Following are the research activities of the institute:
- Experiment on different rootstock, exotic scion varieties, role of inter stock & improvement of fruit size in Feutrell’s early are in progress
- Experiment on different strains of seedless kinnow to see their seedless status
- Evaluation of different chemicals against citrus canker, citrus scab, citrus melanose
- Work on screening of different citrus varieties against citrus canker is in progress
- Control of fruit fly through installation of pheromone traps is going on
- Experiment on use of soluble & traditional fertilizer in citrus orchard
- Studies of foliar feeding of Zn, Cu & B on yield & quality of citrus
- Studies on influence of storage condition of keeping quality of different mandarin varieties
- Production of true to type certified nursery plants
- Breeding in citrus started this year to evolve new varieties/nucellar plants
- Implementing two ADP and one PARB Project