DEPARTMENT OF NEMATOLOGY

• Brief information of the Department:

• The Department of Nematology was started in 1977-78 with one post each of Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor.

• It is mainly engaged in teaching Nematology at under graduate as well as post-graduate level.

• Besides this, research on management of nematode diseases in different economic crops grown in the State and extension activities to appraise the farmers about the nematode problems in the crops and their remedies.

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• Course offered by department in Under Graduate programme (5th Dean’s committee)

  Sr. No.	Subject title with subject code	Credit Hours	Semester in which subject offered
  01.	Pl. Path. 2.2 Introductory Plant Nematology	2 (1+1)	2nd sem. B.Sc. Agri.
  02.	PPT 3.3 Nematode Pests of Horticultural crops and their management	2 (1+1)	3rd sem. B.Sc. Horti.

Course offered by department in Post Graduate programme (4th Dean’s committee)

Sr. No.	Subject title with subject code	Credit Hours	Semester in which subject offered
01.	NEMA 501 PRINCIPLES OF NEMATOLOGY	2+1	Even
02.	NEMA 502/ ENT 503 PRINCIPLES OF TAXONOMY	2+0	-
03.	NEMA 503 STRUCTURAL ORGANIZATION OF NEMATODES	2+1	Even
04.	NEMA 504 CLASSIFICATION OF NEMATODES	2+1	Odd
05.	NEMA 505 NEMATOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES	1+2	Odd
06.	NEMA 506 NEMATODE DISEASES OF CROPS	3+1	Even
07.	NEMA 507 NEMATODE BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY	2+1	Odd
08.	NEMA 508 NEMATODE ECOLOGY	2+1	Odd
09.	NEMA 509 NEMATODE INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER ORGANISMS	2+1	Even
10.	NEMA 510 NEMATODE MANAGEMENT	2+1	Even
11.	NEMA 511 BENEFICIAL NEMATODES	1+1	-
12.	NEMA 512/ ENT 510 PRINCIPLES OF INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT	1+1	Even
13.	NEMA 513/PL PATH 513 DISEASE RESISTANCE IN PLANTS	2+0	-
14.	NEMA 514/ ENT 520$ PLANT QUARANTINE	2+0	-
15.	NEMA 591 MASTER’S SEMINAR	1+0	Odd/Even
16.	NEMA 599 MASTER’S RESEARCH	20	Odd/Even
17.	NEMA 601 ADVANCES IN STRUCTURE AND SYSTEMATICS OF NEMATODES	2+1	-
18.	NEMA 602 CURRENT TOPICS IN NEMATODE DISEASE DEVELOPMENT AND HOST RESISTANCE	2+1	Even
19.	NEMA 603 ADVANCES IN NEMATODE MANAGEMENT	2+1	Even
20.	NEMA 604 PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR NEMATOLOGY	2+1	-
21.	NEMA 605/PL PATH 606 PLANT BIOSECURITY AND BIOSAFETY	2+0	-
22.	NEMA 691 DOCTORAL SEMINAR I	1+0	Odd/Even
23.	NEMA 692 DOCTORAL SEMINAR II	1+0	Odd/Even
24.	NEMA 699 DOCTORAL RESEARCH	45	Odd/Even

Ongoing Research Project in the department

Sr. No.	Title of the Project	Name of PI	Name of Co-PI	Category of Project
1.	Screening and Management of Root-knot Nematode in important crops of Gujarat at Anand			Plan scheme

Research Information made by the department for scientific community

(Since 2004)

