Technical Officer of PG Studies

Dr. S. KHAYUM AHAMMED
Email ID : khayum123@gmail.com
Phone : 9440675200

Brief Profile

Research in Castor and Chickpea
Research in Natural farming

Notable contributions :
  • Screening of Castor and Chickpea genotypes and advanced breeding material in wilt sick plot and Development of management strategies for soil borne diseases like Chickpea wilt, Dry root rot and collar rot.

  • Associated in release of Castor Hybrids PCH 111, PCH 222 and Chickpea varieties NBeG 49, NBeG 452 and NBeG 810.

Research Interests :
  • Biological Control,

  • Integrated Disease Management

  • Natural farming

Professional recognition :
  • Integrated management strategies developed for control of major diseases in castor and chickpea

  • Research papers published in reputed journals

  • Guided 4 M.Sc. (Ag) students and 1 Ph.D student

Research publications :
  • International/National Journals : 70

  • Conference proceedings : 15

  • Technical bulletins : 2

  • Popular articles : 10

Awards & Honours :
  • Sri Veerapaneni Narasimham Memorial Gold medal For Best Research work in the discipline of plant pathology in Andhra Pradesh for the year 2017-18