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INAUGURAL FUNCTION Programme 27.12.2010, Monday; 10.00-11.30 hrs 10.00 : Invocation and lighting lamp 10.05 Welcome Address : Dr. A.S.Sidhu, Director, IIHR, Bangalore 10.10 Introduction : Dr. P.Chowdappa, Organizing Secretary, IIHR 10.15 Address by Guests of Honour

Dr. S.D.Sikhamany, Vice-Chancellor, APHU

Dr. B.V.Patil, Vice-Chancellor, UAS, Raichur

Dr.Bushan.L. Jalali, Ex. Director of Research, HAU, Hissar

10.50 Release of Publications : Souvenir cum Abstracts- ‘ORP on leaf spots publications‘ 11.00 Inaugural Address by : Dr. S. Nagarajan, Chief Guest Former Chairman, PPV&FRA, New Delhi 11.15 Felicitations 11.20 Vote of Thanks : Dr.N.Ramachandran Head, Division of Plant Pathology, IIHR,Bangalore 11.30 : Hi tea

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PLENARY LECTURES

Plenary lecture - I December 27, 2010, 12.00- 13.00 hrs

Dr. S. Nagarajan Former Chairman Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights, NASC , New Delhi

on ‘Plant bio security, Trans-boundary movement of pathogens in the wake of WTO

agreement: Role of molecular approaches’ Chairman : Dr. B.V.Patil Co-Chair : Dr. A.S. Sidhu Convenor : Dr. P. Chowdappa

Plenary lecture –II December 28, 2010 9.00- 10.00 hrs

Dr.A.N. Mukhopadhyay Former Vice Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhot

on ‘Trichoderma for plant disease management-a reality or myth’

Chairman : Dr. P. Parvatha Reddy Co-Chair : Dr. R.D. Rawal Convenor : Dr. Girija Ganeshan and Dr.R.Thangavelu

Plenary lecture –III December 29, 2010 9.00- 10.00 hrs

Dr.Bushan L. Jalali Ex. Director of Research, Harayana Agricultural University, Hissar

on ‘Harnessing molecular approaches for diagnosis and management of plant diseases;

need for paradigm shift’

Chairman : Dr. R.P.Tewari Co-Chair : Dr. N.Ramachandran Convenor :Dr. Prathiba Sharma and Dr. Meera Pandey

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SESSION I: GENETIC DIVERSITY OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS

27.12.2010/Monday/13.00-14.20 hrs

Chairman : M. Anandaraj, IISR, Calicut Co-chairman : C. Aswath, IIHR, Bangalore Convenors : Indu Sawant,NRCG,Pune and Ramesh Sundar, SBI, Coimbatore Lead presentation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Molecular characterization and detection of Phytophthora infestans B. P. Singh and S. Sharma Central Potato Research Institute, Simla ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DNA based biosensors for detection of pathogens Ashok Kumar, S.K. Dash, D.P. Sharma and Suman Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Characterization of plant pathogenic Alternaria spp. using MALDITOF-MS: Comparison with morphological, secondary metabolite profiling and gene sequence phylogenies. P.Chowdappa Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oral presentation

TS1-01 Morphological, pathogenic and molecular characterization of Fusarium udum, the pigeon pea wilt pathogen Vishwa Dhar., Datta, S., Chaudhary, R.G., Upadhyay, J.P.,Saifulla,M., Sinha, P., Arora D.K and Mishra,S

TS1-02 Genetic diversity and molecular characterization of fungal pathogens with

special reference to banana diseases R.Thangavelu and M.M.Mustaffa

Poster presentation

TS1-PO1 DNA finger printing revealed population changes in Phytophthora infestans linked to late blight out breaks on tomato in India Chowdappa, P., Madhura, S., Padma Priya, H.V., Nirmal Kumar,B.J., Reddi Bhargavi,B and Sandhya, H

TS1-PO2 Genetic diversity in three subdivision populations of Ascochyta spp. across

Himachal Pradesh Kaushal, R.P., Kapoor, V., Sharma, P.N and Padder, B.L

TS1-PO3 ß-tubulin gene based characterization of Colletotrichum falcatum isolates

causing sugarcane red rot. Arunkumaran, A., Malathi, P., Ramesh Sundar, A and Viswanathan, R

TS1-PO4 Characterization of molecular variability among the Colletotrichum

gloeosporioides isolates of Mango (Mangifera indica L.) collected from nine agro climatic zones of Andhra Pradesh

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Lakshmi. B.K.M., Narayan Reddy, P., Prasad, R.D & Satyanarayana Reddy,G TS1-PO5 Evidence of variability among Phytophthora colocasiae isolated from

multiple spots of single leaf Vishnu S Nath., Vinayaka Hegde., Jeeva, M.L., Senthil Sankar, M., Archana P.V and Misra,R.S

TS1-PO6 Morphological, cultural & pathogenic variation among Sclerotium rolfsii isolates

Sujatha,K., Santha Lakshmi Prasad, M and Naresh, N TS1-PO7 Studies on the variability among Alternaria porri (Ellis) Cif. Isolates

