Plant Pathology
Manjula
Assistant Professor; M.Sc. (Ag) Plant Pathology
Email Id: manjul84gvt@gmail.com
DATE OF JOINING:1/11/2025
ADDITIONAL DUTIES: NO
NAME OF THE INSTITUTIONS STUDIED (UG, PG, PH. D)
UG: College of Agriculture, UASB, GKVK, Bengaluru
PG: Agriculture college, Bapatla, ANGRAU,Lam, Guntur.
Working Experience : NO
RESEARCH ARTICLES:
- Varma, P.K., Chandrasekhar, V., Supriya, P., Vamsi Krishna, G., Vasanthi, V., Janaki Prasad, A., Bavana Keerthi, A., Manjula, R. and Chetan, K.K., 2024. First Report of Leaf Blight of Blood Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus) Caused by Lasiodiplodia theobromae in India. Journal of Phytopathology, 172(5), p.e13405.
- R, Sahana, Viswanath K, Manjula, Nagamani P, Archana B. R, and Kalpana. 2024. “Unveiling the Hidden Enemies: Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Pod Rot Pathogens in Groundnut (Arachis Hypogea L.) in India”. Archives of Current Research International 24 (9):245-59.
- Kishor Pujar, Archana BR, Chethan T, Shudeer, Chaitanya M, Manjula and Harish Varma M. Effectiveness of various insecticides against key watermelon pests: A field study in Karnataka. International Journal of Advanced Biochemistry Research. SP-8(9): 143-147.
- Varma, P.K., Chandrasekhar, V., Charumati, M., Bharathalakshmi, M., Manjula, R., Krishna, G.V., Chetan, K.K. and Vasanthi, V., 2023. Correlation of leaf trichome density and stomatal parameters of some commercial sugarcane genotypes to orange rust incidence and severity. Indian Phytopathology, pp.1-6.
- Manjula, Anil Kumar, P., Kishore Varma, P., Manoj Kumar, V., & Sandhya Rani, C. (2023). Pathogenecity of Fusarium spp. Incitant of Sugarcane Pokkah Boeng Disease. International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research.
- Manjula, P. A., Kishore Verma, P., & Manoj Kumar, V. (2023). Efficacy of Bacillus spp., against Fusarium sacchari causing Pokkah boeng disease of sugarcane under in vitro condition. Management, 2.
- Manjula, P. A., Kishore Verma, P., & Manoj Kumar, V. (2023). Incidence and distribution of sugarcane Pokkah boeng disease in Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Manjula, A. K., Verma, P. K., Kumar, V. M., & Rani, C. S. (2021). In vitro Evaluation of Fungicides against Fusarium sacchari Causing Pokkah Boeng Disease of Sugarcane. Andhra Agricultural Journal, 68(3), 358-363.
Book Chapters
- Role of fungal effectors in plant susceptibility
- Resistance gene analog (RGA) in plant disease management
- Advances in molecular plant pathology
- Biosecurity and pathogen spread: Preventing Emerging Pandemics
PRESENTATIONS IN WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIUMS/CONFERENCES
- Oral presentation in National seminar (ERYNAT-2022) on “Morphological and molecular characterization of Fusarium causing pokkah boeng disease of sugarcane.” During 28 – 29 January, 2022.
- Poster presentation in International conference (GRISSA- 2023) on “Exploitation of biocontrol potential of phylloplane Bacillus species against Fusarium sacchari cuasing pokkah boeng disease of sugarcane under invitro condition” during 18 – 20 December, 2023.
- Poster presentation in International conference (ICPHM-2023) on “Prevalence and cause of pokkah boeng disease of sugarcane in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh, India.” during 15 – 18 November, 2023.
POPULAR ARTICLES:
- Management of Major Disease of Black Pepper
- Management of Major Disease of Coconut
- Minute Pirate Bug: As a General Predator of Sucking Pests in Bitter Gourd
- Management Practices to Tackle Melon Fruit Fly Infestation in Cucrubits
- Application of Gene Generation Sequencing Technology in Agriculture
- Secondary metabolites of microbials as potential agrochemicals
- Resistant gene analog in plant disease management
- Scenario of Fusarium wilt of chilli in India and its integrated disease management
- Fungal effectors and plant susceptibility
- Paecilomyces lilacinus a beneficial bio-agent in nematode management
- Rice grain discoloration disease: An overview
- Concept of CRISPER CAS technology
NAME : N.H. SHANKAR REDDY
DESIGNATION : ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
QUALIFICATION : Ph.D.
