Pawan Kumar
Ph.D. Student
Education:
| 2001 M. Sc. (Plant Breeding) | Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab India |
| 1997 B. Sc. (Agriculture) | University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwar, Karnataka, India |
Research Interests:
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In India-
Development of molecular markers for monitoring of Indian whitefly - (ICAR, India funded project): The research is aimed towards developing molecular markers specific to B-biotype of whitefly which is a vector of many geminivirus diseases of agronomic importance.
Development of molecular diagnostic tools for pest and pathogens (ICAR-NATP, India funded project): The project with a number of shortly achievable targets is directed towards designing and development of a range of diagnostic tools for identification of various cotton infesting pests, pathogens and biological pest control agents.
In USA-
Molecular mapping of Root Knot Nematode resistant gene in upland cotton.
Comparative Genomics in cotton.
Evaluation of DHPLC technique in germplasm characterization.