Efath Shahnaz., Razdan, V.K and Singh, B TS1-PO8 Morphological and molecular characterization of Colletotrichum capsici

Garg, R., Loganathan, M., Roy, B.K., Ashutosh Rai and Rai, A.B TS1-PO9 Morphological and molecular characterization of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.

lycopersici Loganathan, M., Sharma,B.K., Venkattaravanappa,V., Saha,S., Saritha, R.K and Rai, A.B

TS1-PO10 Morphological and molecular characterization of Alternaria solani

Loganathan, M., Bipin. B. Rai., Rai, R.K., Venkattaravanappa,V., Saritha, R.K and Rai, A.B

TS1-PO11 Molecular characterization of cabbage (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)

genotypes using RAPD-PCR Nisha., Gaurav Aggarwal and Srivastava, D. K

TS1-PO12 Characterization of Alternaria alternata incitant of leaf blight disease of

noni in India Manjunath, H., Nakkeeran S, and Raguchander, T

TS1-PO13 Morphological, pathogenic and molecular variability amongst Alternaria brassicae and Alternaria brassicicola in India Swati Deep., Gothandapani, S., Chowdappa, P and Pratibha Sharma

TS1-PO14 Cross infectivity of Alternaria brassicae & Alternaria brassicicola in crucifers Gothandapani,S., Swati Deep and Pratibha Sharma

TS1-PO15 Exploration and Characterization of Culturable Fungal Spp. From Mizoram

State of North-East India Kanakala.S., Lalmingmawia,C., Bhim Pratap Singh.

TS1-PO16 Assessing the genetic diversity of the Alternaria alternata isolates of Indian

origin using Inter simple sequence repeat markers Kale.S.M., Kale, S.G., Pardeshi.V.C., Gurjar,G.S., Kadoo, N.Y., Gohokar,R.T., Ghorpade,P.B and Gupta,V.S

Lunch 14.00- 14.40

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SESSION-II : MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS OF EMERGING PLANT PATHOGENS

27.12.2010/Monday/14.50-16.40hrs

Chairman : R.K. Khetarpal, CABI, New Delhi Co-chairman : H.S. Prakash, University of Mysore, Mysore Convenors : R. Viswanathan and .A.K. Saxena Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Potential of molecular diagnostics for import and export of quality seeds R.K. Khetarpal and V. Celia Chalam CABI, New Delhi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Molecular bar-coding of seed borne fungal pathogens H.S. Prakash, B.Archana, A.C. Udayashankar, S.Chandra Nayaka, and S. R. Niranjana University of Mysore, Mysore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Molecular approaches for production of disease free seed and planting material M. Anandaraj Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Development of antibody based detection technique for diagnosis of plant pathogenic fungi Akella vani Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oral presentation

TS2-01 Species-specific sequence characterized amplified region (SCAR) markers delineating Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. acutatum causing leaf disease in rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) Bindu Roy, C., Ravindran, M and Saha, T

TS2-02 Proliferosphaera, a new genus of Sphaeropsidacae from India Prameela Devi, T., Nita Mathur., Deeba Kamil., Pankaj Pandey and Prabhakaran,N

TS2-03 Diversity in Alternaria species and its relevance in resistance breeding –Girija Ganeshan,Chowdappa, P and Chethana, B.S.

Poster presentations

TS2-PO1 A PCR based diagnostic assay for rapid detection of Alternaria solani infection in tomato Chowdappa, P., Aravinda Narayana,V and Reddi Bharghavi, B.S

TS2-PO2 Molecular diagnosis and Genetic diversity of Phytophthora spp. causing root rot and gummosis in citrus Das, A.K., Ashok Kumar, S.,N and Bawage,S

TS2-PO3A Quantitative molecular detection of quiescent infections of Colletotrichum

capsici on chilli fruit using Real Time PCR Chowdappa, P., Chethana, C.S., Aravinda Narayana,V., Sandhya,H and Reddy Bhargavi,B

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TS2-PO3 Emergence of Colletotrichum gloeosporoides as the dominant pathogen of

anthracnose disease of grapes Indu S. Sawant., Anuradha Upadhyay., Shubhangi Patil., Dinesh Shetty., Sawant, S.D and Chowdappa, P

TS2-PO4 PCR based detection of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Penz, the incitant of Noni anthracnose Manjunath, H., Raguchander, T and Nakkeeran, S

TS2-PO5 Molecular diagnosis of collar rot disease of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius Pravi Vidyadharan., Jeeva, M., Archana. P. V and Vinayaka Hegde

TS2-PO6 Transcriptional fusion of monoclonal ScFv antibody gene specific to Colletotrichum gloeosporioides with ALP gene Chandrashekara, C., Chandrashekara,K.N., Pradeep, S.S., Akella Vani and Rawal, R.D

TS2-PO7 Detection of banana anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum musae through molecular approaches Prema, R.T., Prabakar,K., Archana, S., Mohammed, F.P and Manjunath, H

TS2-PO8 PCR based detection of Phytophthora palmivora using ribosomal DNA region Archana, P. V, Jeeva. M. L, Pravi Vidyadharan., Senthil Sankar, M., Vishnu. S. Nath and Vinayaka Hegde

