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Dr Poluru PADMAJA, National Research Centre for Sorghum, Hyderabad
Started a 6 month Fellowship in March 2010 with Dr Toby Bruce (Biological Chemistry Department). Project titled "The role of plant volatiles and leaf surface waxes in imparting resistance to shoot fly, 'Atherigona soccata' (Rondani) in sorghum".
Poluru Padmaja
Dr Mahabaleshwar HEGDE, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad
Fellowship for 6 months from May 2010 with Dr Mike Birkett (Biological Chemistry Department). Project titled "Enhancing cotton crop protection through induced plant defence".
Dr Maruthi VEGAPAREDDY, Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA)
Started in June 2008 for 12 months with Dr Goetz Richter/ Prof Keith Goulding/Dr Jackie Barker (Soil Science & Plant Science Departments.). Project titled "Monitoring and modelling root growth and architecture of different crop genotypes with respect to optimising resource capture (water and nutrients) in dryland agriculture"
Maruthi Vegapareddy

Dr Murali GOPAL, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI)Started in March 2007 for 12 months with Prof. Phil Brookes (Soil Science Department). Project titled "Evaluating the effect of coconut leaf vermicompost on the soil microbial biomass, microbial diversity and soil fertility"

Dr Som DUTT, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT)Started in November 2003 for 12 months with Prof. Christine Foyer (Plant Science Department) and Dr Bhupinder Khambay (Biological Chemistry Department). Project titled "Environmental triggers of secondary metabolism in Picrorrhiza kurroa"

Dr Bikram SINGH, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT)

Started in October 2002 for 6 months with Dr Bhupinder Khambay (Biological Chemistry Department). Project titled "Chemical characterisation of marker compounds of kutin/picrolive, a standardised bioactive fraction of Picrorrhiza kurroa"

Dr Qudsia TAHSEEN, Aligarh Muslim University

Started in October 2002 for 12 months with Prof. Brian Kerry (Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department). Project titled "Impacts of the nematophagous fungus Verticillium chlamydosporium on the beneficial nematode community in the rhizosphere"

Dr Arvind GULATI, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (IHBT)

Started in October 2001 for 12 months with Prof. John Lucas and Dr Clive Bock (Plant Pathology and Microbiology Department). Project titled "Assessment of pathogen variability and identification of genes involved in resistance in tea"

Marimuthu GUNASEKARAN, Central Plantation Crops Research Institute

Started in October 1999 for 12 months with Drs Elaine Ward, Geoff Bateman and John Jenkyn (Crop and Disease Management). Project titled "Molecular techniques for studying the coconut leaf rot disease complex"

Dr Sharad Mohan SRIVASTAVA, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Started in August 1999 for 12 months with Dr Keith Davies (Entomology and Nematology). Project titled " Variation in cuticle of Heterodera cajani and its relationship to the attachment of Pasteuria penetrans"

Dr Anath B DAS, Regional Plant Resource Center, Bhubaneswar

Started in January 1999 for 6 months with Dr Bhupinder Khambay (Biological and Ecological Chemistry). Project titled "Characterisation of nematostatic compounds from the Indian plant T. tribolatum"

Dr Prasanna CHINTIPALLI, ICRISAT, Hyderabad

Started in June 1997 for 24 months with (Dr Pilar BarceloBiochemistry and Physiology). Project titled "Development of agrobacterium - mediated transformation in wheat"

Deepak R JADHAV, ICRISAT, Hyderabad

Started in December 1996 for 6 months with Dr Ian Denholm (Biological and Ecological Chemistry). Project titled "Insecticide resistance in whiteflies (Bermisia tabaci) in India"

Dr Kuruvilla JACOB, Rubber Research Institute of India

Started in April 1996 for 4 months with Phil Jones (Crop and Disease Management). Project titled " Detection of disease resistance through nucleic acid techniques"

Dr Katta Satya PRASAD, University of Osmania

Started in November 1995 for 12 months with Dr Geoff Bateman (Crop and Disease Management). Project titled "Fusarium in white lupins"

Dr Brajesh K TIWARI, North Eastern Hill University

Started in July 1995 for 13 months with Dr Phil Brookes (Soil Science). Project titled " Extending the concept of the microbial biomass as an 'early warning' of changing soil conditions from the field experiment to the natural environment"

Dr G V P REDDY, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad

Started in March 1995 for 12 months with Dr Judy Pell and Dr Guy Poppy (Entomology and Nematology). Project titled "Integrating pheromones and entomopathogenic fungi for control of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella"

Dr Shashi B SHARMA, ICRISAT, Hyderabad

Started in November 1994 for 12 months with Prof. Brian Kerry and Dr Keith Davies (Entomology and Nematology). Project titled " Biocontrol of cyst nematodes using the bacterium Pasteuria penetrans"

Dr Dilip K ARORA, Banaras Hindu University

Started in September 1994 for 12 months with Dr Penny Hirsch (Soil Science) . Project titled "The development of molecular methods for identifying Verticillium chlamydosporium"

Dr Harish GAUR, Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Started in September 1994 for 8 months with Dr Rolo Perry (Entomology and Nematology). Project titled "Biochemical taxonomy and pathogenicity of Meloidogyne species on rice"

Dr Kalendula R WADIA, ICRISAT, Hyderabad

Started in June 1994 for 15 months with Dr Alastair McCartney (Soil Science). Project titled "The effects on environmental factors on the dispersal mechanisms of spores of Puccinia arachidis, Phaeoisariopsis personata and Alternaria spp."

Dr Ulhas J DIXIT, University of Mumbai

Started in October 1993 for 6 months with Prof. Vic Barnett and Karen Moore (Statistics). Project titled "To develop methods of multivariate statistical analysis"

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