Dr. Bharat Hanamant Gawade

Dr. Bharat Hanamant Gawade
Senior Scientist

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Plant Quarantine

Contact

Off.-011-25802731
Email- bharat.gawade(AT)icar.gov.in

Qualification

DegreeDisciplineYear
M.ScNematology2009
Ph.D.Nematology2015

SPECIALIZATION

Salient Achievements

  • Bharat H Gawade is working as a Senior Scientist at ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi since 2013 and have expertise in nematode management through plant quarantine, germplasm evaluation and advanced molecular methods. He is involved in quarantine processing of more than ten lakh samples of germplasm for its safe exchange. He detected several plant nematodes from germplasm under exchange such as Aphelenchoides besseyi, Pratylenchus penetrans, Meloidogyne spp., Helicotylenchus spp. Tylenchorhynchus spp. etc. and prevented entry of exotic nematodes in India. Conducted 25 post entry quarantine inspections at indentors sites in India.
  • Involved in molecular detection and identification of nematodes and characterized population of Meloidogyne incognita and M. javanica from pomegranate and Ageratum, respectively; M. enterolobii from guava, Pratylenchus penetrans from apple, Anguina tritici from wheat etc. He also involved in evaluation of germplasm for identification source of resistance to root-knot nematode, M. incognita. He is involved in evaluation of pulses (4,955 acc.) and vegetable crops (1,125 acc.) germplasm for identification source of resistance to M. incognita and identified ~20 resistant accessions in various pulses and vegetable crops. Five germplasm accessions of cowpea and lentil which are resistant to root-knot nematode have been registered by PGRC, ICAR and will be useful in crop improvement programmes.
  • He published twenty-five research papers in international and national journals, eight book chapters and more than 20 technical / popular articles. Besides this, he also involved in teaching of various courses related to plant quarantine and nematode management to post graduate students of ICAR-IARI and guiding them for research.

Awards/Honours

  • DST-INSPIRE Fellow, Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India (2011-12)
  • Fellow, Nematological Society of India
  • Recipient of Prof. D. J. Raski Academic Merit Award of for best paper presented in Nematology from Nematological Society of India
  • Young Scientist Award from SBER, Tripura
  • Recipient of Senior Research Fellowship for Ph.D. in Nematology from ICAR-IARI, New Delhi (2009-10)
  • Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship for M.Sc. in Nematology from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (2007-09)
  • Best oral presentation awards: Two (2)
  • Best poster presentation awards: Four (4)
  • Best paper presentation award: One (1)
  • Elected as Councilor 2021-22 (Delhi zone) in Executive committee of Nematological Society of India, New Delhi. (Two years)

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Gawade BH, S Chaturvedi, Apsara N, Z Khan, Chithra Devi Pandey, KK Gangopadhyay, SC Dubey and V Celia Chalam (2022). Evaluation of brinjal germplasm against root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita. Indian Phytopathology 75: 449-456. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-022-00461-4
  2. Gawade BH, A Pandey, Z Khan, S Niveditha, and SC Dubey (2019). First report on nematicidal properties of Flemingia procumbens against root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita. Indian Phytopathology, 72: 551-553.
  3. Gawade BH, Priyanka, Z Khan, P Kumar and VC Chalam (2022). Molecular characterization of wheat seed gall nematode, Anguina tritici. Indian Journal of Nematology, 52(1): 28-34. https://10.5958/0974-4444.2022.00005.1
  4. Gawade BH, Anil, Sirohi, Z Khan, and SC Dubey (2020). Plant Resistance to Nematodes as Induced by DL-β-Amino Butyric Acid: A Review. Journal of Plant Health Issues, 1(3), 098-101.
  5. Das Sujit, Sunanda Biswas, B Ramakrishnan, TK Das, TJ Purakayastha, BH Gawade, Priya Singh, PS Ghorai, Saloni Tripathy, Kanchan Sinha (2024) Biological soil health with conventional and qPCR based indicators under conservation agriculture based rice-wheat cropping system in Indo-Gangetic Plain. Appl. Soil Ecol. 193: 105-128. Doi: 10.1016Li.aQsoiI.2023.105128
  6. Ghorai, PS, S Biswas, TJ Purakayastha, N Ahmed, TK Das, R Prasanna, BH Gawade, K Bhattacharyya, K Sinha, P Singh, S Das (2022). Indicators of soil quality and crop productivity assessment at a long-term experiment site in the lower Indo-Gangetic plains. Soil Use and Management, 00, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12847
  7. Koulagi R, S Banerjee, BH Gawade, AK Singh, PK Jain, S Praveen, K Subramaniam and Anil Sirohi (2020) Host-delivered RNA interference in tomato for mediating resistance against Meloidogyne incognitaand Tomato leaf curl virus. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture 143, 345–361. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-020-01921-3.
  8. Devindrappa M, Kamra, A., Grover, B Gawade (2022) Nematicidal rhizobacteria with plant growth-promoting traits associated with tomato in root-knot infested polyhouses. Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 32: 51.
  9. Devindrappa M, A Kamra, D Singh, B Gawade, A Sirohi (2023). Plant growth promoting Bacillus species elicit defense against Meloidogyne incognito infecting tomato in polyhouse. Basic Microbiol. 63(11):1233-1241. doi: 10.1002/jobm.202300146 . Epub 2023 Aug 1. PMID: 37528495.
  10. Dubey SC, K Gupta, J Akhtar, VC Chalam, MC Singh, Z Khan, SP Singh, P Kumar, BH Gawade, R Kiran, T Boopathi and P Kumari (2021) Plant quarantine for biosecurity during transboundary movement of plant genetic resources. Indian Phytopathology 74(S): 74: 495–508.
  11. Chalam VC, Kavita Gupta, MC Singh, Z Khan, J Akhtar, BH Gawade, Pooja Kumari, Pardeep Kumar, BR Meena, AK Maurya and DS Meena (2022) Role of Plant Quarantine in Preventing Entry of Exotic Pests. Indian J. Plant Genet. Resour. 35(3): 141–146. https://DOI10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00057.2
  12. Khan Z, K Tripathi, BH Gawade, VC Chalam (2022) Report on severe infestation of root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita on tuberous Vigna vexillata (L.) Pantnagar Journal of Research, 20(1):53-57.
  13. Holajjer P, BH Gawade, Z Khan and N Sivaraj (2022) Prediction of potential geographic distribution of exotic nematode, Aphelenchoides fragariae in India based on MaxEnt ecological niche modelling. Indian Journal of Plant Protection. 50(1): 51-55.

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