Profile of Dr. P. K. Jha

• B.Sc. (Agriculture): Tirhut College of Agricultural Dholi, RAU, Pusa
• M.Sc. (Plant Pathology): Department of Plant Pathology, RAU, Pusa
• Ph.D. (Plant Pathology): CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana

Professional Area

• Research Area: Biological control of plant diseases, Pathology of medicinal and aromatic plants, Vegetable crop pathology, Integrated disease management
• Research Interests: Soil fungal diversity, Exploration of native biocontrol agents for eco-friendly management of plant diseases

KEY PUBLICATIONS:

• Jha PK, Jalali BL (2006) Biocontrol of pea root rot incited by Fusarium solanisp. pisi with rhizosphere mycoflora. Indian Phytopathology 59(1):41–43.
• Singh SK, Jha PK, Ray PK (2010) Integrated management of papaya ring spot virus in agro-ecological condition of Bihar. In: Acta Horticulturae 851, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), pp 487–493.
• Singh SK, Jha PK, Ray PK (2010) Papaya diseases in Bihar: an overview. In: Acta Horticulturae 851, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), pp 481–486.
• Vibha, Jha PK, Nidhi (2010) Effect of tillage practice in rice–wheat cropping system on diversity of soil inhabiting mycoflora of calcareous soil of Bihar. Oryza 47(4):301–306.
• Vibha, Jha PK, Nidhi (2012) Effect of an introduced beneficial inocula of native and exotic bioagents on microbial and dominant fungal population in pigeonpea rhizosphere of calciorthent soil. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences 8(2):329–334.
• Vibha, Jha PK, Nidhi (2013) Effect of selective mycoflora amended vermicompost on suppression of root rot pathogens of tomato. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 43(3):306–313.
• Anupam, Jha PK (2014) Piper longum: A new host of two foliar pathogens. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 44:2012–2013.
• Anupam, Jha PK, Rahul L, Srivastav JN (2018) Distribution of resident mycoflora of Piper longum and their influence on plant health and causing leaf spot disease by Botryodiplodia theobromae. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, Special Issue-7:5228–5236.
• Kumari A, Jha PK, Kumar R (2018) Efficacy of bio-agents, fungicides and plant extracts on leaf spot of Piper longum caused by Botryodiplodia theobromae. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry SP1:765–768. Kumari M, Jha PK (2020) Etiology, symptomatology and management of black spot of Aloe vera (Aloe barbadensis Miller) through botanicals and biocontrol agents – a brief review. Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology 39(1):11–20.

A. Department of Plant Pathology and Nematology, PGCA, RPCAU, Pusa, Samastipur-848 125 Bihar, India

M. pkjh@rpcau.ac.in

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