Dr. Govind P. Rao is working as Head and Senior Scientific Officer (Plant Pathology) at Sugarcane Research station, Gorakhpur, India. He did his Ph.D. in Plant Virology in 1987 from Gorakhpur University on Pea Viruses. Dr. Rao is a Fellow of Indian Phytopathological Society and Sugarcane Technologists Association of India. He has published 10 edited books, 5 text books and 100 research publications to his credit. He is editor- in-chief of Sugar Tech, an international journal of Sugarcane crops and related industries. He is also regular member of American Phytopathological Society, British Society for Plant Pathology, Indian Virologial Society and American Microbiological Society. He has been awarded several national and international academic fellowships and honours for doing valuable research in plant pathology, postdoctoral work and attending international workshops and conferences. He has worked and visited many scientific laboratories of USA, France, Scotland, UK, Sri Lanka, Yugoslavia, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, China and Thailand. He has been involved in the research on characterization and management of sugarcane pathogens for the last 20 years. Currently he is working on characterization and management of sugarcane diseases of South East Asia.
