The Gadhave Lab
Interdisciplinary research to decipher the complexity of plant-insect-virus interactions & develop novel pest & disease management solutions
Addressing threats from insect vectors and pathogens
Insect vectors and the pathogens they transmit pose a substantial dual threat to agricultural productivity and global food security. Research of The Gadhave Lab — located at the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Amarillo — aims to develop novel tools and strategies that can be integrated into current pest and disease management programs by addressing fundamental biological questions intersecting pathogenesis and insect transmission of phytopathogens.
Our lab strives to achieve this goal by conducting inter-disciplinary research in three key areas:
Fundamental
Developing new understanding of the mechanisms that drive the tri-trophic plant-vector-pathogen interactions
applied
Elucidating how certain biotic and abiotic factors influence plant health, crop production and protection
Translational
Innovating pest & disease management solutions based on fundamental and applied research outcomes
Lab News
Dr Kumar joins the lab
kiran.gadhaveDr Surender Kumar joined our lab as a postdoctoral research associate on February 9th. Dr…
New Paper! Frontiers in Plant Science
kiran.gadhaveOur new paper recently published in Frontiers in Plant Science in collaboration with The Kurouski…
New Paper Alert! Frontiers in Microbiology
kiran.gadhaveOur work on the transmission biology of novel resistance-breaking (RB) strains of tomato spotted wilt…
Nikon Ti2E has arrived!
kiran.gadhaveWe’re delighted that our brand new Nikon microscope is here (finally!). We look forward to…
Novel resistance-breaking strains of tomato spotted wilt virus reported
kiran.gadhaveOur lab reported the emergence of tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) resistance-breaking (RB) strains in…
First lab paper published
gabe.saldanaIn collaboration with the Kurouski lab at TAMU, College Station, we published our first-ever lab…