment | |||
| 1. | M.Sc. (Ag.) Plant Pathology | 06 | 06 | 02 | 14 |
| 2. | Ph.D. Plant Pathology | 04 | 04 | 01 | 09 |
| S.No. | Course No. | Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | APP-311 | Fundamentals of Plant Pathology | 3 (2+1) |
| 2. | APPN 312 | Fundamentals of Nematology | 2(1+1) |
| 3. | APPN 328 | Diseases of Field & Horticultural Crops & their Management | 3(2+1) |
| 4. | APPN 495 | Agrochemicals and bio-pesticides for disease management | 4(3+1) |
| 5. | APPN 322 | Integrated Disease Management | 4(3+1) |
| 6. | APSN / APPN / APEN-191 | Biofertilizer and biopesticide production | 2(0+2) |
| 7. | APPN-192 | Mushroom production technology | 2(0+2) |
| S.No. | Course No. | Course Name | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
| APP 631 | Mycology | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 632 | Plant Virology | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 633 | Plant Pathogenic Prokaryotes | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 634 | Plant Nematology | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 635 | Principles of Plant Pathology | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 636 | Techniques in Detection and Diagnosis of Plant Diseases | 2(0-0-2) | |
| APP 637 | Chemicals and Botanicals in Plant Disease Management | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 638 | Principles of Plant Disease Management | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 639 | Detection and Management of Seed Borne Pathogens | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 640 | Biological control of Plant Diseases | 2(1-0-1) | |
| APP 641 | Integrated Disease Management | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 642 | Diseases of Field and Medicinal Crops | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 643 | Diseases of Fruits, Plantation and Ornamental Crops | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 644 | Diseases of Vegetables and Spices Crops | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 645 | Post Harvest Diseases | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 646 | Plant Quarantine and Regulatory Measures | 1(1-0-0) | |
| APP 647 | Mushroom Production Technology | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 687 | Master’s Special Problem | 1/2 | |
| APP 688 | Master’s Seminar | 1 | |
| APP 690 | Master’s Thesis Research | 30 | |
| APP 704 | Molecular Basis of Host-pathogen Interaction | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 707 | Plant Biosecurity and Biosafety | 2(2-0-0) | |
| APP 712 | Ecology of Soil borne Plant Pathogens | 2(1-0-1) | |
| APP 713 | Disease Resistance in Plants | 2(2-0-0) | |
| APP 718 | Epidemiology and Forecasting of Plant Diseases | 3(2-0-1) | |
| APP 787 | Doctoral Special Problem | 1 or 2 | |
| APP 788 | Doctoral Seminar I | 1 | |
| APP 789 | Doctoral Seminar II | 1 | |
| APP 790 | Ph.D. Thesis Research | 75 |
All laboratories are equipped well and address crop based and basic plant pathological research including bacteriology, virology, nematology ,ecology of soil borne plant pathogens & population biology, host- pathogen interaction , molecular plant pathology, seed pathology besides a referral lab for quality evaluation of biocontrol agents notified by central insecticide board.
| S.No. | Project Name | PI/Co-PI/Associate Scientist |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Sorghum | Programme Coordinator - Dr. Y. Singh |
| 2. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Maize | Programme Coordinator - Dr. R.P. Singh |
| 3. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Pigeon pea | PI- Dr. K.P.S. Kushwaha |
| 4. | All India Coordinated Research Project on MullaRP | PI- Dr. K.P.S. Kushwaha |
| 5. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Rapeseed & Mustard | Programme Coordinator - Dr. A.K. Tewari |
| 6. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Chickpea | PI- Dr. L.B. Yadav |
| 7. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Biological Control | PI- Dr. Roopali Sharma |
| 8. | AAll India Coordinated Research Project on Rice | PI- Dr. Bijendra Kumar |
| 9. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Mushroom | PI- Dr. S.K. Mishra |
| 10. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Potato | Programme Coordinator - Dr. Shailbala Sharma |
| 11. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Sugarcane | PI- Dr. Geeta Sharma |
