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Career and scope in Plant Protection
Posted Date: 11 Dec 2007 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: Entertainments
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Posted By: Mala Member Level: Diamond
Rating:  Points: 5
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Plants make up the majority of earth’s living environment as trees, grasses, flowers etc. They are the only higher organisms that can convert the energy of sunlight into stored, usable chemical energy in the form of carbohydrates, proteins and fats. Having numerous functions including maintenance of ecological balance plants hold a great significance as a part of healthy environment. However they also get sick, attacked by pests, affected by environmental pollutions and show nutrient deficiencies. Plants also suffer from competition with other unwanted plants (weeds) and of course the other animals are also damage them. Hence it becomes all the more important to keep them in good health, since they are the one who actually keep us a live, feed us, protect us, cure us, clothe us, and entertain us with their aesthetic value. A healthy plant is relatively free from biotic and abiotic stress that limits its producing potential. Serious pest problems are a prominent fact of life in present agriculture and fore story. According to one of the estimates, the world crop loses are about 35% out of which about 12% due to insect and mites, 12% due to plant pathogens, 10% due to weeds and 1% due to mammals and birds and are worth about Rs 200,000 crores annually. Additional loses occure after harvest. Effective control of pests remains an absolute necessity and thus for has been achieved by an impressive array of various plant protection techniques.
There comes Plant Protection as a branch of Agricultural Sciences to keep the plants healthy by protecting them from various sufferings especially with an aim of higher production. Here are some tips regarding how a person can get into the field of Plant Protection, make a career and become a plant doctor or plant protection scientist. On the basis of kinds of damage to plants there are a number of sub-branches of Plant Protection Sciences such as Plant Pathology (Etiology, management of diseases caused by fungi, bacteria, viruses, viroids, virusoids, phytoplasmas etc), Plant Entomology or Entomology (Insects), Plant Nematology or Nematology (Nematodes), Weed sciences (weeds) etc.
Career: How to get into it
To enter in Plant Protection subjects one can do first Bachelor’s in agriculture or in biological sciences, for that a candidate should hold Intermediate/Plus two certificate (with good second class marks) in biological science or agriculture. Through entrance exams the candidate can take admission in various agriculture as well as non-agriculture universities. There are Two separate entrance examination through which entry is possible-One All India ICAR Entrance and another Sate wise agriculture universities (pre agriculture tests) test for which domicile of the respective state is mandatory.
There are 34 state agriculture universities, 3 deemed agriculture universities and 3 central universities, which offered the UG in agriculture and PG degrees in plant protection or in related subjects (Table 1). Universities provide the four years UG Honors degree in agriculture and two years PG degrees Plant Protection/ Plant Pathology/ Entomology/ Nematology and Weed sciences subjects with dissertation. Only those candidates having passed their Bachelor’s degree or appearing in the Final Examination in the biological sciences or in agriculture, under 10+2+3 or 10+2+4 are eligible to apply for admission in the Master courses of Pant Protection and its sub-branches. Candidates must have obtained at least 60% marks or its equivalent overall grade point average (OGPA) for general category and for SC/ST/PH 55% marks or equivalent OGPA. The admission can be obtained through All India Combined Entrance and State level Entrance Examinations conducted separately. The All India Entrance is being held regularly by the ICAR that also provide the JRF scholarships to the students holding good ranks is essential to get the JRF seats in the universities. The tentative numbers of seats in M. Sc. Plant Pathology are 74 (20 JRF), In Entomology, 80 (23 JRF), Nematology, 10 (3 JRF) and in Plant Protection, 4 (1 JRF). The number of seats both JRF and Non-JRF may vary depending upon the approval of number in seats in different universities by the time of counseling and admission. The admission as well as JRF will be given to only those candidates who join the M. Sc. Programmes in the university/ institute other than that from where he/ she has obtained the Bachelor’s degree.
Various trainings in plant protection and in the related subjects are being provided by the following institutions regularly: National Plant Protection Training Institute, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad, Environment Protection Training & Research Institute, Gochibowli, Hyderabad, Division of Forest Entomology, FRI, Dehradun, Institute of Indian Bio-informatics, Training in Plant Protection, Govt. of India, Ministry of Agriculture etc.
Scope: How can you get something?
