| Area of specialization |
Genetics and Cytogenetics |
| Area of interest |
Plant tissue culture & related techniques, Plant breeding, Horticulture & Extension |
| Number of institute projects completed |
18 |
| Number of Institute projects being handled |
3 |
| Number of externally funded projects completed |
4 |
| Number of externally funded projects being handled |
4 |
| Technologies developed |
Developed 6 sweet potato (ST 14, CIP SWA2, 420027, Gouri, ST 13 and SB 198/115) tolerant to salinity (6-8.0 dSm-1) |
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Release of 5
ST 14 – High beta carotene rich (14 mg/100g) salt tolerant variety.
ST 13 – High anthocyanin rich (90 mg/100g) salt tolerant variety.
ST 10 – High extractable starch (21%) with commercial importance.
CIPSWA-2 & 440127 – beta carotene rich (6 mg/100g) high yielding
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Developed and released 5 varieties of sweet potato (Kalinga, Goutam, Sourin, Kishan and Sree Kanaka)
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Developed three lines of taro (Jhankri, Sonajuli and Duradim) tolerant to both biotic (blight) and abiotic stresses (drought and salinity) and a hybrid line TSL tolerant to drought |
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Developed and released 3 varieties of taro (Pani Saru-1, Pani Saru- 2 and Muktakeshi) |
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Developed, high yielding, short duration good cooking quality greater yam Da-25 and under release |
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Developed embryo rescue techniques and recovered desirable hybrids in sweet potato and taro |
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Developed in vitro propagation and storage techniques |
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Protocols developed for encapsulation- germination of micro propagules for artificial seeding in sweet potato and taro |
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Developed rapid in vitro screening techniques to isolate salt tolerant sweet potato, biotic and abiotic stress tolerant taro |
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Standardized isozyme and DNA markers to characterize stress tolerant sweet potato, taro. Methodologies developed to overcome recalcitrancy in elephant foot yam |
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Collected and maintaining 1245 genetic resources of different tuber crops in field |
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Maintaining released and pre-released genetic resources of tuber crops in vitro |
