Identification, development and formulation of biological control agents and metabolites in integrated plant disease management

Overall objective

To increase crop productivity by developing alternative, environmentally friendly, effective strategies that can be applied in an integrated approach in the management of important plant diseases.

Specific objectives

• To identify and develop antagonistic biological control agents and their metabolites that are effective against important plant diseases on horticultural/grain and soil-borne diseases.
• To develop different formulations of agents and the metabolites to usable disease management products.
• To test the formulated products for management of selected important foliar, vascular/soil-borne and bacterial diseases.
• To incorporate the successful biological products in an integrated crop protection systems with stakeholders
• Capacity building by training postgraduate students and farmers for up-scaling technologies