Tarlochan S. ThindDr. Tarlochan S. Thind works as a Senior Plant Pathologist and Head of the Department of Plant Pathology at Punjab Agricultural University in Ludhiana, India, and is also currently President of the Indian Phytopathological Society. He has 33 years' eperience of working on disease problems in vegetables, fruits and cereals. His areas of research include use of epidemiological parameters in need-based application of fungicides in managing plant diseases, variability in plant pathogens and the problem of fungicide resistance in plant pathogens. Dr. Thind has also worked at INRA, France, and served as FAO consultant for disease diagnosis in vegetable crops in West Africa. He has published over 100 research articles in national and international journals, as well as editing five books and co-authoring another, on 'Disease Problem in Vegetable Production'. Read More Read Less