Epidemiology and Disease Forecasting
- Studying the epidemiology of economically important diseases in Trichy and Cauvery
delta regions - Developing disease forecast models for the important diseases
- Impart training to farmers and Agricultural Extension functionaries
Integrated Disease Management
Integrated Plant Disease Management (IDM) can be defined as a decision-based process involving coordinated use of multiple tactics for optimizing the control of pathogen ecologically and economically. In most cases IDM consists of scouting with timely application of combination of strategies and tactics.
The basic objectives of any IDM program should be to achieve at least the following:
- Reduce the possibility of introducing diseases into the crop.
- Avoid creating conditions suitable for disease establishment and spread
- Simultaneous management of multiple pathogens
- Regular monitoring of pathogen effects, and their natural enemies and antagonists.
- Use of economic or treatment thresholds when applying chemicals.
- Integrated use of multiple, suppressive tactics.
Biocontrol
- Basic and applied research on biocontrol agents for effective utilization in Ecofriendly
Disease Management - Selection of bio-agents and Improving the efficacy of biocontrol agents through
biopriming, pyramiding and novel targeted delivery of bioagents - Integration of candidate biological control agents under integrated disease management
for the management of economically important crop diseases - Popularization of biocontrol agents
Mushroom
- Improved cultivation technologiesand handling methods for oyster mushroom.
- To offer regular Mushroom Cultivation Trainings on 10th of every month to Agri-
preneurs and students - Production and Distribution of Mother spawns and Bed spawns to Farmers and