Professional Information
Area of specialization Disease diagnosis, Integrated and bio intensive management of tropical tuber crops diseases
Area of interest Management of plant diseases
Number of institute projects completed 13
Number of Institute projects being handled 5
Number of externally funded projects completed 5
Number of externally funded projects being handled 1
Technologies developed

IDM of cassava tuber rot , collar rot of elephant foot yam and yam anthracnose

Strategy for the production of virus free sweet potato and greater yam planting material

PCR and ELISA based detection of yam viruses

Molecular Diagnosis of important tuber crops pathogens

Biointensive management of taro leaf blight and greater yam anthracnose

Specific primers for the diagnosis of Yam Maclura virus and Yam mild mosaic virus from greater yam leaves

Diagnosis of Yam mild mosaic virus from lesser yam tubers.

Specific primers to detect Yam Maclura mosaic virus from greater yam.

LAMP based detection of P.colocasiae

LAMP based detection of C. gloeosporioides

LAMP based detection of S. rolfsii

Rapid and sensitive detection of Phytophthora colocasiae responsible for the taro leaf blight using conventional and real-time PCR assay

A rapid and efficient method for in vitro screening of taro for leaf blight disease.

Rapid and sensitive detection of Sclerotium rolfsii associated with collar rot disease of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius by species-specific polymerase chain reaction assay

Nucleic acid spot hybridization based species-specific detection of Sclerotium rolfsii associated with collar rot disease of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius

Nucleic acid spot hybridization based species-specific detection of Phytophthora colocasiae associated with taro leaf blight

Nucleic acid spot hybridization based species-specific detection of Colletotrichum gloieosporioides associated with greater yam anthracnose

D1/D2 domain of large-subunit ribosomal DNA for specific detection of Sclerotium rolfsii by polymerase chain reaction assay

Identification of potential endophytes associated with medicinally important Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd and their antagonistic activity against Phytophthora colocasiae

Dolomite as a good carrier material for Trichoderma spp.

A reliable method to screen taro for leaf blight resistance.

A method to identify differentially expressed genes of Phytophthora colocasiae in taro during infection.

Full genome sequence of two Phytophthora colocasiae isolates causing taro leaf blight

Pathogenecity test for Colletotrichum gloeosporioides in vitro in greater yam detached leaf and tissue cultured whole plant.

Micropropagation techniques for the large scale production of virus free elephant foot yam

Micropropagation techniques for the large scale production of greater yam

Techniques to scale up the production of potential endophytes against Phytophthora colocasiae causing taro leaf blight.

A Simple, economical and rapid method to Isolate high quality DNA from Oomycetes

Expression of resistance genes associated with anthracnose infection in greater yam resistant lines

Cassava by-products as carrier material of Trichoderma harzianum

Genetic Diversity of Phytophthora colocasiae causing Taro Leaf Blight: Analysis using Start Codon Targeted (SCoT) Polymorphism

Mass multiplication of Trichoderma asperellum on tuber crops waste

A rapid and efficient method for in vitro production of Phytophthora colocasiae zoospores

AFLP finger printing of P.colocasiae

SSR markers for genetic diversity of P. colocasiae

Total RNA isolation from taro and P. colocasiae

Total RNA isolation from greater yam, lesser yam and white yam leaves and tubers

Total RNA isolation from elephant foot yam leaves and tubers