TS2-PO9 Detection of genetic variability in Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. carthami using DNA marker Sunita J.Waghmare and Datar,V.V

TS2-PO10 Molecular analysis of genetic variability in Fusarium species using microsatellite primer Datar,V.V and Sunita J.Waghmare

TS2-PO11 Detection of molecular diversity of Phytophthora infestans causing late

blight disease in potato and tomato Saptarshi Ghosh., Rangaswamy,K.T and Wickramaarachchi,W.A.R.T

TS2-PO12 Cultural and molecular characterization of Cercospora capsici isoaltes

infecting chilli (Capsicum annuum L.) Swamy, K.M., Naik, M. K., Chowdappa, P and Patil, S

TS2-PO13 Molecular Characterization of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. psidii: A causal

organism of wilt in guava Pandey,B.K., Rupesh K. Mishra, Ashutosh Pandey, Madhu Kamle, Purnima Sareen and Muthukumar, M.

TS2-PO14 Development and validation of sequence based species-specific Primer for

Diagnosis of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing Mango Anthracnose Pandey,B.K., Madhu Kamle, Ashutosh Pandey, Rupesh K. Mishra, Purnima Sareen and Muthukumar, M.

Tea break : 16.40- 17.00

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SESSION III: SECONDARY METABOLITE AND PROTEOME PROFILING OF FUNGAL PATHOGENS 27.12.2010/Monday/17.00-18.20hrs Chairman : Ram Rajasekharan, CIMAP, Lucknow Co-chairman : G.R. Janardhana, University of Mysore, Mysore Convenors : Girija Ganeshan and M. Santha Lakshmi Prasad Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bio-pesticides (meroterpenoid and spinosad) production from fungi Ram Rajasekharan, D. K. Venkata Rao and C. S. Vivek Babu

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recent trends for accessing the microbial diversity for novel bioactive molecules Hemant K. Gauta Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, New Delhi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oral presentation TS3-01 Bioactive principle in inhibition of uredospores germination of Puccinia

arachidis, rust of groundnut (Arachis hypogeae L) from associated fungi. Jayapal Gowdu,B

TS3-02 Exploration of secondary metabolites produced by marine and terrestrial

actinomycetes for antifungal activity against Alternaria alternata Ramesh, S., Malarvizhi, K and Mathivanan, N

TS3-03 Molecular detection and differentiation of fumonisin producing isolates of

Fusarium verticilliodes and Fusarium proliferatum isolated from cereals and cereal based feeds Janardhana, G.R., Sreenivasa, M.Y., Maheswar, P.K. and Regina Sharmila Das

TS3-04 A predictive program for forecasting ascospore maturation and the role of

phenolic content in resistant of apple scab (Venturia inaequalis (Cooke) Wint Singh, K.P., Kumar,J and Kumar,B

Poster presentation

TS3-PO1 Secondary metabolite profiling of eleven plant pathogenic Alternaria species. Chowdappa,P., Jyothi Lakshmi, M., Hema, K.R., Mohan Kumar, S.P and Rao,V.K

TS3-PO2 Association of melanin in sclerotia formation of anastomosis group AG11Aof Rhizoctonia solani of paddy (Oryza sativa L.) Bashyal, B.M., Rashmi Aggarwal., Sagar Banerjee and Sangita Gupta

TS3-PO3 Association of melanin content with conidiogenesis and virulence in

Bipolaris sorokiniana and identification of genes involved in its biosynthetic Pathway

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Rashmi Aggarwal., Sagar Banerjee., Sapna Sharma., Sangeeta Gupta and Bashyal, B.M

TS3-PO4 Identification and molecular characterization of fluorescent bacteria

antagonistic against turcicum leaf blight of maize based on 16S rDNA Sequences Amit Srivastava and R K Singh

TS3-PO5 Diversity analysis and molecular characterization of endophytic fungi from

indo-gangetic plains in India Shika Gangwar., Alok Srivastasva., Sudheer kumar and Arora, D.K

TS3-PO6 Biological and molecular characterization of indigenous fluorescent

pseudomonads for bio-control activity Manjunatha, H., Naik, M. K., Rangeshwaran, R and Vajid, N. V

TS3-PO7 Optimization of cultural conditions for the production of chitinase enzyme

by Trichoderma harzianum. Sreedevi,B. , Charitha Devi,M. and Saigopal,D.V.R.

