PAU PLANT PATHOLOGIST APPOINTED PROJECT DIRECTOR WHEAT

LUDHIANA, MARCH 29:



Dr Indu Sharma, Senior Plant Pathologist (Wheat), at Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been appointed as Project Director, Directorate of Wheat Research (DWR), Karnal, by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). Having an experience of 33 years in research on wheat, she has played a pivotal role in monitoring wheat crop health, conducting demonstrations, organization of exhibitions in Kisan Melas, imparting training to Agricultural Development Officers (ADOs) /scientists/farmers on wheat disease management and as a resource person in workshops. She has worked extensively on resistance incorporation in high yielding wheat varieties to Karnal Bunt (KB), rusts and loose smut. Monitoring wheat yield trials in North Western Plains Zone since 2004, Dr Sharma has been associated with the recommendation for managing KB in seed production and for pink stem borer. She is a Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society and Indian Society of Plant Pathologists. Dr. Manjit Singh Kang, Vice-Chancellor, PAU and Dr. S.S.Gosal, Director of Research and Dr. M.S.Gill, Head, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics have congratulated her for this achievement.


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