Dr. Pramod Prasad | Plant Pathology | Best Researcher Award
Dr. Pramod Prasad, ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal, India
Publication profile
Academic Qualification ๐๐
Dr. Pramod Prasad holds a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology with minors in Biotechnology and Entomology from GBPUAT, Pantnagar, obtained in 2011. He also completed his M.Sc. in Plant Pathology from the same institution in 2006 and a B.Sc. in Zoology, Botany, and Chemistry from HNBGU, Srinagar, in 2003 ๐ฟ๐ฆ .
Work Experience ๐ข๐ฐ๏ธ
Dr. Prasad has been a Senior Scientist at ICAR-IIWBR, Shimla, since September 2023, focusing on genome sequencing of Puccinia species, rust surveillance, and developing rust-resistant genetic stocks ๐พ๐ฌ. Previously, he held similar roles at the same institute, progressively advancing his expertise in cereal crop pathology from 2011 onward ๐๐.
Research Focus
Publication Top Notes
- Status of Wheat Rust Research and Progress in Rust Management-Indian Context (Cited by 95, 2019) ๐พ๐
- Draft genome of the wheat rust pathogen (Puccinia triticina) unravels genome-wide structural variations during evolution (Cited by 94, 2016) ๐งฌ๐
- The progress of leaf rust research in wheat (Cited by 67, 2020) ๐๐ฌ
- Molecular breeding technologies and strategies for rust resistance in wheat (Triticum aestivum) for sustained food security (Cited by 66, 2017) ๐พ๐
- Lr80: A new and widely effective source of leaf rust resistance of wheat for enhancing diversity of resistance among modern cultivars (Cited by 64, 2021) ๐ก๏ธ๐พ
- Dissection of genomic features and variations of three pathotypes of Puccinia striiformis through whole genome sequencing (Cited by 52, 2017) ๐ฌ๐งฌ
- Evaluation of 19,460 wheat accessions conserved in the Indian national genebank to identify new sources of resistance to rust and spot blotch diseases (Cited by 52, 2016) ๐พ๐งซ
- Barley diseases and their management: An Indian perspective (Cited by 45, 2018) ๐พ๐
- Rust pathogen effectors: perspectives in resistance breeding (Cited by 40, 2019) ๐ก๏ธ๐
- Wheat rust research-then and now (Cited by 39, 2016) ๐พ๐