Plant Pathology
The Department of Plant Pathology is entrenched at the outset of the ANGRAU – SMGR Agricultural College, Udayagiri (Estd. in 2022-23) to teach undergraduate courses for B. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture. The department offers five basic Plant Pathology courses (7 theory and 5 practicals), one Agricultural Microbiology course (1 theory and 1 practical) and three elective courses (6 theory and 3 practicals) covering all the aspects of plant diseases – their cause and effect, diagnosis and remedies, agriculturally important microorganisms and food safety issues.
The Department is equipped with two undergraduate laboratories housing all the necessary equipment to train undergraduate students pursuing Agricultural Science as their career in all Microbiological and Plant Pathological practical aspects.
List of UG courses offered by the Department
|
Course No. |
Course Title | Credits
(Theory + Practical) |
| Courses in First year B. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture | ||
| PATH – 171 | Fundamentals of Plant Pathology-I
(Introduction to Plant Pathogens) |
3 (2+1) |
| AMBE – 101 | Agricultural Microbiology | 2 (1+1) |
| Courses in Second year B. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture | ||
| PATH – 271 | Fundamentals of Plant Pathology-II
(Principles of Plant Pathology |
2 (1+1) |
| ELCT-272 | Food Safety Issues | 3 (2+1) |
| Courses in Third year B. Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture | ||
| PATH – 371 | Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management-I | 3 (2+1) |
| PATH – 372 | Diseases of Field and Horticultural Crops and their Management -II | 2 (1+1) |
| PATH – 373 | Integrated Pest and Disease Management | 2 (1+1) |
| ELCT-333 | Biopesticides and Biofertilizers | 3 (2+1) |
| ELCT-334 | Agrochemicals | 3 (2+1) |
Our Staff
Dr. M. Reddi Kumar
Professor
Specialization:
Molecular Plant Pathology, Biological Control and Mycotoxins
Mobile: 7093852057
Email: m.reddikumar@angrau.ac.in
Ms.P. ARUNASREE
Assistant Professor
Specialization:
Obtained M.Sc. (Ag) from Plant Pathology, S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati in 2004 and persuing Ph.D from S.V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati as in-service student. She has seven and half years experience in teaching almost all UG and P.G core courses. She has been working in fungal pathology with more emphasis on biocontrol
Mobile: +91 9441762385
Email: p.arunasri@angrau.ac.in
Sri. M. GURIVI REDDY
Assistant Professor
Specialization:
Completed M.Sc., from Department of Plant Pathology, TNAU, Coimbatore during 2012 and Ph. D from IARI, New Delhi. He received five silver medals and five gold medals for his academic excellence during U.G and P.G programme. He was involved in the development of transgenic groundnut against peanut stem necrosis disease. Recently, he was involved in the identification and characterisation of phytoplasma associated with elephant foot yam, napier grass, plumbago and crossandra which were new reports from the world. He published more than 15 research paper in reputed national and international journals. He had keen interest in the development of rapid diagnostic kits for virus detection and to study host-pathogen interaction of viruses and/or phytoplasma with plant hosts
Mobile: +91 8121311346
Email: m.gurivireddy@angrau.ac.in
Dr. PRADEEP MANYAM
Assistant Professor
Specialization:
Received M. Sc. (Ag.) (2011, ICAR-JRF& Gold Medal) and Ph. D (2015, DST- INSPIRE Fellowship) Degrees from Department of Plant Pathology, Univ. of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka. Predominantly worked in Plant Virology discipline in characterization of viruses associated with chilli and their management and also bacteriophages characterization and utilization in biocontrol of bacterial diseases. He has one-year work experience each in Pesticide residue analysis of food grains and disease management of spice crops mainly pepper, turmeric and ginger. He has three years of extension research experience in pests and diseases of paddy, groundnut and pulse crops majorly. His line of interest is Detection and Characterization of new viral diseases and innovative management strategies for plant disease control.
Mobile: 9381171707
Email: m.pradeep@angrau.ac.in