Center of Excellence on Climate Change Research for Plant Protection (CoE-CCRPP)

DST

Goal Approach

Expected Outcomes

Research Focus

Objectives

� To establish facilities and provide opportunities to Indian public and private research institutes for the research on climate change and its impact on diseases and insect-pests of legumes in the semi-arid tropics (SAT).

� Develop CoE for enhancing the ef cienc of basic strategic and applied research on effect of climate variables on insect-pests and pathogens of chickpea and pigeonpea.

� Anal e eather data at regional level and its relationship ith resurgence of insect-pests pathogens.

� Evaluate disease insect-pest resistance in legumes under climate change scenario.

� Predict and map potential changes in relative abundance and geographical distribution of insect-pests diseases in chickpea and pigeonpea.

� Standardi e techni ues to stud insect-pestspathogen × host plant × environment interactions.

� Stud biochemical molecular and genetic interactions bet een pathogens insect-pests × host × environment in relation to expression of resistance to the target diseases insect-pests.

� uild capacit to undertake research on the effect of climate change on crop protection.

CCRPP

Distribution of insect-pests

diseases

Infrastructure facilities Forecasting

models

Decision support s stem

Future R&D

Technolog transfer Information

sharing

IP ID programs

Dry root rot

Open top chamber Free air CO2 enrichment facility Controlled environment growth room

Fusarium wilt Phytophthora blight Pod borer Spotted pod borer

Anal e historical eather and diseasesinsect-pests data.

ap the likel changes in geographical distribution of diseases insect-pests.

Identif climate variables for resurgence of potential diseases and insect-pests.

Develop simulation models and decision support s stem.

Establish infrastructure facilities.

Stud changes in pathogeninsect-pests life c cle.

Stud biochemical & molecular changes in relation to climate variables.

Assess changes in expression of resistance to insect-pestsdiseases in germplasm.

Organi e training courses.Train PhD students.Sharing kno ledge.Development of ebsite.

CCRPPCrops: Chickpea and Pigeonpea

Climate variables: Temperature humidit rainfall and CO2 O3

Predict and map potential changes

Study host × pathogen/insect-pest × environment interactions

Study biochemical, molecular & genetic interactions between host × pathogen/insect-pest × environment

Capacity building