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2.7 t/ha. It is a semi-erect type with a

plant height of 55 cm and flowers in

55-60 days. It has a 100-seed weight of

41g. Its seeds contain high protein

with a good hydration capacity. It is

moderately resistant to wilt.

Pusa Vrishti (IPCHt ) is first high 2

heat and humidity tolerant tropical

carrot variety and its foliage is

characterized by light green colour

and intermediate leaf dissection. The

roots are obtriangular in shape with

purple pigmentation on shoulders

and self red coloured. It is suitable for

early sowing beginning in July. It

takes 90-95 days for harvesting. The

average root weight is 150-200 g with

25 t/ha root yield. Its roots contain

total carotenoids, 867 µg/100 g;

lycopene, 405 µg/100 g; and

b-carotene, 144 µg/100 g.

A total of fifteen varieties/

hybrids, two in chickpea (Pusa

Shaktiman and Pusa Bheema), one in

cauliflower (Pusa Shukti), two in

carrot (Pusa Vrishti and Pusa

Nayanjyoti), one in ridge gourd (Pusa

Nutan), four hybrids in mango (Pusa

Pratibha, Pusa Shreshth, Pusa Lalima

and Pusa Peetamber), one in

marigold (Pusa Arpita), two in

gladiolus (Pusa Shubham and Pusa

Kiran), and two in chrysanthemum

(Pusa Anmol and Pusa Centenary)

developed by the Institute were

approved for release by the Delhi

State Seed Sub-Committee for

cultivation in National Capital

Region ((NCR), Delhi in its meeting

held on July 22, 2011.

Pusa Shaktiman (BG 5023) is an

extra large seeded Kabuli chickpea,

early maturing (138 days) and high

yielding variety with a seed yield of

2.5 t/ha. It is an erect plant type with a

plant height of 65 cm, very good early

vigour, broad leaves, flowering in

50-55 days, and large pod size. Its

seeds contain high protein with a

good hydration capacity. It has a 100-

seed weight of 50g. It is moderately

resistant to wilt.

Pusa Bheema (BG 5028), an extra

large seeded desi chickpea, is also an

early maturing (136 days) and high

yielding variety with a seed yield of

The temperate carrot hybrid

Pusa Nayanjyoti is the first F hybrid 1

of orange colour developed by the

Institute’s Regional Station at Katrain

using CMS system. It is suitable for

all carrot growing areas in temperate

and tropical regions. The roots get

ready for harvesting in 75-85 days. It

is early by 10 days than that of

traditional variety Pusa Yamdagni.

Its roots are orange, uniform,

attractive, smooth, cylindrical,

stumpy with a thin tail having small

indistinct self coloured core. It is rich

in b-carotene content (7.552 mg/100 g

fresh weight). The average root yield

is 39.6 t/ha. This hybrid has also been

released earlier in Himachal Pradesh

by the H.P. State Seed Sub-

Committee.

The cauliflower variety Pusa

Shukti (DC 5) belongs to December-

January maturity group. It produces

cream white compact curd weighing

about 800-900 g with semi-blanching

of inner leaves. It takes 80-85 days to

reach marketable stage and duration

of harvesting lasts for 14-15 days. It

produces about 30-33 t/ha of curd

yield and 42-44 t/ha of marketable

yield, which are 66% and 73% higher

than that of traditional Pusa

Synthetic of mid-late group. It is

tolerant to downy mildew and black

rot diseases.

Fifteen Varieties/Hybrids Released

Tropical carrot variety Pusa Vrishti

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The ridge gourd variety Pusa

Nutan (DRG 2) is suitable both for

spring-summer and kharif seasons. Its

fruits are long (25-30 cm), straight,

attractive green with ten longitudinal

angular ridges and a tapered neck,

tender flesh, with an average fruit

weight of 105 g. It gives first harvest

in 45-50 days in kharif and 55-60 days

in spring-summer. Its average yields

are 18.5 t/ha and 17.5 t/ha with an

increase of 59.3% and 49.7% over that

of the check Pusa Nasdar during

spring-summer and kharif seasons,

respectively. It has field tolerance to

Luffa yellow mosaic virus.

Fruit of mango hybrid Pusa Pratibha

IARI News 3

Marigold variety Pusa Arpita

Spikes of gladiolus variety Pusa Kiran

Flower of chrysanthemum varietyPusa Anmol

Ridge gourd variety Pusa Nutan

The four mango hybrids are

regular bearer with higher per plant

yield than that of Dushehari. Start thfruiting in the 4 year of planting and

are suitable for close planting.

The fruits of Pusa Pratibha are

attractive in shape, bright red peel

develops at ripening and has orange

pulp. The fruit size is medium (181 g)

with higher pulp content (71.1%).

The fruit contains 19.6% total soluble

solids and is rich in vitamin C (34.9

mg/100 g pulp) and b-carotene

content (11.474 mg/100 g pulp). It has

pleasant flavour with improved shelf

life (7 to 8 days) at room temperature

after ripening.

Pusa Shreshth is an exclusive

mango hybrid with attractive

elongated fruit shape, red peel and

orange pulp. The fruit size is about

228 g with attractive red peel colour

and higher pulp content (71.9%). The

total soluble solids are 20.3%, rich in

vitamin C (40.3 mg/100 g pulp) and

b-carotene content (10.964 mg/100 g

pulp), excellent sugar:acid blend, and

has pleasant gustatory aroma with

enhanced shelf life (7 to 8 days) at

room temperature after ripening.

The fruits of Pusa Lalima are

attractive in shape and having jasper

red peel and orange pulp. The

average fruit weight is about 209 g,

The total soluble solids (19.7%),

pulp), and has approving flavour

with enhanced shelf life (5 to 6 days)

at room temperature after ripening.

The fruits of Pusa Peetamber are

attractive oblong shaped with bright

yellow peel at full ripening. It is

moderately resistant to mango

malformation and major insect-pests

of mango. The average fruit weight is

about 213 g with higher juicy pulp

(73.6%). It has medium total soluble

solids (18.8%), vitamin C (39.8

content (11.737 mg/100 g pulp), and

appealing flavour with good shelf life

(5 to 6 days) at room temperature

after ripening.

The marigold variety Pusa Arpita

produces medium sized, light orange

flowers during mid-December to

mid-February in northern plains of

India. The average yield is 18-20 t

fresh flowers/ha.

Pusa Shubham, a gladiolus

variety produces 14-16 florets of

cream to yellow colour on long

sturdy and compact spike. It is an

early variety, flowering in about 72

days. The vase life of a spike is 10

days. It produces 1.6-2.3 shoots and

more than 2 corms and 20 cormels

from each mother corm.

Gladiolus variety Pusa Kiran

produces white coloured florets

(16-19 in numbers) on long sturdy

spikes. It is an early variety flowering

in about 75 days. It is a prolific

multiplier. The vase life of spikes is

about 10 days. It produces 1.9-2.7

shoots and more than 2 corms and 20

cormels from each mother corm.

Chrysanthemum variety Pusa

Anmol is highly floriferous and

bushy with yellowish pink flowers,

and is thermo and photo insensitive.

It produces three flower flushes in a

year (October-November, February-

March and June-July) as against one

in majority of the cultivars. The

variety flowers in 85-100 days after

transplanting and is ideal for loose

flowers and whole plant cut flower.

Its blooms remain fresh for 20-22

days in field conditions as well as in

vase. The average yield is 100-150

flowers/plant.

Pusa Centenary is a vigorously

growing variety of chrysanthemum

which produces very big yellow

flowers. It blooms in 100-110 days

after transplanting, and is ideal for

cut flower. The blooms remain fresh

for 20-22 days in field conditions as

well as in vase. The average yield is

10-12 standard flowers/plant.

The Division of Floriculture and

Landscaping achieved a significant

breakthrough in standardizing a

reliable protocol for in vitro induction

and expression of anthocyanin

pigments from callus cultures of rose

cv. Pusa Ajay.

Profuse and ear ly ca l lus

induction was observed when leaf

discs were cultured under total dark

conditions on solid MS medium -1 supplemented with 4.0 mg l 2,4-D.

Early pigment initiation and

maximum anthocyanin production

from calluses were recorded when

leaf discs were cultured on Euphorbia

millii (EM) medium supplemented

with 7% sucrose compared with

calluses cultured at 4% sucrose

c o n c e n t r a t i o n u n d e r 1 6 / 8 h

(light/dark) photoperiod regime. +Reducing the concentration of NH 4

nitrogen in the solid MS medium

led to slight improvement in

anthocyanin production.

The protocol can be used to

produce these ant iox idat ing

nutraceutical pigments of defined

purity and standard in large volume

in a short span of time without

interference from other compounds

that occur in field-grown plants.

In Vitro Anthocyanin

Pigment Production from

Callus Cultures of Rose

Novel Nematicides

Developed

A series of schiff bases of

4-amino-3-mercapto-5-phenyl-1,2,4-

triazole, were prepared and tested

against important nematodes. Two

compounds, viz., GA-1 and GA-5

have shown potential nematicidal

activity in vitro, in pot studies and in

micro plot evaluations.

In the in vitro test, GA-1 and GA-5

exhibited LC of 19 and 21 µg/ml 50

against Meloidogyne incognita, and 16

and 23 µg/ml against Rotylenchulus

reniformis, respectively. In the pot

experiment both the compounds

significantly reduced the number of

galls (71-73%) caused by M. incognita.

In the micro-plot evaluation on

t o m a t o ( P u s a R u b y ) , t h e s e

compounds reduced the soil

nematode population of R. reniformis

and Tylenchorhynchus vulgaris by 72-

75% and 87-89%, respectively,

compared to the control and were

found better than triazophos (39-78%

reduction), a standard nematicide.