DATE OF JOINING : 15.02.2024
ADDITIONAL DUTIES : NO
EMAIL.ID : Shankarr993@gmail.com
NAME OF THE INSTITUTIONS STUDIED (UG, PG, PH.D) : Annamalai University (All degrees)
WORKING EXPERIENCE : 1 year 8 months in teaching and 10 months in extension
BOOKS
S. No | Book name | Publishers | Year of publication | ISBN number | Recommended for |
1 | A Vision into Plant Pathology – A Complete Student Version (Vol – I) pp. 858 | Kalyani Publishers | June, 2022 | 9789355402479 | UG, PG and Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) |
2 | A Vision into Plant Pathology – A Complete Student Version (Vol – II) pp. 468 | Kalyani Publishers | June, 2022 | 9789355402523 | UG, PG and Ph.D. (Plant Pathology) |
BOOK CHAPTERS
S.NO | Authors | Book chapter name | Book Name, Publishers and page number | Year of publication | ISBN |
1 | N. H. Sankara Reddy and K. Rajamohan | Role of VAM (Vesicular Arbuscular Mycorrhizae) against Soil Borne Pathogens – An Eco-friendly Approach | Bio-stimulants in crop production JPS scientific publishers, India, (174-186) | 2022 | 978-93-91432-85-2 |
2 | K. Vigneshwaran, K. Rajamohan, and N.H. Sankara Reddy3 | Crop health monitoring and surveillance on plant diseases (4th author) | Royal Book Publishing-International (Partner of Eleyon Publishers), (105-114) | 2023 | 978-93-95423-65-6 |
3 | K. Vigneshwaran, K. Rajamohan, K. Dharma Suriyaraj and N.H. Sankara Reddy4 | Bio- inoculant efficacy of trichoderma asperellum against Pythium aphanidermatum causes rhizome rot of turmeric | Royal Book Publishing-International (Partner of Eleyon Publishers), (126-150) | 2023 | 978-93-95423-65-6 |
4 | N.H. Sankara Reddy, K. Rajamohan, K. Vigneshwaran and C. Gunaseeli | Breaking the Chains of Fungal Invasion: Unveiling the Potent Bioagents against Fusarium Wilt of Chilli caused by Fusarium spp. and Their Mechanisms to Tackle Soil-Borne Pathogens | 2024 | ||
5 | N.H. Shankar Reddy, D. Gangothri and C. Gunaseeli | Important Diseases of Millets and Holistic Approaches to Disease Management | 2024 | ||
ABSTRACTS | |||||
1 | N. H. Sankara Reddy1, T. Sivakumar and P. Balabaskar | Biocontrol efficiency of Pseudomonas fluorescens against stem rot of tuberose caused by Sclerotium rolfsii | Book of abstracts of the International Conference on Future Challenges & Prospects in Plant Breeding (FCPPB 2021) | 2021 | 978-81-954445-2-6 |
PAPERS PUBLICATION (Research Articles)
S. No | Authors | Paper title | Journal name, published date and year | Published date, year | Other details |
1 | N. H. Sankara Reddy1, T. Sivakumar, P. Balabaskar and K. Kuralarasi | Biocontrol efficiency of Pseudomonas fluorescens against stem rot of tuberose caused by Sclerotium rolfsii | Plant Archives | April, 2021 | Vol. 21, No 1, pp. 437-443 |
2 | N.H. Sankara Reddy1, T. Sivakumar, P. Balabaskar and K. Kuralarasi | Morphological and genomic variability of Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. Causing stem rot of tuberose (SCOPUS data base indexed – 00001-84682) | Plant Archives | April, 2021 | Vol. 21, No 1, pp. 529-533 |
3 | N. H. Sankara Reddy1, T. Sivakumar and P. Balabaskar | Biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma viride against stem rot of tuberose caused by Sclerotium rolfsii | International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied science | Nov, 2021 | Vol. 10, No 11, pp. 407-415 |
4 | N.H. Sankara Reddy1 and K. Rajamohan | Morphological characterization and Pathogenicity of Fusarium sp., the causal agent of Fusarium wilt of chilli from major chilli growing areas of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu | Indian Journal of Natural science | Feb, 2022 | Vol. 12, issue 70, pp. 38308-38314 |
5 | N.H. Sankara Reddy1 and K. Rajamohan | Morphological and molecular characterisation of Trichoderma asperellum (T. viride) and evaluating bio-control efficacy against fusarium wilt of chilli caused by Fusarium incarnatum | Indian Journal of Applied & Pure Biology | Jan, 2023 | Vol. 38 (1), pp. 363-374 |
6 | Vigneshwaran K, K Rajamohan, P Sivasakthivelan and N.H. Sankara Reddy4 | In-vitro evaluation of Trichoderma asperellum as a bio-control agent against Pythium aphanidermatum causing rhizome rot in Turmeric | The Pharma Innovation Journal | Dec, 2023 | Vol. 12(12), pp. 3747-3751 |