TS3-PO8 Toxin isolated from Alternaria helianthi and its effect on germination of

sunflower seeds Santha Lakshmi Prasad, M., Sujatha, K., Naresh,N and Chander Rao,S

SESSION IV: MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR FUNGAL RESISTANCE 28.12.2010/Tuesday/10.00.11.20hrs Chairman :K.Veluthambi, MKU, Madurai Co-chairman :P.B.Kiriti,University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad Convenors :T. Saha and D.C. Lakshmana Reddy Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcript profiling in plant fungal interaction and characterization of genes involved in hypersensitive cell death for manipulating fungal disease resistance K.Raja Rajesh Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Naveen Kumar Singh and P.B.Kirti University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Positional cloning of genes for fungal disease resistance T.R. Sharma, Amit Rai, S.K Gupta, Shallu Thakur, Yogesh Gupta, Pankaj Kumar Singh, H.C. Upreti, N.K. Singh,A.K. Singh, U.D. Singh, R.Rathour, A.S. Kappor, R.P. Kaushik, M. Variar, D. Maiti, N.P. Mandal, S.K. Prashanthi and N.G. Hanamaratti

National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Selectable marker elimination in transgenic rice with sheath blight resistance K. Veluthambi Madurai Kamaraj University,Madurai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Oral presentation

TS4-O1 Characterization of a family of disease resistant gene analogues (Rgas) in rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) and their relationship with functional Rgas in response to Corynespora infection Saha,T., Bindu Roy, C and Ravindran, M

TS4-O2 Molecular markers for breeding fungal resistance in horticultural crops Lakshmana Reddy, D.C and Aswath, C

Poster presentation TS4-PO1 Leaf rust resistance gene Lr 34-an indicator of spot blotch (Bipolaris

sorokiniana) resistance in wheat Singh,D.P., Sharma,A.K and S. S. Singh

TS4-PO2 A Putative molecular marker for resistance to late blight in ashwagandha Sukanya, D.H., Ramachandran, N., Gayatri Datta and Himabindu, K

TS4-PO3 Identifying useful variability for resistance to Alternaria blight and attempts at its transfer to cultivated crop Brassica species Chhaya Atri, Sarabjeet Kaur and S.S.Banga

TS4-PO4 Pathogenic variability of genetically diversed Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense Ashok Bhattacharyya., Sen, P and Begum,K.H

TS4-PO5 Molecular diagnosis of fungal plant pathogens Wickramaarachchi, W.A.R.T., Rangaswamy, K.T., Saptarshi Ghosh., Ambika, D.S Thimmegowda, P.R and Shivakumar

TS4-PO6 Development of molecular markers linked to high plant vigour in anthurium (Anthurium andreanum). Sarita Devi,A, and Aswath, C.

TS4-PO7 Genetic Variability of Alternaria alternata based on Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Markers Praveena Deepthi Kella., Sokka Reddy. S., Narayan Reddy. P and Ravicharan

TS4-PO8 QTL mapping of durable and race-specific stem rust resistance in wheat Zwart ,R.S., Banarjee.R., Shah, N., Bansal, U.K., Sivasamy,M., Singh,D., Miah, H., Martin, P., Raman, H., Bariana,H.S and Gupta,V.S.

Tea break: 11-20- 11-40 SESSION V : GENETIC ENGINEERING FOR FUNGAL RESISTANCE 28.12.2010/Tuesday/11.40-13.40hrs Chairman : V.A.Parthasarathy, IISR,Calicut Co-chairman : M. V. Rajam, University of Delhi, New Delhi Convenors : J.B. Mythili and M., Srinivas Prasad

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Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transgenics for biotic stress management: concerns and strategies P.Ananda Kumar National Research Centre for Plant Biotechnology, New Delhi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Historical perspectives in breeding horticultural crops V.A.Parthasarathy IISR, Calicut ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Engineering Fungal Resistance: Promises of RNAi M. V. Rajam University of Delhi, New Delhi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fusarium wilt resistance in banana: a transgenic approach Sukhada Mohandas, Saxena, A.K., Sowmya, H.D., Meenakshi, S and Thilaka Rani Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Development of fungal resistant transgenic plants: issues and strategies J.B. Mythili Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Oral presentation TS5-O1 Pyramiding of three blast resistance genes (Pi-1(t) +Pi-2(t) +Pi-kh) using

marker assisted selection into elite Indica cultivar Sambamahsuri Srinivas Prasad,M., Ratna Madhavi, K., Madan Mohan K.,Balachandran, S.M and Virktamath, B.C

TS5-O2 Plant regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated gene transfer studies in

broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) tissues Karuna Dhiman., Gaurav Aggarwal and Srivastava, D.K

Poster presentation TS5-PO1 Cloning and characterization of chitinase and glucanase from bio-control

agent Trichoderma atroviridae Chowdappa,P., Nirmal Kumar, B.J and Mohan Kumar,S.P

TS5-PO2 Genetic transformation studies in bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.)