Root dip bioefficacy of nano

(slow release)-formulations CP1

(PEG-600) and CP2 (PEG-900), based

on amphiphilic nano-polymer of

Bioefficacy of Nano-

formulations of Carbofuran

on Tomato against

Meloidogyne incognita

triazole

IARI News2

The ridge gourd variety Pusa

Nutan (DRG 2) is suitable both for

spring-summer and kharif seasons. Its

fruits are long (25-30 cm), straight,

attractive green with ten longitudinal

angular ridges and a tapered neck,

tender flesh, with an average fruit

weight of 105 g. It gives first harvest

in 45-50 days in kharif and 55-60 days

in spring-summer. Its average yields

are 18.5 t/ha and 17.5 t/ha with an

increase of 59.3% and 49.7% over that

of the check Pusa Nasdar during

spring-summer and kharif seasons,

respectively. It has field tolerance to

Luffa yellow mosaic virus.

Fruit of mango hybrid Pusa Pratibha

IARI News 3

Marigold variety Pusa Arpita

Spikes of gladiolus variety Pusa Kiran

Flower of chrysanthemum varietyPusa Anmol

Ridge gourd variety Pusa Nutan

The four mango hybrids are

regular bearer with higher per plant

yield than that of Dushehari. Start thfruiting in the 4 year of planting and

are suitable for close planting.

The fruits of Pusa Pratibha are

attractive in shape, bright red peel

develops at ripening and has orange

pulp. The fruit size is medium (181 g)

The fruit contains 19.6% total soluble

solids and is rich in vitamin C (34.9

content (11.474 mg/100 g pulp). It has

pleasant flavour with improved shelf

life (7 to 8 days) at room temperature

after ripening.

Pusa Shreshth is an exclusive

mango hybrid with attractive

elongated fruit shape, red peel and

orange pulp. The fruit size is about

228 g with attractive red peel colour

and higher pulp content (71.9%). The

total soluble solids are 20.3%, rich in

pulp), excellent sugar:acid blend, and

has pleasant gustatory aroma with

enhanced shelf life (7 to 8 days) at

room temperature after ripening.

The fruits of Pusa Lalima are

attractive in shape and having jasper

red peel and orange pulp. The

average fruit weight is about 209 g,

The total soluble solids (19.7%),

pulp), and has approving flavour

with enhanced shelf life (5 to 6 days)

at room temperature after ripening.

The fruits of Pusa Peetamber are

attractive oblong shaped with bright

yellow peel at full ripening. It is

moderately resistant to mango

malformation and major insect-pests

of mango. The average fruit weight is

about 213 g with higher juicy pulp

(73.6%). It has medium total soluble

solids (18.8%), vitamin C (39.8

content (11.737 mg/100 g pulp), and

appealing flavour with good shelf life

(5 to 6 days) at room temperature

after ripening.

The marigold variety Pusa Arpita

produces medium sized, light orange

flowers during mid-December to

mid-February in northern plains of

India. The average yield is 18-20 t

fresh flowers/ha.

Pusa Shubham, a gladiolus

variety produces 14-16 florets of

cream to yellow colour on long

sturdy and compact spike. It is an

early variety, flowering in about 72

days. The vase life of a spike is 10

days. It produces 1.6-2.3 shoots and

more than 2 corms and 20 cormels

from each mother corm.

Gladiolus variety Pusa Kiran

produces white coloured florets

(16-19 in numbers) on long sturdy

spikes. It is an early variety flowering

in about 75 days. It is a prolific

multiplier. The vase life of spikes is

about 10 days. It produces 1.9-2.7

shoots and more than 2 corms and 20

cormels from each mother corm.

Chrysanthemum variety Pusa

Anmol is highly floriferous and

bushy with yellowish pink flowers,

and is thermo and photo insensitive.

It produces three flower flushes in a

year (October-November, February-

March and June-July) as against one

in majority of the cultivars. The

variety flowers in 85-100 days after

transplanting and is ideal for loose

flowers and whole plant cut flower.

Its blooms remain fresh for 20-22

days in field conditions as well as in

vase. The average yield is 100-150

flowers/plant.

Pusa Centenary is a vigorously

growing variety of chrysanthemum

which produces very big yellow

flowers. It blooms in 100-110 days

after transplanting, and is ideal for

cut flower. The blooms remain fresh

for 20-22 days in field conditions as

well as in vase. The average yield is

10-12 standard flowers/plant.

The Division of Floriculture and

Landscaping achieved a significant

breakthrough in standardizing a

reliable protocol for in vitro induction

and expression of anthocyanin

pigments from callus cultures of rose

cv. Pusa Ajay.

Profuse and ear ly ca l lus

induction was observed when leaf

discs were cultured under total dark

conditions on solid MS medium -1 supplemented with 4.0 mg l 2,4-D.

Early pigment initiation and

maximum anthocyanin production

from calluses were recorded when

leaf discs were cultured on Euphorbia

millii (EM) medium supplemented

with 7% sucrose compared with

calluses cultured at 4% sucrose

c o n c e n t r a t i o n u n d e r 1 6 / 8 h

(light/dark) photoperiod regime. +Reducing the concentration of NH 4

nitrogen in the solid MS medium

led to slight improvement in

anthocyanin production.

The protocol can be used to

produce these ant iox idat ing

nutraceutical pigments of defined

purity and standard in large volume

in a short span of time without

interference from other compounds

that occur in field-grown plants.

In Vitro Anthocyanin

Pigment Production from

Callus Cultures of Rose

Novel Nematicides

Developed

A series of schiff bases of

triazole, were prepared and tested

against important nematodes. Two

compounds, viz., GA-1 and GA-5

have shown potential nematicidal

activity in vitro, in pot studies and in

micro plot evaluations.

In the in vitro test, GA-1 and GA-5

exhibited LC of 19 and 21 µg/ml 50

against Meloidogyne incognita, and 16

and 23 µg/ml against Rotylenchulus

reniformis, respectively. In the pot

experiment both the compounds

significantly reduced the number of

galls (71-73%) caused by M. incognita.

In the micro-plot evaluation on

t o m a t o ( P u s a R u b y ) , t h e s e

compounds reduced the soil

nematode population of R. reniformis

and Tylenchorhynchus vulgaris by 72-

75% and 87-89%, respectively,

compared to the control and were

found better than triazophos (39-78%

reduction), a standard nematicide.

Root dip bioefficacy of nano

(slow release)-formulations CP1

(PEG-600) and CP2 (PEG-900), based

on amphiphilic nano-polymer of

Bioefficacy of Nano-

formulations of Carbofuran

on Tomato against

Meloidogyne incognita

triazole

IARI News4 5IARI News

carbofuran on tomato against

Meloidogyne incognita indicated that

the CR formulations at 5 and 10 ppm

significantly improved the plant

health. The number of galls at 28 days

post inoculation (dpi) decreased with

increasing concentration of CP1 and

CP2 and also resulted in slow

development of the juveniles to adult

females. This may affect the egg

laying capacity of the female

nematodes. The per cent penetration

of juveniles ranged between 3-6%

and 0.5-1.0% with the application of

CP1 and CP2, respectively, compared

to 29% with control. The number of

galls were reduced by 80-90% at 20

ppm concentration of CP1 and CP2

formulations. Thus, CR formulations

of carbofuran have shown better

results in mitigating the root-knot

n e m a t o d e d a m a g e o ve r t h e

conventional formulation.

It has been observed that tank-

mix application of pendimethalin @

0.75 kg/ha and imazethapyr @ 0.050

kg/ha at pre-emergence effectively

controlled Cyperus rotundus along

with other annual grass and broad-

leaved weeds. This is the first report

of the use of imazethapyr in maize

for selective weed control. This

treatment gave comparable yield as

that of weed-free check.

During the rabi crop season

(2010-11), a variant of yellow rust

pathogen of wheat was recorded in

Control of Cyperus rotundus

in Maize

Pathotype 78S84 of Puccinia

striiformis tritici Recorded at

Wellington

several field samples showing wider

virulence than pathotype I (38S102)

with a remarkable feature that along

with several resistant genes it can

infect Yr9, a gene present in most of

the present day Indian wheat

cultivars. Samples sent to DWR

Regional Station, Flowerdale for

virulence analysis were found to be

similar to Yr9 pathotype 78S84.

The Institute’s Regional Station,

Katrain conducted an experiment in

order to restore vegetable and seed

p r o d u c t i o n i n c a p s i c u m c v.

California Wonder. Yellow and

brown coloured seeds were graded

and further evaluated for their

performance in nursery and field.

Germination of 100% yellow

coloured seeds was 66.5% against

38.5% in brown coloured seeds.

When nursery of these seeds was

transplanted in the field, the survival

of plants was 53.3% in 100% yellow

coloured seeds against 23.44% in

brown coloured seeds. Along with

this, different pest and disease

management modules were also

evaluated. The module which

comprised of root dipping with

Bavistin (0.5%), followed by

Trichoderma viridae enriched compost

a p p l i c a t i o n , 2 0 d a y s a f t e r

transplanting and need based

insecticides/fungicides application

was found superior and resulted in

65.63% plant survival. Minimum

plant survival (37.50%) was recorded

in the case of the module which

included synthetic pesticides only.

Thus the module comprising of the

Development of Seed

Production Module in

Capsicum

use of yellow coloured seeds, nursery

root dipping with Bavistin (0.5%),

application after 15 days of

fungicide/insecticide application was

considered promising in raising the

seed crop of capsicum cv. California

Wonder.

