Department of Plant Pathology

The Department of Plant Pathology was established among the ten departments in the Erstwhile College of Agriculture(NEHU) in 1978 The Department has been offering core and elective courses in Microbiology and Plant Pathology since its inception. After the upgradation and creation of College to School of Agricultural Sciences and Rural Development in 1985, the Department started offering P.G. courses in 1986. Considering the importance, the Department took up the initiative of starting the P.G. programme in 1989. After establishment of Nagaland University, regular P.G. courses programme started with effect from 1997.

Objectives:

  • To develop specialized human resource in the field of Plant Pathology.
  • Research studies on living, non-living and envirnmental causes of plant diseases and investigation for suitable management measures.
  • To train extension workers in Agriculture and plant protection officails with recent trends in plant disease management.
  • To develop and provide technical know-how for cultivation of mushrooms.

Courses Offered:

Sl.No.
Programme
Course
Duration
1
Under-Graduate
B.Sc(Ag.)
4 years
2
Post-Graduate
M.Sc(Ag.) in Plant Pathology
2 years
3
Ph.D
Ph.D in Plant Pathology
3-5 years

Thrust Areas:

  • Survey, investigation and management of important plant diseases of North-East India.
  • Biological contorl of Plant Diseases.
  • Screening of germplasm of crop plants from North-Eastern region for disease resistance.
  • Investigation on Post harvest and storage diseases.
  • Microbial ecology, its biodiversity and application of microbes in plant health.
  • Mushrooms and their cultivation.

Email(HoD): hodplantpatho[at]nagalanduniversity.ac.in

Phone No.: 03862-247264

The department has a student intake capacity of (?) at the Post-graduate level.

There are currently (?) Ph.D. scholars.