7 | Vigneshwaran.K, K. Rajamohan and N.H. Sankara Reddy | Isolation, Cultural and Morphological Characteristic Features of Pythium aphanidermatum, Causing Rhizome Rot of Turmeric | Indian Journal of Natural Sciences | April, 2024 | Vol.15 / Issue 83 Check after punlication |
INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS/ CONFERENCE
S. No | Seminar/ Conference on | Organized by | Date |
1 | International Conference on Banana (Innovations in sustainable production and value chain management in banana) | ICAR-National Research Center for Banana, Trichy, Tamil Nadu | Feb 22-25, 2020 |
2 | Industrial perspective, challenges and strategies in the development of novel biopesticides: its implications in sustainable pest and disease management | Centre for Plant Protection studies, TNAU, Coimbatore (SHASTRI Indo Canadian Institute sponsored) | March 11,12, 2020 |
3 | Multidisciplinary approaches for plant disease management in achieving sustainability in Agriculture. | University of Horticulture Science, Bagalkot, India | Oct 6-9, 2020 |
4 | Recent scenario in Plant Science Research-Climate Change and its Associated Variations (ICRSPR) | Department of Botany, Annamalai University | March 23-25, 2018 |
5 | International conference on Climatic Resilient Agriculture for Sustainable Agricultural productivity (ICRSP) | Mother Therasa College of Agriculture (Affiliated to TNAU) | Mar 31, 2023 |
6 | International conference on Modelling, Simulation and Optimization of Energy system (MSOES-2023) | Canadian University, Dubai, UAE | June 17-18, 2023 |
7 | International Conference on “Recent Advances in Agriculture for Atmanirbhar Bharat” | Organizers and collaborators (CCSHAU, ICRISAT, UAS, UAHS, UHS, KVAFSU, CAU, RLBCAU, JAU, IGKV,GBPUAT SKLTSHU, RVSKVV, ICAR-DCR, ICAR-ATARI, ICAR-NIBSM, ICAR-IIMR, ICAR-NRC, Agri Meet foundation) | Apr 19-21, 2024 |
NATIONAL SEMINARS/ CONFERENCES/ SYMPOSIUM
S. No | Seminars/ Conferences/ Symposium on | Organized by | Date |
1 | Climate Adaptation and Long-term Mitigation (CALM) | Centre for Atmospheric Research and Climate change, Faculty of Engineering and Technology (AICTE sponsored) | Dec, 4-5, 2017 |
2 | National Symposium on Cutting Edge Approaches for Sustainable Plant Disease Management and ensuring Farmers Profits | ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana & Indian Phytopathological Society (SOUTH ZONE), Trichy, TN | Dec 21-23, 2018 |
3 | Emerging Technologies and Enabling Tools in Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases | Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University (Aegis DST-PURSE Sponsored) | Jan 8-9, 2020 |
4 | National Conference on “Millets 2023”: Nutrition & Health | Bharatiya Engineering Science and Technology Innovation University (BESTIU) | April 27-28, 2023 |
TRAINING/ WORKSHOP
S. No | Training/ workshop on | Organized by | Date |
1 | Recent Techniques in Biological Control of Plant Pathogens (Workshop) | Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University (DST-PURSE sponsored) | Oct, 5-6, 2018 |
2 | Molecular Techniques in Crop Improvement (Workshop) | Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University (UGC SAP DRS-II sponsored) | Jan, 11, 2018 |
3 | Publishing Your Research Data: Ways and Means (Work shop)
| Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University (UGC SAP DRS-II sponsored) | Mar, 28, 2018 |
4 | Procedures for Patent Drafting (2 days training) | Department of Agriculture Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University | Dec, 12-13, 2019 |
5 | Science Career Guidance | Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology (DST-FIST & UGC-SAP sponsored) | Dec, 19, 2019 |
6 | Research Methodology and Data Analysis (Two weeks -Virtual) | IQAC, Annamalai University | Jan 19- Feb 04, 2022 |
7 | Hands on Training on Mining of Bioactive Metabolites (3 days Training) | CPMB, Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore | Aug, 24-26, 2022 |
8 | E-workshop on Molecular Taxonomy – DNA Barcodes | BIOSRISHTI – Online Life Science Solutions | Sep, 4-9, 2023 |
- OF ORAL PAPERS/ POSTER PRESENTED IN INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES
