Biographical Information

1972: B. Sc., Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.

1972-74: M. Sc. Department of Zoology, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India.

1974-77: Ph. D. Student, Department of Zoology, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

1979: Ph. D., Zoology (Entomology), Faculty of Science, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

Professional Appointments

1974-77: UGC Junior Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

1977-1992: Lecturer (Assistant Professor), Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

1984: Postdoctoral Fellow, Forest Pest Management Institute, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada

1992-2000: Reader (Associate professor), Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

1995-: Coordinator, Centre for Sericulture and Biological Pest Management Research (CSBR), Nagpur university, Ambavihar, Nagpur, India

2000-: Professor, Division of Entomology, Department of Zoology, RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur, India

Research Projects

1984-87 Phase-I, Biological Pest Management project, In Vivo production of microsporidian pathogen, Nosema locustae for the control of locusts and grasshoppers-sponsored by International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada, (Assistant Scientist).

1987-90 Phase-II, Biological Pest Management project, Establishment of insect cell lines for in vitro production of microsporidian pathogen, Nosema locustae-sponsored by International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada (Assistant Scientist).

1985-90, Biology and control of citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus sp. by hymenopteran parasites in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra-sponsored by ICAR, New Delhi (PL-480 US Aid) (Co investigator).

1988-1995, Establishment of Centre for sericulture and Biological Pest Management Research (CSBR) for Sericultural and Biocontrol training and research facilities- sponsored by UGC, New Delhi (Major Research Project) (Co investigator).

2006-2009, Establishment of new continuous cell lines for the production of potentially useful insect baculoviruses-sponsored by UGC, New Delhi (Major Research Project) (Principal Investigator).

Research Interest

1)Insect pest management

(a) Use of parasites and predators
(b) Use of protozoan and baculoviral insecticides
(c) Mode of infection and transmission of insect pathogens

2)Insect cell and tissue culture for in vitro investigations of neucleopolyhedroviruses

(a) Establishment of new continuous cell lines from different tissues of pest and useful insects
(b) Development of cell culture system for production of potentially useful baculoviruses
(c) Production of recombinant proteins in cell culture system using baculovirus expression vectors

3)Sericulture: Silkworm viral diseases and their management

(a) Mode of infection of Bombyx mori neucleopolyhedrvirus (BmNPV)
(b) Mechanism of transmission of BmNPV in silkworm and control measures

4) Butterflies of central India

(a) Diversity, ecology and conservation

 

Publications

1. Khurad, A. M. and Thakare, V. K. (1980). Cephalic neuroendocrine system of the buffalofly, Lyperosia exigua (De Meijere) (Diptera: Muscidae J. Hirenforsch. 21 : 523-530.

2.Khurad, A. M. and Thakare, V. K. (1980). Cytology and histochemistry of ovary in the buffalofly, Lyperosia exigua (De Meijere) (Diptera: Muscidae). Int. J. Invertebr. Reprod. 2 : 297-309.

3.Khurad, A. M. and Thakare, V. K. (1982). Correlative changes in the neurosecretory cells, corpus cardiacum and corpus allatum during egg maturation in the buffalofly, Lyperosia exigua (De Meijere) (Diptera: Muscidae). Z. Mikrosk. - anat Forsch. Leipzig. 96 : 898-906.

4.Khurad, A. M. and Thakare, V. K. (1982). Changes in neuroendocrine system during post-embryonic development in the buffalofly, Lyperosia exigua (De Meijere) (Diptera: Muscidae). J. Hirenforsch. 23 : 31-38.

5. Raina, S. K., Rai, M. M. and Khurad, A. M. (1987). Grasshopper and locust control using microsporidian insecticides. In " Biotechnology in Invertebrate Pathology and Cell culture" ( Maramorosch, K. ed.). Academic Press, New York, pp. 345-365.

6.Raina, S. K. and Khurad, A. M. (1988). Primary culture of ovarian tissue from locust, Locusta migretoria and Schistocerca gregaria (Orthoptera:Acrididae). In " Invertebrate and Fish Tissue Culture" (Kuroda, Y., Kurstak, E. and Maramorosch, K. eds.). Japan Sci. Soc. Press/Springer Verlag. pp. 3-6.

7.Khurad, A. M., Raina, S. K. and Pandhripande, T. N. (1991). Establishment of pupal fat body cell line from Mythimna convecta and its susceptibility to Nosema locustae (Microsporida). Proc. VIII Inter. Conf. Invertebr. and Fish Tissue Culture (Fraser, M. J. Jr. ed.) Tissue Culture Association, USA. pp. 26-35

8.Khurad, A. M., Raina, S. K. and Pandhripande, T. N. (1991). In vitro propagation of Nosema locustae using fat body cell line derived from Mythimna convecta (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae). J. Protozool. 38 : 91-93.

9. Raina, S. K., Das, S., Rai, M. M. and Khurad, A. M. (1995). Transovarial transmission of Nosema locustae, in migratory locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides L. Parasitol. Res. 81(1) : 38-44.

