ICAR-CENTRAL CITRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Dr. G. T. Behere has completed his under graduation (B.Sc. Agri) from College of Agriculture, Pune (MPKV, Rahuri) and post graduation (M.Sc. Agri) from College of Agriculture, Nagpur (Dr PDKV, Akola). He has earned his doctorate degree from The University of Melbourne, Australia. He worked as Post Doctoral Fellow at Bio21 Molecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, Melbourne, Australia. Dr Behere joined Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) as Senior Scientist (Agricultural Entomology) at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Umiam, Meghalaya and later moved to ICAR Central Citrus Research Institute (CCRI), Nagpur, Maharashtra as Principal Scientist (Agril. Entomology) in Jan 2020.

Dr Behere has been working in the area of molecular insect science including evolutionary biology, insect population genetics, and genetics of insecticide resistance. He has been credited with the sequencing of first insect mitogenome from India. He has developed stage independent molecular tools for rapid and reliable identification of taxonomically difficult insect species and has also developed molecular genetic markers for studying population genetics of lepidopteran insects. He has successfully established the evolutionary relationships between World important insect cotton bollworm Helicoverpa armigera and H. zea. He has also contributed for molecular detection of invasion of H. armigera in Brazil. Besides, he has developed over 200 DNA barcodes of insects from north east India and contributed for reporting of seven invasive insect species in India. He has published over 80 research articles in peer reviewed journals of eminence in the field with high rated citations. Dr Behere is life member of many professional academic societies including Fellow of Royal Entomological Society, London, United Kingdom and Associate of National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS), New Delhi.