Four-day Int’l Conference on Plant Health Management inaugurated at PJTSAU

Addressing the inaugural session, chief guest M.Raghunandan Rao, APC & Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, and Vice Chancellor, PJTSAU said food safety should be the primary goal and agricultural scientists and industry should work in this direction.

Hyderabad: The four-day International Conference on Plant Health Management – Innovations and Sustainability organized by Plant Protection Association of India was inaugurated at PJTSAU Hyderabad.

Addressing the inaugural session, chief guest M.Raghunandan Rao, APC & Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, and Vice Chancellor, PJTSAU said food safety should be the primary goal and agricultural scientists and industry should work in this direction.

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Dr. Sarada Jayalakshmi Devi, Vice Chancellor, ANGRAU addressing the gathering said there is a need to identify resistant genes for various pests and diseases to develop promising high yielding varieties. She said focus should be on bio-control agents, natural enemies and ecofriendly applications towards attaining sustainability.

Dr. S.C. Dubey, ADG Plant protection and Biosafety, ICAR, GOI, New Delhi, RC Agarwal , Chairman, Dhanuka Group, Dr. B. Sharat Babu, President PPAI and Chairman of the International Conference on Plant Health Management, also spoke.