Mysore/Mysuru: Dr. K.N. Amruthesh, Professor & Chairman, Department of Studies in Botany, University of Mysore, has been conferred with the prestigious Karnataka Science & Technology Academy (KSTA) Fellowship for the year 2022 for his significant contributions in the field of Agricultural Sciences.
He has extensively worked on plant-microbe interaction including eco-friendly appro-aches of host plant management against biotic and abiotic stresses. He has reported two new parasitic angiosperms and 12 new phytopathogens to science including a new pathotype of downy mildew pathogen on pearl millet hybrid MLBH104, which has saved many poor farmers from severe economic loss.