As for as jobs, opportunities and scope in Plant Protection is concerned one can go in Government sector, Private sector and personal business. After a candidate has received his Masters degree or Ph. D degree in Plant protection or any of its branches he can opt for any of the aforesaid sectors.
Government sector: It has a scope for further study, career and education. One can go for Ph. D by means of entrance examination in the similar manner. Doctorate degree leads to good chances for a person to apply for Professorship in teaching or as a Scientist in research in various universities and colleges of the country. Candidate can also go for SRF to work for research in various projects of Plant projection run by the government. One can also qualify NET exam conducted by ASRB (ICAR) and CSIR for direct eligibility as professor in any college/university/institute having a plant protection department or
its sub branches i.e. Plant Pathology, Entomology, Nematology, and Weed Sciences etc.
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| Author: Mala 11 Dec 2007 | Member Level: Diamond Points : 5 | Foreign Universities: A candidate can also move abroad for Masters or Doctorate studies in Plant Protection subjects, it has great scope in the countries like US, UK, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, New Zealand etc. All he has to do is to clear the English eligibility test like TOEFL or IELTS and apply to the universities along with reference letters and proper research proposal or statement of research interests. There are various scholarships such as Commonwealth, Felix, Ford Foundation, Foreign universities scholarships, Private scholarships & Fundings as well as Loan scholarships, which will help the candidate financially.
Private sector: After Masters or Doctorate degree various agro-based companies, multinationals are a good option for a candidate. Such companies need research workers, managers and research associates for their R & D units. These private companies enlist all fertilizer companies, seed companies, insecticides/ pesticides companies, biofertilizer companies, biological control base companies etc.
Personal business/Agri-Clinic/Plant Health Clinic: A candidate after getting expertise in the field of plant protection can establish the Plant pest diagnosis and management service centre or plant clinic. In which the plant health problems can be solved on the payment basis. On annual basis the pest protection services can also be provided on contractual basis. An agri-Clinic operator has tremendous oppurtunities like, field consultation, contract research and farming, on farm diagnosis of plant health problems, forensic plant health problems and support services for envirenmental professionals.
List of the Agricultural Universities
S.No Name and Address of the Universities :-
1. Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University SARDARKRUSHINAGAR -385506
2. Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology PANTNAGAR – 263 145
3. Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Krishaknagar, RAIPUR – 492 012
4. Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalya JABALPUR – 482 004
5. Kerela Agricultural University Vellanikkara, THRISSUR – 690 654
6. Marathwada Agricultural University PARBHANI – 431 402
7. Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth RAHURI – 413 722
8. Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture & Technology RCA Campus, UDAIPUR – 313 001
9. Narendra Dev University of Agriculture and Technology, Kumarganj, FAIZABAD – 224 001
10. Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology BHUBANESHWAR – 751 003
11. Dr. Punjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth Krishinagar, AKOLA – 444 104
12. Punjab Agricultural University LUDHIANA – 141 004
13. Rajendra Agricultural University PUSA (Samastipur) – 848 125
14. Rajasthan Agricultural University BIKANER – 334 006
15. Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology Railway Road, JAMMU TAWI (J&K) – 180 004
16. Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences & Technology Shalimar Campus, SRINAGAR (J&K) – 191 121
17. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University COIMBATORE – 641 003
18. University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, BANGALORE – 560 065
19. University of Agricultural Sciences Krishinagar, DHARWAD – 580 005
20. Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry NAUNI (Distt. Solan) – 173 230
21. Sardar Vallbh Bhai Patel University of Agriculture and Technology Meerut
22. Uttar Banga Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya PUNDIBARI 736 165 (WEST BENGAL)
23. Navsari Agricultural University Navsari – 396450
24. Junagadh Agricultural University Junagadh - 362001 (Gujarat)
25. Anand Agricultural University Anand - 388110 (Gujarat)
DEEMED UNIVERSITIES
26. Indian Agricultural Research Institute Pusa, NEW DELHI – 110 012
27. Allahabad Agricultural Institute ALLAHABAD- 211 007
CENTRAL UNIVERSITIES/NON-AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITIES
28. Central Agricultural University Iroisemba, IMPHAL (Manipur)-795 001
29. Aligarh Muslim Univetrsity, Aligarh
30. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
31. Meerut University, Meerut
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