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Dr. Sunil Chandra Dubey

Designation:
Head of Division (Acting)
     
Division/RS/Unit:
Division of Plant Quarantine
     
Discipline:
Plant Pathology
Contact:
011-25802787, 9868911457
     
E-Mail:
sunil.dubey(AT)icar.gov.in, nbpgr.quarantine(AT)icar.gov.in
     
Personal Webpage:
     
Salient Achievements:

Dr SC Dubey, Head (Acting) & PS appointment ADG (Plant Protection & Biosafety) ICAR Headquarters 28.01.2021

RESEARCH

  • Race profiling/virulence analysis: Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, F. oxysporum f. sp. lentis Rhizoctonia. solani, R. bataticola, Ascochyta rabiei and Sclerotinia sclerotiorum.
  • Genetic diversity analysis: R. solani, F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, F. oxysporum f. sp. lentis, S. sclerotiorum, Ascochyta rabiei and R. bataticola, VCG in F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris (VCG -0280) and MCG of S. sclerotiorum. 
  • Molecular diagnostics: Highly sensitive and specific molecular markers/probes were developed for the detection of R. solani, F. oxysporum f. sp. ciceris, Ascochyta rabiei and F. oxysporum f. sp. lentis.
  • Bio-formulations: Pusa 5SD and Pusa Bio-pellet 10G (T. harzianum, IARI P-4; MTCC No. 5371).
  • Patent: Filed for Pusa 5SD and Pusa Bio-pellet 10G.
  • Integrated disease management: Major disease of chickpea, mungbean and urdbean, collar rot of okra, french bean and pea, web blight of horsegram and winged bean and banded blight of rice.
  • Resistant sources/varieties: Pusa 2085, Pusa green 112, Pusa Shaktiman (BG 5023) and Pusa Bheema (BG 5028) of chickpea, Birsa Dhan 105, 106, 107, 108, 109 and Birsa Vikas Dhan 110 of rice and several resistant sources of various crop plants.
  • Epidemiology and management: Rice blast, groundnut leaf spots, Alternaria blight of broad bean, blight of bitter gourd and marigold, collar rot of pea, collar rot of okra and web blight of pulses.
  • Gene sequences: About 500 gene sequences submitted to NCBI GenBank database.
  • Identification/establishment: New forma specialis of F. oxysporum f. sp. nigella associated with wilt of black cumin and new hosts of several plant pathogenic fungi.
  • Projects completed/ongoing: Several projects supported from ICAR, ICAR-NFBSFARA, DBT, DST and world bank.

TEACHING

  • PG advisory: 11 M. Sc. and 9 Ph. D (Jawahar Lal Nehru Award– 1 Ph. D. student).
  • Courses taught: several UG and PG courses, prepared practical manuals, chapters and associated with course curricula development.
  • Advanced training: Coordinated various summer and winter school trainings and other advanced training progreamme. 

EXTENSION

  • Resources person: Consultancy services/vichar gosthi in Kisan mela, trainings, radio and TV talks.
  • Popularization of techniques: Disease management, quarantine related aspects, Trichoderma technology and mushroom cultivation.

 

     
Awards/Honours:
  • Awards: Young Scientist Award, 1998, J.F. Dasture Memorial Lecture Award 2015 and Prof. K.P.V. Menon best paper award.
  • Fellowship: INSA fellowship to visit for Germany and Merit fellowship in PG programmes.
  • Fellows: ISMPP, Udaipur and IPS, New Delhi.
  • Member of Academy/Editorial board: NABS, TN and Editorial member of various journals.
  • Office bearers:  Advisory committee, Joint Secretary, Treasurer, Councilor and Zonal president in various societies. 
     
Recent Publications Research Papers
1.  Baite MS, BK Upadhyay and SC Dubey (2019). Development of a sequence-characterized amplified region marker for detection of Ascochytarabiei causing Ascochyta blight in chickpea.Folia Microbiol.20
2.  Dubey SC, A Tripathi and S Indira (2019). Development of bio-agent based module for integrated management of sheath blight (Rhizoctonia solani) of rice.Indian J. Agril. Sci.89:663-669.
3.  Gawade BH, A Pandey, Z Khan, S Niveditha, and SC Dubey (2019). First report on nematicidal properties of Flemingia procumbens against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita.Indian Phytopathol.72:551-553.
4.  Hiremani NS and SC Dubey (2019). Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lentis populations causing wilt of lentil in India.Indian Phytopathol.50
5.  Kiran R, A Kandan, P Kumar, D Singh, J Akhtar, B Singh and SC Dubey (2019). Development of a specific primers from rpf gene sequence for molecular detection of Xanthomonas campestris pv.campestris. J. Environ. Biol.41:105-110.
6.  Kumar N, SC Dubey, P Kumar and SMP Khurana (2019). Fusarium solani causing stem rot and wilt of lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana) in India- first record.Indian Phytopath.72:367-371.
7.  Singh, MC, BS Phogat and I Singh (2019). Effect of different wheat genotypes on weed species.Int. J. Sci. Environ. Tech.8 :247-252.
8.  Singh, MC, BS Phogat,,I Singh, YS Rathi, and SC Dubey (2019). Study of weeds problem in wheat germplasm grown at NBPGR.Int. J. Sci. Environ. Tech8:411 – 415.
9.  Gawade BH, A Pandey, Z Khan, S Niveditha, and SC Dubey (2019). First report on nematicidal properties of Flemingia procumbens against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita.Indian Phytopathol.72:551-553.
10.  Hiremani NS and SC Dubey (2019). Genetic diversity of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Lentis populations causing wilt of lentil in India.Indian Phytopathol.https://doi.org/ 10.1007/s42360-019-00126-9.
     
 
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Last Updated : 10/02/2021