Faculty Name : Dr. J.N. Sharma Designation: Professor & Head Qualification: Ph. D Phone 09418023770 Fax 01792252844 E-Mail: jnsharma1960@yahoo.co.in Fellowship/Awards: 1. Recipient of merit scholarship in B. Sc (Agri.), ICAR (HRDP) scholarship in M.Sc. Programme and ICAR (UNDP) scholarship in Ph. D programme. 2. Recipient of Certificate of Honour for getting 3.88/4.00 OGPA in M.Sc. (Agri.) in 1983. 3. Received Certificate of Honour and a cash prize of Rs. 6000/- by Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, for outstanding contribution to the successful diagnosis and control of premature defoliation problem of apple in 2000. 4. Received P.P. Singh Memorial Pesticides India Commendation Award for presenting a paper entitled Diagnosis of premature leaf fall problem in apple and its control from Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur in May, 2000. 5. Awarded a Certificate of Honour by Indian society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur in recognition to services rendered as editor of the Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology for 2003. 6. Conferred a Scroll of Honour by Indian Phytopahtological Society in recognition for his dedicated services to the society as Zonal Councillor (Northern Zone) for 2003. 7. Conferred a Scroll of Honour by Indian Phytopahtological Society in recognition for his dedicated services to the society as Zonal President (Northern Zone) for 2007. 8. Paper entitled, Studies on epidemiology and management of Alternaria leaf spot of apple caused by Alternaria alternata f. sp. mali was adjudged first rank in National Symposium on Perspective in the Plant health Management at AAU, Anand, Gujarat held w.e.f. 14-16 Dec, 2010. Discipline : Plant Protection Specialization: Plant Pathology
Mission: To develop strategies for managing crop plant diseases Work Experience: 25 Years Teaching Activities: Under Graduate and Post Graduate classes (Courses being taught to PG classes) i. Fundamentals of Plat pathology ii. Diseases of Fruit, Plantation and Ornamental Crops iii. Chemicals in Plant Disease Management iv. Integrated Plant Disease Management Number of students guided: M. Sc. 6 Ph.D. 1 Advance Trainings Acquired: 4 No. International exposure: Presented papers in International/Global/Asian Conferences organized in Udaipur, New Delhi and Mysore. Research Activities: Projects in hand (as PI in externally funded projects and PG students) 1. Survival of Marssonina coronaria in apple orchards and its suppression through biological and novel chemical methods for controlling premature leaf fall Objectives: i. Studies on sensitivity and monitoring for resistance to fungicides in Marssonina coronaria causing premature leaf fall in apple (M.Sc. Student) ii. iii. Studies on baseline sensitivity to sterol inhibitor and strobilurin fungicides and monitoring of fungicide resistance in Marssonina coronaria causing premature leaf fall in apple (M.Sc. Student) Studies on Marssonina blotch pathogenesis in apple and its management through novel methods including induced resistance (Ph..D Student) 2. Evaluation of bio-efficacy and phytotoxicity of fluopyrum 200 + tebuconazole 200-400 SC against powdery mildew, Marssonina blotch and post harvest diseases of apple Objectives i. To evaluate bio-efficacy of fluopyram 200 + tebuconazole 200-400 SC against Alternaria and Marssonina leaf spot and post harvest diseases of apple
Completed projects (as PI) 1. Studies on biology, epidemiology and integrated management of Marssonina blotch, the cause of premature leaf fall problem of apple funded by ICAR, New Delhi with a total outlay of Rs., 8.22 lacs w.e.f. 2000 to 2004. 2. Studies on mode of action of fungicides and refinement of spray schedule against premature leaf fall of apple in Shimla district of Himachal Pradesh funded by Govt. of India under RKVY with Rs. 21.23 lakh outlay w.e.f. 20009-2013. Publications: Research papers (best 20) 1. Sharma, J.N. and V.K. Gupta. 1995. Studies on apple scab forecasting in Himachal Pradesh. Indian Phytopath. 48: 325-330. 2. Sharma, J.N. and V.K. Gupta. 1996. Reduction in fungicide usage by monitored control of apple scab (Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) Wint.). Int. J. Tropical Plant Diseases 13: 167-175. 3. Sharma, J.N. and K.D. Verma. 1996. Curative and eradicant activity of some sterolinhibiting fungicides against Venturia inaequalis (Cke.) Wint. causing apple scab. Indian J. Plant Prot. 24: 76-79. 4. Gupta, V.K. and J.N. Sharma. 1996. Reduced efficacy of carbendazim against Venturia inaequalis causing apple scab. Pl. Dis. Res.11(2): 161-163. 5. Sharma, J.N. and J.L. Kaul. 1996. Biochemical nature of resistance in apple to Venturia inaequalis causing scab IV. Oxidative enzymes. Int. J. Tropical Plant Diseases 14: 173-178. 6. Sharma, J.N. and J.L. Kaul. 1997. Studies on the development of storage scab in apple and its management. Indian Phytopath. 50(3): 396-401. 7. Sharma, J.N. and J.L. Kaul. 1997. Morphological studies on scab resistant and susceptible apple cultivars. Phytomorphology 47(4): 353-358. 8. Sharma, J.N. and D.R.Gautam. 1997. Studies on premature leaf fall in apple A new problem. Indian J. Plant Prot. 25(1): 8-12. 9. Sharma, J.N and J.L. Kaul. 1999. Biochemical nature of resistance in apple to Venturia inaequalis causing scab III. Proteins and amino acids. J. Mycol. Plant Pathol. 29(2): 227-231. 10. Sharma, J.N. 2000. Forecasting and integrated management of apple scab. In: Proc. Int. Conf. Integrated Plant Disease Management for Sustainable Agriculture, held in New Delhi w.e.f. 11-15 November, 1997. pp. 1044-1045. 11. Sharma, J.N. 2001. Diagnosis and control of premature leaf fall in apple. J. Mycol. Plant Pathol. 31: 305-310. 12. Sharma, J.N., A. Sharma and P. Sharma. 2004. Out- break of Marssonina blotch in warmer climates causing premature leaf fall of apple and its management. Acta Horticulturae 662 : 405-409.
