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Curriculum Vitae Dr. Kolla Sreedevi Senior Scientist Division of Germplasm Collection and Characterization, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, H.A. Farm Post, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bengaluru – 560 024, Karnataka, India Permanent address : No. 16, Sreevihar, Narayanappa Layout, Nagashettyhalli, Sanjaynagar, Bangalore – 560 094, Karnataka, India : +91-9911606683 ; 080- 23419419 E-mail ID: [email protected] Date of Birth: 27-06-1968 Nationality: Indian Educational Qualification: M. Sc. (Agriculture), Ph.D Degree Subjects taken University/Institute Year of passing Ph.D Entomology Kuvempu University, Shimoga, 2004 Karnataka & Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Karnataka M.Sc., (Ag.) Agricultural Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural 1991 Entomology University, Hyderabad, A.P. B.Sc., (Ag.) Agriculture Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural 1989 University, Hyderabad, A.P. Research Field: Agricultural Entomology and Applied Zoology EXPERIENCE: 13 years S. No. Positions Name of the Institute From To Pay Scale held (Pre- revised) 1. Senior The Director, National Bureau 21-6-2017 Till date 37400- Scientist of Agricultural Insect 64000 + Resources, Bengaluru - 24 9000 (RGP) 2 Senior The Director, ICAR-Indian 3-5-2015 20-6-2017 37400- Scientist Agricultural Research 64000 + Institute, New Delhi 9000 (RGP) 3. Senior The Director, ICAR-Indian 3-5-2012 2-5-2015 15600- Scientist Agricultural Research 37400 + Institute, New Delhi 8000 (RGP) 4. Assistant S. V. Agricultural College, 23-10-2010 30-4-2012 15600- Professor Tirupati, Acharya N. G. Ranga 37400 + Agricultural University, Guntur , 7000 (RGP) A.P. 5. Assistant S. V. Agricultural College, 21-9-2007 22-10-2010 15600- Professor Tirupati , Acharya N. G. Ranga 37400 + Agricultural University, Guntur, 6000 (RGP) A.P. 6. Scientist Citrus Research Station, Petlur, 23-10-2006 20-9-2007 15600- Venkatagiri, A.P., 37400 + Acharya N. G. Ranga 6000 (RGP) Agricultural University, Guntur, A.P. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE (2000 to date) MSc., (Ag.) Thesis work: Studies on evaluation of antifeedant and insecticidal properties of certain plant extracts against brinjal pest complex and Spodoptera litura Fab.” Guide: Dr. K. C. Chitra, Professor, S. V. Agricultural College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A. P. India. Ph. D Thesis work: Bio-ecology, population dynamics and prey-predator-ant interactions with reference to aphid, Aphis punicae Passerini in pomegranate ecosystem” Guide: Dr. Abraham Verghese, Principal Scientist, Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Apart from the Post graduate and Doctoral research work, worked on following aspects: Biorational approaches for the management of pests: - Studied functional and numerical responses of dominant predators viz., Cheilomenes sexmaculata F., Scymnus sp. and Paragus serratus against aphids in pomegranate ecosystem and developed foraging models. - Associated with pest risk analysis of fruit flies in South India and evaluation of indigenous lures/baits against tephritid fruit flies. - The mite, Sancassania karnatakaiensis was found infesting grubs of different species of melolonthines and rutelines and documented as key mortality factor. Host plant resistance: - Screened several acid lime accessions for insect pests in general and rust mite and thrips in particular and found three cultivars, Selection 1, 21 and Vikram to be resistant. - Associated with the release of Petlur Selection 1 acid lime variety (resistant to canker and prolific bearer) in Andhra Pradesh. - Screened 40 field bean accessions for insect resistance particularly against pod borers and found that four cultivars to be relatively resistant. - Screened pigeon pea cultivars against pod borers and mite (vector of sterility mosaic) and found that TRG 38 as relatively resistant compared to LRG 41 and TRG 22. Insect pollinator studies: - Studied diurnal insect pollinator diversity and foraging ecology in sunflower, niger, safflower, mustard, linseed, bitter gourd crop ecosystems - Studied nocturnal insect pollinator diversity and foraging ecology in bottle gourd and ridge gourd crop ecosystems - Studied the impact of Apis mellifera and other non-Apis bees on yield of oilseed crops. Insect Biosystematics: Working on Biodiversity and Biosystematics of Coleoptera especially Scarabaeidae and Cerambycidae of agro, horticultural and