| 12. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Wheat and Barley | PI- Dr. K.P.S. Kushwaha |
| 13. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Seed | PI- Rashmi Tewari |
| 14. | All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean | PI- Dr. Shilpi Rawat |
| S.No. | Project Name | Funding Agency | PI | Co-PI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Characterization of Chickpea Germplasm Resource to Accelerate Genomics-assisted Crop Improvement under mission programme of Characterization of Genetic Resource | DBT | -- | Dr. L.B. Yadav |
| 2. | Collaborative project entitled “DBT-UDSC Partnership Centre on Genetic Manipulation of Brassicas-Phase-II [44569]” | DBT | Dr. A.K. Tewari | -- |
| S.No. | Name of student | Id. No. | Advisor’s Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. Students | |||
| Mr. Amirtha Lingam V. | 51182 | - | |
| Mr. Gurumayum Robert Daniel | 50924 | - | |
| Mr. Bathula Jagadeesh | 51153 | - | |
| Ms. Sadhna Chauhan | 49372 | - | |
| Mr. Karibasappa C.S. | 52592 | - | |
| Ms. Kumari Surbhi | 43669 | - | |
| Ms. Bhagyashree Bhatt | 43693 | - | |
| Ms. Sneha Shikha | 54149 | - | |
| Mr. Prince Kumar Gupta | 54157 | - | |
| Ms. B.K. Namriboi | 54163 | - | |
| Mr. B C Kabdwal | 44183 | - | |
| Ms. Deepshikha Kunwar | 44394 | - | |
| Ms. Himani Jeena | 49359 | - | |
| Ms. Manpreet Kaur | 49615 | - | |
| Mr. Saurabh Dubey | 55479 | - | |
| Mr. Marjit Chandam | 55517 | - | |
| Mr. Banothu Chandrashekar | 55515 | - | |
| Mr. Ranveer Kumar | 55457 | - | |
| Ms. Prerna Dhobal | 47010 | - | |
| Ms. Aditi Dobhal | 46004 | - | |
| Mr. Rahul Purohit | 52494 | - | |
| Mr. Vivek Singh | 46263 | - | |
| Ms. Sapna | 46020 | - | |
| Mr. Chidanandappa | 57072 | - | |
| Mr. Arunkumar | 56904 | - | |
| Mr. Jitesh Kumar | 52801 | - | |
| Ms. Manisha Dev | 53921 | - | |
| Mr. Ashish Singh Bisht | 58056 | - | |
| Ms. Jyoti Shukla | 58218 | - | |
| Mr. Senthilkumar S. | 58218 | - | |
| Ms. Allada Meena | 58279 | - | |
| Ms. Rajshree Verma | 58284 | - | |
| Mr. Patel Aakash Vinodbhai | 58426 | - |
| S.No. | Name of student | Id. No. | Advisor’s Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| M.Sc. Students | |||
| Ms. Vasundhra Joshi | 53916 | - | |
| Ms. Priya Mehar | 55355 | - | |
| Ms. Vidya Dev | 55338 | - | |
| Mr. Madhur Balooni | 48326 | - | |
| Ms. Akanksha Garjola | 50138 | - | |
| Ms. Shamli Chauhan | 50065 | - | |
| Mr. Chandan Bisht | 56595 | - | |
| Ms. Archana Kushwaha | 56502 | - | |
| Ms. Himanshi Singh | 56514 | - | |
| Mr. Gajanan Wankhede | 56719 | - | |
| Ms. Akanksha Singh | 56766 | - | |
| Mr. Dipanshu Singh | 56772 | - | |
| Ms. Chandana R. | 56773 | - | |
| Ms. Shivani Jha | 56756 | - | |
| Mr. Prabhas Shankar Singh | 56909 | - | |
| Ms. Nimisha Maurya | 51395 | - | |
| Ms. Pranjali Pandey | 51397 | - | |
| Ms. Usha | 57875 | - | |
| Ms. Niti Bhandari | 57948 | - | |
| Mr. Sarthak Joshi | 51364 | - | |
| Ms. Ayushi Joshi | 51598 | - | |
| Ms. Priya Baruah | 58262 | - | |
| Ms. Vaishnavi Ganeshrao Thakre | 58187 | - | |
| Mr. Abhishek Kumar | 58214 | - | |
| Mr. Chetan M. | 58183 | - | |
| Ms. Somya Singh | 58296 | - | |
| Bishal Roy | 58292 | - |
| Sl. No. | State | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | 29 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 03 | |
| Assam | 19 | |
| Bihar | 47 | |
| Chattishgarh | 19 | |
| Gujarat | 68 | |
| Haryana | 08 | |
| Himanchal Pradesh | 39 | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 60 | |
| Jharkhand | 06 | |
| Karnataka | 38 | |
| Kerala | 07 | |
| Ladakh | 01 | |
| Madhya Pradesh | 61 | |
| Maharashtra | 66 | |
| Manipur | 01 | |
| Meghalaya | 01 | |
| Nagaland | 03 | |
| Odisha | 21 | |
| Punjab | 32 | |
| Rajasthan | 63 | |
| Sikkim | 01 | |
| Tamil Nadu | 24 | |
| Tripura | 03 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | 102 | |
| Uttarakhand | 136 | |
| West Bengal | 26 | |
| Total | 884 |
| Sl. No. | Trainings organized | No. | Persons trained |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer/Winter schools (ICAR) | 5 | 136 | |
| Summer training (DBT) | 1 | 24 | |
| International training (IRRI) | 1 | 11 (8 countries) | |
| Mushroom Production Training | 168 | 11789 | |
| Under RKVY on IPM | 76 | 4130 | |
| Under HTM on IPM | 90 | 2292 | |
| Under Seed Technology Research | 06 | 184 | |
| Mass production of Bio-control Agent | 01 | 04 |
