Chandish R. Ballal

Biography

Recipient of the Professor T. N. Ananthakrishnan Award 2006 for the contributions made in the field of biological control. Received the Dr S. Sithanantham Bio-control Award for 2010-11 on the 25th April, 2012 during the “National Symposium on Plant Protection in Horticultural Crops: Emerging Challenges and Sustainable Pest Management” held at IIHR, Bangalore (25th to 28th April, 2012). Received NBAIR Scientific Excellence Award 2015. Received ICAR Panjabrao Deshmukh Outstanding Woman Agricultural Scientist Award 2015. Received partial travel grants from CSIR, ICAR and the organizers - Beijing Academy of Sciences for attending and presenting a research paper at the International Symposium on mass production and commercialization of arthropod biological control agents, October, 21-24, 2011, Beijing, China. Conferred with the Fellowship of Association for Advancement of Pest Management in Horticultural Ecosystems (AAPMHE) on the 25th April, 2012 during the “National Symposium on Plant Protection in Horticultural Crops: Emerging Challenges and Sustainable Pest Management” held at IIHR, Bangalore (25th to 28th April, 2012). First rank holder for M Phil (Zoology) under Calicut University Won the best paper award for a paper based on Ph D work. Ballal, C. R. and Singh, S. P. (2001). Comparative studies on pheromone trap catches of Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) in sunflower and pigeonpea ecosystems. pp. 177-179. In Biological Control - Contributed papers - Proceedings of Symposium on Biocontrol Based Pest Management for Quality Crop Protection in the Current Millennium (July 18-19, 2001) at PAU, Ludhiana (Eds. Darshan Singh, M. S. Mahal, A. S. Sohi, V. K. Dilawari, K. S. Brar and S. P. Singh), 224 pp. Admitted as the Fellow of Society for Biocontrol Advancement (FSBA) on 26th May, 2006. Won the best paper award for a paper based on Ph D student's work. Gupta, T. and Ballal, C. R.(2006). Feeding preference of anthocorid predators for parasitised and un-parasitised eggs.Presented at The National Symposium on sucking pests Held at Institute of Agricultural Technologists, Bangalore on June 26th and 27th, 2006

Research Interest

Biological Control-Mass Production and evaluation of potential parasitoids and predators; with special reference to beneficial like trichogrammatids, scelionids, braconids, ichneumonids, anthocorids and predatory mites