Plant Protection

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DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PROTECTION

About the Department:

The Department of Plant Protection was incepted in 2021 and faculty engaged inteachingof UG programme. The main objective of the department is to impart knowledge in the field of Entomology and Plant Pathology and related domains. Apart from these the faculties of the department also associated with Department of Entomology and Department of Plant Pathology and guiding the PG and Ph. D. students. Thus, department is dedicatedly working for protection of field crops, fruit crops and vegetables cropthrough research and extension activities. The Department has well qualified faculty members. All faculty members possess Ph. D. and NET.

Mandate of the Department:

Vision:

Mission:

Objectives of the Department:

To impart quality education at graduation level in the field of Plant Protection.
Survey, surveillance and technologies dissemination.
Developing package and practices for disease and pests management.
Standardization of IDM and IPM for various horticultural as well as field crops.

Course offered:

Sl. No.	Course Code	Course Name	Credit hrs.
1.	AEN 211	Fundamentals of Entomology	3(2+1)
2.	HEN 221	Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	3(2+1)
3.	HEN 321	Insects Pests of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops	3(2+1)
4.	AEN 322	Apiculture, Sericulture and Lac Culture	2(1+1)
5.	APP 211	Fundamentals of Plant Pathology	3(2+1)
6.	HPP 211	Nematode Pets of Horticultural Crops and their Management	2(1+1)
7.	HPP 212	Diseases of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops	3(2+1)
8.	HPP 311	Diseases of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops	3(2+1)
9.	HBM 111	Introductory Microbiology	2(1+1)

Thrust Areas of Research:

Monitoring of plant diseases for new virulence of pathogens and develop effective resident instruction program in entomology.
Biology and epidemiology of important plant diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses and nematodes and pets.
Rational and need-based use of fungicides for management of plant diseases for economic management of plant diseases.
To generate basic and applied information based on ecology, systematic, toxicology, physiology, molecular biology and economic entomology to develop sustainable insect pest management in different crops/cropping systems.
To develop technology for propagation and strain improvement of useful insects and quality of their products
Molecular diagnosis and variability of plant pathogens
To transfer technology developed for management of insect pests to end users

Faculty with specialization:

Sl. No.	Name of Faculty	Designation	Date of joining	Specialization	Publication	Photo
2	Dr. Sunil Kumar	Assistant Professor	02.06.2021	Plant Pathology	Research Papers –25 Review Articles – 5 Book – 01

Students Placement:

Sl. No.	Name of students	Post	Organization
1.	Saurabh Kumar	Jr. Scientific Officer	Prasad Seeds Pvt. Ltd.
2.	Madan MoohanBajpei	Trainee	IFFCO
3.	Ankur Kumar	Teaching	Maharaja Agrasen Himalayan Garwal University
4.	Amol Dixit	Pursuing Ph. D.	SVPUAT, Meerut
5.	Sandeep Singh	Pursuing Ph. D.	BUAT, Banda
6.	Ram Prakash Rai	Preparation for govt. Job
7.	Rajan Yadav	Preparation for govt. Job

List of M.Sc. and Ph.D. students (Pass out/pursuing):

Sl.No.	Degree programme	Batch	No. of Students	Pass out/Pursuing
1.	M. Sc. (Ag) Entomology	2020	01	Pass out
2.	Ph. D. Entomology	2020	01	Pass out
3.	M. Sc. (Ag) Entomology	2021	02	Pass out
4.	M.Sc. (Ag) Plant Pathology	2022	02	Pass out
5.	M.Sc. (Ag) Plant Pathology	2022	01	Pursuing
6.	M.Sc. (Ag) Plant Pathology	2023	02	Pursuing

List of On-going/Completed Project:

