S.K. Sain

Employment

• ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research Principal Scientist & Principal Investigator -AICRP on cotton
  2018 - Present
• Central Institute for Cotton Research Senior Scientist (Plant Pathology)
  2015 - 2018
• National Institute of Plant Health Management Assistant Director (Horticulture)
  2011 - 2015
• AVRDC - The World Vegetable Center Project Coordinator & Visiting Scientist
  2006 - 2011

Education

• Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology Ph.D.
  1999 - 2002
• Swami Keshwanand Rajasthan Agricultural University Master of Science
  1996 - 1998

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (52)

• Capturing Morpho-Genetic Diversity of Paramyrothecium roridum Across Cotton Growing Regions of Haryana, India
  JOURNAL OF BASIC MICROBIOLOGY 2026 DOI: 10.1002/JOBM.70144
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• New Report on Occurrence of Tobacco Streak Virus in Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) in North‐Western India
  Journal of Phytopathology 2026 DOI: 10.1111/jph.70245
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• Expanding geographical and genetic footprint of tobacco streak virus in Northern India: first documentation from cotton in Haryana
  VIRUS GENES 2026 DOI: 10.1007/S11262-026-02229-8
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• First Report of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum VCG 0114 (Race 4) Inciting Wilt in Tetraploid Cotton from India
  Plant Disease 2025 DOI: 10.1094/PDIS-11-24-2278-PDN
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• Divergent Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite and three different alphasatellite species associated with cotton leaf curl disease outbreak in Northwest India
  PLOS ONE 2025 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313844
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• Genetic variations of begomovirus associated with cotton leaf curl disease and its incidence in cotton growing regions of Northwest India
  INDIAN PHYTOPATHOLOGY 2025 DOI: 10.1007/S42360-025-00919-1
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• Morpho-cultural and whole genome based phylogenetic characterization of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. vasinfectum VCG 0111 (Race 1) inciting cotton wilt: A new record from India
  PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2025 DOI: 10.1016/J.PMPP.2025.102600
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• Pink Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) Infestation Escalates from Incipient to Serious Proportions in North Cotton Zone of India
  JOURNAL OF CROP HEALTH 2024 DOI: 10.1007/S10343-024-01086-5
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• Survey and Assessment of Cotton Leaf Curl Disease Severity in North-Cotton Growing Zone of India
  Annals of Biology 2024
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• In Silico Investigation of the Interactions Between Cotton Leaf Curl Multan Virus Proteins and the Transcriptional Gene Silencing Factors of Gossypium hirsutum L.
  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 2024 DOI: 10.1007/S00239-024-10216-6
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