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Education: B.Sc. Agriculture, PAU, Ludhiana (1998); M.Sc. Plant Pathology , PAU, Ludhiana (2000); Ph.D. Plant Pathology, PAU, Ludhiana (2004)
Positions held: Assistant Professor at KVK Ferozepur (2005-2006,) KVK Samrala (2006-2008), Assistant Plant Pathologist (2008-2014), Sr. Plant Pathologist (Fruits), PAU Ludhiana (2014 to till date)
Field of Specialization: Plant Pathology ( Fruit crops)
Research Interests: (Maximum up to three areas of interest)
1. Emerging diseases of fruit crops
2. Integrated management of diseases of fruit crops
Research Projects: ICAR-AICRP on Fruits
- Mapping of Phytophthora resistance in intergeneric roostock population and development of improved rootstocks in citrus.
- Centre of Excellence Project entitled “Development and Integration of Advanced Genomic Technologies for Targeted Breeding” Sub Project 8: Identification of genes/QTLs for resistance to citrus greening and Xcc-mediated agroinfilteration for juvenility reduction in citrus.
Selected Research Publications (maximum up to 5):
- Kaur Yesmin, Thind S.K. and Arora Anita (2022) Spatial distribution of Phytophthora nicotianae in citrus rhizosphere. Indian Phytopathology.https://doi.org/10.1007/s42360-022-00553-1. (NAAS Rating: 5.95)
- Sidhu G.S., Rattanpal H.S., Arora Anita and Singh J. (2022) Effect of chemical mutagens and Phytophthora culture filtrate on survival and plant regeneration from callus of Citrus jambhiri Lush. Fruits 77 (4): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.17660/th2022/019. (NAAS Rating: 6.80)
- Kaur Yesmin, Thind S.K. and Arora Anita (2021) Survival of Phytophthora nicotianae in citrus rhizosphere. Journal of Plant Pathology. DOI: 10.1007/s42161-021-00878-2. (NAAS Rating: 7.15)
- Singh Harinder, Arora Anita, Kaur Sumanjit and Kaur Kirandeep (2020) Evaluation of germplasm, fungicides and biocontrol agents against anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) in mango (Mangifera indica) nursery. Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences. 90 (6): 1125-1129. (NAAS Rating: 6.25)
- Sandhu Jagdeep, Nayyar Shivani, Kaur Ajinder, Kaur Ramanjeet, Kalia Anu, Arora Anita, Kaur Yesmin, Thind Surinder and Chhabra Gautam (2019) Foot rot tolerant transgenic rough lemon rootstock developed through expression of β-1,3-glucanase from Trichoderma spp. Plant Biotechnology Journal. DOI: 10.1111/pbi.13152. (NAAS Rating: 12.31)
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