Excelsior Correspondent
SAMBA, June 13: A two-day international webinar on Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture (CCSA-2020), organized by Department of Botany, Central University of Jammu, concluded here today.
The webinar was inaugurated by Prof Ashok Aima, Vice Chancellor CUJ, who underscored the importance of discourse on sustainable agriculture, particularly in view of the COVID crisis faced by the whole world and the degradation of environment in recent years.
The Dean, School of Life Sciences, Prof Deepak Pathania said that Department of Botany has provided an excellent academic platform to the participants to listen to and interact with experts of international repute.
Apart from the overseas delegates from USA, Mexico, Egypt and Thailand, around 270 researchers, faculty and students from 20 States in India participated actively in the webinar. The proceedings were conducted by organizing secretaries, Dr Samantha Vaishnavi and Dr Deepak Kumar who were actively supported by volunteers, Aditya Singh, HarsimerpreetKour, Akanksha Sharma and Dr Meenakshi Raina.
Dr Deepmala Sehgal, Wheat Geneticist and QTL Deployment Coordinator, International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Mexico, discussed the properties of various molecular markers and their applications, while Dr Mohamed Abdallah A M Gad, Wheat Diseases Research Department, Agricultural Research Institute, Giza, Egypt, talked about the impact of climate change on wheat in Egypt.
Dr Shalu Jain, Scientist North America Trait Assessment, Department of Pathology, Entomology and Nematology, Syngenta Seeds, St Stanton, USA, elaborated on modern genomic tools to enhance agriculture production. Dr Bhabesh Dutta, Associate Professor, Extension Vegetable Disease Specialist, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, USA, discussed the various aspects of management of bacterial pathogens of onion through genomic and applied research. Dr Rupesh Kumar Mishra, Associate Professor, Ramalingaswami Fellow at Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Jaipur, gave a very informative talk on development of nanobiosensors being used in agriculture and plant sciences.
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