forest ecosystems. Working on immature and adult taxonomy along with molecular systematics of major scarabaeid and cerambycid species. - Carried out extensive surveys in 45 locations of seventeen states viz., Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and intensive surveys in 15 locations especially sugarcane growing areas of western Uttar Pradesh for collection of adults and grubs of Scarabaeidae. Mapping of pestiferous species was carried out for these States and worked out species composition and diversity of each location and each state through Whittaker’s rank abundance and Preston plot. - Discovered and described 23 new species of white grubs belonging to Melolonthinae and Rutelinae of Scarabaeidae and recorded two new reports to the country and 30 new distributional records to the different states of the country. - Egg external morphology of 24 species belonging to Melolonthinae and Rutelinae was studied through Light microscopy and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). The egg chorion ultrasculpture were documented through SEM micrographs and species specific characters were recorded. Also carried out elemental analysis of egg chorion through Electron dispersive X-ray detector attached to SEM. - Larval taxonomic characters of 24 major species belonging to Melolonthinae and Rutelinae of Indian fauna were documented for the first time. These are supported with 380 line drawings and 440 photographs by coding 43 characters. - Taxonomic studies were carried out on adults of major species of phytophagous Scarabaeidae and documented the distinguishing characters. - Taxonomic studies on Cerambycidae of horticultural crops were carried out. - DNA barcodes were generated for 50 species of white grubs and tree borers belonging to Scarabaeidae and Cerambycidae and submitted to NCBI for public reference. TEACHING EXPERIENCE (2007 to 2017) Taught the following courses, prepared course outlines, contents, question bank for the following courses; designed lesson plan and practical manuals for certain courses. Courses handled: 1. ENTO 131: Insect morphology and taxonomy 2. ENTO 231: Insect taxonomy, ecology and integrated pest management 3. ENTO 331: Pests of crops and their management 4. ENT 500 : Insect biodiversity 5. ENT 501: Insect Morphology 6. ENT 502: Insect anatomy, physiology and nutrition 7. ENT 505: Insect Ecology 8. ENT 509: History of Entomology 9. ENT 510: Principles of Integrated Pest Management 10. ENT 518: Techniques of plant protection 11. ENT 600: Insect Biosystematics 12. ENT 604: Advances in Insect Ecology 13. ENT 602: Insect Physiology 14. ENT 609: Pest Management in Horticultural Crops 15. ENT 609 : Recent trends in Entomology Students guided (2007-2017): As a Major Advisor : 8 (M Sc) As Co-guide/Member : 8 (M Sc) + 2 (Ph.D) Students guiding (2017- till present) As Co-guide – 3 (Ph.D) Thesis research topics of M.Sc students guided as Major Advisor: 1. Pollinator diversity, foraging ecology and role of honey bees in seed production of sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) – Jadhav Amit Jayanand at S. V. Agril. College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A. P. in 2010. 2. Ecological perspectives and host plant resistance studies of pod feeders in field bean, Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet. – Parvathy Vinod at S. V. Agril. College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A. P. in 2011. 3. Pollinator diversity and abundance in major cucurbitaceous crops – Subhakar, G. at S. V. Agril. College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A. P.in 2011. 4. Bioecology and management of pod borers in redgram – Chaitanya, T. at S. V. Agril. College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A. P.in 2012. 5. Pollinator diversity and abundance in certain oilseed crops – Navatha, L. at S. V. Agril. College, ANGRAU, Tirupati, A. P.in 2012. 6. Taxonomic studies on the genus Maladera (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Sericnin) of India – Sukhwinder Singh at IARI, New Delhi in 2014. 7. Taxonomic studies on selected sericine species (Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Sericini) – Dileep Kumar, S. at IARI, New Delhi in 2015. 