The nitrogen use efficiency

(NUE) in maize hybrid (BIO-9681)

with different levels of nitrogen

under varying irrigation levels was

estimated through an experiment

conducted at Water Technology

Centre (WTC) of the Institute. The

main plots were having treatments of

rainfed (W ); 50% deficit irrigation 1

(W ); 25% deficit irrigation (W ); and 2 3

full irrigation (W ), and nitrogen 4

levels with 0 (N ); 75 (N ); 150 (N ); 1 2 3

-1and 225 (N ) kg ha in sub-plots. 4

Application of nitrogen rates

significantly affected the grain yield

and NUE for N and N (75 and 150 kg 2 3

-1N ha ) treatments at 0.01and 0.05

probability levels, respectively.

However, the difference in yield and

NUE were non-significant for N and 3

N treatments. Maximum grain yield 4

and biomass were observed for full

irrigation (W ) and N treatment 4 4

-1 amounting to 6.05 t ha and, 18.65 t-1ha , respectively, during 2009.

Moreover, the grain yield and

biomass during 2010 was maximum

for W N treatments amounting to 4 4

-1 -15.86 t ha and 18.01 t ha , but the -1maximum NUE (19.6 kg grain kgN )

was obtained for W N treatment 4 2

combination during 2009 and

Nitrogen Use Efficiency and

Yield of Maize under Deficit

Irrigation

-1maximum NUE (21.7 kg grain kgN )

was observed for W N treatment 3 2

during 2010. Overall, the NUE

decreased with increasing nitrogen -1 level beyond 75 kgN ha (N ) for all 2

irrigation levels.

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Committee (RAC) meeting of IARI

was held from August 9 to 10, 2011

under the chairmanship of Dr. R. S.

Paroda, former Director-General,

ICAR and Chairman, Trust for

Advancement of Agricultural

Sciences, New Delhi. The meeting

was attended by other RAC

members: Dr. S. K. Datta, Deputy

Director-General (Crop Sciences),

ICAR; Prof. A. N. Mukhopadhyay,

e x - V i c e C h a n c e l l o r , A s s a m

Agricultural University (AAU); Prof.

S.L. Mehta, ex-Vice Chancellor,

Maharana Pratap University of

A g r i c u l t u r e & Te c h n o l o g y,

(MPUA&T), Udaipur; Dr. M.

RAC Meeting

Velayutham, ex-Deputy Director-

General (NRM); Dr. G. L. Kaul,

ex-National Director, NAIP & ex-VC,

AAU; and Dr. Mruthyunjaya,

ex -Nat iona l Di rec tor, NAIP.

Dr. Hari Har Ram, Vice President,

R&D (Vegetables), Krishidhan, Pune,

attended the meeting as a special

invitee from the private sector.

Besides Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, all

joint directors, project directors,

heads of the divisions and unit in-

charges, IARI, and directors and

project directors from other institutes

located at IARI campus attended the

meeting.

Dr. H.S. Gupta, while welcoming

the chairman and members ,

informed the house that all the

recommendations of the RAC 2010

have been agreed upon by the

Council and suitable actions have

already been initiated for proper

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e s e

recommendations. Dr. M. Dadlani,

Joint Director (Research), IARI &

Member-Secretary, RAC presented

the action taken report (ATR) of the

RAC 2010 meeting. Dr. Paroda

emphasized that there is a need to

r e o r i e n t a n d

p r i o r i t i z e t h e

research agendas

for the XII five

year plan keeping

i n v i e w t h e

available funds

and resources.

Expressing his

serious concern

over the shortage

of scientific staff

at the Institute he

stated that the

Dr. R.S. Paroda, Chairman, Research Advisory Committee of IARI (Left) speaking at the meeting of RAC. Seated with him is Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, IARI

carbofuran on tomato against

Meloidogyne incognita indicated that

the CR formulations at 5 and 10 ppm

significantly improved the plant

health. The number of galls at 28 days

post inoculation (dpi) decreased with

increasing concentration of CP1 and

CP2 and also resulted in slow

development of the juveniles to adult

females. This may affect the egg

laying capacity of the female

nematodes. The per cent penetration

of juveniles ranged between 3-6%

and 0.5-1.0% with the application of

CP1 and CP2, respectively, compared

to 29% with control. The number of

galls were reduced by 80-90% at 20

ppm concentration of CP1 and CP2

formulations. Thus, CR formulations

of carbofuran have shown better

results in mitigating the root-knot

n e m a t o d e d a m a g e o ve r t h e

conventional formulation.

It has been observed that tank-

mix application of pendimethalin @

0.75 kg/ha and imazethapyr @ 0.050

kg/ha at pre-emergence effectively

controlled Cyperus rotundus along

with other annual grass and broad-

leaved weeds. This is the first report

of the use of imazethapyr in maize

for selective weed control. This

treatment gave comparable yield as

that of weed-free check.

During the rabi crop season

(2010-11), a variant of yellow rust

pathogen of wheat was recorded in

Control of Cyperus rotundus

in Maize

Pathotype 78S84 of Puccinia

striiformis tritici Recorded at

Wellington

several field samples showing wider

virulence than pathotype I (38S102)

with a remarkable feature that along

with several resistant genes it can

infect Yr9, a gene present in most of

the present day Indian wheat

cultivars. Samples sent to DWR

Regional Station, Flowerdale for

virulence analysis were found to be

similar to Yr9 pathotype 78S84.

Katrain conducted an experiment in

order to restore vegetable and seed

p r o d u c t i o n i n c a p s i c u m c v.

California Wonder. Yellow and

brown coloured seeds were graded

and further evaluated for their

performance in nursery and field.

Germination of 100% yellow

coloured seeds was 66.5% against

38.5% in brown coloured seeds.

When nursery of these seeds was

transplanted in the field, the survival

of plants was 53.3% in 100% yellow

coloured seeds against 23.44% in

brown coloured seeds. Along with

this, different pest and disease

management modules were also

evaluated. The module which

comprised of root dipping with

Bavistin (0.5%), followed by

a p p l i c a t i o n , 2 0 d a y s a f t e r

insecticides/fungicides application

was found superior and resulted in

65.63% plant survival. Minimum

plant survival (37.50%) was recorded

in the case of the module which

included synthetic pesticides only.

Thus the module comprising of the

Development of Seed

Production Module in

Capsicum

use of yellow coloured seeds, nursery

root dipping with Bavistin (0.5%),

application after 15 days of

fungicide/insecticide application was

considered promising in raising the

seed crop of capsicum cv. California

Wonder.

The nitrogen use efficiency

(NUE) in maize hybrid (BIO-9681)

with different levels of nitrogen

under varying irrigation levels was

estimated through an experiment

conducted at Water Technology

Centre (WTC) of the Institute. The

main plots were having treatments of

rainfed (W ); 50% deficit irrigation 1

(W ); 25% deficit irrigation (W ); and 2 3

full irrigation (W ), and nitrogen 4

levels with 0 (N ); 75 (N ); 150 (N ); 1 2 3

-1and 225 (N ) kg ha in sub-plots. 4

Application of nitrogen rates

significantly affected the grain yield

and NUE for N and N (75 and 150 kg 2 3

-1N ha ) treatments at 0.01and 0.05

probability levels, respectively.

However, the difference in yield and

NUE were non-significant for N and 3

N treatments. Maximum grain yield 4

and biomass were observed for full

irrigation (W ) and N treatment 4 4

-1 amounting to 6.05 t ha and, 18.65 t-1ha , respectively, during 2009.

Moreover, the grain yield and

biomass during 2010 was maximum

for W N treatments amounting to 4 4

-1 -15.86 t ha and 18.01 t ha , but the -1maximum NUE (19.6 kg grain kgN )

was obtained for W N treatment 4 2

combination during 2009 and

Nitrogen Use Efficiency and

Yield of Maize under Deficit

Irrigation

-1maximum NUE (21.7 kg grain kgN )

was observed for W N treatment 3 2

during 2010. Overall, the NUE

decreased with increasing nitrogen -1 level beyond 75 kgN ha (N ) for all 2

irrigation levels.

The Consortium for e-Resources

i n A g r i c u l t u r e ( C e R A ) wa s

established at Indian Agricultural

Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi

as a sub-project of NAIP in

November 2007. To spread the

a wa r e n e s s o f C e R A , a s e l f

explanatory “CeRA User Manual”

was published and the same was

released by Dr. S. Ayyappan,

S e c r e t a r y, D e p a r t m e n t o f

Agricultural Research and Education

(DARE) and Director-General,

Indian Council of Agricultural

Research (ICAR) during the ‘Second

Consultative Meeting of Deans of

Agricul tural Univers i t ies ’ a t

Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada

Agricultural University (SDAU),

Banaskantha district, Gujarat on

August 12, 2011.

CeRA provides access to a

collection of about 3000 journals from

Elsevier, Taylor and Francis,

Springer-Verlag, annual reviews and

Indian journals and open access

journals related to agriculture. The

Web of Science expanded from

Thomson Reuters is subscribed for

Science Citation Index (SCI) and

related facilities at IARI and catering

to all researchers in NARS.

For the period ending July 2011,

the number of visitors to CeRA

website and the total download of

full text articles have been more than

CeRA User Manual Released

3.0 mil l ion and 2 .4 mil l ion,

respectively. Based on the number of

downloads and the consortium

subscribed costs to publishers, there

is a cost saving to the extent of about

85 per cent and a researcher can

access full text articles. More than

8000 scientific articles were sent to

CeRA users from different CeRA

member institutions.

T h e R e s e a r c h A d v i s o r y

Committee (RAC) meeting of IARI

was held from August 9 to 10, 2011

under the chairmanship of Dr. R. S.

Paroda, former Director-General,

ICAR and Chairman, Trust for

Advancement of Agricultural

Sciences, New Delhi. The meeting

was attended by other RAC

members: Dr. S. K. Datta, Deputy

Director-General (Crop Sciences),

ICAR; Prof. A. N. Mukhopadhyay,

e x - V i c e C h a n c e l l o r , A s s a m

Agricultural University (AAU); Prof.

