{"id":11805,"date":"2026-06-09T18:23:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:23:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.iita.org\/staff\/kumar-lava\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:23:38","slug":"kumar-lava","status":"publish","type":"staff","link":"https:\/\/iita.org\/fr\/staff\/kumar-lava\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumar, Lava"},"content":{"rendered":"Lava Kumar est le responsable de l'Unit\u00e9 de sant\u00e9 du mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique et de l'Unit\u00e9 de virologie et de diagnostic mol\u00e9culaire \u00e0 l'IITA. Ses programmes de recherche sont ax\u00e9s sur (a) la protection de la sant\u00e9 du mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique contre les agents pathog\u00e8nes et les ravageurs ; (b) la lutte contre les maladies virales des cultures de l'IITA (manioc, igname, banane\/banane plantain, ni\u00e9b\u00e9, soja et ma\u00efs), du cacaoyer et des cultures mara\u00eech\u00e8res ; (c) le d\u00e9veloppement d'outils de diagnostic pratiques pour l'identification des agents pathog\u00e8nes (virus, bact\u00e9ries, champignons et phytoplasmes), des ravageurs et des mycotoxines (aflatoxines) ; et (d) l'organisation de cours de formation et d'ateliers sur le diagnostic et la lutte contre les maladies des plantes, ainsi que la formation universitaire sup\u00e9rieure, menant des \u00e9tudiants de cycles sup\u00e9rieurs et post-gradu\u00e9s \u00e0 des dipl\u00f4mes de master ou de doctorat.\n\nIl a dirig\u00e9 plusieurs projets de recherche pour le d\u00e9veloppement (R4D) ex\u00e9cut\u00e9s en collaboration avec des universit\u00e9s, les syst\u00e8mes nationaux de recherche agricole (NARS) et des institutions de recherche internationales (ARI). Parmi ces domaines de recherche cl\u00e9s figurent :\n<ul>\n \t<li>Caract\u00e9risation des virus et m\u00e9canismes des interactions virus-h\u00f4te-vecteur<\/li>\n \t<li>Caract\u00e9risation de la diversit\u00e9 et de la distribution des virus du manioc transmis par les mouches blanches (mosa\u00efque du manioc et strie brune du manioc)<\/li>\n \t<li>Comprendre les m\u00e9canismes de la r\u00e9sistance au virus de la striure du ma\u00efs (MSV) chez le ma\u00efs et d\u00e9velopper un germoplasme r\u00e9sistant au MSV.<\/li>\n \t<li>H\u00e9r\u00e9dit\u00e9 de la r\u00e9sistance \u00e0 plusieurs virus chez le ni\u00e9b\u00e9 et d\u00e9veloppement de vari\u00e9t\u00e9s de ni\u00e9b\u00e9 r\u00e9sistantes \u00e0 plusieurs virus<\/li>\n \t<li>Caract\u00e9risation et d\u00e9veloppement de diagnostics robustes pour les virus infectant l'igname en Afrique de l'Ouest<\/li>\n \t<li>D\u00e9veloppement d'outils de diagnostic pratiques pour les agents pathog\u00e8nes des cultures vivri\u00e8res en Afrique de l'Ouest<\/li>\n \t<li>Assurer la sant\u00e9 du mat\u00e9riel g\u00e9n\u00e9tique conserv\u00e9 dans la banque de g\u00e8nes de l'IITA et faciliter l'\u00e9change s\u00e9curis\u00e9 de ce mat\u00e9riel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lava Kumar is the Head of the Germplasm Health Unit, and Virology and Molecular Diagnostics Unit at IITA. 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