Name: 
Dr. Sundar Tiwari
Designation: 
Associate Professor
Department: 
Entomology
Email: 
[email protected]
Mobile: 
9840714985

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6946-9814
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sundar_Tiwari

Qualification: 
PhD (Entomology) from Lincoln University, New Zealand in 2020
Professional Experiences: 
Integrated pest management, Habitat pest management, agro-ecosystem services, conservation biological control, pollination and farmers field school
Scientific Publications: 
  • Tiwari, S., Saville, D.J., & Wratten, S.D. 2020. Evaluation of potential trap plant species for the wheat bug, Nysius huttoni (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in forage brassicas. Agricultural and Forest Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12379.
  • Tiwari, S., Sharma, S & Wratten S.D. 2020 Flowering alyssum (Lobularia maritima) promote arthropod diversity and biological control of Myzus persicae. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aspen.2020.05.002.
  • Tiwari, S & Wratten, S.D. (2019). Biology and management of the New Zealand endemic wheat bug, Nysius huttoni, (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae). Journal of Integrated Pest Management. 10 (1):34; 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmz032.
  • Tiwari, S., Pudasaini, R., Kafle, L., Bhattarai, S.S., Ali, M.P., Baber, T.K., Sharma, S., Shrestha, G., & Reddy, G.V.P. (2019). Trap cropping in South Asia: concept, limitations and future strategy. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 112 (4), 340-347. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz003.
  • González-Chang, M., Tiwari, S., Sharma, S., & Wratten, S.D. (2019). Habitat management in pest management: limitations and prospects. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 112 (4), 302-317. https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/saz020.
  • Tiwari, S., Dickinson, N., Saville, D.J., & Wratten, S.D. (2018). Host plant selection by the wheat bug, Nysius huttoni (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) on a range of potential trap plant species. Journal of Economic Entomology. 111 (2), 586–594. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toy017.
  • Tiwari, S., Saville, D.J., & Wratten, S.D. (2019). Susceptibility of kale cultivars to the wheat bug, Nysius huttoni (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. ISSN: 0028-8233 (Print) 1175-8775 (Online). https://doi.org/10.1080/00288233.2018.1562480.
  • Tiwari, S., Saville, D. J., & Wratten, S.D. (2019). Preferences of the wheat bug (Nysius huttoni) for particular growth stages of the potential trap plant, alyssum (Lobularia maritima). New Zealand Plant Protection. 72: 237-244.
  • Rayl, R.J., Shields, M.W., Tiwari, S., Wratten, S.D. (2018). Conservation biological control of insect pests. In Gaba S., Smith B., Lichtfouse E. (Eds.), Sustainable Agriculture Reviews, Vol. 28. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90309-5_3.
  • Wyckhuys, K. A., González-Chang, M., Adriani, E., Albaytar, A., Albertini, A., Ávila, G., Beltran, M. J., Boreros, A.D., Fanani, M.Z., Nguyen, D.T., Nguyễn, G and Tiwari, S. 2020. Delivering on the promise of biological control in Asia’s food systems: a Humboldtian perspective. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 4, 140. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2020.00140.
  • Dahal, P., Dhimal, M., Belbase, K., Tiwari, S., Groopman, J., West, K., ... & Ghimire, Y. N. 2020. Improving nutrition and immunity with dry chain and integrated pest management food technologies in LMICs. The Lancet. Planetary Health, 4(7), e259. doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30143-1.
  • Gahatraj, S., Tiwari, S., Sharma, S., & Kafle, L. 2020. Fall Armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): A recent threat and future management strategy in Nepal. Agricultural Science & Technology (1313-8820), 12(2).
Ongoing Researches: 
  1. Fall armyworm biological control project: August 2022- October 2023: Funded by USAID/IPM Innovation lab: Principal Investigator
  2. Clif Bee (Apis laboriosa) Monitoring and Conservation Project: June 2023 to July 2024. Funded by University Grant Commission (UGC Nepal): Principal Investigator
  3. Agroecological management of Fall armyworm: June 2021 to September 2024: Funded by DOREX/AFU-Long term project.: Principal Investigator
  4. Green Resilience Agriculture Productive Ecosystem FA2 (GRAPE-AFU: April 2023 to September 2024: Funded by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD): IPM or Agroecologist and Focal person.
  5. BBSRC International Partnering Award: June 2022 to September 2025: Funded by BBSRC, UK and John Innes Centre, UK: Co-investigator.
  6. Circular Economy through Educational and Research (CEER) project: June 2022 to September 2025: Co-investigator
Awards and Achievements: 
  • UNDP/FAO - bee taxonomy course in Arizona, USA (2011)
  • NUFFIC/Netherland for IPM and food safety course in The Netherland (2012)
  • Dialogos/Denmark-safe pesticide spraying training in Denmark (2013)
  • NUFFIC Netherland award for the course of safe food production in emerging economies Nairobi, Kenya, 5-16 October 2015
  • National Pingtung University Science and Technology (NPUST/Taiwan)- Biological control, Taiwan (2015)
  • New Zealand Plant Protection Society Conference (NZPPS) at Tauranga, New Zealand (2017)
  • International Organization for Biological and Integrated Control (IOBC), Biocontrol in Changing Asian Landscapes from 31 August to 11 September 2017 in Vietnam
  • Bio-Protection Research Centre (BPRC), Biological and Integrated Control Conference Beijing, May 14-16, 2018.
  • Participated in IOBC organized international training on conservation biological control and ecosystem services in Lincoln University, New Zealand (2018).
  • NZ AID PhD Scholarship from 2016 to 2019 for PhD in Entomology(Agro-ecology) in Lincoln University New Zealand.
  • Winner of Post Graduate Conference Award, 2018.
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade-New Zealand (MFAT-NZ) - Best PhD Student Award from Lincoln University (2016-2019).
  • NUFFIC Netherland Award for course food safety and phyto-sanitary measures in horticultural supply chain, Bangdung, Indonesia, 23 November to 9 December, 2019