THRUST AREAS
· Accelerated
& high-precision crop breeding by employing modern plant breeding
approaches: Prioritizing rainfed agriculture
· Risk
efficient plan to tackle the outbreak of yellow rust in wheat by
involving diverse gene-pools & ultra-modern breeding approaches
· Development
of hybrids of rice and maize by utilization of Himalayan gene pools
· Projection
of basmati rice and red rice & enhancement of disease resistance and
nutritional level of different rice types
· Special
attention to pulses and oilseeds improvement in hills
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Chickpea: Ascochyta blight & Fusarium blight resistance,
drought & cold tolerance
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Rajmash: Anthracnose and angular leaf spot resistance
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Urdbean: Cercospora leaf spot resistance& varieties suitable
for intercropping
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Sesame: Phytophthora blight resistance
· Breeding
programmes for insect-pest resistance in rice, maize & pulses
· Strengthening
of research programme in temperate grasses (red & white clover, tall
fescue, Lucerne etc.)
· Breeding
efforts in high value & low volume crops like kala zeera and
saffron
· Breeding
strategy for
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changing climatic scenario in mountains
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organic & low input management
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participatory plant breeding
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Refinement of new protocols for addressing fundamental
research issues
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Focus by every breeder on nucleus seed production
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Concerted efforts to protect breeders' & farmers' crop
varieties by PPV & FRA
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Establishment of CSKHPKV Plant Germplasm Resource Network
involving its Research Centre's, KVKs & NBPGR, New Delhi
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Commercialization of the breeders' technology through
Public-Private Interface
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Synthesize a strategic policy model for crop improvement
in Himachal hills and efforts to bring it in operation.
