Pulses – Changing scenario of diseases and their management strategies

Author Biography

• Om Gupta, Former Director Extension JNKVV, Jabalpur -482 004 Madhya Pradesh, India

  With more than 37 years of experience in research and development of pulses, Dr Om Gupta was associated with the development and release of ten high yielding, wilt resistant, early to medium varieties of chickpea for use in the state and CZ and also exploring of new techniques for the management of soil borne pathogens in pulses. She was also associated with reporting of three new diseases of chickpea for the first time from Madhya Pradesh and the identification of broad based multiple disease resistant genotypes on chickpea (wilt and dry root rot), being used as National donor parent for breeding disease resistant varieties. She has served as Principal Investigator (Crop Protection), AICRP on Chickpea at National level by ICAR (2006-2014), As first lady Dean in 2014 and in 2018 as first lady Director Extension Services in the history of Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur. She is member of the Chickpea team of JNKVV that is recipient of CGIAR’S ‘King Baudonin Award 2002"and ICRISAT’S Doreen Mashler Award 2002, “Best Centre Performance Award 2006” (ICAR) and Millennium ICRISAT Science Award 2008 in chickpea research. She has >85 research papers to her credit apart from technical bulletins, manuals, book chapters and several review papers. She recently superannuated as Director Extension Services from JNKVV.