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Home / Administration / Director of Extension Education
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Dr. Makhan Singh Bhullar |
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Director of Extension Education |
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0161-2401960 (Ext. 214), 0161-2401644 (O) |
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directorext@pau.edu |
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| Brief Introduction |
| Dr Bhullar has been In-charge of Weed Science Section and Principal Investigator (PI) of AICRP-Weed Management at PAU since 2012. He has worked on the development of integrated weed management approaches for field and horticultural crops, and cropping systems in conventional and conservation agriculture. His major contributions include introduction of direct seeded rice and tropicalised sugarbeet in the state, and management of herbicide resistance in Phalaris minor in wheat. In addition, based on his work, 44 recommendations on the development of production technologies for direct seeded rice and sugarbeet, management of herbicide resistance in Phalaris minor in wheat, integrated weed management in major field and horticultural crops, organic agriculture, agro-forestry and improved spray technologies have been passed on to the state package of practices. Besides, he has one patent (filed), 82 research articles, five review papers, five book chapters, four research bulletins and 53 extension articles to his credit. He has handled 24 national/international projects as PI/Co-PI. He has also received training in weed science from the University of California, Davis (USA) and Jealott’s Hill International Research Centre, Bracknell (UK). He has been teaching UG and PG courses in Agronomy and Weed Science, and has been Class In-charge of two batches of B.Sc Agriculture-4 year programme. He has guided 14 PG students as Major Advisor. Under his guidance as PI, PAU Ludhiana Centre was awarded “AICRP-Weed Management- Best Centre Award 2015-16.” He is also a recipient of “Appreciation Certificate” (by PAU) for outstanding research work on the development of weed management technologies for field and horticultural crops. The Indian Society of Weed Science also awarded him “Fellow” for year 2018 in recognition of his outstanding contributions to weed science. |
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