13. Sharma, J.N., Dharmesh Gupta, L.N. Bhardwaj and Ravinder Kumar. 2005. Occurrence of Alternaria leaf spot (Alternaria alternata) on apple and its management. In: Integrated Plant Disease Management (Eds. Sharma, R.C. and J.N. Sharma). Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur (Raj.). Pp 25-31. 14. Sharma, J.N. and K.D. Verma. 2005. Integrated management of foliar and fruit diseases of apple in Himachal Pradesh. J. Mycol. Plant Pathol. 35: 48-52. 15. Rana, Shakun, S.K. Sharma and J.N. Sharma. 2010. Integration of cultural, chemical and biological methods in the management of white root rot of apple. Indian Phytopathology 63: 207-211. 16. Modgil, M, N. Guleria, M. Ghani and J.N. Sharma. 2012. Identifying somaclonal variants of apple rootstock Malling 7 resistant to white root rot. Scientia Horticulturae 137: 148-155. 17. Kumar, Anil,, J.N. Sharma and R.C. Garg. 2012. Prevalence, symptomatology, pathogenecity and nutritional requirement of Colletotrichum gloeospoioides causing premature fruit drop in kinnow. Indian Phytopathology 65(4): 366-372. 18. Kumar, Anil and J.N. Sharma. 2013. Effect of abiotic factors on Marssonina blotch causing premature leaf fall in apple (Malus domestica). Indian Phytopathology 66(3): 278-283. 19. Kumar, Anil and J.N. Sharma. 2013. Pathogenic variability in apple blotch pathogen Marssonina coronaria. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 43(3): 328-332. 20. Kumar, Anil and J.N. Sharma. 2014. Monitored control of Marssonina blotch of apple caused by Marssonina coronaria. Indian Phytopathology 67(1): 70-76. Books/manuals: 1. Sharma, R.C. and J.N. Sharma. 2005. Practical Manual of Plant Pathology Laboratory and Field Equipment. Directorate of Extention Education, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan. H.P. 69p. 2. Verma, K.D., Sharma, R.C. and J.N. Sharma. 2005. Fifty Years of Teaching, Research and Extension in the Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology. Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan. H.P. 56p. 3. Sharma, R.C. and J.N. Sharma. 2005. Integrated Plant Disease Management. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur (Raj.). 362p. 4. Sharma, R.C. and J.N. Sharma. 2005. Challenging Problems in Horticultural and Forest Pathology. Indus Publishing Co. New Delhi. 452p. 5. Sharma, R.C. and J.N. Sharma. 2008. Plant Diseases, Pathogens and their Vectors. Westville Publishing House, New Delhi. 138p. 6. Gautam, H.R., S. Chandel, N.K. Bharat, S. Verma, and J.N. Sharma. 2014. Disease Diagnosis in Horticultural Crops. Department of Plant Pathology, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan., 48 p.
Technical bulletin(s) 1. Sharma, J.N., R.D. Sharma and K.D. Verma. Diagnosis and control of premature leaf fall problem of apple in Himachal Pradesh A success Story. Information Bulletin.Department of Mycology and Plant Pathology, UHF, Nauni, Solan, 8 p, June, 2002. 2. Sharma, J.N. and R.C. Sharma. 2012. Management of Marssonina blotch and other diseases of apple. Department of Plant Pathology, Dr Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni-Solan. H.P. 46 p. Lab Members (RAs/SRF/ PG Students) : 4. 1. Sumitra Phurailatpam, Ph. D Student. 2. Neelam, M.Sc. student 3. 3. Anupam Goyal, M.Sc. Student 4. 4. Ankush Behak, M.Sc. Student
Ph. D Student Name : Designation : Sumitra Phurailatpam Ph. D Scholar Fellowship/merit/Awards: ------- Phone: +91 98053 86224 Email: destiny_s14@yahoo.com Academic Qualification: Examination Passed B.Sc (Agri.) M.Sc. (Agri.) Ph. D University Year of Passing Division / % of Marks Subject AAU, Jorhat 2008 71.80 Elective-Plant Pathology CAU, Imphal 2010 82.60% Major-Plant Pathology Minor- 1.Agronomyy Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Solan, H.P. India- 173230 Pursuing --- Minor- 1.Entomology 2.Nematology Title of Research: Studies on Marssonina blotch pathogenesis in apple and its management through innovative novel methods Area of Interest: Fruit Pathology Work Experience: --------- Research Publications: M. Sc Thesis