Sr. No.	Recommendation	Year
1	Farmers of Middle Gujarat growing rabi maize are advised to treat the seeds with Trichoderma harzianum @ 4 g/kg seeds having 2 x 108 CFU/g carrier (ICBR 1: 6.30) OR benomyl @ 2.5 g/kg seeds before sowing and apply castor and neem cake each @ 250 kg/ha in open furrows 15 days prior to seeding (ICBR 1: 4.84) for effective and economic management of stalk rot and nematodes (stunt and lesion) and to achieve highest grain and fodder yield.	2004-05
2	For the management of root-knot nematodes in sick soil, the following rotations were found effective: First year : Okra in kharif and tomato in rabi Second year : Root- knot resistant cowpea variety in kharif and root-knot resistant tomato variety in rabi Third year : Okra in kharif and tomato in rabi.	2010
3	The farmers of Middle Gujarat Agro-climatic Zone III growing okra crop in kharif are recommended to treat seeds with Purpureocillium lilacinum (2x106 cfu/ml), 5 ml/kg and soil application of vermicompost before sowing @ 2.5 t/ha enriched with P. lilacinum, 10 ml/kgfor effective and economical management of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne spp.)
4	The farmers of middle Gujarat Agro-climatic zone growing cowpea in kharif season in root-knot nematode infested field are advised to adopt following crop rotation for three years to manage root-knot nematode effectively and economically. Kharif: cowpea (AVCP 1), Rabi: onion and Summer: cowpea (AVCP 1) vegetable	2020

Research Information made by the department for Farming community (Since 2004)

Number of Research papers/ Books/Popular article published by faculties of the department

Research paper published in international journals	164
Research paper published in national journals
Popular articles published	26
Books/Book chapters	10
Other (Templates/Leaflets)	12

Details of the Post graduate students passed out from the department (Since 2004)

Training/symposium/short course etc. program organized by the department

Sr. No.	Title of the training	Duration of the training	Training sponsored by	Nos. of beneficiaries
01	Soil Solarization - A Non-Chemical Method for Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes (1996)	5 days	ICAR	10 scientists/ teachers of various SAUs, ICAR and other organizations of India
02	Soil Solarization - A Non-Chemical Method for Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes (1997)	5 days	ICAR	10
03	Soil Solarization - A Non-Chemical Method for Management of Plant Parasitic Nematodes (1998)	5 days	ICAR	10
04	Short training course on Recent Advances for Economic Management of Phytonematodes in Agriculture (1998)	10 days	ICAR	30
05	Training Program on Nematode Management in collaboration with ATMA, Gandhinagar (2011)	2 days	ATMA	for field staff of Nico Orgo Manures, Dakor
06	નીકો ઓર્ગો મેન્યોર્સ્, ડાકોર ના ફિલ્ડ સ્ટાફ માટેની કૃમિ નિયંત્રણ અંગેની તાલીમ શિબિર , માર્ચ ૫- ૬, ૨૦૧૦	2 days		for field staff/ dealers of Nico Orgo Manures, Dakor
07	AICRP (Nematodes) Workshop		ICAR
08	National Symposium on Rational Approach in Nematode Management for Sustainable Agriculture, held on Nov. 23-25, 1998	3 days	ICAR
09	Farmers’ meeting organized for their awareness to nematode problems and biological control methods (1996-97)	One	ICAR
10	Farmers’ meeting organized for their awareness to nematode problems and biological control methods (1999-2000)	One	ICAR
11	Scientist Meet Organized (1998-99)	One	ICAR
12	A Farmers Seminar on Nematode Management in Citrus at Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Kherva, Dist. Mehsana on 2-9-2006	One	Mehsana District Education Foundation.
13	17th Biennial Group Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project on Plant Parasitic Nematodes with Integrated Approach for Their Control from January 19-21, 2012.	3 days	ICAR
14	One day Training program on nematode management for tribal farmers 28, Oct. 2015	One	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR
15	One day training program on nematode awareness for tribal farmers 1, March 2016	One	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR
16	One day training program on nematode management for tribal farmers 2, March 2016	One	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR
17	Two days training programmes on “Nematodes: Awareness and Management” were organized for Tribal farmers on 18th & 19th January, 2017	Two	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR	60
18	One day training programme on “Nematodes: Awareness and Management” were organized for Tribal farmers on 23rd January, 2018	One	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR	50
19	20th Biennial Group Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project on nematodes in Agriculture from 15-17th February, 2018	Three	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR
20	Hands on Training on Different Aspects of Phytonematodes Attacking Various Crops and Their Cost Effective Management	05		VNR scientists and one NAU faculty
21	Nematodes Awareness and Integrated Management	01	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR	60
22	‘’Nematode Awareness Day’	01	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR	60
23	Nematode awareness and Integrated Management	01	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR	60
24	Nematode Awareness	01	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR	60
25	Nematodes: Awareness and Management	01	AICRP (Nematode), ICAR	60