RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS FUTURE RESEARCH PRIORITIES

Director of Research CSK HP Krishi Vishvavidyalaya

Palampur – 176062 (H.P.)

HPR 2656 HPR 2880

Monthly rainfall during Kharif 2016 as compared to Kharif 2015 in Himachal Pradesh

Month June July August September Seasonal total

Actual (mm) 2016 101.5 195.6 272.7 54.0 623.8 2015 83.8 246.6 212.0 73.5 615.9 Normal (mm) 99.3 311.1 290.8 142.4 843.5

Departure (%) from normal 2016 +2.2 -37.1 -6.2 -62.1 -26.0 2015 -15.6 -20.7 -27.1 -48.4 -27.0

Crop Improvement Crop Production Crop Protection Protected Cultivation Organic Farming

Research Programme Areas

• Natural Farming • Application of Nanotechnology • Carbon fluxes measurements of varieties • Forecasting agriculture output using

space agro-meteorology and land based observations (FASAL)

• Emphasis on Pulses • Production of quality planting material • Resource conservation technologies

Future Research Focus

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

CROP IMPROVEMENT

Crop Name of the Variety Rice HPR 2656 ( Him Palam Dhan-1)

HPR 2880 (Him Palam Dhan-2) Okra DPO-P20 (Him Palam Komal) Tomato Him Palam Tomato Hybrid-1

(For Protected Cultivation) Asparagus Bean DPASB-1 (Him Palam Long Bean)

Zimikand Him Palam Zimikand-1

Varieties Released

Suitable for cultivation under UPLAND CONDITIONS in Zone- I and Zone- II of the State. Average yield : 27-32 q/ha Resistant to LEAF and NECK BLAST diseases.

HPR 2656

RICE: HIM PALAM DHAN – 1 (HPR 2656)

Suitable for cultivation under IRRIGATED CONDITIONS in Zone-I and Zone-II of the State. Average yield : 45.5-55 q/ha Resistant to LEAF and NECK BLAST diseases.

RICE: HIM PALAM DHAN – 2 (HPR 2880)

New Bacterial wilt resistant tomato hybrid for protected cultivation

TOMATO (Him Palam Tomato Hybrid-1)

DPO-P20 P-8

DPO-P20

High yielding and resistant to YVM (DPO-P-20)

OKRA (Him Palam Komal)

Asparagus Bean line DPASB-1

Asparagus Bean (Him Palam Long Bean)

“Him Palam Zimikand-1”

White fleshed corms

Ready to harvest in 170-180 days.

Yield : 200-250 q/ha (100 g cormlets )

450-550 q/ha (400-500 g cormlets)

Performance of Private Hybrids MAIZE 17 maize hybrids were evaluated at six different locations of

CSKHPKV DEKLAB 9179 (68 q/ha) in ZONE-I & all the 17 maize

hybrids in ZONE-II were found to be suitable for commercial cultivation

RICE 16 rice hybrids were evaluated at five different locations.

10 hybrids in Zone-I and 7 in ZONE-II were found suitable for commercial cultivation.

Seed Production

Quality Seed Produced during during Kharif 2016

Type of Seed Total seed produced (q)

Nucleus seed 5.88

Breeder seed 174.89

Foundation seed 107.52

Total 288.29

Breeder seed produced during Kharif 2016

Crop Breeder seed (q) Cereals 80.66 Pulses 40.49 Oilseeds 42.65 Vegetables 4.59 Fodder 6.50

Total 174.89

Foundation seed produced during Kharif 2016

Crop Foundation seed (q)

Cereal 32.70

Pulses 49.10

Oilseeds 21.75

Vegetables 3.97

Total 107.52

CROP PRODUCTION

RICE-PALAK-CUCUMBER was the BEST SYSTEM giving 4.25 times higher RGEY (38.6 t/ha) and net returns (Rs 2, 65, 119/-) compared to traditional rice– wheat system.

RICE-LETTUCE-POTATO was the SECOND BEST SYSTEM with RGEY (32.2 t/ha) and net returns. (Rs 1, 35, 228/- ha)

CROPPING SYSTEMS STUDIES

Nutrient Management Recommended dose of chemical fertilizers and farm yard manure is the BEST NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT STRATEGY under maize-wheat system (45 years experimentation)

LIME in combination with chemical fertilizers in kharif has an edge over chemical fertilizers alone in sustaining crop productivity and soil quality

CROP PROTECTION

Disease Management

• Sudden wilt of bottle guard: Score (difenconazole), Sectin (fenamidone 10% + mancozeb 50%) and Gomeda (carbendazim 12% + mancozeb 63%) @ 0.05%, 0.2% and 0.25%, respectively found effective resulting in > 80% control of sudden wilt.

• Target spot of cucumber

and collar rot of tomato have been recorded under protected cultivation.

• Foliar sprays of Folicur (0.05%)/ Karathane (0.05%)/ Contaf (0.1%) at 15 days interval were found effective in the management of capsicum powdery mildew under protected cultivation.

Bacterial canker is major problem in tomato and capsicum.

The identity of the bacterial canker have been established through conventional and PCR based assay as Clavibacter michiganensis.

Insect Pest Management

Management of Insect Pests of Tea

PIM 014 20 % WP @ 100 g a.i./ha was found highly effective against red spider mite (Oligonychus spp.) on tea, followed by propargite 450 a.i g/ha.

Propargite 42% + Hexythiazox 2% EC @ 525 + 25 gm/ha @1350 ml formulation/ha was found most effective against purple mite (Calacarus carinatus ) and mealy bug of tea, followed by Spiromesifen 22.9 % SC @ 96 gm/ha.

