Dr. Bharat Raj Meena

Dr. Bharat Raj Meena
Scientist(SS)

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Plant Quarantine

Contact

Off.-011-25802725
Email-Bharat.Meena3(AT)icar.gov.in, brrm1406(AT)gmail.com

Qualification

Degree Discipline Year
M.Sc. Plant Pathology 2013
Ph.D. – –

SPECIALIZATION
Plant Pathology

Salient Achievements

  • Developed Basella alba variety, Kashi Poe-2 (VRB-31) resistant to leaf spot disease. The Variety was released and recommended for cultivation in Utter Pradesh, India by CVRC.
  • Identified resistance source in baby corn germplasm EV141 (resistant) and CML-323 (moderately resistant) against banded sheath and leaf blight (Rhizoctonia solani).
  • Developed and validated specific microbial consortia for nematode (Melodogyne ) management, developed eco-friendly management of Tilletia barclayana
  • During seed health testing intercepted several quarantine importance fungal pathogens like Claviceps purpurea in barley, Peronospora manshurica in soybean etc. in germplasm imported from different countries
  • First reports worldwide:
  • Diaporthe helianthi in safflower
  • Diaporthe phaseolorum on Indian trumpet flower
  • Macrophina phaseolina on basella (Bsella alba)
  • Watermelon bud necrosis virus (WBNV) in round melon (Praecitrullus fistulosus)

Awards/Honours

  • ICAR-PG -AIEEA- Junior research fellow for M.Sc. 2011
  • IARI Fellowship for Ph.D. programme
  • Qualified ARS with 2nd rank in discipline of plant pathology
  • Best poster award on “Nano-Particle seed priming mitigates lead (Pb) toxicity in Indian Spinach (Basella spp.)” in 1st vegetable science congress on “Emerging challenges in vegetable research &education” (VEGCON-2019) from Feb 1- 3, 2019 held at Agricultural University, Jodhpur under Quality seed, IPR, Technology dissemination, PPP and agribusiness Session.

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Akhtar J, P Kumar, R Kiran, BR Meena, A Ali, Sadhana and SC Dubey (2021) Bio-efficacy of essential oils in eco-friendly management of Tilletia barclayana causing kernel smut in rice. Journal of Eco-friendly Agriculture 17(1): 162-165.
  2. Akhtar J, P Kumar, R Kiran, BR Meena, A Tripathi, Sadhana, S Pandey and SC Dubey (2023) First report of Diaporthe helianthi infecting safflower: A threat to its cultivation in India. J Phytopath. 171: 145-149
  3. Akhtar J, P Kumar, R Kiran, BR Meena, Sadhana, V Gupta, S Pandey and SC Dubey (2023) First report of Diaporthe phaseolorum infecting Indian trumpet flower (Oroxylum indicum) from India. BioResources 18(2): 3101 – 3108
  4. Chalam VC, Gupta Kavita, Singh MC, Khan Z, Akhtar J, Gawade BH, Kumari Pooja, Kumar Pardeep, Meena BR, Maurya AK, Meena DS (2022) Role of Plant Quarantine in Preventing Entry of Exotic Pests. Indian Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 35(3): 141-146.
  5. Halder J, HR Sardana, MK Pandey, BR Meena and MN Bhat (2022) Synthesis and area-wide validation of IPM technology and its economic analysis for eggplant (Solanum melongena). Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 92(9):1124–1128
  6. Singh J, R Aggarwal, BM Bashyal, K Darshan, BR Meena, J Yadav, MS Saharan and Z Hussain (2022) Temporal transcriptome of tomato elucidates the signaling pathways of induced systemic resistance and systemic acquired resistance activated by Chaetomium globosum. Frontiers in Genetics 13
  7. Singh K, M Kumar, K Rawat, H Ranebennur, VS Meena, N Shekhawat, BR Meena, M Sharma, MP Chawala, K Singh, D Ram, GP Rao, and M Choudhary (2023) First report of Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris (16SrI-B subgroup) associated with phyllody disease of fenugreek in the world. Plant Disease doi: 10.1094/PDIS-12-22-2882-PDN
  8. Krishnan N, S Kumari, V Dubey, AB Rai, BR Meena, AK Singh, M Chinnappa and B Singh (2019) First report of natural occurrence of watermelon bud necrosis virus (WBNV) in round melon (Praecitrullus fistulosus (Stocks) Pangalo) in India. Plant disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-18-1449-PDN.
  9. Kumar P, J Akhtar, R Kiran, BR Meena, Sadhana and VC Chalam (2023) Phylogenetic analysis and species level identification of seed-borne Bipolaris, Curvularia and Exserohilum fungal pathogens. Indian Phytopath. 76(1): 115-121
  10. Gowda MT, BR Meena, N Krishnan, M Manjunath, C Sellaperumal, AB Rai, A Singh, C Manimurugan, J Patil, KK Pandey and J Singh (2022) Antimicrobial peptides producing native Bacillus spp. for the management of root-knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita infecting okra (Abelmoschus esculentus Moench) Biological Control 171 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2022.104951
  11. Meena BR, SR Yerasu, N Gupta and J Singh (2020) Resistance assessment and biochemical responses of maize genotypes against Rhizoctonia solani f. sp. sasakii Exner causing Banded leaf and sheath blight disease. Australasian Plant Pathology https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-020- 00760-2

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