Swati Verma, Gaurav Aggarwal and Srivastava, D.K TS5-PO3 Single-chain antibody fragments transcriptionally fused to ALP specific

against Alternaria solani to detect early blight disease of tomato Vijaya Mahanthesh, S.R., Chandrashekara, C., Chandrashekara, K.N., Akella Vani and Rawal, R.D

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TS5-PO4 Single-chain antibody fragments transcriptionally fused to ALP specific against Colletotrichum musae strains to detect field samples of banana infected with anthracnose disease Pradeep,S.S., Chandrashekara,C., Chandrashekara,K.N., Akella Vani and Rawal, R.D

TS5-PO5 Strain improvement of Trichoderma viride to enhance antagonistic potential

against fungal plant pathogens Bagwan,N.B

TS5-PO6 Genetic engineering for fungal resistance

Ambika, D. S., Thimmegowda, P.R., Nagaraju, N and Wickramaarachchi, W.A.R.T

TS5-PO7 Development of normalized cDNA library from infected roots of ‘Calcutta-4’ a tolerant genotype for fusarium wilt in banana Ravishankar KV, Swarupa V, Rekha A, and Savitha G,

Lunch break: 13.40- 14.40 SESSION VI : MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF HOST-PATHOGEN- INTERACTION 28.12.2010/Tuesday/14.40-16.00hrs Chairman :P.Ananda Kumar, NRCPB, New Delhi Co-chairman ;N.Ramachandran, IIHR, Bangalore Convenors :C.Gopalkrishnann and Ashok P.Giri Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Functional genomics of plant –pathogen interactions Praveen Verma National Institute for Plant Genome Research, New Delhi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The mechanisms of plant fungal pathogen recognition and activation of defense responses B. N. Chakraborty University of North Bengal,Siliguri ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Molecular basis of red rot resistance in sugarcane R. Viswanathan., Ramesh Sundar, A., Malathi, P., Ganesh Kumar,V., Rahul, P.R and Pratima,P.T Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oral presentation TS6-O1 Identification of differentially expressed proteins in chickpea upon Fusarium

oxysporium infection Ashok P. Giri

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TS6-O2 Systemic acquired resistance as a tool for the management of fungal

diseases in horticultural crops Shivashankar,S and Chowdappa,P

Poster presentation TS6-PO1 Molecular screening for defense - related transcription factors in sugarcane

x Colletotrichum falcatum interaction Muthumeena,M., Ramesh Sundar,A and Viswanathan, R

TS6-PO2 Identification of differentially expressed genes in sugarcane upon

Colletotrichum falcatum infection by suppression subtractive hybridization Sathyabama, M., Muthumeena, M., Malathi, P., Ramesh Sundar,A and Viswanathan,R

TS6-PO3 Molecular mechanisms of fungicide resistance and molecular detection

methods in fungicide resistance management Thimmegowda, P.R., Ambika, D.S., Wickramaarachchi, W.A.R.T., Saptarshi Ghosh., Manjunath, K.C., Shivakumar and Rangaswamy, K.T

TS6-PO4 Improvement of maize inbreds for resistance against sorghum downy mildew

caused by Peronosclerospora sorghi using SSR markers Vijaya Gowri. E., Jadhav Kashmiri. P., Senthil. N., Arulselvi. S., Paranidharan. V., Raveendran, M., Ganesan. K. N., Shobhana V.G., Kalpana, K. and. Nallathambi. G

Tea break: 16-00-16.20 SESSION VII : EXPLOITATION OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES 28.12.2010/Tuesday/16.20-17.30hrs Chairman : R.Samiyappan, TNAU, Coimbatore Co-chairman : Appa Rao Podile, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad Convenors : SS.Veena and M.Loganathan Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Expression of defense and infection related genes in plants during plant-pathogen interactions R.Samiyappan Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Elicitor active molecules from fungal cell walls Appa Rao Podile, Anil Kondreddy, Purushotham Pallinti, Swarnalee Dutta and Subha Narayan Das University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Systemic acquired resistance-an emerging strategy for plant disease management A.Ramesh Sundar, R. Viswanathan and M.Muthumeen Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oral presentation TS7-O1 Biotic elicitor mediated induction of systemic resistance in rice

Mondal, A., Dutta, S., Das, S., Roy, S., Mondal, N and Chowdhury, S Poster presentation TS7-PO1 Defense related biochemical changes by elicitor of malformation pathogen,

Fusarium mangiferae in mango Yadav, S.P., Gireesh Chand and Chakrabarti,D.K

TS7-PO2 Bioactive molecules of medicinal plants for management of seed mycoflora

of spices. Sumanth G. T and Waghmare, B.M

TS7-PO3 Efficacy of plant extracts against Alternaria leaf blight of sunflower

Naresh, N., Santha Lakshmi Prasad, M and Sujatha, K TS7-PO4 Bio-control potential of selected chitinase producing isolates of Trichoderma

virens Sriram, S and R. Rajeshwari, R

TS7-PO5 Oligonucleotide-barcode based identification of native Trichoderma isolates

antagonistic to cumin wilt pathogen Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cuminis Sriram,S., Savitha, M.J and Sharma,Y.K

TS7-PO6 Evaluation of plant extracts for antifungal activity against Colletotrichum

gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. and Sacc., the causal agent of leaf blight in cardamom and anthracnose in black pepper Biju, C.N., Praveena, R., Darshana, C. N and Jashmi, K.C

TS7-PO7 Phytochemical analysis of medicinal plants of Kinwat forest

Shinde S. R. and Bhagawan M. Waghmare TS7-PO8 Biochemical variation among the isolates of Sclerotium rolfsii, the causal

agent of stem rot of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Reddy, M.N., Ch Sireesha and Saraswathi, M