S.L. Mehta, ex-Vice Chancellor,

Maharana Pratap University of

A g r i c u l t u r e & Te c h n o l o g y,

(MPUA&T), Udaipur; Dr. M.

RAC Meeting

Velayutham, ex-Deputy Director-

General (NRM); Dr. G. L. Kaul,

ex-National Director, NAIP & ex-VC,

AAU; and Dr. Mruthyunjaya,

ex -Nat iona l Di rec tor, NAIP.

Dr. Hari Har Ram, Vice President,

R&D (Vegetables), Krishidhan, Pune,

attended the meeting as a special

invitee from the private sector.

Besides Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, all

joint directors, project directors,

heads of the divisions and unit in-

charges, IARI, and directors and

project directors from other institutes

located at IARI campus attended the

meeting.

the chairman and members ,

informed the house that all the

recommendations of the RAC 2010

have been agreed upon by the

Council and suitable actions have

already been initiated for proper

i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e s e

recommendations. Dr. M. Dadlani,

Joint Director (Research), IARI &

Member-Secretary, RAC presented

the action taken report (ATR) of the

RAC 2010 meeting. Dr. Paroda

emphasized that there is a need to

r e o r i e n t a n d

p r i o r i t i z e t h e

research agendas

for the XII five

year plan keeping

i n v i e w t h e

available funds

and resources.

Expressing his

serious concern

over the shortage

of scientific staff

at the Institute he

stated that the

Dr. R.S. Paroda, Chairman, Research Advisory Committee of IARI (Left) speaking at the meeting of RAC. Seated with him is Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, IARI

provision should also be made for

increasing the number of Post

Doctoral Fellowships (PDFs) in the

next five year plan. Dr. Paroda urged

that more intensive efforts are

required to upscale the technological

innovations of the Institute by

promoting partnership with private

sector/companies/ stakeholders.

Dr. Paroda also wished that formal

research and teaching linkages are to

be built with National Centre for

Agricultural Economics and Policy

Research and Indian Agricultural

Statistics Research Institute for

strengthening the Post Graduate

Education at IARI.

Dr. Gupta thanked the chairman

and all members of RAC for their

valuable advice and suggestions for

bringing improvement in the

research activities of the Institute.

T h e Te c h n i c a l A d v i s o r y

Committee (TAC) meeting of IARI

was held on July 17 and 28, 2011

under the chairmanship of Dr. H.S.

Gupta, Director, IARI to monitor the

progress made under the challenge

programmes of the Institute. The

members who attended the meetings

were: Dr. I.P. Abrol, ex-Deputy

Director-General (NRM), ICAR and

Director, Centre for Advancement of

Sustainable Agriculture, NASC

Complex, New Delhi; Prof. S.L.

M e h t a , e x - Vi c e C h a n c e l l o r,

MPUA&T, Udaipur; Dr. Gautam

Kalloo, ex-Deputy Director-General

(Hort. & Crop Sciences), ICAR and

Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru

Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur;

Dr. P.K. Aggarwal, ex-National

TAC Meeting

Professor, ICAR and Regional

Facilitator, Challenge Programme on

Climate Change, Agriculture and

Food Security, International Water

Management Institute (IWMI),

NASC Complex, New Delhi; and

Prof. R. Banerjee, Head, P.R. Sinha

Centre for Bioenergy, IIT, Kharagpur.

Besides Dr. M. Dadlani, Joint Director

(Research), IARI and Co-chairman,

TAC, all project investigators and

associate scientists of the challenge

programmes of IARI attended the

meeting.

the TAC members mentioned that the

cha l lenge programmes were

formulated keeping in view the

emerging and frontier areas of

research. He also stated that all the

challenge programmes formulated

by the Institute are multidisciplinary

in nature and efforts were made to

link the Post Doctoral Fellows to

these programmes for smooth

functioning of the programmes. The

TAC members offered valuable

suggestions for streamlining and

i m p r o v i n g t h e c h a l l e n g e

programmes. They emphasized that

efforts should be made to undertake

quality research under these

programmes within the stipulated

time frame. The TAC members

further suggested that provisions

should be made to provide support in

terms of infrastructure and funds to

the project investigators in the XII

five year plan to meet the research

targets set for these programmes.

Dr. Dadlani thanked all the TAC

members, project investigators and

associates of various challenge

programmes for the successful

completion of the meeting. She

also appreciated the excellent

presentation made by the project

investigators and urged them to

further refine these programmes and

make them more focused to arrive at

logical conclusions.

The golden jubilee meet of wheat

and barley workers was jointly

organized by the Directorate of

Wheat Research (DWR), Karnal and

Indian Agricultural Research

Institute (IARI), New Delhi from

September 1 to 4, 2011 at NASC

Complex, New Delhi. Hon’ble

Minister of State for Agriculture,

Food Processing Industries and

Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Harish

Rawat, who was the chief guest,

inaugurated the meet. Dr. S.

Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and

Director-General, ICAR presided

over the inaugural session. Dr. M.V.

Rao, former special DG, ICAR was

the guest of honour on this occasion.

The annual group meet was attended

by 350 wheat and barley researchers

including those from CIMMYT,

Mexico; ICARDA, Syria; and ACIAR,

Australia. During the meet detailed

deliberations were held on various

emerging issues such as, enhancing

the yield potential under changing

climate, access & use of genetic

resources, quality, etc., of wheat.

Three varieties of wheat (HD 3043,

IARI New Delhi; PBW 644, PAU

Ludhiana; and UAS 428, UAS

Dharwad) and one of triticale (TL

2969, PAU Ludhiana) were identified

and recommended for release during

the meet.

th50 All India Wheat and

Barley Workers’ Annual Meet

Teachers’ Day Lecture

Delivered

Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi, Director,

National Institute of Plant Genome

Research, New Delhi delivered the

Te a c h e r s ’ D a y L e c t u r e o n

“Expanding Horizon : A Career in

Science” on September 5, 2011 at Dr.

B.P. Pal Auditorium of the Institute.

The Teachers’ Day function was

celebrated jointly by the Post

Graduate School and the Genetics

Club, IARI. Rich tributes were

paid to the late Dr. Sarvepalli

Radhakrishnan, the great teacher,

philosopher, philanthropist and ex-

President of India. Floral tributes

were also paid to the ex-Professor

of Genetics, Dr. (Mrs.) Shanti

Chandrashekaran, who passed away

recently. Dr. H.S. Gaur, Dean & Joint

Director (Education), P.G. School

IARI delivered the welcome address

and highlighted the significance of

the Teachers’ Day and the lecture

series.

In his lecture, Dr. Tyagi

highlighted Mahatma Gandhi’s

vision of “every man a scientist, every

village a science academy” and

J a wa h a r l a l N e h r u ’s i d e a o f

“laboratories as temples of modern

India”. Dr. Tyagi also discussed that

the agricultural education has

become more relevant today as an

agent of socially productive and

useful activity. New models for

science and development need to be

created which are knowledge-based

and application-oriented as well as

help create strong foundation for

agricultural industry. Agricultural

biotechnology is emerging as a novel

resource in the basket of options

available to improve and protect

output. The present day scenario

requires specific attention to

extension personnel which interface

science with people. When students

are given options to think and

empowered to translate knowledge

into processes and products relevant

to people, one can expect a vibrant

and rewarding career in science in the

present day expanding horizon.

Dr. S.K. Datta, Deputy Director-

General (Crop Sciences), ICAR, who

chaired the function appreciated the

thought provoking lecture delivered

by Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi on a very

interesting and emerging topic. The

function ended with a vote of thanks

given by Dr. F. Hossain, Secretary of

the Genetics Club.

A delegation led by Professor

M.S. Swaminathan, Hon’ble Member

of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and

Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan

Research Foundation, Chennai

including Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director,

IARI visited Myanmar in July, 2011.

The delegation observed the acute

need to strengthen the agricultural

research, education and extension in

Myanmar and suggested to establish

an Advanced Centre for Agricultural

Research and Education (ACARE) at

Yezin. Later, a team led by Dr. H.S.

Gaur, Dean & Joint Director

(Education) including Drs. R.K. Pal,

Head, Division of Post Harvest

Technology, Jitendra Kumar, pulse

breeder, A.K. Singh, rice breeder, and

R. Roy Burman, Senior Scientist,

IARI Scientists Visit

Myanmar

Agricultural Extension visited the

Yezin Agricultural University (YAU)

and the Department of Agricultural

Research (DAR), Yezin. The team had

discussions with Hon’ble Rector,

YAU and DG, DAR, and senior

faculty members, visited the various

departments, laboratories, research

farms and prepared a detailed project

report for the establishment of

ACARE for strengthening research

on improvement of rice and

pulses, post harvest technology,

p a r t i c i p a t o r y k n o w l e d g e

management and human resource

development aimed at improving the

income, living, nutritional and

working conditions of the farmers

and the people of Myanmar. The

team also discussed the draft with

His Excellency Dr. V.S. Seshadri,

Ambassador of India to Myanmar,

who appreciated the efforts made.

The Institute organized the Hindi

Chetna Mass from September 1 to 30,

2011. During this period various

Hindi competitions like poetry

recitation, essay writing, noting and

drafting, debate, quiz, etc., were

organised for all categories of staff. A

large number of scientific, technical

and administrative staff participated

in the competitions. A competition

for doing maximum work in Hindi

was also organised among all the

divisions as well as sections of the

Directorate. The Centre for Protected

Cultivation Technology (CPCT) and

Personnel-(I I ) sect ion of the

Directorate were awarded shields

for the year 2010-11. The Seed

Production Unit was awarded the

first running shield, and the second

Hindi Chetna Maas

provision should also be made for

increasing the number of Post

Doctoral Fellowships (PDFs) in the

next five year plan. Dr. Paroda urged

that more intensive efforts are

required to upscale the technological

innovations of the Institute by

promoting partnership with private

sector/companies/ stakeholders.

