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Research Project

 

                                         Ongoing in-house projects

  • Improving Seed Production System & Certification

  • Basic and strategic research on seed quality improvement

  • Seed quality assessment and enhancement technologies

  •  Improving Seed Health and Storage System

  • Technology Dissemination, Capacity Building and Impact Assessment of Quality Seed Production

                                                                                                            Recently Concluded projects

S.No.

Title of the Project

Date of Start

Date of Completion

Principal Investigator

1.

QTL mapping for seed vigour in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

March, 2012

March, 2021

Dr. Bhojaraja Naik K.

2.

Nano particulate seed invigoration for quality enhancement in paddy, soybean and chickpea.

January, 2014

March, 2021

Dr. Sripathy K.V.

3.

Improving hybridization efficiency, seed set and development of male sterile lines for hybrid seed production in Finger millet [Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertn].

April, 2014

March, 2021

Dr. Bhojaraja Naik K.

4.

Standardization of seed testing protocols for medicinal and aromatic crops.

November, 2016

March, 2021

Dr. Udaya bhaskar K.

5.

Inheritance study of seed longevity in soybean (Glycine max L. Merill)

August, 2018

March, 2021

Dr. Susmita C.

6.

Association mapping and identification of genomic regions affecting shattering, seed vigour and related traits in Sesame (Sesamum indicum L).

October, 2018

March, 2021

Dr. Ramya P.

7.

Botanicals: Effect of nano-encapsulated particles against seed storage insect pests.

October, 2018

March, 2021

Dr. Arvind Nath Singh

8.

Studies on seed maturation and dormancy alleviation in non-basmati aromatic cultivars of paddy.

December, 2018

March, 2021

Dr. Kalyani Kumari

9.

Assessment of genetic variability for fresh seed dormancy in groundnut (Arachis hypogea L.)

April, 2019

March, 2021

Dr. Susmitha C.

10.

Screening, characterization and evaluation of native biocontrol agents against seed borne pathogens of field crops.

May, 2019

March, 2021

Mr. Gopi Kishan

11.

QTL Mapping for seed germination related genes in sweet corn.

May, 2019

March, 2021

Dr. Soma Gupta

12.

Association mapping for resistance to aflatoxin accumulation in maize against seed storage fungus Aspergillus sp.

June, 2019

March, 2021

Dr. Soma Gupta

13.

Standardization of seed multiplication ratio under different crop establishment methods in rice.

June, 2019

March, 2021

Dr. Vishal Tyagi