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- ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal (IIWBR)
- ICAR-Central Institute of Cotton Research, Nagpur (CICR)
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi (IIVR)
- ICAR-National Research Centre on Banana (NRCB)
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal (IISS)
- ICAR- National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur (NBSS&LUP)
- ICAR-Indian Institute of Water Management, Bhubaneshwar (IIWM)
- ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal (CIAE)
- ICAR- Central Institute of Post-Harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana (CIPHET)
- ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal (NDRI)
- ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai (CIFE)
- ICAR- Central Inland Fishery Research Institute, Barrakpore (CIFRI)
- ICAR- Central Institute of Fresh Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar (CIFA)
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Aim/Agenda
About us:
In India, the wheat research started in an organized manner exactly hundred years ago during British period after joining of Sir Howards as the Imperial Botanist at Pusa (Bihar) in 1905. Later on with the establishment of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in 1929, it became the main funding agency and promoter of wheat research in India and the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) played an important role for the wheat Research related activities. An important milestone in this process was the establishment of the All India Coordinated Wheat Improvement Project (AICWIP) in 1965 by the ICAR. The AICWIP was elevated to the status of the Directorate of Wheat Research in 1978 and in 1990 it moved from IARI, New Delhi, to its present location at Karnal, 130 km north of Delhi along with two regional stations located at Flowerdale, Shimla and Dalang Maidan (Lahaul valley). In 2014, it became an institute, ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research. By doing so, the ICAR formalised the establishment of a distinct institutional identity for the second most important cereal crop of the country.
Through coordinated research efforts more than 498 wheat varieties suited to different agro-ecological conditions and growing situations have been released so far. These genotypes were very successful in increasing the wheat production from a mere 12.5 million tons in 1964 to 107.59 million tonnes during 2019-20. Development of such genotypes also resulted in intensive cropping and created additional need for fertilizer and water. It is now realized that sustaining the productivity of the Indo-Gangetic plain is essential to provide food security to the population of India, which by the year 2050 A.D. will be about 1.50 billion.
What we do:
- Coordinate a multidisciplinary, multilocational applied research and testing programme for wheat and barley improvement at the national level.
- Identify improved wheat and barley varieties combining high yield with superior grain quality, resistance to diseases and insect pests and adaptability over a wide range of cultural practices such as sowing time, fertilizer levels and water management etc.
- Develop input efficient, economical, eco-friendly and sustainable wheat and barley production and protection technologies and monitor crop situation.
- Enrich genetic variability at each of the breeding centres by way of supply of diverse germplasm obtained from various exotic sources and developed through indigenous efforts.
- Monitor site the progress of work of all centres cooperating in the AICRP programmes and integrates their activities to the best advantage of the country.
Expertise available with the investigating group/Institute:
- Soil test based nutrient and target yield based fertilizer application in wheat at farmers field
- Sensor based nitrogen management for higher yield and NUE
- Sensor-based irrigation and fertigation for higher yield and WUE
- Decision support system for water and N management
- Decision support system for managing yellow rust in wheat
- Validation of high yield potential wheat varieties under different environment and growing conditions
Objectives of the sub-project:
- Enhancing nitrogen use efficiency through precise nitrogen application in wheat
- Enhancing water productivity in wheat through precision water management (PWM)
- Monitoring of yellow rust in varieties of NWPZ and developing DSS through spectro-radiometer