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SESSION VIII : BIO-FUNGICIDES 28.12.2010/Wednesday/17.30-19.00hrs Chairman : H.B. Singh, BHU, Varanasi Co-chairman : P.K. Mukherjee, BARC, Mumbai Convenors : N.P. Eswara Reddy and .A. Ramanathan Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Molecular mechanisms of biocontrol by Trichoderma spp. - Trichoderma virens IMI 304061 as a case study P.K. Mukherjee Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Bio-pesticides: Regulatory requirement, quality control, commercialization and IPR related issues H.B. Singh Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Management of plant health in vegetable crops through seed treatment S.R. Niranjana University of Mysore, Mysore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oral presentation TS8-O1 Molecular diagnosis of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides causing mango

anthracnose and its management by fungicidal compatible potential bio-agents Thahir Basha, S and Eswara Reddy, N.P

TS8-O2 Bio-control of black leaf spot disease of cauliflower by using pesticidal

resistant strain of Trichoderma harzianum (Th3). Pratibha Sharma., Swati Deep and Gothandapani, S

TS8-O3 Genes involved in biocontrol property of Bacillus pumillus MTCC7615 Jasdeep C. Padaria and Sunita Srivastav and P. Gahlot

Poster presentation TS8-PO1 Development of seed coating formulations of bio-control agents and their

effects on seeding growth and blights of tomato Chowdappa,P., Mohan Kumar,S.P., Bhanuprakash, K and Yogeesha, H.S

TS8-PO2 Characterization of saline and temperature tolerant bacteria for plant

growth promoting ability Rangeshwaran, R., Vajid, N. V and Ashwitha, K

TS8-PO3 Evidences of bio-control potential of Streptomyces sp against Sclerotium

rolfsii, responsible for collar rot of Amorphophallus Nisha, N., Veena, S.S., Neetha Soma John and Anjanadevi. I.P

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TS8-PO4 Potential Trichoderma strains against Cercospora canescens infecting green

gram and black gram Chaudhary,R.G., Neetu Trivedi., Singh,V.D and Shubha Trivedi

TS8-PO5 Studies on yeasts for its potential as bio-control agents for the management of soil-borne diseases of sugar beet Ramanathan, A., Akila,R., Raguchander,T and Samiyappan,R

TS8-PO6 Isolation and identification of endophytic yeasts and its potential as bio-control agents for the management of soil-borne diseases of sugar beet Ramanathan, A., Akila, R., Raguchander, T and Samiyappan, R

TS8-PO7 In vitro screening of antagonistic Trichoderma spp against the major fungal

pathogens of tropical tuber crops John, N.S., Anjanadevi. I. P., Jeeva, M. L and Misra, R.S

TS8-PO8 Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria and its effect on plant health and disease management Adhikari, A., M De Roy., Nandi, S and Dutta,S

TS8-PO9 In vitro evaluation of Trichoderma spp. against Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. and Sacc., the causal agent of leaf blight/ chenthal in cardamom

Praveena, R., Biju , C.N., Darshana, C.N and Jashmi, K.C

TS8-PO10 Bio-control organisms mediate defence against anthracnose of chilli

Amrutha, V. A and Bhaskar, C.V.S TS8-PO11 Studies on the management of Meloidogyne incognita using fungal bio-

agents, organic amendments & nematicides in vegetables Archana U Singh and Vijendra Singh

SESSION IX : NANOTECHNOLOGY IN FUNGAL DISEASE DIAGNOSTICS AND MANAGEMENT

29.12.2010/Wednesday/10.00-11.00hrs

Chairman : Pankaj Poddar,NCL,Pune Co-chairman : Dr.M.Krishna Reddy IIHR, Bangalore Convenors :Indu S. Sawant and C. N. Biju Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New insights into the interaction of functionalized nano materials with pathogens: Towards designers’ nanomaterials for the managements of plant pathogens Pankaj Poddar National Chemical Laboratory, Pune ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Extracellular synthesis of inorganic nanomaterials using plant pathogenic fungi Absar Ahmad National Chemical Laboratory, Pune ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Oral presentation

TS9-O1 Biosynthesis and optimization of nanoparticles via pretreatment of Trichoderma viride with silver nitrate Prema Lal Kashyap, Sudheer kumar, Srivastva,A.K., Manoj Kumar Solanki., Ruchi Singh and Dilip K.Arora

Poster presentations

TS9-PO1 Extracellular biosynthesis of protein capped CdTe nanoparticles using fungus Fusarium oxysporum Asad S.Syed,, Ankita Bedi., Sana Moeez and Absar Ahmad

SESSION X : BIO-INFORMATICS

29.12.2010/Wednesday/11.00-11-40hrs

Chairman : Sudershan Kumar,NBRI,Lucknow Co-chairman : Ramesh chand, BHU, Varanasi Convenors : G.K.Suryanarayna and R.G.Chaudhary

Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indian Microbial Diversity Information System (IMDIS): A digital catalogue of fungi of Uttar Pradesh Sudershan Kumar, Uma Supyal, Leena Wahi, Abhilasha Agnihotri, M.R. Suseela, Chandra Shekhar Nautiyal and Harikesh Bahadur Singh

