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PAU Pathologist bags MJ Narasimhan Medal Award
Babushahi Bureau
Ludhiana, February 6, 2023: Dr. Harleen Kaur, Principal Pathologist (Maize), Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has brought laurels to the University by bagging “MJ Narasimhan Medal Award” for the Best Research Paper for her research entitled “Leaf stripping: An alternative strategy to manage banded leaf and sheath blight of maize.”
She received the award during the 75th Annual Meeting of the Indian Phytopathological Society and Platinum Jubilee Conference on “Plant and Soil Health Management: Issues and Innovations” held at the University of Mysore, Mysuru, Karnataka from February 2-4, 2023.
Dr. Harleen Kaur lead a group of scientists from ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; ICAR-Indian Institute of Maize Research, Ludhiana; GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar; CCS Haryana Agricultural University; and RRS Uchani, Karnal to carry out this research.
Dr Satbir Singh Gosal, Vice-Chancellor; Dr VS Sohu, Head, Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics; and Dr Surinder Sandhu, Principal Breeder and Incharge, Maize Section, congratulated the scientist for this achievement.