All
India Coordinated Project of Micro and Secondary Nutrients
and
Pollutant Elements in Soils & Plants
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Background and functional profile
Introduction of high yielding crop varieties (HYV), intensive
cropping together with a shift in high analysis NPK fertilizers
in mid sixties brought a stirring revolution in increasing crop
production in the country, but at the same time heavy withdrawal
of essential plant nutrients through bumper harvests made soil
resource fatigue. The deficiencies of micronutrients became a
serious obstacle in achieving optimum yield. With time, Field
scale zinc deficiency was observed in many areas resulting in
either very low yield or entire failure of crops. Realizing the
gravity of emerging problems of micronutrient deficiencies and
immediate need to tackle them more efficiently, Indian Council of
Agricultural Research initiated the "All India Coordinated
Research Project of Micronutrients in Soils and Plants" in
the year 1967. The project was envisaged multi-disciplinary and
multi-locational research to delineate micronutrient deficient
areas, properly diagnose and alleviate such nutritional disorders
in soils and plants more efficiently. Simultaneously, it was
considered prudent to undertake some plant physiological research
on micronutrient nutrition of crops. Later emerging deficiencies
of Secondary Nutrients and Toxicities of Heavy Metals were
observed in several soils due to their indiscriminate use.
Therefore, the mandate of the project was broaden to "All
India Coordinate Research Project of Micro- and Secondary-
Nutrients and Pollutant Elements in Soils and Plants" and
its objectives were enlarged accordingly.
Thus AICRP Micro- and Secondary- Nutrients and Pollutant Elements
in Soils and Plants has been in operation for the last 3 decades
and presently functioning at 11 cooperative centres with its
National head quarter at Indian Institute of Soil Science,
Bhopal. The centre at Lucknow University, Lucknow has specific
mandate of "plant physiological research" while
remaining 10 centres are conducting mostly "soil based
research" on the micro- and secondary- nutrients and
pollutant elements in soils and plants.
Mission of the project
Soil fertility management through balanced use of micro- and
secondary- nutrients for enhancing and sustaining high crop
productivity of soil resource with minimal environmental
pollution.
Mandate of the project
1. To plan, execute and monitor the research activities on micro-
and secondary- nutrients and pollutant elements in soils and
plants in a coordinated manner effectively and efficiently in the
country.
2. To cooperate with other scientists belonging to agricultural
universities, institutes and fertilizer industries and collate
information available to improve upon the efficacy of applied
micro and secondary- nutrients and minimize soil and
environmental pollution.
Objectives
1. To delineation micronutrient deficient areas by soil and plant
analysis and to confirm the occurrence of micro - and secondary
nutrients (MSN) deficiencies through responses of crops under
green house and field conditions.
2. To induce and catalogue deficiency symptoms and to assist and
guide extension agencies tin diagnosing and remedying micro and
secondary nutrients deficiencies and heavy metal toxicities in
important field crops.
3. To improve upon the management practices, which may lessen the
micro and secondary nutrient deficiencies disorders in important
soils and crops.
4. To Monitoring health hazards from heavy metals pollution and
trace elements toxicities in soil-plant-animal-human chain.
5. To efficiently coordinate activities related to micro - and
secondary nutrients and pollutants research in the country.
6. To cooperate with other scientists belonging to educational
and research organizations and fertilizer industries to improve
upon the efficacy of applied micro- and secondary nutrients to
crops and minimize heavy metal pollution in soil and environment.
Date of start of the Project : 1st April 1967
Date of completion of the project : Continue
Budget (Plan-wise)
Head wise summary of Sanctioned Budget outlay IX Plan (1997-2002)
(Rs Lakhs)
| Head | Total | ICAR Share | State share |
| Pay and allowances Traveling allowance Recurring contingencies Non-recurring contingencies |
434.00 12.50 102.50 85.50 |
338.00 11.00 86.00 70.00 |
96.00 1.50 16.50 15.50 |
| Total Budget | 634.50 | 505.00 | 129.50 |
| Details of Personnel | Sanctioned Posts | Staff in Position |
| Scientific | 37 | 37 |
| Technical | 29 | 29 |
| Administrative | 11 | 11 |
| Supporting | 14 | 14 |
| Total | 90 | 90 |
For more detail information please contact to:
Dr. .M.V.Singh
Project Coordinator (Micronutrients)
Indian Institute of Soil Science (ICAR),
Nabibagh, Berasia Road, Bhopal - 462 038, Madhya Pradesh, India
Ph. (O) 0755-734487, 730970, (R) 0755-766759
Fax. 0755- 733310, Email: mvs@iiss.mp.nic.in
Enet: drmvsingh@yahoo.com.