Name: 
Ritesh Kumar Yadav
Designation: 
Assistant Professor
Department: 
Plant Pathology
Email: 
[email protected]
Mobile: 
+977-9845199279
Qualification: 
M.Sc. (Plant Pathology), Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India (2016) - Gold Medalist
Professional Experiences: 
1. Extension Officer, Practical Action, Kathmandu, Nepal (September 2013 - August 2014)
2. Program Officer, Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Pokhara, Nepal (October 2016 - May 2018)
3. Assistant Professor, Agriculture and Forestry University (AFU), Nepal (May 2018 - date)
Scientific Publications: 

1. Yadav RK, Singh A, Jain S and Dhatt AS (2017) Management of Purple Blotch Complex of onion in Indian Punjab. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology 5(4): 454-465.

2. Yadav RK, Singh A, Dhatt AS and Jain S (2017) Field assessment of onion genotypes for resistance against Purple blotch complex (Alternaria porri and Stemphylium vesicarium) under Artificial Epiphytotic conditions in Indian Punjab. International Journal of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology 5(4): 498-504.

3. Poudyal K, Joshi BK, Gauchan D, Sapkota, Ghimire KH, Acharya Arun, Yadav R, Sharma S, Dangol DMS, Adhikari NR and Khanal A (2017). Assessment of Impact of 2015 Earthquake in Cereal crop diversity in the selected mountainous districts of Nepal. Proceedings of Sharingshop on Germplasm Rescue, 2017. Pp. 51-59

4. Gautam S, Sthapit S, Gauchan D, Dhakal B, Pudasaini N and Yadav R (2017) Participatory seed exchange restore Farmer’s access to diverse seeds in the aftermath of 2015 Earthquake in Nepal. Proceedings of Sharingshop on Germplasm Rescue, 2017 Pp. 60-67.

5. Yadav RK, Gurung R, Dhakal R, Gautam S, Adhikari AR, Ghimire KH and Sthapit BR (2018) On-farm diversity assessment and evaluation of finger millet genotypes in the mid hills of Nepal. Journal of Aridland Agriculture, 4:07-12

6. Dhakal R, Yadav RK, Paudel DP and Deosarkar DB (2017) Studies on genetic divergence and reaction to iron chlorosis in aerobic rice on vertisols in Maharastra. Journal of Plant Stress Physiology, 3:12-21

7. Yadav RK, Singh A, Jain S, Pandit M and Dhakal R. Physiological studies on Alternaria porri and Stemphylium vesicarium causing purple blotch complex in onion. Horticultural Biotechnology Research. 3:13-21.

8. Karki S, Karki TB, Shah SC, Yadav R, Yadav RK, Dhakal R and Pandit M. (2017) Effect of tillage, residue and nutrient management on soil qualities and yield parameters of rice. Journal of experimental sciences. 8: 16-20.

Research Interests: 
1. Marker assisted Selection
2. General laboratory operation in biomolecular research
3. Rapid diagnostics and detection of Plant Pathologs
4. Molecular characterization of Plant pathogens
5. Integrated management of crop disease
6. Phylogenetic and statistical analysis by R
7. Agro-biodiversity conservation, management and utilization
8. On farm diversity assessment and evaluation
9. QTL mapping
10. Genome wide association studies
11. CRISPR gene editing
12. Understanding molecular mechanism of resistance to biotic and abiotic stresses