Registration of candidates, Inauguration, Welcome Remarks, Course Overview, Chief guest remarks, Introduction to the Faculty
Orientation for laboratory / glasshouse / field experiments on wheat rust pathogens and practical format
Global importance of wheat & barley with special emphasis on research & development in India
Coordinated efforts for development of rust resistant wheat & barley varieties
Survey, sampling, establishment, multiplication, uredospore collection, inoculation, maintenance and storage of rust pathogens
Genera of rust fungi in India – Taxonomy and Preservation
Molecular phylogeny: Principles and Practice
Crop health monitoring and surveillance of wheat diseases
Pathogenic and molecular variability among Indian pathotypes of Puccinia spp
Multilocus sequence typing of fungal plant pathogens
Genetics of rusts resistance in wheat
Role of epigenetics in wheat rusts resistance
Identification, mapping and fast track introgression of rust resistant genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Identification, mapping and fast track introgression of rust resistant genes in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)
Molecular characterization of rust resistance genes in wheat