Current projects
Sugarcane
- Breeding:
- Preliminary evaluation and maintenance in clonal, (Stage-I & -II) selection program of sugarcane germplasm obtained through fuzz and setts
- Evaluation of sugarcane varieties in semi final stages and final stages of development. (Stage-IV selection program)
- Agronomy
- Exploring the role of sulfar, zinc, FYM, poultry manures, and press mud in boosting sugarcane yields.
- National Uniform Yield Trials (NUYT) of sugarcane
- Entomology:
- Trials on integrated pest management of sugarcane borers
- Preparation of tricho cards for biological control of borers.
- Pathology
- Screening of sugarcane clones in replicated yield trials for whip smut and red rot.
- Trials on integrated disease mangement.
Sugarbeet
- Preliminary screening of sugarbeet germplasm
- Evaluation of sugarbeet promising varieties in semi final and final stages of development.
- Trials on zinc, biochar and optimum seeding depth