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  2. Bikash Ghimire

Bikash Ghimire


Assistant Professor and Extension Specialist – Ornamental Plant Pathology

Plant Pathology

Bikash Ghimire
Bikash Ghimire
EducationAwards and honorsCoursesScholarly works

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

University of Georgia, GA, United States (2022)

Awards and Honors

  • UGA Institute of Plant Breeding, Genetics & Genomics Travel Award (2025)

Courses

  • PATH 6280L: Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases (Fall 2025)
  • PATH 6280: Diagnosis and Management of Plant Diseases (Fall 2025)
  • PATH 8160: Special Topics in Plant Pathology (Fall 2025)
  • PATH 4960R: Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I (Spring 2026)
  • PATH 7000: Master's Research (Spring 2026)

Scholarly Works

  • Fusarium Head Blight and Rust Diseases in Soft Red Winter Wheat in the Southeast United States: State of the Art, Challenges and Future Perspective for Breeding, FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE, (2020).
    Ghimire B, Sapkota S, Bahri BA, Martinez-Espinoza AD, Buck JW … 1 more
  • Wheat end-use quality: State of art, genetics, genomics-assisted improvement, future challenges, and opportunities, FRONTIERS IN GENETICS, (2023).
    Subedi M, Ghimire B, Bagwell JW, Buck JWW, Mergoum M
  • Genetics of Fusarium head blight resistance in soft red winter wheat using a genome-wide association study, PLANT GENOME, (2022).
    Ghimire B, Mergoum M, Martinez-Espinoza AD, Sapkota S, Pradhan S … 4 more
  • Assessment of Quinone Outside Inhibitor Sensitivity and Frogeye Leaf Spot Race of Cercospora sojina in Georgia Soybean, PLANT DISEASE, (2021).
    Harrelson BC, Kemerait RC, Culbreath AK, Ghimire B, Li Z … 2 more
  • Performance evaluation of quality protein maize genotypes across various maize production agro ecologies of Nepal, JOURNAL OF MAIZE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, (2015).
    Shrestha J, Koirala KB, Katuwal RB, Dhami NB, Pokhrel BB … 5 more

View full list of scholarly works

Contact

bghimire@uga.edu 706-542-9140

Mailing Address

120 Carlton Street
3313 Miller Plant Sciences
Athens, GA 30602

Shipping Address

120 Carlton Street
3313 Miller Plant Sciences
Athens, GA 30602

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