Cassava Root Rot: An Emerging Problem in Kerala
Cassava plants in certain areas of Kerala show yellowing and drying of leaves; rotting of tubers and collar region of the stems. The cassava tuber rot hitherto reported showed symptom only on tubers, not in foliage. Farmers revealed 40-80% of this disease incidence where cassava is grown in low land paddy fields of Kollam district […]
DDG (Horticultural Science) Visited ICAR-Directorate of Floriculture Research, Pune on 24.02.2023
The Deputy Director General Horticultural Science, ICAR, Dr Anand Kumar Singh visited ICAR Directorate of Floricultural Research, Pune on 24.02.2023. During his visit, Dr Singh monitored the infrastructural facilities of DFR including laboratories and newly developed farm office cum field laboratory building at Hadapsar campus and reviewed the work done by the DFR scientists. Dr […]
Groundnut Field Day Celebrated at Panisagar, North Tripura
A Field Day on popularization of Groundnut varieties K 1812 & DH 256 along with application of Lime and Boron application@ 500kg/ha and @1kg/ha respectively was organized by KVK North Tripura, Panisagar in Brajendranagar, Kadamtala Block in North Tripura district, on 25th March 2023 with 30 number of farmers to highlight the nutrient management practices […]
Crop Diversification Through Groundnut Cultivation for Sustainable Livelihood
Situation analysis Groundnut is a non-traditional crop not existed earlier and cultivated in the Roeing district of Arunachal Pradesh. Through PRA exercise conducted at 5 adopted villages namely Balek, Jia, Rukmo, Kangkong and Kebali identified the problems/production constraints like practicing of age old crops under traditional method, reluctant to adopt/change new food habit as still […]
A Brief Report on Visit of His Excellency, the Governor of Bihar to ICAR-RCER, Research Centre for Makhana Darbhanga
His Excellency, the Governor of Bihar Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar jee made a brief visit to the ICAR-RCER, Research Centre for Makhana, Darbhanga on March 26, 2023. The Honorable Governor was accompanied by the District Magistrate of Darbhanga Shri Rajeev Raushan, Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly (Darbhanga Sadar) Shri Sanjay Saraogi, Project Director, ATMA, Darbhanga […]
Visit of Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR to ICAR-RCER, Patna
Hon’ble Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Dr. Himanshu Pathak visited ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna on 27th Feb, 2023. He was warmly welcomed by Director of the institute Dr. Anup Das. Dr. Pathak interacted with all the Scientists, Administrative and Technical staffs […]
Spatio-Temporal Expression Pattern of Raffinose Synthase Genes Determine the levels of Raffinose Family Oligosaccharides in Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) Seed
Raffinose family oligosaccharides (RFOs) which are present across the plant kingdom, are known to have important physiological functions in plants. However, the presence of RFOs in legumes causes flatulence, hence are considered antinutrients. Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is a rich source of protein, calories, essential fatty acids, vitamins (mainly tocopherol and niacin), and minerals (like […]
Effect of Plant Growth Regulators on Seed Germination of Wild Fruit of Kilmora
Abstract The current study aimed to assess the impact of GA3 and NAA at various concentrations on seed germination and seedling growth in kilmora. Seven treatments and three replications made up the experiment’s randomised block design. Regarding improving seed germination, plant height, and the number of leaves per plant, the kilmora seed treated with GA3 at 75 […]
Bihar Agricultural University About Research
Bihar is the 12th largest state in India in terms of geographical area and is the second most populous state (10.38 Crores) in the country. The population density of the state is 880/ sq km compared to 340/ sq Km in India. It is an agrarian state and agriculture is the vital source of livelihood […]
Research Achievements and Impact
The outstanding contributions of the university have been the release of more than 200early maturing, high yielding and disease/ insect resistant crop varieties/ hybrids of cereals, pulses, oilseeds vegetables, cotton and evolution of agro-techniques suited to various situations. The generated technologies have already been transmitted at the farmers’ fields, which have contributed significantly in augmenting […]
Society for Millets Research
Millets as a group of crops are represented by sorghum (jowar), pearl millet (bajra), finger millet (ragi), and minor millets like banyard millet, proso millet, Kodo millet, and foxtail millet. Being an excellent source of essential nutrients to the millions of rural poor in India, they are also called ‘nutritious cereals’. Millets are the staple […]
Main Responsibilities/Functions of the Directorate of Research
To develop and coordinate research in the university, promote inter-disciplinary collaboration in research programs and collaborate with the Directorate of Extension Education in extending the results of various research programs to the fields. Coordinate all research activities conducted within the departments of colleges by members of the staff and post-graduate students in the university through […]
Salient Highlights of Research – Birsa Agricultural University
· Perfection of improved crop production technologies for the state. · Development of improved varieties for all important crops of the State. · Promotion of SRI & Hybrid Rice Cultivation in the State through on-farm trials & training to farmers. · Use of improved farm implements such as conoweeder, plastic drum seeder, multi-crop vertical reaper, […]
Institute of Agricultural Sciences – Banaras Hindu University
The Institute of Agricultural Sciences spare formally established in August 1980 had its inception as the Institute of Agricultural Research, Banaras Hindu University in 1931 upon the recommendation of the Royal Commission on Agriculture, of which, the illustrious founder of this university the late Mahamana Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya Ji was a member. At the […]