Dr. Paroda also wished that formal

research and teaching linkages are to

be built with National Centre for

Agricultural Economics and Policy

Research and Indian Agricultural

Statistics Research Institute for

strengthening the Post Graduate

Education at IARI.

Dr. Gupta thanked the chairman

and all members of RAC for their

valuable advice and suggestions for

bringing improvement in the

research activities of the Institute.

T h e Te c h n i c a l A d v i s o r y

Committee (TAC) meeting of IARI

was held on July 17 and 28, 2011

under the chairmanship of Dr. H.S.

Gupta, Director, IARI to monitor the

progress made under the challenge

programmes of the Institute. The

members who attended the meetings

were: Dr. I.P. Abrol, ex-Deputy

Director-General (NRM), ICAR and

Director, Centre for Advancement of

Sustainable Agriculture, NASC

Complex, New Delhi; Prof. S.L.

M e h t a , e x - Vi c e C h a n c e l l o r,

MPUA&T, Udaipur; Dr. Gautam

Kalloo, ex-Deputy Director-General

(Hort. & Crop Sciences), ICAR and

Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru

Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur;

Dr. P.K. Aggarwal, ex-National

TAC Meeting

Professor, ICAR and Regional

Facilitator, Challenge Programme on

Climate Change, Agriculture and

Food Security, International Water

Management Institute (IWMI),

NASC Complex, New Delhi; and

Prof. R. Banerjee, Head, P.R. Sinha

Centre for Bioenergy, IIT, Kharagpur.

Besides Dr. M. Dadlani, Joint Director

(Research), IARI and Co-chairman,

TAC, all project investigators and

associate scientists of the challenge

programmes of IARI attended the

meeting.

the TAC members mentioned that the

cha l lenge programmes were

formulated keeping in view the

emerging and frontier areas of

research. He also stated that all the

challenge programmes formulated

by the Institute are multidisciplinary

in nature and efforts were made to

link the Post Doctoral Fellows to

these programmes for smooth

functioning of the programmes. The

TAC members offered valuable

suggestions for streamlining and

i m p r o v i n g t h e c h a l l e n g e

programmes. They emphasized that

efforts should be made to undertake

quality research under these

programmes within the stipulated

time frame. The TAC members

further suggested that provisions

should be made to provide support in

terms of infrastructure and funds to

the project investigators in the XII

five year plan to meet the research

targets set for these programmes.

Dr. Dadlani thanked all the TAC

members, project investigators and

associates of various challenge

programmes for the successful

completion of the meeting. She

also appreciated the excellent

presentation made by the project

investigators and urged them to

further refine these programmes and

make them more focused to arrive at

logical conclusions.

The golden jubilee meet of wheat

and barley workers was jointly

organized by the Directorate of

Wheat Research (DWR), Karnal and

Indian Agricultural Research

Institute (IARI), New Delhi from

September 1 to 4, 2011 at NASC

Complex, New Delhi. Hon’ble

Minister of State for Agriculture,

Food Processing Industries and

Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Harish

Rawat, who was the chief guest,

inaugurated the meet. Dr. S.

Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and

Director-General, ICAR presided

over the inaugural session. Dr. M.V.

Rao, former special DG, ICAR was

the guest of honour on this occasion.

The annual group meet was attended

by 350 wheat and barley researchers

including those from CIMMYT,

Mexico; ICARDA, Syria; and ACIAR,

Australia. During the meet detailed

deliberations were held on various

emerging issues such as, enhancing

the yield potential under changing

climate, access & use of genetic

resources, quality, etc., of wheat.

Three varieties of wheat (HD 3043,

IARI New Delhi; PBW 644, PAU

Ludhiana; and UAS 428, UAS

Dharwad) and one of triticale (TL

2969, PAU Ludhiana) were identified

and recommended for release during

the meet.

th50 All India Wheat and

Barley Workers’ Annual Meet

Teachers’ Day Lecture

Delivered

Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi, Director,

National Institute of Plant Genome

Research, New Delhi delivered the

Te a c h e r s ’ D a y L e c t u r e o n

“Expanding Horizon : A Career in

Science” on September 5, 2011 at Dr.

B.P. Pal Auditorium of the Institute.

The Teachers’ Day function was

celebrated jointly by the Post

Graduate School and the Genetics

Club, IARI. Rich tributes were

paid to the late Dr. Sarvepalli

Radhakrishnan, the great teacher,

philosopher, philanthropist and ex-

President of India. Floral tributes

were also paid to the ex-Professor

of Genetics, Dr. (Mrs.) Shanti

Chandrashekaran, who passed away

recently. Dr. H.S. Gaur, Dean & Joint

Director (Education), P.G. School

IARI delivered the welcome address

and highlighted the significance of

the Teachers’ Day and the lecture

series.

In his lecture, Dr. Tyagi

highlighted Mahatma Gandhi’s

vision of “every man a scientist, every

village a science academy” and

J a wa h a r l a l N e h r u ’s i d e a o f

“laboratories as temples of modern

India”. Dr. Tyagi also discussed that

the agricultural education has

become more relevant today as an

agent of socially productive and

useful activity. New models for

science and development need to be

created which are knowledge-based

and application-oriented as well as

help create strong foundation for

agricultural industry. Agricultural

biotechnology is emerging as a novel

resource in the basket of options

available to improve and protect

output. The present day scenario

requires specific attention to

extension personnel which interface

science with people. When students

are given options to think and

empowered to translate knowledge

into processes and products relevant

to people, one can expect a vibrant

and rewarding career in science in the

present day expanding horizon.

Dr. S.K. Datta, Deputy Director-

General (Crop Sciences), ICAR, who

chaired the function appreciated the

thought provoking lecture delivered

by Prof. Akhilesh K. Tyagi on a very

interesting and emerging topic. The

function ended with a vote of thanks

given by Dr. F. Hossain, Secretary of

the Genetics Club.

A delegation led by Professor

M.S. Swaminathan, Hon’ble Member

of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) and

Chairman, M.S. Swaminathan

Research Foundation, Chennai

including Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director,

IARI visited Myanmar in July, 2011.

The delegation observed the acute

need to strengthen the agricultural

research, education and extension in

Myanmar and suggested to establish

an Advanced Centre for Agricultural

Research and Education (ACARE) at

Yezin. Later, a team led by Dr. H.S.

Gaur, Dean & Joint Director

(Education) including Drs. R.K. Pal,

Head, Division of Post Harvest

Technology, Jitendra Kumar, pulse

breeder, A.K. Singh, rice breeder, and

R. Roy Burman, Senior Scientist,

IARI Scientists Visit

Myanmar

Agricultural Extension visited the

Yezin Agricultural University (YAU)

and the Department of Agricultural

Research (DAR), Yezin. The team had

discussions with Hon’ble Rector,

YAU and DG, DAR, and senior

faculty members, visited the various

departments, laboratories, research

farms and prepared a detailed project

report for the establishment of

ACARE for strengthening research

on improvement of rice and

pulses, post harvest technology,

p a r t i c i p a t o r y k n o w l e d g e

management and human resource

development aimed at improving the

income, living, nutritional and

working conditions of the farmers

and the people of Myanmar. The

team also discussed the draft with

His Excellency Dr. V.S. Seshadri,

Ambassador of India to Myanmar,

who appreciated the efforts made.

The Institute organized the Hindi

Chetna Mass from September 1 to 30,

2011. During this period various

Hindi competitions like poetry

recitation, essay writing, noting and

drafting, debate, quiz, etc., were

organised for all categories of staff. A

large number of scientific, technical

and administrative staff participated

in the competitions. A competition

for doing maximum work in Hindi

was also organised among all the

divisions as well as sections of the

Directorate. The Centre for Protected

Cultivation Technology (CPCT) and

Personnel-(I I ) sect ion of the

Directorate were awarded shields

for the year 2010-11. The Seed

Production Unit was awarded the

first running shield, and the second

Hindi Chetna Maas

running shield was awarded Jointly

to CPCT and the Division of

Floriculture and Landscaping for

doing maximum correspondence in

Hindi for the year 2010-11. This year,

the Divisions of Nematology,

Agricultural Extension, Floriculture

and Landscaping and the Library

Services of the Institute also

organized Hindi Pakhwada/Hindi

Divas/Hindi Saptah in their respective

divisions. The IARI Regional Station,

Karnal also organized Hindi

Pakhwada from September 1 to 14,

The Centre for Agricultural

Technology Assessment and Transfer

(CATAT), IARI participated and put

up stall to display its products and

technologies to the farmers during ththree exhibitions: (i) 7 Food and

Technology Expo, 2011, Pragati

Maidan, New Delhi (July 29-31,

2011); (ii) Kisan mela-cum-farmers’

training camp by Young farmers’

Association at Rakhra, Patiala

(September 24, 2011); and (iii)

Exhibition organised under NAIP

sub-project entitled “Mobilizing

Mass Media Support for Sharing

Agro Information” at CIPHET,

Ludhiana (September 28, 2011).

A farmers-scientists’ interaction

w a s c o n d u c t e d u n d e r t h e

Department of Science & Technology

(DST) funded project entitled

“Spatio-temporal Bio-physical and

Socio-economic Linkage with

IARI Participates in

Agricultural Exhibitions

Farmers - Scientists’

Interaction

Simulation Models for Land Use

Planning and Agri-production

Estimates in Western Uttar Pradesh”

on July15, 2011 at Kalanjari village

(Janikhurd block) of Meerut district,

UP. On this occasion, the scientists

from IARI gave brief talk on various

issues including the progress of the

project and local issues related to

cultivation, especially on cropping

systems and farmers’ awareness

about new technology in agriculture.

