Department of Plant Pathology
Research Projects




Projects undertaken in the past:
  1. DBT project entitled “Isolation, identification, preservation and documentation of soil fungi of Dziilakie virgin forest in Nagaland. Sponsored by Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi. Rs. 38.24 lakhs. PI- Prof. L. Daiho.
  2. DBT project entitled “Integrated management of ginger rhizome rot complex and demonstration of management practices to ginger cultivators in Nagaland. Sponsored by Ministry of Science & Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India, New Delhi. Rs. 20.21 lakhs. PI- Prof. L. Daiho.
  3. DBT project entitled “Characterization of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae strains from North West and Eastern regions for screening of xop like type III effectors to investigate its role as virulence determinants to induce blight in rice”. Rs. 7,55,000/. (Sanction Order No. BT/PR14870/AGR/02/767/2010 Dated 15.12.2011)- PI- Prof. Susanta Banik.
  4. State government sponsored project entitled “Crop disease and pest survey in Dimapur and Peren districts of Nagaland” sponsored by Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of Nagaland. Rs.1.33 lakhs (2011-14)- PI- Prof. N. Tiameren Ao.
  5. DBT Project ‘Establishment of Institutional Biotech Hub’ Rs. 38.00 lakhs. PI- Prof. L. Daiho.
  6. DBT project entitled “Exploration of banana diversity and its biotechnological research in Nagaland” (DBT File No. DBT-NER/Agri/33/ 2016) Rs. 25.80 lakhs (Date of sanction-22-03-2018). PI- Prof. Susanta Banik.
  7. Nagaland University-Sponsored Innovative Research Project on “Rice rhizospheric micro-organisms and their effectiveness against brown spot pathogen (Bipolaris oryzae) of Rice”. Rs. 1.0 lakh (Date 03-06-2016): 1 year. PI- Dr. H. Meronbala Devi.


Current Research Projects
  1. Nagaland University-Sponsored Start-up grant on “Detection and Diagnosis of Fungal and Bacterial Diseases of Dragon Fruit in Nagaland”.-. Rs. 3.0 lakhs (for two years). PI- Dr. H. Meronbala Devi.
  2. Nagaland University-Sponsored Start-up grant on “Characterization and genetic diversity of Nagaland isolates of Ralstonia solanacearum causing bacterial wilt of solanaceous crops and screening of virulent strains”.-. Rs. 3.0 lakhs (for two years). PI- Dr. M. Indira Devi.
  3. CSIR-ASPIRE Project “Antagonistic Effect of Trichoderma against Late blight of potato and its characterization”, file no. 37WS(0034)/2023-24/EMR-II/ASPIRE, (Sanctioned order date 20/6/2024, ₹10,14,318)- PI- Dr. M. Indira Devi.
  4. ICAR-NASF funded research project on “Development, standardization and optimization of microbial and botanical pesticides and their formulations as efficient delivery systems for the management of agricultural, stored grain 02-24), Rs. 26.45 lakhs. PI- Prof. Susanta Banik.