Sr. No.	Title of the Project	Faculty Involved		Funding Agency		Budget (Rs. in lakhs)
Externally Funded Projects
	All India Coordinated Research Project on Honey Bees & Pollinators (up to 2023)		Dr. A. K. Singh – (PI)	All India Coordinated Research Project on Honey Bees & Pollinators		23.00
2.	Estimation of Floral Reward Potential of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants and Assesment of Nutraceutical Value in Kannauj and Hathras(Completed)		Dr. A. K. Singh (PI)	National Bee Board		60.30
3.	Establishment of Central Laboratory Facilities at BUAT, Banda (Completed).		Dr. A. K. Singh (PI)	RKVY- RAFTAAR, Govt. of UP		925.00
4.	Development of Farm for Seed Production and Research (Completed).		Dr. A. K. Singh (PI)	RKVY- RAFTAAR, Govt. of UP		748.00
Private Funded Project
5.	Studies on the residue of Fluxapyroxad 250g/l Pyraclostrobin 250g/l SC (MAFRM-15) against Powdery mildew (Leveillulataurica) and Anthracnose (fruit rot) in Chilli(Completed)		Dr.Dharmendra Kumar, (PI) Dr. Sunil Kumar (Co-PI)		AdamaPvt. Ltd. India	2.00
6.	Bioefficacy&phytotoxicity evaluation of Famoxadone 16.6% + Cymoxanil 22.1% SC against downy mildew disease of Gherkin crop (Completed)		Dr. Sunil Kumar (PI) Dr. Sunil Kumar (VS) – Co-PI)		Rainbow AgrosciencesPvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra	4.00
7.	Bioefficacy&phytotoxicity evaluation of Famoxadone 16.6% + Cymoxanil 22.1% SC against disease complex of Tomato crop (Completed)		Dr. Sunil Kumar (PI) Dr. Manish Kumar Singh – Co-PI)		Rainbow AgrosciencesPvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Maharashtra	4.00
8.	Assessment of bio-efficacy and phytotoxicity of Ampelomycesquisqualis 2.0% AS against powdery mildew in okra (Completed)		Dr. Sunil Kumar (PI) Dr. Manish Kumar Singh – Co-PI)		IPL Biologicals Ltd	4.00

Training/ Workshop/Seminar/Conference/Webinar Organized by Faculty of Department:

Sr. No.

Name of Faculty

Title

Name of Organizer

Date

Dr. A. K. Singh, Course Director

Dr. Sunil Kumar, Member

CapacityBuildingTraining on

Hands-on Training on High-End ScientificEquipment for the Appraisement of Fruit,Vegetable,ForestryandCropProperties from

Department of Plant Protection, College of Horticulture, BUAT, Banda

October09-19,2023

Infrastructure Facilities:

Mention the number of classrooms, functional laboratories and farm facilities available for the degree programme and justify if it is sufficient to meet the course curricula requirement.

Facility	No.	Capacity	Facilities available
PG/Ph.D. Classroom	01	20	Projector, computer system with internet connection
Anthecology Lab/PG Lab	01	20	Research purpose of the students
UG Lab	01	25	Microscopes, nematode isolation kit, staining kit, insects killing/collecting instruments etc.

Justification: UG Practical classes conducted in the UG Laboratory. M. Sc. and Ph.D. students of Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology are working their research work.

Challenges in Plant Protection in Bundelkhand:

Predominance of insects and diseases at farmers field
Lack of awareness regarding plant protection measures in the farmers group
Lack of knowledge in selection of insects/disease resistant varieties among the farmers.
Erratic rainfall pattern with high intensity of runoff causing severe loss due disease/insects infection/infestation.

Future Strategies:

Survey and surveillance of insects and disease and estimation of yield losses caused by them in Bundelkhand region.
Evaluation of resistant cultivars of different crops under Bundelkhand conditions and their popularizazion.
Development of package and practices for insects and disease management in vegetables and fruit crops.

Facilities:


PG Lab	UG Lab

PG/Ph. D. Classroom	Students working in Lab

UG Practical Class	Student’s Field Trial


Training Organised	A Lecture Delivered by Dr Pramod Mall

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