8. Taxonomic studies on white grub species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) associated with groundnut and potato ecosystems – Vinod Kumar, P. at IARI, New Delhi in 2016. PUBLICATIONS: Enclosed as Annexure 1 Total : 153 Research articles : 78 Papers presented in Symposium/Seminars/ Workshops : 63 Others : 12 Review papers : 3 Book Chapters : 6 Books/Proceedings edited : 1 Books/Monograph authored : 2 DEPUTATION ABROAD: 1. Worked as Guest Researcher at Dr. Dirk Ahrens lab, Division of Arthropoda, Alexander Koenig Museum (ZFMK), Bonn, Germany for three months from 16 September 2017 to 15 December 2017. TRAININGS ORGANISED 1. Organised one week training programme on “Taxonomy and identification of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)” at the Division of Entomology, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi during 18-24 April, 2016. 2. Organised one week training programme on “Taxonomy of white grubs (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)” at ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect resources, Bengaluru from 19-25 February 2020. TRAININGS/SHORT COURSES ATTENDED:
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    E: 20004- Sandeep (Preview) Indian Journal of Entomology, Review Article (2020) DoI No.: FIRST REPORT OF FRUIT BORER CADRA CAUTELLA (WALKER) ON BER IN PUNJAB SANDEEP SINGH*, P R SHASHANK1 AND RAJWINDER KAUR SANDHU Department of Fruit Science, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana 141004 1Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi110012 *Email: [email protected] (corresponding author) ABSTRACT A study was conducted to investigate the occurrence of new insect pests in the ber orchards in Punjab during 2017 and 2018. The infestation of fruit borer, Cadra cautella (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) was observed in ber fruits at Fruit Research Farm, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana during November-December. About 10% fruits of variety Sanaur were observed to be infested by black larvae making tunnels inside fruits. The pest is widespread in the stored conditions infesting stored cereals, dry fruits in warehouses but as far as field is concerned, this is the first report of field infestation of ber fruits from Punjab as well as in India. Key words: Fruit borer, ber, Punjab, Cadra cautella, Pyralidae, new report, fruits, tunnels, leaf and fruit webbing, distribution, hosts, diagnosis The ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lam.) is one of the eating caterpillar, Indarbela quadrinotata (Walker); most ancient cultivated fruit trees of north India. It is leaf roller, Psorosticha zizyphi (Stainton); American believed to be originated in Indo-Malaysian region of bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner); castor South-East Asia (Janick and Paull, 2008) and is widely semilooper, Achaea (=Acanthodelta) janata Linnaeus; cultivated from southern Africa to Indian subcontinent, castor capsule borer, Conogethes punctiferalis (Guenee); China, Indomalaya, Australia and Pacific Islands.
  • Avishkar Volume 2-2012

    Avishkar Volume 2-2012

    Avishkar – Solapur University Research Journal, Vol. 2, 2012 PREFACE It is indeed a great privilege to write on this happy occassion on “Avishkar – Solapur University Research Journal”; which is dedicated to the research work of undergraduate and postgraduate students. The idea is to provide a platform to researchers from all disciplines of knowledge viz. languages, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, technology, education, etc. to publish their research work and inculcate the spirit of research, high integrity, ethics and creative abilities in our students. The Solapur University; one of the youngest Universities situated on a sprawling 517 acre campus, was established by the provisions of the Maharashtra University Act 1994 by converting the three departments namely Physics, Chemistry and Geology; functioning as P.G. Centre of the then Shivaji University. The University aims for the holistic development of the students with a motto of “Vidya Sampannatta.” Since, I joined as Vice-Chancellor of Solapur University on 11 th December, 2012, I have been busy toying with the idea of making university a pioneering institute for higher education both in terms of teaching/learning and Research. Both are important dimensions of education which can determine the fate of nation when we are facing new challenges with micro and macro implications. Solapur University has placed it’s bet on the education of youth as it is the best possible investment in it’s human resource for a society/country. In order to promote excellence in study and research and to ensure equitable development we encourage and equip the aspiring students to succeed in their studies.