Research Activities

Following are the research activities of the Institute:

  • Re-adjustment of planting times and densities
  • Introduction of new and high value crops in prevailing cropping systems
  • Use of Crop Simulation Models for adaptation to climate change
  • Varietal evaluation of new advance lines /genotypes of different field crops
  • Organic farming in wheat, garlic, canola, chickpea, mung, mash and turmeric
  • Relay/intercropping of different crops in cotton, maize, sunflower and September/autumn planted sugarcane
  • Comparison of various weed control methods in different crops
  • Resource conservation practices in rice-wheat and cotton-wheat cropping system
  • Effective irrigation and nutrient management techniques for different field crops