Telephone
+94 812 388 331 /32/ 34
Email Address
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Department of Agriculture,P.O.Box.01,
Peradeniya

RRDI_Div_PlantPathology

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RRDI DIVISIONS

Plant Pathology Division

Plant pathology division mainly focuses on all aspect of rice diseases and their management strategies in order to minimize crop loses.  Therefore, Integrated Disease Management approaches are tested.

In addition to research activities the division accomplishes free diseases diagnostic service for farmers. Further awareness programs on rice disease are rendered for students, farmers and officers.

Services

  • Offer disease diagnostic service to farmers and extension officers
  • Development of management packages for identified diseases
  • Farmer fields inspection on request
  • Develop screening methods for identification of resistance sources and to use in breeding for disease resistance
  • Provide research facilities and industrial training for students
  • Provide cultured pathogens of diseases when requesting
  • Provide diseased plant samples for exhibitions, students and academic institutes by their request
  • Provide training and services to farmers, extension agents, and students to strengthen the human resource development specially for disease management in rice crop
  • Continue our collaboration with international and national institutions for data on distribution of rice diseases and emergence of new diseases essential to develop and/or modify existing methods of diagnosis for effective disease management strategies

Technologies

  • Disease resistant parental materials
  • Management protocol for BLB
  • Management protocol for grain discoloration
  • New fungicides
  • Bio control agents

Research & Publications

 

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Services

  • Offer disease diagnostic service to farmers and extension officers
  • Development of management packages for identified diseases
  • Farmer fields inspection on request
  • Develop screening methods for identification of resistance sources and to use in breeding for disease resistance
  • Provide research facilities and industrial training for students
  • Provide cultured pathogens of diseases when requesting
  • Provide diseased plant samples for exhibitions, students and academic institutes by their request
  • Provide training and services to farmers, extension agents, and students to strengthen the human resource development specially for disease management in rice crop
  • Continue our collaboration with international and national institutions for data on distribution of rice diseases and emergence of new diseases essential to develop and/or modify existing methods of diagnosis for effective disease management strategies

Technologies

  • Disease resistant parental materials
  • Management protocol for BLB
  • Management protocol for grain discoloration
  • New fungicides
  • Bio control agents

Research & Publications

 

Read More >>

head of the division

Miss K.R.D.Gunapala
Assistant Director of Agriculture (Research)
  • +94 372 258561
  • +94 713 069487, (Whatsapp,Imo)+94 707 633922
  • rukmali.gunapala@yahoo.com