Gadhave laboratory
Fundamental biology, pest and disease management tools
We are thrilled to announce that after months of renovations, our fully renovated lab is better than ever, with expanded workspaces, and enhanced capabilities to drive innovative research. We appreciate Texas A&M AgriLife Research’s commitment to upgrade critically needed infrastructure across the state of Texas.
We are excited to welcome Dr. Arinder Arora, who joined our lab as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in April 2024. Dr. Arora earned his Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, in 2015 and brings over 14 years of extensive research experience. His expertise spans RNAi, paratransgenesis, CRISPR, and microparticle-based delivery systems for pest management in field applications. We’re thrilled to have Dr. Arora on board!
Dr Surender Kumar joined our lab as a postdoctoral research associate on February 9th. Dr Kumar graduated from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur, India in 2017. He has over 6 years of postdoctoral experience in the areas of virology and molecular biology, including 3 years at the Volcani Center in Israel. Welcome, Dr Kumar.
Our new paper recently published in Frontiers in Plant Science in collaboration with The Kurouski Lab at Texas A&M University demonstrates how Raman Spectroscopy (RS) can offer a promising solution for early diagnosis of tomato spotted wilt (TSW) disease at the strains level. The disease is caused by tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and novel strains of the virus appear to produce characteristic and distinct symptoms in various tomato cultivars, which RS is capable of detecting. This approach could potentially be used to devise timely disease intervention strategies.