Management of Fruit Borer in Tomato • Sparay schedule consisting of lambda-cyhalothrin

(Karate 5%EC) @ 0.8ml/L, followed by dimethoate (Devigon 30% EC) @ 1.5ml/L after 15 days of 1st spray, followed by lambda-cyhalothrin (Karate 5%EC) @ 0.8ml/L ] after 15 days of 2nd spray was the most effective and economic treatment against H. armigera.

Management of Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer

• Evaluated 8 bio-pesticides and novel insecticides at PALAMPUR

• Chlorantraniliprole was found the most effective (83% reduction in damage), followed by cyantraniliprole (76% reduction in damage).

• 54.20-55.90 % reduction in Melia, Neem and Eupatorium. • At BAJAURA, quinalphos (Krush 25%) @ 2ml/L,

followed by cypermethrin (Auzar 25% EC) @ 0.30 ml/L after 15 days of 1st spray, followed by quinalphos (Krush 25%) @ 2ml/L after 15 days of 2nd spray was found to be the most effective.

Protected cultivation

Varieties in Pipeline

Two cherry tomato lines viz., Cherry Red and Cherry Yellow were identified for protected cultivation and are in pipe line for inclusion in the package of practices on vegetable crops

Two parthenocarpic cucumber lines viz., PPCG and PPCW were identified for protected cultivation and are in pipe line for inclusion in the package of practices on vegetable crops

RESEARCH EFFORTS to develop cherry tomato varieties for protected cultivation

RESEARCH EFFORTS to develop parthenocarpic cucumber varieties/hybrids for protected cultivation

Grafted Tomato

• EG-195, EG-203, ArkaNidhi, ArkaKeshav, Palam Pink and Palam Pride are suitable identified rootstocks.

• Scion variety Avtar grafted on rootstock EG-195 produced highest number of fruits (37.67 ), fruit yield (4.25 kg/plant) and harvest duration (40 days).

Insect Pest Management under protected cultivation Greenhouse whitefly in tomato • Fixing yellow sticky traps (@ 1 trap/ 10 m2) one week prior to

transplanting, soil application of imidacloprid (0.009%) one day after transplanting and need based alternate foliar application of thiamethoxam (0.01%) and spiromesifen (0.02%) (when adult population goes beyond 5 adults/ leaf) resulted in maximum incremental output input ratio.

Spider mite in parthenocarpic cucumber • Among the seven natural products evaluated against red spider

mite in parthenocarpic cucumber under naturally ventilated polyhouses, fermented butter milk (10%), darekastra (10%) and cow urine (5%) proved efficacious in suppressing the infestation.

Waiting period of insecticides in crops grown under polyhouses

Crop Insecticide Method of application

Waiting period (days)

Tomato Imidacloprid Soil drenching 6

Lambda-cyhalothrin

Foliar application 3

Indoxacarb Foliar application 1

Capsicum Lambda-cyhalothrin

Foliar application 4

Organic Crop Production

MAIN FOCUS

• Pulses (low volume high value crops) and vegetables

• Effective utilization of rainfed areas

RESEARCH EFFORTS under Organic Farming

Soybean Rice Bean

Turmeric Mash Maize+ Soybean

Targeted crops

INFORMATION GENERATED Ad-hoc guidelines for Cultivation of important crops of mid Himalayas under organic farming conditions.

Enriched Composts & Liquid manures

Crop Genotypes Seed Yield (q/ha)

Adzukibean

ADPH-8 12.63 ADPH-9 10.80

HPU-51 (check) 8.39

Mash

DKU-4 7.05 DKU-15-12 6.40

DKU-95 6.10

Palampur-93 (check) 5.67

Amaranth IC-341505 10.18 IC-362199 10.06

Durga (Check) 9.99

Organic Input Responsive Genotypes

Human Resource Development - Farmers and Students

Geo Informatics and

Remote Sensing

CROP YIELD FORECASTING

Scientists of CGRT have developed a Crop yield forecasting model in collaborations with IMD and Indian Ins. of Agri. Statistics for MAIZE in kharif and wheat in rabi season for four districts (Hamirpur, Kangra, Chamba and Una) of HP. They are getting less than 10% deviation in it.

GRAMIN KRISHI MUASAM SEWA:

Under the project Weather based agro-advisory based on seven parameters at district level of HP for five days weather forecasts was prepared and disseminated through Kisan portal, University portal & IMD websites. Total 12 SMS during kharif 2016 were sent to 2.87 lakhs farmers of Chamba, Hamiprur Kangra and Una under jurisdiction.

NEW RECOMMENDATIONS Programme area Variety/ Recommendations Crop Improvement

Release proposal of Soybean variety Himso 1685 (Him Palam Hara Soya-1) for cultivation in rainfed conditions in mid hill zone of Himachal Pradesh Proposal of HPR 2795 (Him Palam Lal Dhan 1) recommended for inclusion in the package of practices subject to condition of notification from the CVRC

On Going Research Projects S. No. Particulars No. of

Projects Budget Outlay (in Rs. lakhs)

ICAR Funded Projects 1. AICRPs 39 2200.00 2. Adhoc Projects 14 389.20 DBT Funded Project 6 254.62 DST Funded Projects 7 191.60 UGC funded projects 1 13.71 Miscellaneous Adhoc Projects

47 703.91

RKVY Projects 11 484.17 Total 125 4237.21

Projects submitted and Sanctioned (w.e.f. April 2016 to March 2017)

S. No Particulars No. Budget (Rs crores)

1 Projects submitted 69 198.80

2 Projects sanctioned 26 6.05