Prem Magar
Graduate Student - Ph.D.
Plant Pathology - Adhikari/Louws Lab
Varsity Research Building, Module 6, Room #1514
pbmagar@ncsu.edu WebsiteBio
I joined the Ph.D. program in Plant Pathology in the Department of Entomology and
Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University in Fall 2022 under the supervision of
Drs. Frank Louws and Tika Adhikari.
My research focuses on the management of bacterial wilt (BW) disease of tomato,
caused by the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RSSC), with emphasis on
next-generation IPM tools such as anaerobic soil disinfestation (ASD), host resistance,
and pathogen genomics.
Education
M.S. Plant Pathology Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal 2013
B.S. Agriculture (Elective-Plant Pathology) Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS), Tribhuvan University (TU), Nepal 2010
Area(s) of Expertise
I am doing my PhD on Bacterial wilt (BW) disease of tomato caused by Ralstonia solanacearum (Rs). My research focuses on the next generation IPM tool: Anaerobic Soil Disinfestation (ASD) for the management of BW. I am also looking at the role of microbial population or microbiome analysis on Rs growth inhibition during ASD treatment.