Balaji Aglave
Research Director at Florida Ag Research (An Ag Metrics Group Company) - Plant Pathology and Nematology
- Role
- Research Director at Florida Ag Research - Plant Pathology & Nematology at Ag Metrics Group
- Location
- Tampa, FL, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Balaji Aglave
Balaji Aglave is the Research Director - Plant Pathology and Nematology at Florida Ag…
Experience
Research Director at Florida Ag Research - Plant Pathology & Nematology
Jun 2010 — Present · Thonotosassa, FL, US
Development of new technologies to improve crop production and environmental quality-Testing product effectiveness against nematodes and diseases under Laboratory, greenhouse, micro plots and field conditions-Determining the environmental fate of new chemistries in soil, water, and plant tissues-Studying fruit and vegetable post-harvest rot and decay control-Testing formulation and application rate for product safety on crop plants-Testing of new germplasm against disease and nematodes-Small plot field studies of foliar and soil disease management-Research to determine the duration of control of pesticides, required spray intervals and optimal usage rates-Research on multiple product comparisons for market positioning prior to product introduction-Field and greenhouse studies of crop safety and potential for phytotoxicity-Lab bioassays for efficacy-Post-harvest studies to determine the effects of product on produce shelf-life-Soil fumigation studies to determine efficacy and meeting of GLP requirements-Studies of fumigation of stored products and import commodities-Crop under the study includes: Strawberry, Citrus, Tomato, Pepper, Egg plant, potato, Cucumber, Squash-Watermelon, Cantaloupe, Okra, Cowpea, Lettuce, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Corn, Turfgrass etc.
Education
Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani
Master of Science (Agriculture), Biotechnology and Plant Pathology
2002 — 2004
Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani, MS, India
Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), Agriculture, General
1998 — 2002
ICAR- Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biotechnology / Plant Pathology
Skills
- Western Blotting
- Plant Virology
- Corn
- Rt-Pcr
- Laboratory
- Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-Pcr)
- Electrophoresis
- Nematology
- Fungicide
- Rna Isolation
- Good Laboratory Practice (Glp)
- Crop
- Mycology
- Qpcr
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (Pcr)
- Molecular Cloning
- Bioinformatics
- Molecular Genetics
- Genetics
- Bacteriology
- Plant Tissue Culture
- Vegetables
- Microbiology
- Pcr
- Tissue Culture
- Elisa
- Dna
- Biotechnology
- Laboratory Skills
- Fruit
- Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (Qpcr)
- Glp
- Plant Breeding
- Plant Pathology
- Molecular Virology
- Agriculture
- Molecular Biology
- Recombinant Dna Technology
- Genomics
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