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General areas of interest: Nematology: Nematode biosystematics and biocontrol
Specific Areas of interest: Research on nematode problems of crops, species identification, characterization, documentation, management, Nematode Awareness Campaign and Pest Advisory Services to the farmers.
Publication summary
60 research papers in refereed scientific journals, 18 refereed abstracts, 24 popular articles, 03 one-line articles, 6 book chapters, 01 Nematode Distribution Atlas, 10 Technical reports and 01 monograph
Technology developed
Tuberose foliar nematode (Aphelenchoides besseyi) management strategy in tuberose
Recipient of Award: Young Scientist Award in 2005
Fellowships: Fellows of Nematological Society of India (NSI), Society of Plant Protection Sciences (SPPS)
Recognitions: Associate Editor of The Journal of Entomology and Nematology, Reviewer of Crop Protection, Executive members of Nematological Society of India, Association of Plant Protection Sciences (AAPP), Group Leader (Identification of hot-spots, Documentation and Pest Risk Analysis) of AICRP (Nematode), Examiners/paper setters (UG/PG) in Visva-Bharati and Vidyasagar University, Ph.D Thesis Examiners of Manipur University, Bangladesh University and Rajsahi University.
Students Supervised: 08 M.Sc., 03 Ph.D.
Project handled (externally funded): Four Ad-hoc Research projects
Courses taught at BCKV
Post Graduate courses
Ent - 550: Acarology and Nematology (2+1)
Ent - 606: Nematology-I (3+1)
Ent - 607: Nematology-II (2+1)
Under Graduate Courses
Introductory Nematology (1+1)
Plant Protection-1
Plant Protection-II
Contact Information
Dr. M. R. Khan
AICRP (Nematode), Directorate of Research,
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (BCKV),
P.O. Kalyani, Nadia-741235, Phone: +9133-282 3951,
Mobile: +91-9433362293, FAX : +9133-2582 8407, 25025235
E-mail: mrkhanbckv@rediffmail.com |
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