Pheromones use in Field and Storage By V Nandagopal

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Publisher ‏: Satish Serial Publishing House
Author : V Nandagopal, T V Prasad
Language ‏: English
Edition : Latest By Publishers
Book Cover : Hard Back
ISBN : 9789385055447

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Dr.V.Nandagopal did his B.Sc (Ag) and M.Sc (Ag) in Agrl. Entomology from the Agricultural University Madurai Tamil Nadu. He did a thesis for his Ph.D on pheromone in collaboration with Natural Resource Institute London. He has got specialization on pheromone research under Dr.H.David the HOD of Plant Protection Sugarcane Breeding Institute Coimbatore. He has contributed pheromone research in sugarcane groundnut and rice crops. He has published/edited 6 books in these crops. His research findings have been published in National and International journals. Dr. T.V. Prasad is presently working as Senior Scientist (Entomology) at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) New Delhi. Dr. Prasad did his schooling at Sainik School Korukonda Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh and went for graduation at Agricultural College Naira ANGRAU. He has passed B. Sc. (Ag.) in firstclass with distinction in 1996. Thereafter he did his M. Sc. (Ag.) from College of Agriculture Bapatla ANGRAU and Ph.D. from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) New Delhi. During this period he earned various scholarships and fellowships to support his education. He stood first in All India entrance examination for Agricultural Research Service (ICAR) in Entomology and in 2003 joined as Scientist (Entomology) at Directorate of Groundnut Research (DGR) (formerly known as National Research Centre for .Groundnut) Junagadh Gujarat. During his 6 years of tenure in research and extension at DGR he has specialized in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in groundnut based production system and pheromone technology. He was conferred Young Scientist Award for the year 2010 by the Applied Zoologists Research Association (AZRA) Cuttack. He is life member of several scientific societies in the field of Entomology and plant protection and also associated with several journals as referee. He was visiting Norman E. Borlaug fellow to Department of Grain Science and Industry Kansas State University USA under Indo-US Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program 2008 of USDAs Foreign Agricultural Service USA under Indo-US Agricultural Knowledge Initiative (AKI). He has a number of national and international publications to his credit. He has written fifteen book chapters and six books. He is now continuing his research on evaluation of plant genetic resources against insect pests with a strong flair for host plant resistance.