Rhitu Rai

Biography

Ph D: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, IARI

Research Interest

Diseases cause significant losses in many crops and control measures are often limited or not available. Research in my lab focuses on plant pathogenesis and plant disease resistance mechanisms. We aim to functionally characterizeR/Avr genes, gene expression profiling of pathogen and host plant during pathogenesis and understand mechanism of pathogenicity.Presently, the experimental system being studied are Xanthomonas oryzae-rice. Our long term goal is to generate knowledge and strategies useful in enhancing natural plant defense for better disease control.