Dr. N. Lavanya

Scientific Officer

  • Presently working as Scientific Officer (Biopesticides & Biocontrol) & Insecticide Analyst(Biopesticides) at National Institute of Plant Health Management (NIPHM), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad.
  • Organizing  training programmes on quality control of microbial biopesticides, on farm production of bio control agents and microbial biopesticides and production protocol.
  •  Insecticide analyst at Gazette notified Central Insecticide Laboratory (Microbial Biopesticides quality control laboratory).

M. Sc (Ag) Agricultural Entomology

 

Isolation of two EPF strains

  1. Metarhizium rileyi strain NIPHM MRF-1 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MK697304)
  2. Beauveria bassiana isolate NIPHM BBF1 (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/MT158692)
  • Established Centre of Biological Control at NIPHM with parasitoids & predators, EPF and NPV labs.
  • Isolation, Identification, Purification and Preservation of EPF.
  • Quality Control of microbial biopesticides.

18 years

Microbial Biopesticides production and Quality control

Best poster award in GFAR (Global Forum on Agricultural Research) Science Forum 2009, held in Wageningen, Netherlands.

Best oral presentation at International Conference in Biological Control and sustainable insect pest management (ICBS-2018).

Establishment of Bio control lab at NIPHM after its inception (Parasitoids & Predators).

Isolation of local strain against introduced pest Maize fall army worm.

Ms. N.Lavanya

Scientific Officer (Biopesticides & Biocontrol)

National Institute of Plant Health Management
(An Organization of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India), Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030 ( Telangana ) INDIA

Land line: 040 2400 2049

email: 16lkiran@gmail.com; lavanyak.neelam@gov.in


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