Forest Pathology Lab
Equipments available
- Nikon Optiphot No.2 Compound Microscopewith Photography attachment
- Culture Shaker
- Temperature Gradient Chamber
- Centrifuge
- Fermenter
- Air sampler
- Laminar air flow chamber
- Hot air oven
- Autoclave
- Electronic balance
- Distillation Unit
- BOD incubator
Services / Tests carried out
- Diagnosis and identification of pathogenic organisms isolated from the diseased seeds, seedlings, wood and other plant materials.
- Isolation, characterization and identification of biofertilizers of Ecto- and Endomycorrhizal fungi, quantification of AM fungal spore population of rhizosphere soil and estimation of the dominant fungal types and determination of colonization of both Ecto- and AM fungi based on anatomical studies of roots are carried out.
- Pure culture and mass production of potential mycorrhizal isolates and other beneficial microbes in laboratory.
- In vitrosynthesis of different Ecto- and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal fungi on various host plants.
- Bioassay studies on the effect and efficacy of plant pathogens on targeted host plants are other tests conducted in the lab.