Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis and Management of Crop Diseases

R. K. Singh, PhD, is Head, Plant Pathology at Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV), College of Agriculture, Indore, M.P., India. He is esteemed member of national and international research societies and a fellow of the Indian Society of Pulses Research and Development. He has been honored with four awards from national societies. Dr. Singh has guided 25 MSc (Ag) and 3 PhD students on modern integrated areas in biology and has published over 65 research papers along with book chapters, instructional manuals, and popular articles. He has experience in teaching, research, and extension work in agriculture in various capacities for over 20 years. He was PI of a project funded by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), ICAR, and evaluated several newly evolved agrochemical companies. He is actively working in the detection of plant pathogens and the identification of sources of resistance in chickpea and mungbean. Dr. Singh has developed a molecular plant pathology laboratory for wilt sick plot for chickpea and mushroom cultivation and a value addition laboratory at RVSKVV. Gopala, PhD, is affiliated with Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya (RVSKVV), College of Agriculture, Indore, M.P., India. He earned his MSc and PhD degrees in Plant Pathology from IARI, New Delhi, India. He has cleared his exams such as ICAR PGS-JRF and had a IARI merit scholarship for his PhD. He also cleared ICAR NET in 2014. He has received three awards from national societies. During his MSc work, he has developed a new screening technique and rating scale for stalk rot of maize caused by Macrophomina phaseolina. During his PhD work, he has reported new phytoplasma diseases in Cucurbita pepo, bougainvillea, dianthus, petunia, and ornamental kale along with its associated vectors. He has submitted more than 50 sequences to the National Center for Biotechnology Information and received accession numbers. Dr. Gopala has published more than 15 research papers in journals of national and international repute.

1. Application of Nanotechnology in Management of Various Plant Diseases 2. Nanotechnology: A New Beginning to Mitigate the Effect of Plant-Parasitic Nematodes 3. Nanomaterials against Plant Pathogens: An Innovative Approach 4. Green Nanotechnology in Agriculture: Plant Disease Diagnosis to Management 5. Biosensor: A Bioelectronic Device for Myco-Toxins in the Food Processing Industry 6. Rice Blast Disease and Its Integrated Management 7. Management of Soil-Borne Disease in Rice: An Eco-Friendly Approach 8. Diseases of Rice and Rational Approaches for Their Management 9. Biological Management of Horticultural Crop Diseases Using Phyllosphere-, Rhizosphere-, and Endosphere-Derived Biocontrol Agents 10. Exploitation of Biofumigation and Biocontrol Agents for the Management of Soil-Borne Diseases 11. Streptomyces: A Versatile Biocontrol Agent against Plant Diseases Perspectives and Their Mode of Action 12. Plant Immunization: An Innovative Approach for Plant Disease Management 13. Use of Host Resistance for Management Wheat Rusts 14. Recent Approaches in Diagnosis of Seed-Borne Fungal Pathogens of Major Crops 15. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum (Lib.) De Bary: A Potential Phytopathogenic Fungi to Crop Plants and Its Management 16. Recent Advances in Plant Disease Management under Climate Change Scenario