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PAU Scientist gets 1st prize for oral presentation in International Conference at Tamil Nadu
Babushahi Bureau
Ludhiana, October 22, 2021: Dr.Ashok Kumar Dhakad, Tree Breeder, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, PAU, Ludhiana has bagged the 1st prize in the ‘International Conference on Moringa “The SuperFood” Research Status, Scope and Way Forward’, organized by Horticulture College and Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Tamil Nadu at Periyakulam.
Dr. Dhakad was awarded for his oral presentation entitled ‘Performance of Moringaoleifera Lam. accessions for Nutritional and Fodder Values under Punjab Conditions.
Dr. Dhakad is working on Popularization of Moringa oleifera and its genetic improvement. He has been engaged in this work since 2017 and has introduced commercial cultivars and geographical ecotypes from different parts of India.
He has evaluated Moringa for biomass, nutritional values, forage values and bioactive molecules. He has assessed the effect of different phenophases and stage of maturity of leaves on nutritional values and mineral concentrations.
He analyzed physiological causes of the varying level of these values. He is now working on the changes in reproductive biology and breeding behaviour under subtropical climatic conditions of Punjab.
The worthy Vice Chancellor of PAU and Chief Secretary Sh. Anirudh Tewari, Director of Research Dr Navtej Singh Bains, Dean, Postgraduate Studies Dr Jaskarn Singh Mahal, Additional Director Communication Dr. Tejinder Singh Riar and Head, Department of Forestry & NR Dr. Sanjeev Chauhan congratulated him on this achievement.