INDIAN INSTITUTE OF PULSES RESEARCH
KANPUR 208 024, UTTAR PRADESH
[Mandate] [Manpower] [Research Programmes] [Salient Research Achievements]
[All India Coordinated Research Projects]
The Institute has strength of 3 Project Coordinators, 8 Principal Scientists, 20 Sr. Scientists and 47 Scientists beside the Technicians, Administrative and Supporting Staff.
The research on these programmes is being carried out through 61 projects. Salient Research Achievements The institute in coordination with AICRPs has developed 27 chickpea, 20 pigeonpea, 17 mungbean, 15 urdbean, 17 lentil, 8 fieldpea, 4 rajmash and one lathyrus high yielding and disease resistant varieties. Several resistant donors for major diseases and insect pests of different crops have been identified and being utilized in developing improved varieties resistant to wilt and sterility mosaic in pigeonpea; wilt, Ascochyta blight in chickpea; yellow mosaic virus in mungbean/urdbean; powdery mildew in fieldpea; rust and wilt in lentil and podfly and pod borer in chickpea and pigeonpea. Promising lines through wide crosses of chickpea by embryo culture have been developed. Techniques for selection at cellular level against salanity and Ascochyta rabei have been standardised. Expressions of transgene at calli level have been obtained. Besides, mapping populations are being developed for generating molecular maps in chickpea. Forty seven thousand core and active accessions of different pulse crops, including seven thousand core collections, are maintained in medium term cold module. Post entry quarantine facility exclusive for pulses genetic resources is supporting the programme. The drought tolerance index has been developed to screen and identify chickpea genotypes against soil moisture stress conditions. Controlled pot culture technique has been validated and successfully used as a screening tool against temporary water logging in pigeonpea. Improved pulse production and protection techniques are being extended and disseminated through massive on farm demonstrations, training and visits of development officers and farmers. Data bases and information systems for pulses have been developed. A mini dal mill for splitting pulses grains has been developed and being popularised among small farmers. All Indian Coordinated Research Projects (AICRPs)
All India Co-ordinated Research Projects on Pigeonpea,
Chickpea and MULLaRP (Mungbean, Urdbean, Lentil,
Lathyrus, Rajmash and Fieldpea) are located at Indian
Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur 208024. These are
involved in strategic and applied research and
dissemination of technologies developed through the
co-ordinated national efforts for increasing and
sustaining the pulse production in the country. In its
efforts to achieve these objectives, projects have
developed large number of superior varieties and package
of practices that help farmers to increase production to
meet the ever-growing demand. Crop improvement and
management technologies are dynamic processes that
require continued refinement to match the ever-changing
national demands and aspirations, which are being
addressed under these projects.
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