Academic Department
Plant Protection
Constituent Department under College of Horticulture and Farming System Research
About The Department
The Department was created in the year 2014 since the starting of the College of Horticulture and Farming System Research.
Vision
Providing quality education in plant protection to produce quality human resource to cater the need of sustainable plant protection specifically in the horticultural crops in the state in particular and the country in general. To update the department as knowledge hub on plant protection, supply of bio-inputs to the farmers and entrepreneurship development through mushroom cultivation.
Mission
Producing efficient man power having knowledge in the advances in plant protection technologies so as to play a major role in the adoption of Integrated Pest Management in the horticultural crops and also available as resourceful manpower in implementing different government schemes in the state. Conducting need-based research on plant protection in horticultural crops.
Objectives
i. To produce efficient manpower to meet the demand of human resource for implementing different project by the Govt. of Assam.
ii. To facilitate adoption of various technologies of integrated pest management for horticultural crops in the state.
iii. To supply bio-inputs like biopesticides to the growers of the region and mushroom spawn for doubling farmers income through mushroom farming.
| # | Course No. | Course Title | Credit | Syllabus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PP (Ento)-213 * | Fundamentals of Entomology | 3 (2+1) | — |
| 2 | PP (Ento)-222 * | Apiculture, Sericulture and Lac Culture | 2 (1+1) | — |
| 3 | PP (Ento)-312 * | Insect Pests of Fruit, Plantation, Medicinal and Aromatic Crops | 2 (1+1) | — |
| 4 | PP (Ento)-323 * | Insect Pests of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops | 3 (2+1) | — |
| 5 | PP (Hort)-213 * | Fundamentals of Plant Pathology | 3 (2+1) | — |
| 6 | PP (Hort)-223 * | Diseases of Fruit, Plantation and Medicinal and Aromatic Crops | 3 (2+1) | — |
| 7 | PP (Hort)-313 * | Diseases of Vegetable, Ornamental and Spice Crops | 3 (2+1) | — |
| 8 | PP (Nema)-222 * | Nematode Pests of Horticultural Crops and their Management | 2 (1+1) | — |
* indicates compulsory courses.
Research & Extension Projects
16 Total Projects
Ongoing Projects (13)
Good quality potato seeds and tuber production using aeroponic technology under low cost polyhouse in Nalbari District
"Validation and Promotion of integrated Pest Management in Rice and Horticultural crops of NEH region of India'
Mushroom spawn unit
Cultivation of vegetables and spices for floating bed project
Establishment of commodity village on Black pepper at Nalbari District
Establishment of Natural Farming and Organic Agriculture under R & D
Developing a Voluntary Carbon Market project for agroforestry plantations and regenerative agriculture in the state of Assam
Title: Exploiting chemical ecology for IPM: Deciphering phyto-semiochemicals involved in Insect-Plant interactions of major crop pests of North East Region ‘Chemical ecology’ as an emerging field can help identify potent pest control components for
Collection, Conservation, and morpho-phenological characterization of Citrus germplasm of North East region. (As CoPI)
Network project for establishment of disease-free elite Khasi mandarin and sweet orange genetic stock through shoot tip grafting (STG) and mass production of quality planting material for North Eastern states of India. (As CoPI)
ICAR-NCIPM-NEH project on ‘IPM in rice and Horticulture crops in NEH region, India’. (As CCPI).
ICAR-NCIPM-TSP project on ‘Validation and Promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of Citrus in Tribal Region of Tinsukia District, Assam’ (As CCPI)
ICAR-AICRP (Fruits)
Completed Projects (3)
Bio-Tech Kisan Hub
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Mridul Deka)
TPS programme of KVK,Nalbari
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Mridul Deka)
Seed hub on production of pulse seeds
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Mridul Deka)