PhytoFuRa is a research initiative of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi to deal with three major pathogens viz. Phytophthora, Fusarium and Ralstonia. It is envisaged as a network project with three separate sub-network projects:
1. Sub project on Phytophthora 2.Sub project on Fusarium and 3.Sub project on Ralstonia.
Short-Term Training on Application of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Phytophthora/Ralstonia Research
Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) Calicut, hosted a ten days training programme on Application of Genomics and Bioinformatics in Phytophthora/Ralstonia Research from February 08-17 at the Institute campus. The programme was inaugurated by Dr. V. A Parthasarathy Director, Indian Institute of Spices Research Calicut. The training was exclusively for investigators and research fellows working in PhytoFuRa project. It was conducted in two phases:
Phase 1 – Basics of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics (six days) and Phase 2 – Genomics and Proteomics (three days). Seventeen Research fellows and one scientist working in PhytoFuRa project have participated in the training programme. Apart from the institute faculty, Dr.R . Vishwanathan (SBI Coimbatore), Dr. Vinod Scaria (IGIB New Delhi), Dr. A. Kumar (IARI New Delhi) & Dr.R. Ramesh (ICAR-RC Goa) also delivered lectures.
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