Meet of All India Coordinated Research Project on Biological Control of Crop Pests held – Times of India
PUNE: The ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru recently organized the XXXI Annual Review Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project on Biological Control of Crop Pests.
Dr SN Sushil, Director, ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru & Project Coordinator, AICRP on Biological control of Crop Pests highlighted research projects for the period 2021-22, which included the development, validation and commercialisation of promising bioagents, and area covered through the adoption of biocontrol modules. He also presented monitoring and management activities of recent invasive pests and preparedness to tackle the attacks.
Deputy Director General (Crop Science) Dr Tilak Raj Sharma, ICAR, New Delhi inaugurated the workshop. “There is a need for concentrating basic studies on biological control with special emphasis on rhizosphere biology and the interaction between the rhizosphere and biocontrol agents. Public private partnership should be strengthened to test, validate, mass produce and register potential biocontrol products. Generating molecular signatures for promising bioagents and depositing the same in recognised nodal centres is also needed. More stress has to be given to develop climate resilient biocontrol agents like temperature tolerant, drought tolerant, etc,” he said.
Dr SN Sushil, Director, ICAR-NBAIR, Bengaluru & Project Coordinator, AICRP on Biological control of Crop Pests highlighted research projects for the period 2021-22, which included the development, validation and commercialisation of promising bioagents, and area covered through the adoption of biocontrol modules. He also presented monitoring and management activities of recent invasive pests and preparedness to tackle the attacks.
Deputy Director General (Crop Science) Dr Tilak Raj Sharma, ICAR, New Delhi inaugurated the workshop. “There is a need for concentrating basic studies on biological control with special emphasis on rhizosphere biology and the interaction between the rhizosphere and biocontrol agents. Public private partnership should be strengthened to test, validate, mass produce and register potential biocontrol products. Generating molecular signatures for promising bioagents and depositing the same in recognised nodal centres is also needed. More stress has to be given to develop climate resilient biocontrol agents like temperature tolerant, drought tolerant, etc,” he said.
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