Publisher : Daya Publishing House Author : S.K. Duttamajumder Language : English Edition : Latest By Publishers Book Cover : Hard Back ISBN : 9789389719444
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Dr. S. K. Duttamajumder is a revered sugarcane crop protection specialist of National and International fame. Graduated in Agriculture from the Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya
Nadia
West Bengal during 1975-79; did both M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute
New Delhi during 1980-85. He joined the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research
Lucknow as Scientist in 1985 and worked on important bacterial and fungal diseases of sugarcane (Leaf scald
Ratoon stunting disease
Red rot
Smut and Wilt)
on the development of ESTs of sugarcane and in the high sugar parent development programme of sugarcane for the subtropical India. He was the key architect in developing the road map for sugarcane research and development to be followed at the Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research
Lucknow. He also served as a member of RCGM
New Delhi forthe identification of suitable genetically modified crop varieties for India. Dr. Duttamajumder served as the first Associate Editor (Bacteriology) of the Indian Phytopathological Society
New Delhi. He became Principal scientist in 2006 and finally headed the Division of Crop Protection of IISR
Lucknow from 2009 to 2014. His interest on Sugarcane Entomology started in 2009. He has authored two authoritative books on crop protection of sugarcane. The book Red rot of Sugarcane is a landmark publication on this very important disease of sugarcane and incidentally it is the first book on this disease. The other book
Top borer of Sugarcane is a well acclaimed publication in the field of Sugarcane Entomology. Dr. Duttamajumder is an ace scientific photographer and these two books bear the testimony.
