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Prof. (Dr.) Sunil Zacharia

Professor

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sunil.zacharia@shuats.edu.in

Department of Plant Pathology

Additional Responsibilities
  • Principal Investigator of Referral Laboratory, SHUATS
  • In charge, Department of Plant Pathology
Contact Details

+91-9839546860

sunil.zacharia@shuats.edu.in

Department of Plant Pathology

Educational Details

Doctorate

Ph.D
M.P. University Agriculture & Technology,
Udaipur

Graduated in 2002

PG

NET
UGC

Qualified in 2001

M.Sc
Raj Agricultural University,
Bikaner

Graduated in 1997

UG

B.Sc
Raj Agricultural University,
Bikaner

Graduated in 1994

Area of Specialization

Plant Pathology

Publications

  1. Zacharia, S. and Doshi, A. 2001. “Effect of different physiological factors on mycelial growth of Tricholoma crassa (Berk) Sacc., an ectomycorrhizal mushroom. Micologia Italiana 30 (2): 46-50.
  2. Zacharia, S. and Doshi, A. 2004. “Artificial cultivation of Tricholoma crassa (Berk.) Sacc., an ectomycorrhizal Mushroom.” Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology 34(1):125-26.
  3. Mathur, K., Zacharia, S. and Bohra, B. (2006). Rhizosphere competence of Rhizoctonia solani kuhn and bio-control in different chilli cultivars. Indian Phytopathology 59(2):246-248.
  4. Chaudhary, S.L., Ayangarya V.S. and Zacharia S. (2007). Charmagara Kunapa: a liquid manure. Asian Agri-history 11(2):159-160.
  5. Shariph Alam, S. Zacharia, S. Simon, V.K. Chaudhary, Sherzama and M. Naseem, (2009). “Effect of Trichoderma harzianum caused by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. ciceri (Padwick) Matue and Sate. “Int. J. Agri. Environ. & Biotech. 2(4):424-428.
  6. Pandey, A.K. Kumar M.V., Zacharia, S. and Prasad Rao, J.D. (2011). Seasonal incidence of Alternaria blight and powdery mildew of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) and natural reaction of some varieties to diseases. The Allahabad Farmer LXVI (2):60-68.
  7. Ainmisha and Zacharia, S. (2011). Effect of carbendazim, neem cake and Trichoderma viride on wilt of chickpea. J. Mycol . Plath 41(4):550-553.
  8. Ainmisha and Zacharia, S., Jaiswal, K.K. and Pandey, P. (2012). Integrated management of chickpea wilt incited by Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Ciceri. Int. J. Ag. Res. pp.1-7.
  9. Chandra, Subhash, Lal, A. Abhilasha , Zacharia, Sunil, Simon, Sobita  and Rao Anand. Effect of certain plant extracts and fungicides on post harvest diseases of banana (Musa paradisiacal L.). Accepted in Journal of Mycol. And Pl. Pathol.41(4):613-617 (2011)(ISSN: 0971-9393)
  10. P. Udayababu and Zacharia S. 2012. Evaluation of entomopathogenic fungi for the management of tobacco caterpillar, Spodoptera litura (Fabricius). Indian journal of Plant Protection. Vol. 40(3) 214-220.
  11. Jha, A., Tiwari, S., Zacharia, S. and Simon S. (2012). First report of anthracnose disease on groundnut caused by Colletotrichum India. Int. J. Ag. Sci. 8(2) .
  12.  P. Udayababu, Zacharia S. and DIvya Pedada (2012). Growth parameters and pathogenicity of certain endigenous isolates of entomopathogenic fungi  Metarhizium anisopliae against tobacco caterpillar  Spodoptora litura (Fabricius). Bio-pesticides International, 8(2):115-124
  13. Lydia C. and Zacharia, S. 2012. Evaluation of biological chemical and IDM modules for the management of anthracnose and die-back of chilli J. of Mycol. And Plant Pathol. 42(4):435-438.
  14. Ankit Chaudhary, Sunil Zacharia and Lal A.A. (2013). Effect of fungicides and garlic club extract in management of Alternaria blight of Mustard. Annals of Plant Protec. Sci. 21(1):222-223. (ISSN: 0971-3573)
  15. Kumar, H., Ahmad, S. and Zacharia, S. (2014). Effect of Trichoderma species, neem cake and carbendazim on chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) wilt. The Allahabad Farmer, 70(1):230-235 (ISSN: 0971-9075)
  16. Singh, Praveen, Zacharia, S. and Tiwari, S. Management of fusarium wilt of chickpea (Cicerarietinum L.) with Trichoderma viride, neem cake and fungicides. New Agriculturist 26(1): 163-166 (2015) (ISSN: 0971-0647)
  17. Chand, Satish, Zacharia, S. and Mukesh Effect of bio-agents, plant extracts and fungicides against alternarial blight on Indian mustard . International Journal of Agricultural  and statistical Sciences 11(1);281-285 (2015) (ISSN: 0973-1903)
  18. Patil, N.B. Zacharia, S. and Kumari M. Eco-friendly  management of downy mildew of garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) Ecology, Environment and Conservation 22(2):169-172 (2015) (ISSN 0971-765X) NAAS 5.02.
  19. Patil,N.B.and Zacharia,S. Prevalence of powdery mildew of garden pea in trans Yamuna region of Allahabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Plant Disease Research,30(1):91-93(2015) ISSN 0970-4914 NAAS 3.30
  20. Surendra, V.,  Zacharia ,S., Raman Reddy K., Eswara Reddy N.P. and Chowdappa,P. Effect of different media on growth and sporulation of Cercosporaarachidicola causing early leaf spot of groundnut.The Bioscan 10(4):1825-1828(2015). (ISSN 0973-7049) NAAS 4.57
  21. Patil, N.B. Zacharia, S. and Kumari M. Eco-friendly  management of downy mildew of garden pea (Pisumsativum L.) Ecology, Environment and Conservation 22(2):169-172 (2016) (ISSN 0971-765X) NAAS  5.02.
  22. Meena,N.K.,Zacharia,S. and Patil,N.B. Management of green gram powdery mildew (Erysiphe polygoni D.C.) by foliar spray of fungicides and Trichoderma spp. Ecology, Environment and Conservationm, 22(June suppl.):251-255.(2016)(ISSN 0971-765X ) NAAS 5.02
  23. Pandey, A.P., Zacharia,S. and Patil,N.B. Comparative efficacy of different methods of application of Trichoderma harzianumRifai in the management of dry root rot of chilli (Capsicum annuum) caused by Rhizoctoniasolani Kuhn. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences,(3):482-489 (2017)(ISSN 2319-7706) NAAS 5.38
  24. Surendra, V. and Zacharia, S. Development of weather based Cercospora infection prediction model for the management of early leaf spot of groundnut. Journal of Mycology and Plant Pathology, 47(1): 61-68.(2017). NAAS 5.79
  25. Patil, N.B., Zacharia, S. and Kumari,M. Ecofriendly management of powdery mildew of garden pea(Pisumsativum L.). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences.6(2): 684-689.(2017) (ISSN 2319-7706) NAAS 5.38.
  26. Kakraliya,S.S., Zacharia, S. M.R. Bajiya and M. Sheshma. Management of leaf blight of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) with bio-agents, neem leaf extract and fungicides. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences 6: 296-303 (2017) NAAS 5.38
  27.  C. Lydia and S. Zacharia. In-vitro evaluation of different bio-control agents against Colletotrichum capsici, Journal of Experimental Zoology,India  (2018) NAAS 5.51
  28. Kumar. A.,S. Zacharia, A.K. Maurya and V. John (2019). Effect of fungicides and neem oil on Rhizoctonia root rot of soybean (Clycine max L.) , Int. J. of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(1) : 368-372. NAAS 5.38
  29. John, V.,S. Zacharia, A.K. Maurya,  A. Kumar and S. Simon. (2019). Invitro efficacy of botanical and selected bio-agents in the management of fusarial wilt of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum L.) . Int. J. of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 8(6) : 1821-1825. NAAS 5.38
  30. Chethan Kumar, S., Zacharia and Tiwari,S.(2020). Effect of selected botanicals and their commercial products on Alternaria blight of cabbage. International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 9(9):571-577. ISSN: 2319-7706 NAAS 5.38
  31. Kaku Tage, Zacharia, S. and Hepsibah Helen Evan,R. (2020). Antagonostic potential of bio-agents and botanicals against banded leaf and sheath blight of maize (Zea mays L.) caused by Rhizoctonia solani (Kuhn). International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 10(01): ISSN: 2319-7706 NAAS 5.38
  32.  Srujana, P. and S. Zacharia. Management of stem rot of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) using organic amendments and Trichoderma viride, International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences, 9(1): 62-70 NAAS 5.38
  33. Seyon Rajkar and S. Zacharia (2022). Ecofriendly management of chickpea wilt incited by Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. ciceri (Schlecht  & Emend Synd. & Hans). The Pharma Innovation Journal, 11(3): 1284-1288  NAAS 5.23

