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The status of pests and diseases has been identified in various forage and pasture species. The extent of losses caused by the major insect pests has been determined. The pest and disease management strategies evolved at the Institute include cultural and biological methods, use of botanical pesticides and seed treatment.
Drought tolerant species and varieties of important fodder crops have been identified through plant physiological research
Cytogenetical studies helped to incorporate the desirable traits from wild species to cultivated oats through amphiploid and backcross breeding. Induced tetraploid lines have been established in berseem.
Regeneration protocol for raising plants from tissue culture has been developed in Cenchrus ciliaris, Dichanthium annulatum, Panicum maximum and Medicago sativa. Plant regeneration from anther-derived callus has been established in Dichanthium annulatum, which aims towards genetic manipulations of sexuality/apomixis. Success has been achieved in callus multiplication and its proliferation in four species of Trifolium. Direct regeneration of plantlets from hypocotyl explants was obtained in different genotypes.
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