Pratiksha Biradar

Plant Pathology & Crop Disease Epidemiology | Climate-Driven Disease Prediction & Risk Modelling | Molecular Diagnostics | Hyperspectral Phenotyping | Plant Stress Physiology & Biochemical Resistance

Role: Research Scholar at ICRISAT
Location: Hyderabad, TG, IN
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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About Pratiksha Biradar

I work at the intersection of plant pathology, climate science, and advanced phenotyping, focusing on crop disease prediction, early detection, and climate-resilient management, with emphasis on fungal and viral pathosystems. I hold a PhD in Plant Pathology with experience in multi-location field surveys, pathogen detection and diversity analysis, and climate-linked disease modelling. My research integrates molecular diagnostics with biochemical, anatomical, and spectral traits to quantitatively assess disease progression and support early warning and decision-support systems. My interests align with CGIAR and international research priorities, including climate-smart agriculture, disease surveillance, predictive risk assessment, and resilient cropping systems. I am seeking postdoctoral opportunities in fungal/viral epidemiology, disease modelling, and high-throughput phenotyping.

Experience

Research Scholar
ICRISAT
Dec 2023 — Present · Hyderabad, IN
My area of expertise at ICRISAT is creating predictive models for plant viral infections, studying host-virus interactions, and improving disease resistance through the use of hyperspectral imaging. The impact of environmental conditions on host-pathogen interactions, virus-vector dynamics, and molecular and biochemical processes in plant-virus interactions are the topics of my research. I work alongside research groups to promote sustainable control of plant diseases.

Education

Marathwada Agricultural University, Parabhani.
Batchelor's of Science, Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
2015 — 2019
Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani.
Master's degree, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
2019 — 2021
Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

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ICRISAT

Research Services · 1.5K employees · Founded 1972 · Hyderabad, India

The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) is a non-profit, non-political organization that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid or dryland tropics has over 2 billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT and its partners help empower these poor people to overcome poverty, hunger and a degraded environment through better agriculture. ICRISAT is headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, with two regional hubs and six country offices in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a member of the CGIAR Consortium. CGIAR is a global agriculture research partnership for a food secure future. Its science is carried out by the 15 research centers who are members of the CGIAR Consortium in collaboration with hundreds of partner organizations. www.cgiar.org ICRISAT conducts research protecting the environment.Dryland agriculture has long been viewed with pessimism and hopelessness. Tropical dryland areas are usually seen as resource-poor and perennially beset by shocks such as drought, trapping dryland communities in poverty and hunger and dependent on external aid. ICRISAT challenges this pessimistic view. Working with diverse partners in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa for almost four decades, ICRISAT has found that dryland farmers are ingenious and resourceful. By applying scientific innovations backed up with adequate policy, Vision, mission and approach ICRISAT envisions a prosperous, food-secure and resilient dryland tropics. To achieve this, our mission is to reduce poverty, hunger, malnutrition and environmental degradation in the dryland tropics. Our approach is through partnership-based international agricultural research-for-development that embodies Science with a Human Face. http://www.icrisat.org http://exploreit.icrisat.org

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About Pratiksha Biradar

Experience

Research Scholar

Education

Marathwada Agricultural University, Parabhani.

Marathwada Agricultural University, Parbhani.

Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri

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