E-grāmata: Biopesticides in Organic Farming: Recent Advances

Prof.(Dr.) L.P. Awasthi, Dean School of Agriculture, R N B Global University, Bikaner ,India, formerly Research Scientist/Professor, Amity University and Professor and .Head, Department of Plant Pathology, N.D. University of Agriculture & Technology, Faizabad (U.P.) India, is a distinguished Agriculture Scientist with a strong background in Molecular Plant Virology, Resistance breeding , IDM ,IPM ,Organic Agriculture and Mushroom production with proven ability to undertake independent or collaborative scientific studies as demonstrated by successfully completing 28 mega research projects ,funded by various International funding organizations. His professional experience includes more than 47 years of teaching and conducting research, published more than 350 research papers in foreign and Indian journals of repute, edited/authored six books, published number of popular articles, laboratory manuals and contributory chapters for different books, guided 77 M. Sc. (Ag.) and 35 Ph.D. Students and has been working as an Editor/ Referee in the editorial boards of many Indian and foreign journals of repute.

Professor Awasthi Visited Karl-Marx University, Leipzig, University of Berlin, Institute of Plant Pathology, Ascherslavan, and Haale University, Germany as a visiting professor for higher studies. He has been member in the Phytosanitary certificate issuing Authorities, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture and cooperation, Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage, Government of India and presently special invited member in the State level Pest and Disease Surveillance Advisory Unit, Government of Uttar Pradesh. India. Prof. Awasthi has long been associated with many professional societies, was conferred Plant Pathology Leadership Award 2012, 2016 and 2019 by Indian Phytopathological Society, India, Outstanding Virologist award (2007) by International virological association for outstanding contribution, scientific excellence and distinguished services for the cause of Plant Pathological Research, Education and Technology dissemination, which has impacted Science of Plant Pathology in the country. He has been awarded for disseminating mushroom cultivation technologies to improve the socioeconomic conditions of farmers below poverty line and woman empowerment and also for the popularization of organic farming at farmers field.