Mandate
- Diseases and insect pests of nurseries plantations and forests and their integrated management.
- Bio-prospecting bio-inoculants and beneficial microbes/ insects for plant productivity enhancement industrial use, bioremediation and livelihood generation.
- Microbial/ insect biodiversity and effect of climate change on pathological and entomological problems, including biotechnologies interventions
- Study biodegradation and bio-deterioration of wood.
- Provide plant quarantine and other services with respect to forestry species involving pathological and entomological expertise.
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Infrastructure
Forest Protection Division is well equipped with all facilities to conduct various research activities to evolve eco-friendly management strategies for the management of insect pests, diseases and weeds. The division has three laboratories viz., Plant Pathology, Mycology and Entomology.