Mahender Singh
Principal Scientist
Agriculture
National Research Centre for Integrated Pest Management
India
Biography
GPS mapping of prevalence and severity of Sclerotinia rot of Brassica juncea in Haryana and Rajasthan for forewarning to farmers . ï‚· IPM strategies for Sclerotinia were included in Package of practices of Zone I b (Sriganganagar) and Zone III b (Bharatpur) of Rajasthan, ï‚·Developed IPM package for IndianMustard ï‚·Developed Indian mustard high yielding varieties viz., Pusa Mustard 26, Pusa Mustard 28, Pusa Mustard 29, Pusa Mustard 30, PBR 97, PBR 210, PBR 357 & PBR 378, and Pusa Double zero mustard 31 were released for NWPZ of India.
Research Interest
Development and validation of prioritized component-wise IPM package in Indian mustard ï‚· Synthesis, validation and popularization of IPM technology for groundnut crop ï‚· Forewarning of major pests on spatial scale for their integrated pest managemnt
