Mr. Ashok Kumar Maurya

Mr. Ashok Kumar Maurya
Chief Technical Officer

Division/RS/Unit

Division of Plant Quarantine

Contact

Off.-011-25802736
Email-ashok.maurya(AT)icar.gov.in, akmaurya368(AT)gmail.com

Qualification

1986

DegreeDisciplineYear
M.Sc.
Ph.D.––
Post Doctoral––

SPECIALIZATION

Salient Achievements

  • A total of 6,54, 373 samples were processed for quarantine clearance in association with other colleagues of the Division.
  • Prophylactic hot water treatment was given to 19,419 seed samples of paddy along with other colleagues of the Division.
  • Prophylactic fungicidal dip treatments were given to 9,745 vegetative propagules along with other colleagues of the Division.
  • A total of 4,073 samples of chilli and tomato were subjected to seed treatment with 10% tri- sodium orthophosphate.
  • 2,307 germplasm accessions of various exotic legumes were subjected to growing-on test in post-entry quarantine greenhouses and tested for viruses.
  • Thirty-seven viruses were intercepted in imported germplasm. In, which fifteen are not reported from India and fifteen are not reported on the host on which they were intercepted; hence they are of quarantine significance.
  • Harvest from virus-free legume plants was released to the indenters.
  • 45,589 samples of different agri-horticultural crops were received and processed for pest-free conservation along with other colleagues of the Division.
  • Undertook 25 Post-entry quarantine inspection of 27,259  samples of  imported germplasm / trial material grown at different places in the country of indenter’s site

Awards/Honours

  • Best Oral Presentation Award for the presentation entitled “Seed is vehicle for transboundary movement of fungal pathogens: A quarantine concur” by J Akhtar, P Kumar, R Kiran, BR Meena, Sadhana, AK Maurya and VC Chalam during National E- Conference on Biotic Stress Management Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Crop Production and Climate Resilience organized by ICAR-NCIPM, New Delhi on May 19- 21, 2022.
  • Best Poster Award for the paper entitled “Development of triplex RT-PCR for detection of soybean viruses of quarantine significance for India” by Kalaiponmani Kalaimughilan, Pooja Kumai, Priya Yadav, AK Maurya and V Celia Chalam presented during National Symposium on ‘Seed Health and Disease Management for Agricultural Biosecurity’ organized by ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi in collaboration with Indian Phytopathological Society (Delhi Zone) on January 17, 2024.
  • Best Poster Award for the paper entitled “Pathogen interceptions in quarantine testing of imported planting materials for agricultural biosecurity” by Jameel Akhtar, Bharat Raj Meena, Pardeep Kumar, Raj Kiran, Sadhana Maurya, AK Maurya and V Celia Chalam presented during National Symposium on ‘Seed Health and Disease Management for Agricultural Biosecurity’ organized by ICAR-NBPGR, New Delhi in collaboration with Indian Phytopathological Society (Delhi Zone) on January 17, 2024.

Recent Publications Research Papers

  1. Deepika DD., K Tripathi, GJ Abhishek, N Singh, R Sharma, VD Sharma, AK Maurya and VC Chalam (2023) Detection and identification of BCMV resistant germplasm in mungbean (Vigna radiata) using serological and molecular diagnostics. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 93 (1): 98-101 https://doi.org/10.56093/ijas.v93i1.123053  (NAAS Score: 6.37)
  2. 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 Journal of Plant Genetic Resources 35(3): 141-146 DOI 10.5958/0976-1926.2022.00057.2 (NAAS Score: 5.54)
  3. Abhishek GJ, Kuldeep Tripathi, DD Deepika, R Sharma, AK Maurya, K Kalaiponmani and VC Chalam (2023) Germplasm screening for identification of BCMV resistance sources of diverse cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) germplasm using serological and molecular diagnostics. Legume research (Accepted). (NAAS Rating: 6.67)

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