10.Khurad, A. M., Raina, A. M., Rathod, M. K. and Adolkar, V. V. (1995). Replication of Bombyx mori nuclear polyhedrosis virus in a fat body cell line of Mythimna convecta. Indian J, Seric. 34(1) : 38-44.

11. Raina, S. K., Rathod, M. K., Khurad, A. M., Mategaonkar, D, Adolkar, V. V. and Rai, M. M. (1996). Survey and identification of citrus blackfly and its parasitoids in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra (India). In "Conservation of Hymenopteran Parasitoids for management of the Citrus blackfly in Oranges" (S. K. Raina and W. A. Overholt eds.), ICIPE Science Press, Nairobi, Kenya, pp 7-22.

12. Rathod, M. K., Raina, S. K. and Khurad, A. M. (1996). Development of the citrus blakfly, Aleurocanthus nagpurensis and its parasitoid, Encarsia orangae. In "Conservation of Hymenopteran Parasitoids for Management of the Citrus blackfly in Oranges" (S. K. Raina and W.A. Overholt eds.) ICIPE Science Press, Nairobi, Kenya, pp 23-35.

13. Raina, S. K., Rathod, M. K., Khurad, A. M. and Rai, M. M. (1996). Population dynamics of the citrus blackfly, Aleurocanthus nagpurensis and its parasitoid, Encarsia orangae. In "Conservation of Hymenopteran Parasitoids for Management of the Citrus blackfly in Oranges" (S. K. Raina and W. A. Overholt eds.) ICIPE Science Press, Nairobi, Kenya, pp 37 - 62.

14.Rathod, M. K., Raina, S. K. and Khurad, A. M. (1996). Conservation of parasitoids for management of the citrus blakfly in the field. In "Conservation of Hymenopteran Parasitoids for Management of the Citrus Blackfly in Oranges"(S. K. Raina and W. A. Overholt eds.) ICIPE Science Press, Nairobi, Kenya, pp 63-75.

15.Khurad A. M., Rai M. M. and Rathod, M. K. (1998). Sericulture: A perspective agrobased industry. In " Living Resources for the Millennium 2000", (S. J. William ed.), Students Offset Press, Chennai, pp 81 - 90.

16.Rai, M.M., Rathod, M. K. and Khurad, A. M. (2000). Effect of fortification of mulberry leaves with lactalbumin hydrolysate and MM insect cell culture medium on silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Bull. Indian Acad. Seric. 4(2) : 27-33.

17.Rai, M. M., Raina, S. K. and Khurad, A. M. (2000). Survivability of Nosema locustae (Microsporida: Nosematidae) spores stored at different temperature and exposed to weather conditions. J. Adv. Zool. 20 (2) : 67-71.

18.Rai, M. M., Rathod, M. K. and Khurad, A. M. (2002). Improvement in economic characters of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. by folic acid administration. Entomon 27 (1) : 99-

19.Rai, M. M., Raina, S. K. and Khurad, A. M. (2002). Field trials of Nosema locustae for control of paddy grasshopper, Hieroglyphus spp. in Vidarbha of India. Entomon. 28(3) : 207-214

20.Ghadge, A., Rai, M. M., Rathod, M. K., Padgaonkar, S. and Khurad, A. M. (2003). Behaviour and management of Apis dorsata colony for increased honey production in the districts of Vidarbha, India. In "PEBFANS (2003)" (Solomon Raju, A. J. ed.). A. U. Press, Visakhapatnam. pp 117-124.

21.Khurad, A. M., Mahulikar, A., Rathod, M. K., Rai, M. M., Kanginakudru, S. and Nagaraju, J. (2004). Vertical transmission of nucleopolyhedrovirus in the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. J. Invertebrate Pathol. 87(1) : 8-15.

22.Khurad, A. M., Mahulikar, A., Rathod, M. K.and Rai, M. M. (2005). Infection of nucleopolyhedrovirus in the larval rudiments of gonads of silkworm, Bombyx mori L. Indian J. seric. 40(2) :159-164.

23.Khurad, A. M., Kanginakudru, S., Qureshi, S. O., Rathod, M. K., Rai, M. M. and Nagaraju, J. (2006). A new Bombyx mori larval ovarian cell line susceptible to nucleopolyhedrovirus. J. Invertebrate Pathol. 92 (2): 59-65.

24.Rai, M.M., Giradkar, P., Rathod, M.K. and Khurad, A.M. (2006). Biodiversity: Colour pattern and butterfly diversity in Tiger Reserve in Tadoba National Park, Maharashtra. In " Life to our Mother Earth" (William, S.J. ed.), G.M. Offset Press, Chennai, 5: 65 - 74.

25.Rathod, M. K., Raina, S. K., Khurad, A. M. and Rai, M. M.(2006) A new species of the citrus blackfly (Whitefly) genus Aleurocanthus (Aleyrodidae:Homoptera) from central India. Submitted to Acta phytopathologica et Entomologica Hungerica.

26. Rai, M. M., Padole, A.S., Khurad, A. M., Rathod, M. K., Kanginakudru, S. and Nagaraju, J. (2006). Evidence of vertical transmission of nucleopolyhedrovirus in the progeny embryos of the silkworm, Bombyx mori L. J. Invertebrate Pathol. (Under preparation).