National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Functional analysis of pathogenicity genes in Colletotrichum P. Malathi and R. Viswanathan Sugarcane Breeding Institute, Coimbatore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Role of small RNA’s in pest management and crop improvement R.Asokan Indian Institute of Horticultural Research,Bangalore. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Poster session

TS10-PO1 Eco-climatic zone wise Trichoderma species mapping in different forest nurseries of canara circle in Karnataka and their bio-control potentials Suryanarayna, G. K., Sudharshan, Prasad, R.D and Chauhan, T.L

TS10-PO2 Sequence based identification of Fusarium species Deeba Kamil., Prameela Devi,T., Prabhakaran, N and Pankaj Pandey

TS10-PO3 Emerging plant pathogens of orchids in North Eastern States of India Pant, R. P., Smita Gupta, Meena,N. K., Barman, D.and. Medhi, R. P.

TS10-PO4 Designing and validation of primers aided through bioinformatics tools for molecular genetic diversity assessment of Guava wilt Pathogen Pandey, B.K., Rupesh K. Mishra, Ashutosh Pandey, Madhu Kamle, Purnima Sareen and Muthukumar, M

Tea break: 11-40-12.00

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SESSION XI : SEED AND BIOTECH INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE 29.12.2010/Wednesday/12.00-14.00hrs Chairman : R.D.Rawal,Bangalore Co-chairman ; K.S. Mohan, Monsanto Research Center, Bangalore Convenors : D.K.Samuel and R. Rangeshwaran Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Intellectual Property Protection for Crop varieties in India Rekha Chaturvedi Institute of genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Role of Plant biosecurity, Plant quarantine and Diagnostics in Horticultural Trade M. Krishna Reddy, C. Gopalakrishnan, P. Chowdappa and N. Ramachandran Indian Institute of Horticultural Research Institute --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Overview of transgenic technology and its impact on agriculture K.S. Mohan, Monsanto Research Center, Bangalore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Emerging Mushroom Diseases - their prevention and containment through consolidated management practices R. N. Verma Eco-Development Foundation, Ranchi. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fungi- A serious threat in the production of horticultural crops R.D.Rawal Bangalore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Oral presentation TS11-O1 Antifungal activity of endophytic fungi isolated from an Indian medicinal

plant Chlorophytum borinilianum Kanika Chowdary

TS11-O2 Mass production and formulation of promising yeast antagonists of chilli

anthracnose pathogen, Colletotrichum capsici Ramanujam, B., Bhasha, H., Vinaya, H., Rangeshwaran, R and Sriram, S

Poster presentation TS11-PO1 A tissue culture technique for screening of tomato germplasm against early

blight using culture filtrates of Alternaria solani Chowdappa, P., Hema,K.R., Sudharshan, B and Sadashiva, A.T

TS11-PO2 Screening of bacterial and yeast isolates against chilli anthracnose

pathogen, Colletotrichum capsici by fruit bioassay

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Ramanujam, B., Vinaya, H., Bhasha, H., Rangeshwaran. R and Sriram, S TS11-PO3 Evaluation of fungal and bacterial antagonists against Alternaria blight of

tomato Ramanujam, B., Srinivasa, N., S. Sriram, S and Rangeshwaran,R

TS11-PO4 Enhancement of Trichoderma endochitinase secretion in tobacco cell

culture using A-amylase signal peptide Archana Kumar., Gaurav Sharma and Sumangala Bhata

TS11-PO5 High frequency shoot induction from the leaf callus of Musa accuminata var.

Putta bale Venkatesh., Krishna V., Pradeep, K and Girish Kumar, K

TS11-PO6 Integrated management of Cercospora leaf spot of groundnut

Surendra, V., Ramana Reddy, K and Eswara Reddy,N.P TS11-PO7 Variability and epidemiology of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris,

incitant of black rot disease of crucifers under gangetic alluvial region of West Bengal Roy Barman, A.,Dutta,S., Samuel,P.L and Khatua,D.C

TS11-PO8 Evaluation of some plant extracts in controlling fungal diseases of mustard

and french bean through seed treatment Tamuli,P., Swargiary, B.N and Das,J

Lunch: 14.00-15.00hrs SESSION XII : STUDENT-ACADEMIC –INDUSTRY INTERACTION

29.12.2010/Thursday/15.00-17.40hrs

Chairman : V.Muniyappa, UAS, Bangalore Co-chairman : Ramesh Chand and B. N. Chakraborty Convenors : Vineetha Singh and M.Sujatha

Lead presentation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Signaling mechanism and plant defence G.V.S. Saiprasad ITC R&D Centre, Bangalore ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mango malformation Revisited: What do molecular tools reveal? J.Kumar GB Pant university of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fighting against fungi- our arsenal A.Grover, S. Rawat, R.K.Meena and H. Mehari National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Taxonomy of cercosporoids fungi Ramesh Chand Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oral presentation TS12-O1 Expression signature of defense signalling pathway genes in the

incompatible response of Z. zerumbet to Pythium spp Kiran A. G. and George Thomas

