Division of Plant Pathology

Dasrshan K

Darshan K, presented the Transcriptomic and Metabolomic approaches to unravel the antagonistic mechanism of Chaetomium globosum against Bipolaris sorokiniana, in 7th International Conference Phytopathology in Achieving UN sustainable development goals held in IARI, New Delhi on Jan. 16-20.

Darshan K, presented the Investigation on Biocontrol mechanism of the fungus Chaetomium globosum against Bipolarissorokiniana causing spot blotch of wheat using RNA-seq approach, in International Symposium on “Nature, Microbes and Society” held at Science City, Kolkata, India during Feb 6-8, 2020.

Darshan K, presented the Transcriptomic and Metabolomic approaches to unravel the antagonistic mechanism of Chaetomium globosum against Bipolaris sorokiniana, in APS annual meeting held at Plant Health 2020 Online, New Delhi on Jan 16-20, 2020.

Mehulee Sarkar

Mehulee Sarkar presented the Development of hairpin RNAi construct against the suppressor genes of TolCNDV and their evaluation through transient expression, in VIROCON 202, International conference on Evaluation of Viruses and Viral Diseases, Feb 18-20, 2020.

Mehulee Sarkar presented the Suppresor activity analysis of Tomato leaf curl new Delhi virus genes and development of RNAI construct to evaluate their efficacy in inhibiting the virus, in Robust plant protection strategies for sustainable agriculture, during Jan19-20, 2021at ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack, Odisha.

Shweta Meshram

Shweta Meshram presented the Mechanism Behind disease resistance in maize inbred lines against maydis leaf blight infection, in 71 annual conference of Indian Phytopathological society,Feb.26–28, 2019,BHU Varanasi.

Shweta Meshram presented the Comparative transcriptome analysis of fungal pathogen Bipolaris maydis race “O” during infection of resistant and susceptible maize genotype, 5th International Conference on plant Genetics and genomics. Germplasm to Genome Engineering, New Delhi Oct. 17-18, 2019.

Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu

Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu presented the A new insight to vertical and horizontal transmission microbiome: a case study with rice phyllosphere microbiome. In: Abstract book-7^th International conference on Phytopathology in Achieving UN-Sustainable Development Goals, New Delhi Jan. 16-20, 2020.

Kuleshwar Prasad Sahu presented theSuppression of rice blast disease by phyllosphere adapted bacterial communities. In; Abstract book- XIX International Plant Protection Congress on Crop Protection to Outsmart Climate Change for Food Security & Environmental Conservation, Hyderabad November10-14 2019.

Division of Entomology

Ramya N

Ramya Npresented the Delphacid planthopper complex in rice: Ambiquity in identification. In: Oral presentation IXV Agricultural Science Congress, National Agriculture Science Complex, New Delhi, India, February 20-23, 2019.

Ramya N presented the Barcoding and Phylogenetic analysis of delphacid planthopper complex in rice. In: Oral presentation XIX International Plant Protection Congress (IPPC 2019), Hyderabad, India, November 10-14, 2019.

Ramya N presented the New report of Small Brown Planthopper Laodelphax striatellus (Delphacidae: Hemiptera) from Delhi – National Capital Region. National Symposium on Entomology 2018: Advances and Challenges, December 10-12 2018, Hyderabad, India, pp 215-216.

Division of Nematology

Chaitra Ganapati Bhat

Chaitra Ganapati Bhat presented the Understanding Heterorhabditis-Photorhabdus symbiosis by transcriptomics approach at: 9^th International meeting, NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technology (NGBT) Conference; September 30- October 2, 2019; Mumbai, India.

Chaitra Ganapati Bhat presented the uptake of a fluorescent compound FITC in different developmental stages of Heterorhabditis nematode at: National symposium on ‘Nematodes: A Threat to Food Security and Farmer’s Livelihood.December11-13, 2019; Imphal, Manipur.

Dash Manoranjan Pitabas

Dash Manoranjan Pitabas presented the T-DNA insertional mutagenesis in rice results in an incompatible reaction to Meloidogyne graminicola infection at 9^th International meeting, NextGen Genomics, Biology, Bioinformatics and Technology (NGBT) Conference; September 30- October 2, 2019; Mumbai, India.

Dash Manoranjan Pitabas presented the Identification, molecular characterization and functional validation of Meloidogyne graminicola effectors at 7^th International Cereal Nematode Symposium;November3-6, 2019; New Delhi, India. Abstract no S5-OP-05.