About 70 farmers from Kalanjari and

adjoining villages interacted with the

scientists.

Wellington organized a wheat field

day at its campus in collaboration

with the National Bureau of Plant

Genetic Resources (NBPGR) on

August 21, 2011. Among the 50

scientists from various ICAR

institutes and state agricultural

universities who participated were:

Dr. J.S. Sandhu, Assistant Director-

General (Seeds), ICAR and Dr. Indu

Sharma, Project Director, Directorate

of Wheat Research, Karnal. Objective

of the programme was to display

17,000 accessions of wheat and

Aegilops germplasm regenerated at

the Station after being stored for 30

years in genebank at NBPGR. The

g e r m p l a s m s e l e c t e d b y t h e

participants would be used in

breeding programmes. Technology

display was also made on this

occasion for demonstration on

cultivation of recently released

dicoccum wheat variety COW(W)2 to

the Nilgiri farmers. Over 25 farmers

from the Nilgiris and Coimbatore

benefited from the programme.

Wheat Field Day

Kisan Goshthi

The Integrated Agromet Agro-

advisory Services, Division of

Agricultural Physics, IARI organized

a kisan goshthi on July 23, 2011

at KVK, Shikohpur, Gurgaon

(Haryana) for twenty-five farmers.

The scientists of the Institute

provided detailed information

on crop management based on

weather, soil, and optimum use of

irrigation water for increasing crop

productivity. They also provided

information on insects/diseases

of tomato and suitable pest

management practices. The experts

also gave advices on protected

cultivation, seed quality and

explained the benefits of weather

based agro-advisory to the farmers.

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra

(KVK), Shikohpur organized six

vocational training programmes on:

(i) “Dress Designing and Tailoring”

from May 23 to July 6, 2011 in Dhani

Kumbhavas village of Gurgaon

district (50 rural women/girls

participated); (ii) “Plant Protection &

Pest Control Services” from August 1

to11, 2011 in Khanpur village of

Gurgaon district (15 farm youth

part ic ipated) ; ( i i i ) “Nursery

Management of Horticulture Crops”

from August 30 to September 7, 2011

in Garhi Gopalpur village of

Gurgaon district (10 rural youth

attended); (iv) “Vermiculture &

Ve r m i c o m p o s t P r o d u c t i o n

Technology” from September 5 to 15,

2011 at its campus (15 farm youth of

Teekli village of Gurgaon district

attended); (v) “Dairy Management”

Vocational Trainings

from September 12 to 20, 2011 at its

campus (40 farm youth and dairy

owners from different parts of

Haryana attended); and (vi)

“Integrated Pest Management” on

September 16, 2011 at its campus (22

Agriculture Development Officers of

the Department of Agriculture,

Gurgaon and field extension workers

from different NGOs attended).

The CATAT organized six

t ra in ing programmes for

agr icul tural of f ic ia ls and

progressive farmers of different

s ta tes on : ( i ) “ Improved

Agricultural Technologies for

Higher Income” from July 25 to

August 3, 2011 (26 persons

participated); (ii) “Role of Soil

Testing for Improving Soil

Health” on August 18, 2011 (30

persons participated); (iii)

“Management of Soil Carbon

and Water Management in Agri-

farming” on August 25, 2011 (30

persons participated); (iv)

“ I n t e g r a t e d N u t r i e n t

Management for Major Crops

and Vegetables” on September 6,

2011 (30 persons participated);

(v) “Capacity Building of

Development Department

Personnel on Micro-enterprise

Promotion in Agricultural and

Allied Areas” from September 12

t o 1 9 , 2 0 1 1 ( 3 0 p e r s o n s

p a r t i c i p a t e d ) ; a n d ( v i )

“ I m p r o v e d A g r i c u l t u r a l

Technologies for Higher Income”

from September 12 to 21, 2011 (22

persons participated).

The Water Technology Centre of

the Institute organized four

Trainings

farmer’s training programmes on

“Efficient Water Management”:

(i) July 26 to August 1, 2011 in

Biwan and Sounkh villages of

Nuh, Mewat (Haryana); (ii)

August 18 to 25 in Daulatpur and

Pillana villages of Baghpat, U.P.;

(iii) September 12 to 19, 2011 in

Jakhoda and Asoda villages of

Jhajjhar, Haryana; and (iv)

September 26 to October 3, 2011

in Singoli-Tayaja and Gona

villages of Baghpat, UP. More

than 400 farmers were trained on

var ious aspects of water

management, agriculture, and

allied subjects by the scientists of

IARI through lecture/talks at

respective villages and field

visits at the Institute.

The Division of Soil Science

and Agricultural Chemistry

organized an advanced level

training in “Soil Testing, Plant

Analysis and Water Quality

Assessment” from September 6

to 26, 2011. Nineteen trainees

representing SAUs/ICAR, KVKs,

rubber board, state department

o f a g r i c u l t u r e , f e r t i l i z e r

industries and entrepreneurs

f r o m d i f f e r e n t s t a t e s

participated. The training

programme was inaugurated by

Dr. M. Dadlani, Joint Director

( R e s e a r c h ) , a n d D r . K .

Vijayaragavan, Joint Director

( E x t e n s i o n ) g r a c e d t h e

valedictory function.

The Division of Plant Pathology

organized a training course on

“Mushroom Cultivation” from

September 20 to 26, 2011. Forty-

four trainees from diverse

affiliations and nine different

states, namely, Nagaland, West

Bengal , B ihar, Ra jasthan,

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh,

Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and

Delhi participated.

The Division of Agricultural

Engineering organized two

training programmes on: (i)

“Motor Winding” for rural youth

from September 21 to 30, 2011 in

a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h K V K ,

Shikohpur and Nehru Yuva

Kendra at its campus. Eight

participants from villages

around Delhi and Gurgaon

participated in the training

programme; and (ii) “Project

Formulation, Risk Assessment,

Scientific Report Writing and

Presentation” from September 26

to 30, 2011. Eighteen participants

from 12 states participated in the

training programme.

Physics organized a training

course sponsored by the

Department of Science and

Technology (DST), Govt. of India

on “Hyperspectral Remote

Sensing for Agriculture” from

August 2 to 11, 2011. Twenty-two

participants from ten states

attended the training course.

“Development of Superior

‘Ogura’ Based CMS Lines for F1

Hybrid Seed Production and

Diversification of CMS System

in Snowbal l Caul i f lower :

A n a p p r o a c h T o w a r d s

Indigenization of Hybrid Seed

Industry” funded by the Life

Sciences Research Board, DRDO.

Amount: ` 44.00 lakhs. Principal

New Projects Sanctioned

running shield was awarded Jointly

to CPCT and the Division of

Floriculture and Landscaping for

doing maximum correspondence in

Hindi for the year 2010-11. This year,

the Divisions of Nematology,

Agricultural Extension, Floriculture

and Landscaping and the Library

Services of the Institute also

organized Hindi Pakhwada/Hindi

Divas/Hindi Saptah in their respective

divisions. The IARI Regional Station,

Karnal also organized Hindi

Pakhwada from September 1 to 14,

The Centre for Agricultural

Technology Assessment and Transfer

(CATAT), IARI participated and put

up stall to display its products and

technologies to the farmers during ththree exhibitions: (i) 7 Food and

Technology Expo, 2011, Pragati

Maidan, New Delhi (July 29-31,

2011); (ii) Kisan mela-cum-farmers’

training camp by Young farmers’

Association at Rakhra, Patiala

(September 24, 2011); and (iii)

Exhibition organised under NAIP

sub-project entitled “Mobilizing

Mass Media Support for Sharing

Agro Information” at CIPHET,

Ludhiana (September 28, 2011).

A farmers-scientists’ interaction

w a s c o n d u c t e d u n d e r t h e

Department of Science & Technology

(DST) funded project entitled

“Spatio-temporal Bio-physical and

Socio-economic Linkage with

IARI Participates in

Agricultural Exhibitions

Farmers - Scientists’

Interaction

Simulation Models for Land Use

Planning and Agri-production

Estimates in Western Uttar Pradesh”

on July15, 2011 at Kalanjari village

(Janikhurd block) of Meerut district,

UP. On this occasion, the scientists

from IARI gave brief talk on various

issues including the progress of the

project and local issues related to

cultivation, especially on cropping

systems and farmers’ awareness

about new technology in agriculture.

About 70 farmers from Kalanjari and

adjoining villages interacted with the

scientists.

Wellington organized a wheat field

day at its campus in collaboration

with the National Bureau of Plant

Genetic Resources (NBPGR) on

August 21, 2011. Among the 50

scientists from various ICAR

institutes and state agricultural

universities who participated were:

Dr. J.S. Sandhu, Assistant Director-

General (Seeds), ICAR and Dr. Indu

Sharma, Project Director, Directorate

of Wheat Research, Karnal. Objective

of the programme was to display

17,000 accessions of wheat and

Aegilops germplasm regenerated at

the Station after being stored for 30

years in genebank at NBPGR. The

g e r m p l a s m s e l e c t e d b y t h e

participants would be used in

breeding programmes. Technology

display was also made on this

occasion for demonstration on

cultivation of recently released

dicoccum wheat variety COW(W)2 to

the Nilgiri farmers. Over 25 farmers

from the Nilgiris and Coimbatore

benefited from the programme.

Wheat Field Day

Kisan Goshthi

The Integrated Agromet Agro-

advisory Services, Division of

Agricultural Physics, IARI organized

a kisan goshthi on July 23, 2011

at KVK, Shikohpur, Gurgaon

(Haryana) for twenty-five farmers.

The scientists of the Institute

provided detailed information

on crop management based on

weather, soil, and optimum use of

irrigation water for increasing crop

productivity. They also provided

information on insects/diseases

of tomato and suitable pest

management practices. The experts

also gave advices on protected

cultivation, seed quality and

explained the benefits of weather

based agro-advisory to the farmers.

