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KERALA
AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
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Regional
Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi
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Regional
Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi was established in 12th March
1927. It was renamed as Agricultural Research Station in 1930 and as Central Rice
Research Station in 1962. This Station was taken over by Kerala Agricultural University
in 1971. With the implementation of NARP, the station was upgraded to the status
of RARS in 1981 and made the HQ of the Central Zone.
Generation
and transfer of technology related to rice and rice based cropping system, pulses,
vegetables, organic farming and seed technology.
Major
Programmes of the Station
85
ongoing research projects/experiments are there in the station. The major programmes
are :-
- All
India Co-ordinated Rice Improvement Project (AICRIP)
- All
India Co-ordinated Research Project on Arid Legumes (AICRP on AL)
- AICRP
on Long Term Fertilizer Experiments (AICRP on LTFE)
- University
Research Projects (Non Plan, NARP Non Plan & Plan)
- ICAR
Adhoc Scheme on Development of superior hybrid rice varieties.
- ICAR
funded project on Technology Assessment and Refinement through Institution
Village Linkage programme (TAR IVLP)
- National
Seed Production – Breeder Seed production Programme (NSP – BSP)
- Research
Components of National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed area (NWDPRA)
- Intesive
Vegetable Production (IVP) Programme
Major
Units
- Farm
Unit
- Agromet
Unit
- Information
and Sales Counter
- Research
Workshop
- Rice
Museum
- Dairy
Unit
- State
Seed Testing Laboratory
- Regional
Horticultural Nursery
- Regional
Instrumentation Laboratory
-
Computer Centre & ARIS Cell
- Station
Library
Disciplines
& Divisions
Crop
Improvement :
- Division
of Plant Breeding & Genetics
- Division
of Pulses
- Division
of Horticulture
Crop
Management :
- Division
of agronomy
- Division
of Soil Science
- Division
of Agricultural Engineering
Plant
Protection :
- Division
of Entomology
- Division
of Plant Pathology
Social
Sciences :
- Division
of Agricultural Extension
- Division
of Agricultural Statistics
- Division
of Agricultural Economics
Land Resources
- Low lands : 19.64 Ha
- Palliyals
: 11.99 Ha
- Garden
lands : 13.34 Ha
Total
Area : 44.97 Ha
Current
Activities :
Rice
Research
- Conservation
and characterisation of germplasm
- Breeding
for yield improvement and consumer acceptability
- Resistance
breeding
- Development
of hybrid rice
- Research
on yield maximisation under different situations
- Nutrient
management & weed control studies
- Research
on summer rice fallow utilisation
- Long
Term fertilizer Experiments
- Screening
of cultures for pest and disease resistance
- Evaluation
of new insecticides and fungicides
- Research
on sex pheromone for pest management
- Studies
on botanicals for control of disease and pests
Research
on Pulses:
- Conservation
of germplasm of major pulse crops
- Developing
short duration drought tolerant cowpea varieties
- Evolving
photo insensitive horsegram varieties for rice fallows
- Developing
red gram varieties for homesteads
Research
on Vegetables
- Mosaic
resistance breeding in Chilli
- Identification
of chinese potato types for the region
- Developing
mosaic tolerant ashgourd
- Research
on bio-fertilisers in vegetables
Extension
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- Studies
on technology assessment and refinement
- Farmer-Scientist-Extensionist
interactions
- Training
programmes, workshops and exhibitions
General
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- Breeder
seed production in rice
- Foundation
seed production in rice, pulses and vegetables
- Production
of planting materials of horticultural crops
- Quality
analysis of seed samples
- 54
high yielding rice varieties – Aryan (Ptb l) to Karuna (Ptb54)
- Annapoorna
: First high yielding, early, dward rice variety in the whole country
- Jyothi
: Ever popular among farmers of the state
- Kairali,
Kanchana, Aathira, aiswarya, Mangala Mashuri and Karuna – recent varieties
- Comprehensive
cultivation package for rice for different seasons
- Scientific
fertilizer schedules for rice under different situations
- Integrated
weed management strategy with emphasis on herbicides
- Effective
pest and disease management in rice
- Sources
of resistance to major pest and disease
- Two
high yielding cowpea varieties : Kanakamony and Krishnamony
- One
high yielding early Chinese potato variety : Nidhi
- One
high yielding mosaic tolerant variety : Indu
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Annapoorna
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Jyothi
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Aathira
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Aiswarya
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Karuna
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Neeraja
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Bharathi
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Sabari
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Ranjini
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