 

 

Conferences

  1. Annual conference of Indian Society of Mycology & Plant Pathology held at NRCM, Solan from 3-4th May 2000.
  2. National conference of Agricultural heritage of India hosted by Asian Agri-History Foundation held at Udaipur from Feb. 10-13, 2002.
  3. Asian Congress of Mycology and Plant Pathology held at Mysore from 1-4th Oct. 2002.
  4. West zone meet of Indian Society of Mycology & Plant Pathology held at Kota on 7th April 2003.
  5. Summer training course sponsored by ICAR, on Advanced Techniques in Plant Diseases Diagnosis and Management’ held at IARI, New Delhi from 5-25th Sept. 2006.
  6. Symposium organized by Indian Phytopathological Society held at IARI New Delhi on 17th Nov. 2007.
  7. International workshop on Water Quality Research to Evaluate the Effects of Agricultural Conservation Practices Utilized in the U.S.A. & India held at AAI-DU, from 7-8th Sept., 2009.
  8. Annual group meeting (workshop) of AICRP on soybean held at Acharya N.G. Ranga, Agricultural University, Hyderabad from 8-10th April, 2009.
  9. International conference on “Traditional practices in conservation agriculture” organized by Asian Agri-history foundation, Secundrabad, held at Udaipur from 18-20th September, 2010.
  10. Winter training course sponsored by ICAR on development of Expert system through agridaksh held at IASRI, New Delhi from 14th Feb. to 6th March 2013.
  11. Annual conference and national symposium organized by ISMPP and TNAU on challenges and management approaches for the crop diseases of National importance –Status and Prospects, held at TNAU, Madurai, Tamil Nadu from Feb. 12-14th, 2015.
  12. Workshop on IPR and Related Issues: Present & Future Needs, organized by UPCAR, Lucknow during March, 27-28th , 2015.
  13. ICAR Short Course on Bioassay, production protocol and quality control for Trichoderma based biopesticides held from 5-14 September 2016 at NRC on Litchi, Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

 

Prof. (Dr.) Sunil Zacharia

Professor
Department of Plant Pathology
SHUATS, Naini, Prayagraj (Formerly Allahabad) -211007
U.P. (INDIA)
Phone:+91-9839546860

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