TS12-O2 Effect of BABA priming of jute against Macrophomina phaseolina infection

Rudra Ray., Ghosh, A., Dutta, N., Chattopadhyay,C and Chakrabarti,K TS12-O3 Management of Potato Late Blight by using Liquid formulation of

Chaetomium globosum Shanthiyaa,V., Rajendran, L ., Karthikeyan, G.,Raguchander,T and Samiyappan,R

TS12-O4 Diversity in melanin biosynthetic gene and development of species specific

marker in Colletotrichum species Bhavana Gangwar, Sudheer Kumar, Srivastava, A.K and Arora, D.K

TS12-O5 Molecular detection and quantification of Phytophthora infestans in tomato

using conventional and real-time PCR assays Nirmal Kumar,B.J., Madhura,S., Padma Priya, H.V., Reddi Bhargavi, B, Sandhya,H and Chowdappa,P

TS12-O6 Molecular characterization of a transcription factor ArYAP1 from the

chickpea blight fungus Ascochyta rabiei in response to oxidative stress Md. Nazrul Islam., Shadab Nizam., Kunal Singh and Praveen Verma

TS12-O7 Influence of Trichoderma and Bacillus based formulations on growth and

induction of systemic acquired resistance in tomato Mohan Kumar, S.P., Jyothi Lakshmi, M, Shivashankar, S and Chowdappa,P

Poster presentation

TS12-PO1 Assessing the impact of culture dependent bacteria of vermicompost origin

on Sclerotium rolfsii and Phytophthora colocasiae Veena, S. S., Manu M. Stephen., Neetha Soma John., Anjanadevi. I.P and Jeeva, M.L

TS12-PO2 False Smut - an emerging disease of rice in India

Ladhalakshmi, D., Laha, G.S., Ram Singh,S., Karthikeyan,A., Sundaram, R.M and Viraktamath ,B.C

TS12-PO3 Morphological and cultural variability among Alternaria brassicae isolates

from India

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Meena,P.D., Retika Gupta., Asha Rani., Pankaj Sharma., Rai, R.K and Chowdappa,P

TS12-PO4 Effect of different liquid media on mycelial biomass of Alternaria brassicae

pathogenic to Brassica spp Asha Rani., Retika Gupta., Pankaj Sharma., Rai,P.K., Meena, P.D and Chowdappa,P

TS12-PO5 Management of Sclerotium rolfsii causing stem rot of groundnut and

molecular characterization of potential antagonists Gayathri, K.T., Thahir Basha, S and Eswara Reddy, N.P

TS12-PO6 Molecular techniques for detection of rice tungro virus disease in paddy

(Oryza Sativa L.) Pushpa, D.P., Ramaih, M., Dalvi, M.B and Chavan, S.A

TS12-PO7 Technique for the inoculums production in Cercospora canescens Ellis and Martin Ramesh Chand., Vineeta Singh., Prabhat Kumar and Chhattar pal

TS12-PO8 Cultural, pathogenic and nuclear variability in isolates of Cercospora canescens Ellis and Martin Ramesh Chand., Vineeta Singh., Chhattar Pal and Prabhat Kumar

TS12-PO9 Induction of defence related enzyme produced in ashwagandha due to

application of biocontrol agents and organic amendments against Alternaria alternata. Kalieswari,N and Yesuraja,I

TS12-PO10 Analysis of chickpea-Fusarium oxysporum interactions using molecular

approaches Upasani M.L., Kancharla Arun., Kadoo N.Y and Gupta V.S

TS12-PO11 Management of bacterial blight disease of pomegranate

Gopalakrishnan,C., Saxena, A.K and Kirthishree,S.P

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PLENARY SESSSION

30.12.2010,/Thursday/9.00-11.00hrs Chairman : Dr. Anupam Verma, National Professor, IARI, New Delhi Co-Chairman : Dr. T.P.Rajendran, ADG(PP),ICAR,New Delhi

1. Presentation of session reports and recommendations

2. Adoption, Resolution and Declaration on Molecular Approaches for Fungal Disease Management

VALEDICTORY FUNCTION 30-12.2010, Thursday11.00-12.00hrs

11.00 : National Anthem 11.02 : Invocation and lighting lamp 11.10 Introduction and Welcome : Dr. A.S.Sidhu

Director, IIHR, Bangalore 11.15 Release of Publications : ORP on leaf spot series 11.20 Presentation of Awards by : His Excellency Dr.Hans Raj Bhardwaj

Governor of Karnataka 11.25 Address by Guests of Honour : Dr. K.Narayana Gowda

Vice Chancellor, UAS Bangalore Dr. S.B.Dandin Vice-Chancellor, UHS, Bagalkota

11.35 Valedictory Address : Dr. H.P.Singh

Deputy Director General (Horticulture) Indian Council of Agricultural Research New Delhi-110 012

11.45 Address by Chief Guest : His Excellency Dr.Hans Raj Bhardwaj Governor of Karnataka

11.55 Vote of thanks : Dr. P.Chowdappa Organizing Secretary

12.00 : National Anthem