S. No | Paper/ Poster presentation | Conference/ seminar on | Organized by | Date |
1 | Biocontrol efficacy of Pseudomonas fluorescens against stem rot of tuberose caused by Sclerotium rolfsii (Oral) | Recent scenario in Plant Science Research-Climate Change and its Associated Variations (ICRSPR) | Department of Botany, Annamalai University
| March 23-25, 2018 |
2 | Antimicrobial Activity of Certain Medical Plants on Fusarium Wilt of Tomato (Poster) | National symposium on Cutting Edge Approaches for Sustainable Plant Disease Management and ensuring Farmers Profits | ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana & Indian Phytopathological Society (SOUTH ZONE), Trichy, TN | Dec 21-23, 2018 |
3 | Biocontrol efficacy of Trichoderma viride against stem rot of tuberose caused by Sclerotium rolfsii | Emerging Technologies and Enabling Tools in Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases | Department of Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University (Aegis DST-PURSE Sponsored) | Jan 8-9, 2020 |
4 | Biological Management of Stem rot of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) caused by Sclerotium rolfsii Sacc. (Theme 7) (Poster) | Multidisciplinary approaches for plant disease management in achieving sustainability in Agriculture | Department of Plant Pathology, University of Horticulture Science, Bagalkot, India | Oct 6-9, 2020 |
WEBINARS
S. No | Webinar on | Organized by | Date |
1 | Metagenome Sequencing | Annamalai University | March 12, 2021 |
2 | Sequence Submission – GenBank | BIOSRISHTI – Online Life Science Solutions | April 9, 2021 |
3 | Basic to Advanced Guide for Review Paper Writing | Research Graduate: The best Ph.D. and Masters consultant company | June 13, 2021 |
4 | Basic bioinformatics | DNA Xperts driven by genes | Jan 25th to Feb 7, 2024 |
AWARDS
S. NO | Award Name | Conference | Organized by | Date |
1 | Young Researcher Award | International conference on Climatic Resilient Agriculture for Sustainable Agricultural productivity (ICRSP) | Mother Therasa College of Agriculture (Affiliated to TNAU) | Mar 31, 2023 |
2 | Best Plant Pathologist award | International Conference on “Recent Advances in Agriculture for Atmanirbhar Bharat” | Organizers and collaborators (CCSHAU, ICRISAT, UAS, UAHS, UHS, KVAFSU, CAU, RLBCAU, JAU, IGKV, GBPUAT, SKLTSHU, RVSKVV, ICAR-DCR, ICAR-ATARI, ICAR-NIBSM, ICAR-IIMR, ICAR-NRC, Agri Meet foundation) | Apr 19-21, 2024 |
NCBI ACCESSIONS
S. No | Accession number | Pathogen name | Year of deposition |
1 | MK880692 | Sclerotium rolfsii | May, 2019 |
2 | MK880693 | Sclerotium rolfsii | May, 2019 |
3 | OK597193 | Fusarium culmorum | Oct, 2021 |
4 | OK597211 | Fusarium oxysporum | Oct, 2021 |
5 | OK597207 | Fusarium udum | Oct, 2021 |
6 | OK598964 | Fusarium incarnatum | Oct, 2021 |
7 | OL311659 | Fusarium equiseti | Nov, 2021 |
8 | ON909758 | Trichoderma asperellum | Jul, 2022 |
9 | OR885522 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
10 | OR885523 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
11 | OR885525 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
12 | OR885526 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
13 | OR885527 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
14 | OR885528 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
15 | OR885529 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
16 | OR885530 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
17 | OR885531 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
18 | OR885532 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
19 | OR885533 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
20 | OR885534 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
21 | OR885535 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
22 | OR885536 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
23 | OR885537 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
24 | OR885538 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
25 | OR885539 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
26 | OR885540 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
27 | OR885541 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |
28 | OR885542 | Athelia rolfsii (Sclerotium rolfsii) | Dec, 2023 |