The Krishi Vigyan Kendra

(KVK), Shikohpur organized six

vocational training programmes on:

(i) “Dress Designing and Tailoring”

from May 23 to July 6, 2011 in Dhani

Kumbhavas village of Gurgaon

district (50 rural women/girls

participated); (ii) “Plant Protection &

Pest Control Services” from August 1

to11, 2011 in Khanpur village of

Gurgaon district (15 farm youth

part ic ipated) ; ( i i i ) “Nursery

Management of Horticulture Crops”

from August 30 to September 7, 2011

in Garhi Gopalpur village of

Gurgaon district (10 rural youth

attended); (iv) “Vermiculture &

Ve r m i c o m p o s t P r o d u c t i o n

Technology” from September 5 to 15,

2011 at its campus (15 farm youth of

Teekli village of Gurgaon district

attended); (v) “Dairy Management”

Vocational Trainings

from September 12 to 20, 2011 at its

campus (40 farm youth and dairy

owners from different parts of

Haryana attended); and (vi)

“Integrated Pest Management” on

September 16, 2011 at its campus (22

Agriculture Development Officers of

the Department of Agriculture,

Gurgaon and field extension workers

from different NGOs attended).

The CATAT organized six

t ra in ing programmes for

agr icul tural of f ic ia ls and

progressive farmers of different

s ta tes on : ( i ) “ Improved

Agricultural Technologies for

Higher Income” from July 25 to

August 3, 2011 (26 persons

participated); (ii) “Role of Soil

Testing for Improving Soil

Health” on August 18, 2011 (30

persons participated); (iii)

“Management of Soil Carbon

and Water Management in Agri-

farming” on August 25, 2011 (30

persons participated); (iv)

“ I n t e g r a t e d N u t r i e n t

Management for Major Crops

and Vegetables” on September 6,

2011 (30 persons participated);

(v) “Capacity Building of

Development Department

Personnel on Micro-enterprise

Promotion in Agricultural and

Allied Areas” from September 12

t o 1 9 , 2 0 1 1 ( 3 0 p e r s o n s

p a r t i c i p a t e d ) ; a n d ( v i )

“ I m p r o v e d A g r i c u l t u r a l

Technologies for Higher Income”

from September 12 to 21, 2011 (22

persons participated).

The Water Technology Centre of

the Institute organized four

Trainings

farmer’s training programmes on

“Efficient Water Management”:

(i) July 26 to August 1, 2011 in

Biwan and Sounkh villages of

Nuh, Mewat (Haryana); (ii)

August 18 to 25 in Daulatpur and

Pillana villages of Baghpat, U.P.;

(iii) September 12 to 19, 2011 in

Jakhoda and Asoda villages of

Jhajjhar, Haryana; and (iv)

September 26 to October 3, 2011

in Singoli-Tayaja and Gona

villages of Baghpat, UP. More

than 400 farmers were trained on

var ious aspects of water

management, agriculture, and

allied subjects by the scientists of

IARI through lecture/talks at

respective villages and field

visits at the Institute.

The Division of Soil Science

organized an advanced level

training in “Soil Testing, Plant

Analysis and Water Quality

Assessment” from September 6

to 26, 2011. Nineteen trainees

representing SAUs/ICAR, KVKs,

rubber board, state department

o f a g r i c u l t u r e , f e r t i l i z e r

industries and entrepreneurs

f r o m d i f f e r e n t s t a t e s

participated. The training

programme was inaugurated by

Dr. M. Dadlani, Joint Director

( R e s e a r c h ) , a n d D r . K .

Vijayaragavan, Joint Director

( E x t e n s i o n ) g r a c e d t h e

valedictory function.

The Division of Plant Pathology

organized a training course on

“Mushroom Cultivation” from

September 20 to 26, 2011. Forty-

four trainees from diverse

affiliations and nine different

states, namely, Nagaland, West

Bengal , B ihar, Ra jasthan,

Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh,

Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and

Delhi participated.

Engineering organized two

training programmes on: (i)

“Motor Winding” for rural youth

from September 21 to 30, 2011 in

a s s o c i a t i o n w i t h K V K ,

Shikohpur and Nehru Yuva

Kendra at its campus. Eight

participants from villages

around Delhi and Gurgaon

participated in the training

programme; and (ii) “Project

Formulation, Risk Assessment,

Scientific Report Writing and

Presentation” from September 26

to 30, 2011. Eighteen participants

from 12 states participated in the

training programme.

Physics organized a training

course sponsored by the

Department of Science and

Technology (DST), Govt. of India

on “Hyperspectral Remote

Sensing for Agriculture” from

August 2 to 11, 2011. Twenty-two

participants from ten states

attended the training course.

“Development of Superior

‘Ogura’ Based CMS Lines for F1

Hybrid Seed Production and

Diversification of CMS System

in Snowbal l Caul i f lower :

A n a p p r o a c h T o w a r d s

Indigenization of Hybrid Seed

Industry” funded by the Life

Sciences Research Board, DRDO.

Amount: ` 44.00 lakhs. Principal

New Projects Sanctioned

IARI News10

Investigator: Dr. S.S. Dey, IARI

Regional Station, Katrain.

“Developing Agr icu l tura l

Entrepreneurs in Vegetable

Seed Production” funded by

NABARD. Amount: ` 38.52

lakhs. Principal Investigator:

Dr. Rashmi Singh, Division of

Agricultural Extension.

Development of substituted

alkene as a potential nematicide

N a n o - e n c a p s u l a t e d h e x a -

conazole: A novel fungicide and

the process for making the same

Pigeonpea pod stripper

Digital soil test ferti l izer

recommendation (STFR) meter

A multi/hyper-spectral data

analyzing process for complete

quantification, characterization

and compression of natural

resource specific information

Synthetic gene encoding cry1Fa1

delta-endotoxin of Bacillus

thuringiensis

S y n t h e t i c g e n e e n c o d i n g

chimeric delta-endotoxin of

Bacillus thuringiensis

Ef f i c ient process for the

preparation of neem based

r e d u c e d a z a d i r a c h t i n ( s )

pesticides

ResourCeS – A regional resource

characterizing system

U S A R – A n E I A To o l f o r

m a n a g i n g s a l t a f f e c t e d

Patents Filed

Patents Renewed

Copyright Filed

agricultural lands and irrigation

waters

Bread wheat – HI 1563 (Pusa

Prachi)

Tomato – Pusa Sadabahar and

Pusa Rohini

Chrysanthemum – Pusa Anmol

and Pusa Centenary

Pusa fruit drink licensed to M/s

Shree Krishna Pickles, Gurgaon,

Haryana

Pusa soya nuts licensed to M/s

Pravin Reinforced Plastics Pvt.

Ltd., Ghaziabad, UP

Maize hybrid PEEHM-5 licensed

to M/s Victory Seeds Pvt. Ltd.,

Kurnool, AP

RNAi gene-construct against

ToLCV virus licensed to M/s Bejo

Sheetal Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Jalna,

Maharashtra

Wheat variety HD 2967 licensed

to M/s San Seed Farm, Moga;

M/s Sekhon Seed Farm, Sangrur;

M/s Amar Seeds, M/s Sandeep

Seeds and M/s Sahil Seeds,

Ludhiana; and M/s Bhatinda

Seed Farm, Bhatinda, Punjab,

and M/s Sandhu Seed Farm and

M/s Bhatti Agri Seeds, Sirsa;

M/s Prabhat Seed Traders and

M/s. Kurukshetra Seeds Pvt.

Ltd., Kurukshetra; and M/s

Mehla Seed Farm, Karnal,

Haryana.

Crop Varieties Applied for

Protection under the PPV &

FR Act, 2001

Technologies

Commercialized

Corporate Membership

Four new corporate members

were registered with the Institute’s

Business Planning and Development

Unit during this period making the

membership to a total of 86.

Dr. G.T. Gujar was appointed

Head, Division of Entomology

w.e.f. July 8, 2011.

Dr. J.P. Sharma was appointed

Head, Division of Agricultural

Extension w.e.f. July 8, 2011.

Dr. V.A. Tonapi was appointed

Head, Division of Seed Science

and Technology w.e.f. July 21,

Dr. V.V. Datar was appointed

Head, IARI Regional Station,

Pune w.e.f. July 26, 2011.

Dr. B.S. Dwivedi was appointed

Head, Division of Soil Science

w.e.f. July 30, 2011.

Dr. K.V. Prabhu was appointed

Head, Division of Genetics w.e.f.

August 9, 2011.

Dr. A.K. Singh, Senior Scientist,

Division of Genetics was

a wa r d e d t h e A g r i c u l t u r e

Leadership Award 2011 for his

significant contribution to the

development and popularization

of basmati rice varieties and

hybrids.

Dr. R.R. Sharma, Senior Scientist,

Divis ion of Post Harvest

Te c h n o l o g y r e c e i ve d t h e

Appointments

Awards/Honours

11IARI News

Dr. Rajinder Prasad Award 2010

of ICAR for the book entitled

“Adhunik Phalotpadan”.

Mr. Tirtha Dasgupta, In-charge,

Central Photo Lab was conferred

Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, IARI welcoming Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, Member of Parliament, Ghana at IARI

the “Associateship of the

Photographic Society of America

(APSA)” for his contributions to

the advancement of art and

s c i e n c e o f p h o t o g r a p h y,

photographic proficiency and

achievement. He is presently the

fifth living Indian to hold this

honour.

