ABSTRACT
Dr. Govind P. Rao is working as Senior Scientific Officer (Pl. Pathology), Sugarcane Research Station, Kunraghat, Gorakhpur, UP, India. He did his Ph.D. in Plant Vrrology in 1987 from Gorakhpur University, India. Dr. Rao is a fellow of the Indian Phytopathological Society and Sugarcane Technologists Association of India. He has published 6 edited books and one authored book on sugarcane to his credit. He is editor of 'Sugar Tech', an international journal of sugar crops and related industries. He is also regular member of Indian Phytopathological Society, American Society for Plant Pathology, Society for General Microbiology, Indian Vrrological Society, British Society of Plant Pathology and Society of General Microbiology. He has been awarded several national and overseas awards for postdoctoral work and attending international workshops and conferences. He has worked and visited many scientific laboratories of USA, France, Scotland, UK, Yugoslavia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, China and Thailand. He has been involved in the research on sugarcane pathology for the last 17 years. Currently, he is working on the diagnosis, characterization and management of fungal, bacterial, viral and phytoplasma diseases of sugarcane in India.
