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Department of Entomology


Dr. J.P. Purwar


DESIGNATION: Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D.
SPECIALISATION:Pulse entomology, Nanotechnology and Toxicology
EMAIL:jppurwar[at]gmail[dot]com
CONTACT NO.:+91-9411324356

Research Areas/Areas of interest

  • Mycopesticides in IPM
  • Nano particles in IPM
    • Research Projects

    S.No. Name of project(s) Funding Agency Duration of the Project Remark
    AICRP on MULLaRP ICAR 2006-till date PI
    Setting of honey bee disease and diagnosis laboratory National Bee Board 2022-2025 As Co PI
    Women empowerment through beekeeping entrepreneurship development for sustained income generation FMC 2022-2025 As Co PI
    Setting of quality control laboratory for bee products National Bee Board 2022-2025 As Co PI
    National Seminar on awareness on beekeeping National Bee Board 2022-2025 As Co PI
    Bee-flora Plantation at IBDC Pantnagar for promotion of beekeeping and enhancing biodiversity in Himalayan Region National Bee Board 2022-2025 As Co PI
    Bee-flora Plantation at IBDC Pantnagar for promotion of beekeeping and enhancing biodiversity in Himalayan Region National Bee Board, Govt. of India 2020-till date As Co PI
    Standardization of Metarhizium anisopliae formulations based on locally available substrate against insect pests in Uttarakhand hills. University funded 2015-2016 As PI
    Biointensified Integrated Pest Management of Fruitfly (Bactrocera spp.) through Entomogenous fungi on Pear ecosystem in mid hills of North Western Himalayan Region of Uttarakhand DST-SERC under fast track for young scientist 2007-2010 As PI
    Improvement and Production of Carrot, Potato, Paprika and Safed (Quality seed production of Potato, ginger and vegetable Pea) HT MM-I 2010-2013 As Co PI
    Monitoring of Carbon sequestration through micropropagted Bamboo plantation in Himalayan region DST, New Delhi 2008-2011 As Co PI
    Promoting IPM through a common minimum programme in vegetable cultivation in Uttarakhand hills. Govt of Uttarakhand (Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna) 2008-2009 As Co Investigator
    Implementing IPM in vegetables in Uttaranchal hills HTMM-I 2007-2008 As Co Investigator
    Selected Research Publications

    1. Purwar, JP and Sachan, GC. 2006. Synergistic effect of entomogenous fungi on some insecticides against Bihar hairy Caterpillar Spilarctia obliqua (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Microbiological Research, 161:34-38.

    2. Purwar, JP. 2013. Bioefficacy of entomopathogenic fungi against fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) infesting Pear in Uttarakhand. Annals of Plant Protection Sciences, 21:233-236.

    3. Purwar, JP. and Khulbe, RK. 2013. Wild horsegram: A Source of Tolerance to Spodoptera litura (Fabricius). Indian J. of Applied Entomology, 27(2): 136-138.
    4. Agarwal, A; Purwar, JP; Panwar, V and Kumar, R. 2014. Comparative study of leaf area index and growth parameters of micropropagated and traditional produces seed tubers of potato cultivars Kufri Himalini and Kufri Girdhari. Vegetos, 27(2):213-218.

    5. Agarwal, A; Purwar, JP and Khokhar, D. 2015. Protocol for in vitro multiplication of protocorm in Dactylorhiza hatagirea (D. Don) Soo: A critically endangered medicinal orchid of north western Himalaya. Vegetos, 28(2):166-170.

    6. Bhartiya, A, Aditya, J.P.; Singh, K,; Pushpendra, Purwar, J.P. and Agarwal, A.2017. AMMI & GGE biplot analysis of multienvironment yield trial of soybean in North western Himalayan state Uttarakhand of India. Legume Research,40(2):306-312.

    7. Bhartiya, A, Aditya, J.P.; Kumari, V; Kishore, N; Purwar, J.P.; Agarwal, A. and Kant, L. 2017. GGE biplot & AMMI analysis of yield stability in multi-environment trial of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] genotypes under rainfed condition of North western Himalayan hills. The Journal of Animal & Plant sciences 27(1):227-238.

    8. Agarwal A and Purwar, J.P. 2017. Carbon sequestration and above ground biomass produced by Bambusa spp. In the mid Himalayan region of Uttarakhand, India. Indian forester, 143(4):303-306.

    9. Bhartiya, A, Aditya, J.P.; Kumari, V; Kishore, N; Purwar, J.P.; Agarwal, A., Kant, L. and Pattanayak, A. 2018. Stability analysis of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill] genotypes under multi-environments rainfed condition of North Western Himalayan hills. Indian J. Genet., 78(3): 342-347.

    10. Joshi, R; Gaur, N; Mathpal, S and Purwar, JP. 2020. Reporting of Spodoptera furgiperda (J.E. Smith) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Dehradun district of Uttarakhand, India. J Ento. Zool. Studies., 8(1): 1038-1040.

    11. Dudpuri, K.K. and Purwar, J.P. 2021. Combined effect of entomopathogens with biorationals against lepidopteran insect pests of greengram. Pantnagar J. Res., 19(2):220-226.
    Book Chapter

  • Sachan, GC. and Purwar, JP. 2007. Integrated Insect pest management in rapeseed and Mustard. Novel Approaches in Entomology. Eds. PC Jain and MC Bhargava. New Delhi Publishing Agency, New Delhi. pp 399-423.
    • Awards

  • Certificate of Appreciation in recognition of significant contributions in varietal development and production technologies under AICRP-MULLaRP in 2016-17 at GBPUAT, Pantnagar.
  • Received Faculty Excellence Award-2022 by Dean, College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar.
    • Students Guided

    M.Sc. students guided: 05