Name Dr G K MAHAPATRO
Designation Head, ICAR - IARI Regional Station, Pune-411 007
National Fellow ICAR (2011-17) & Principal ScientistTelephone No. (Office) 011-24583588 (Off.) Extn. No.4446
Discipline & specialization Entomology – Toxicology & Termite Management
Current area of research: Environmentally sustainable termite control: integrative & inclusive approach of frontier and indigenous technologies (National Fellow ICAR project 2011-16). Contribution to the scientific advancement:
Selected as National Fellow ICAR by Search-cum-Selection Committee of ICAR; for the project: Environmentally sustainable termite control: integrative & inclusive approach of frontier and indigenous technologies. Salient contributions under this project.
Data-base development:
Termite faunistic list of India (261-spp, 51-Genera, 7 Fam.).
Developed National Termite Depository.Reported Heterotermes indicola – a serious termite as urban-pest from Delhi.
Gene sequencing accession numbers for 22 Indian termites: acquired from GenBank.
Associated fungi in the fungal combs: 10 accessions acquired NCBI GenBank.
Developing Website, TermiteXpert, it includes an android app (Termiteapp) as well. (to be launched soon officially under National Fellow Project).
Pusa Push-pull-strategy (3P4C):
Innovated an eco-technology for termite management in wheat-maize agro-ecosystem, i.e. attained with crop residues (pull-site, maize stubbles) and main/target crop (push-site, wheat-rows). The technology was validated, successfully demonstrated to the farmers at Agro-technology Transfer Information Centre, IARI, New Delhi - a milestone achievement. 3P4C can lead to the End-Of-Pipe (EOP) technique in effective biopesticides in termite control.
Termiticides used in target-crops (wheat, barley, gram & lentil – rabi & maize – kharif crops), were analysed for residues in the harvested commodities; residues were found below detectable levels (BDL) implying safety aspects of termiticides recommended.
Seed treatment packages for 5 major crops (wheat, maize, soybean, groundnut & chickpea).
Termite management module in rain-fed agriculture.
In view of serious termite infestation in village Jhargaon Ki Jhopdi (Kota district, Rajasthan - that has created major news headlines i.e. Dainik Bhaskar, May 7; & Oct 18, 2013, The Indian Express July 14, 2013);village was surveyed, the causal termite was correctly identified as H. indicola hitherto known Odontotermes. Subsequent recommendations for management were made (Dainik Bhaskar 28 Nov & 2 Mar 2014).
PATENT (IPA No 1618/DEL/2008); Publication Date: 16/04/2010. The Patent Office Journal, Part I, 16th, page no.15. (Co-inventor): Methodology and composition of artificial diet for mass rearing of lepidopteran pests (in particular Helicoverpa armigera, Spodoptera litura and Earias vittella). Another artificial diet for Spilarctia obliqua is ready (10-generation) for patent application.
Tomato transgenic-lines resistant against H. armigera (DBT-project) developed (JNU & ICGEG - main centres) by incorporating the DNA locus encoding 58kDa insecticidal groEL protein and 17kDa insecticidal Pilin subunit of Xenorhabdus nematophilausing Agrobacterium-mediated transformation.
Reported for the first time in India, a unique record of chloropid pest (rice stem fly Anatrichus erinaceus Loew, Fam - Diptera)(2009).
Cashew hybrid ‘Poornima’ (H 1593)(State Variety Release Committee, Kerala).
Identified an induced genotype of cashew by gamma radiation with highest record nut weight in India. Stated Species-spectrum of ants and spiders in cashew ecosystem of Kerala.
Initiated Ant-technology in India. Articles in Curr. Sci., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. India Sect. B. Biol. Sci. Cashew Bulletin, & Cover-page of Online journal Cashew Week (www.commodityIndia.com).
Methodology for screening cashew genotypes for tea mosquito bug infestation.
Methodology for damage scoring for tea mosquito bug infestation.
Crop-modeling/ Forewarning for insect pest management. Worked as Co-PI in a multi-disciplinary & multi-institutional project (ICAR ad hoc) titled Forewarning Tea mosquito bug in cashew, devised the forewarning tools.
Teaching & Extension experience 16-yrs, Guided 3 M Sc students, continuing 2 Ph D (Chairman), Co-chairman/member in the Advisory Board 4 students (M Sc & Ph.D).
National Fellow ICAR (2011-17).
SPPS Fellow Award (2015)
Bharat Jyoti Award (2011).
National Councilor deputed by ADG (HRD), All India Entrance Examination in Agriculture & allied Sciences (AIEEA) – UG & PG (2011-15).
Examiners, Paper Setter & Moderator for National level (ICAR, IARI) and SAUs (2000-16).
Fellow of Entomological Society of India (F.E.S.I.).
Best Poster Award 2012. 2nd International Science Congress, ISCA.
Best Paper Award 2012, National Symposium. -Dr Niranjan Panda Award of Innovative Research by the Society of Plant Protection and Environment.
Best Poster Award 2006, National Seminar, organised by IIHR, Bangalore (Ant-technology in cashew).
Editorial Core Committee Member, Indian Journal of Entomology, Journal of Plant Science & Research; Reviewer to >10 NAAS-rated journals (including Current Science).
Instrumental in making IARI a voluntary centre for AINP on Soil Arthropod Pests (2012-16).
Nodal Officer on Termite R&D [AINP on Soil Arthropod Pests (2015)]
Nodal Officer (Termite Control), IARI (2009 to till-date).
Nodal Officer, ARIS Cell, North Kerala, Kerala Agril. University (2001-2005).
Chess-Champion at OUAT, IARI (during student life and service as well), participated Zonal Sports Meet (2014).
Various awards to my Students (eg. INSPIRE Fellowship for Ph D), ARS etc.
Awards in my study career
University Gold Medal (Topper PG in OUAT, Orissa) – 1992.
Gujarat Gold Medal (OUAT University Topper in Plant Protection subjects) – 1992.
University Merit Scholarships, in UG, PG and SRF at Ph D level (ICAR).
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