Visitors from Abroad

During the period, July-September, 2011, six delegations– one each from

Mozambique, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Francophone countries of Africa and

the United States of America– visited the Institute. The Ghanaian delegation

was led by Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, Member of Parliament, Ghana; and

the Kenyan delegation was led by Dr. Romono Klome, Permanent Secretary,

Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya. Ms. Diden Bilmez from Uludag University,

Turkey and Ms. Adeline Rolnick, from Harvard College, the United States of

America also visited the Institute.

Dr. H.S. Gaur, Dean & Joint Director (Education), IARI presenting a set of the Institute's publications to Dr. Romono Klome, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya at IARI

Obituary

The IARI family condoles

the untimely and sad demise of

Dr. Shanti Chandrashekaran,

P r i n c i p a l S c i e n t i s t a n d

Professor, Division of Genetics,

on August 2, 2011. Born on

August 30, 1954, she did her

M.Sc. in Botany from University

of Delhi with second rank in the

University and Ph.D. from IARI

where she was a gold medalist

for best thesis presentation.

She served as Professor

(2009 to 2011), Principal Scientist

(1998 to 2009), Senior Scientist

(1984 to 1998) and Scientist (1978

to 1984). She has been a ICAR

National Fellow from 1999 to

2009. She has more than 30

research publications to her

credit and received several

awards. She will be remembered

a s a g r e a t t e a c h e r , a n

outstanding scientist and a

person of high values.

Dr. Shanti Chandrashekaran

IARI News10

Investigator: Dr. S.S. Dey, IARI

Regional Station, Katrain.

“Developing Agr icu l tura l

Entrepreneurs in Vegetable

Seed Production” funded by

NABARD. Amount: ` 38.52

lakhs. Principal Investigator:

Dr. Rashmi Singh, Division of

Agricultural Extension.

Development of substituted

alkene as a potential nematicide

N a n o - e n c a p s u l a t e d h e x a -

conazole: A novel fungicide and

the process for making the same

Pigeonpea pod stripper

Digital soil test ferti l izer

recommendation (STFR) meter

A multi/hyper-spectral data

analyzing process for complete

quantification, characterization

and compression of natural

resource specific information

Synthetic gene encoding cry1Fa1

delta-endotoxin of Bacillus

thuringiensis

S y n t h e t i c g e n e e n c o d i n g

chimeric delta-endotoxin of

Bacillus thuringiensis

Ef f i c ient process for the

preparation of neem based

r e d u c e d a z a d i r a c h t i n ( s )

pesticides

ResourCeS – A regional resource

characterizing system

U S A R – A n E I A To o l f o r

m a n a g i n g s a l t a f f e c t e d

Patents Filed

Patents Renewed

Copyright Filed

agricultural lands and irrigation

waters

Bread wheat – HI 1563 (Pusa

Prachi)

Tomato – Pusa Sadabahar and

Pusa Rohini

Chrysanthemum – Pusa Anmol

and Pusa Centenary

Pusa fruit drink licensed to M/s

Shree Krishna Pickles, Gurgaon,

Haryana

Pusa soya nuts licensed to M/s

Pravin Reinforced Plastics Pvt.

Ltd., Ghaziabad, UP

Maize hybrid PEEHM-5 licensed

to M/s Victory Seeds Pvt. Ltd.,

Kurnool, AP

RNAi gene-construct against

ToLCV virus licensed to M/s Bejo

Sheetal Seeds Pvt. Ltd., Jalna,

Maharashtra

Wheat variety HD 2967 licensed

to M/s San Seed Farm, Moga;

M/s Sekhon Seed Farm, Sangrur;

M/s Amar Seeds, M/s Sandeep

Seeds and M/s Sahil Seeds,

Ludhiana; and M/s Bhatinda

Seed Farm, Bhatinda, Punjab,

and M/s Sandhu Seed Farm and

M/s Bhatti Agri Seeds, Sirsa;

M/s Prabhat Seed Traders and

M/s. Kurukshetra Seeds Pvt.

Ltd., Kurukshetra; and M/s

Mehla Seed Farm, Karnal,

Haryana.

Crop Varieties Applied for

Protection under the PPV &

FR Act, 2001

Technologies

Commercialized

Corporate Membership

Four new corporate members

were registered with the Institute’s

Business Planning and Development

Unit during this period making the

membership to a total of 86.

Dr. G.T. Gujar was appointed

Head, Division of Entomology

w.e.f. July 8, 2011.

Dr. J.P. Sharma was appointed

Head, Division of Agricultural

Extension w.e.f. July 8, 2011.

Dr. V.A. Tonapi was appointed

Head, Division of Seed Science

and Technology w.e.f. July 21,

Dr. V.V. Datar was appointed

Head, IARI Regional Station,

Pune w.e.f. July 26, 2011.

Dr. B.S. Dwivedi was appointed

Head, Division of Soil Science

w.e.f. July 30, 2011.

Dr. K.V. Prabhu was appointed

Head, Division of Genetics w.e.f.

August 9, 2011.

Dr. A.K. Singh, Senior Scientist,

Division of Genetics was

a wa r d e d t h e A g r i c u l t u r e

Leadership Award 2011 for his

significant contribution to the

development and popularization

of basmati rice varieties and

hybrids.

Dr. R.R. Sharma, Senior Scientist,

Divis ion of Post Harvest

Te c h n o l o g y r e c e i ve d t h e

Appointments

Awards/Honours

11IARI News

Dr. Rajinder Prasad Award 2010

of ICAR for the book entitled

“Adhunik Phalotpadan”.

Mr. Tirtha Dasgupta, In-charge,

Central Photo Lab was conferred

Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, IARI welcoming Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, Member of Parliament, Ghana at IARI

the “Associateship of the

Photographic Society of America

(APSA)” for his contributions to

the advancement of art and

s c i e n c e o f p h o t o g r a p h y,

photographic proficiency and

achievement. He is presently the

fifth living Indian to hold this

honour.

Visitors from Abroad

During the period, July-September, 2011, six delegations– one each from

Mozambique, Ghana, Kenya, Ethiopia, Francophone countries of Africa and

the United States of America– visited the Institute. The Ghanaian delegation

was led by Dr. Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, Member of Parliament, Ghana; and

the Kenyan delegation was led by Dr. Romono Klome, Permanent Secretary,

Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya. Ms. Diden Bilmez from Uludag University,

Turkey and Ms. Adeline Rolnick, from Harvard College, the United States of

America also visited the Institute.

Dr. H.S. Gaur, Dean & Joint Director (Education), IARI presenting a set of the Institute's publications to Dr. Romono Klome, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Kenya at IARI

Obituary

The IARI family condoles

the untimely and sad demise of

Dr. Shanti Chandrashekaran,

P r i n c i p a l S c i e n t i s t a n d

Professor, Division of Genetics,

on August 2, 2011. Born on

August 30, 1954, she did her

M.Sc. in Botany from University

of Delhi with second rank in the

University and Ph.D. from IARI

where she was a gold medalist

for best thesis presentation.

She served as Professor

(2009 to 2011), Principal Scientist

(1998 to 2009), Senior Scientist

(1984 to 1998) and Scientist (1978

to 1984). She has been a ICAR

National Fellow from 1999 to

2009. She has more than 30

research publications to her

credit and received several

awards. She will be remembered

a s a g r e a t t e a c h e r , a n

outstanding scientist and a

person of high values.

Dr. Shanti Chandrashekaran

IARI News12

Environment Leadership Award

Indian Agricultural Research Institute was

conferred the Environment Leadership Award of

Agriculture Today, 2011 for its pioneering work on

development of sustainable agriculture, protection of

environment, mitigation and adaptation to climate

change and environmental policy planning for the

benefit of farming community. The award in the form

of a memento and a citation was received, on behalf of

the Director, by Dr M. Dadlani, Joint Director

(Research) and Dr. H.C. Joshi, Head, Division of

Environmental Sciences, IARI on September 14, 2011

from the Chief Guest, Hon’ble Union Minister of Law

and Justice, Government of India, Shri Salman

Khurshid in the presence of the guest of honour

Hon’ble Minister of State for Agriculture, Food

Processing Industries and Parliamentary Affairs,

Government of India, Shri Harish Rawat, Mr. M.J.

Khan, Editor-in-chief, Agriculture Today and a galaxy

of luminaries in the Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi.

Former Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha, Dr. Balram Jakhar

presided over the function. The contributions of the

Institute in the field of environment and climate

change studies were highlighted in the award

presentation ceremony.

Dr. M. Dadlani, Joint Director (Research) and Dr. H.C. Joshi,

Head, Division of Environmental Sciences, IARI receiving the

Environment Leadership Award from the Hon'ble Union

Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Salman Khurshid

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IARI Wins the Sardar Patel Outstanding

ICAR Institution Award 2010

The Indian Agricultural Research Institute won

the Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award

for the year 2010 jointly with the Tamil Nadu

Agricultural University, Coimbatore for its

outstanding contribution in the field of agricultural

research, education and extension.

The Award was received by Dr. H.S. Gupta,

Director, IARI from the Hon’ble Minister of State for

Agriculture and Food Processing Industries,

Government of India, Shri Charan Das Mahant on the

occasion of the Foundation Day of ICAR, at NASC

Complex, New Delhi on July 16, 2011 in the presence

of the Hon’ble Union Minister of Agriculture and

Food Processing Industries, Government of India,

Shri Sharad Pawar and the Hon’ble Minister of State

for Agriculture, Food Processing Industries and

Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India,

Shri Harish Rawat.

The Award carries ` 10,00,000 in cash, a citation

and a plaque. The Award is sponsored by the Indian

Council of Agricultural Research and is given for

outstanding performance by the ICAR Institutes, DUs

of ICAR, CAU and State Agricultural Universities.

Dr. H.S. Gupta, Director, IARI receiving the Sardar Patel

Outstanding ICAR Institution Award 2010 from the Hon'ble

Minister of State for Agriculture and Food Processing

Industries, Shri Charan Das Mahant

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