RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS

FUTURE RESEARCH PRIORITIES

Director of Research

CSK HP Krishi Vishvavidyalaya

Palampur – 176062 (H.P.)

HBL 713 (Him Palam Jau 1) HIM PALAM ALSI ( KL 241)

Monthly rainfall during Rabi 2015-16 as compared to Rabi 2014-15 in

Himachal Pradesh Month Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Seasonal

total

Actual (mm)

2015-16 17.3 12.7 25.5 18.4 38.0 112.2 47.6 69.1 271.7

2014-15 18.1 3.9 51.2 68.4 145.0 189.4 68.2 33.4 569.5

Normal

(mm)

40.6 19.2 42.9 92.5 92.5 104.8 59.1 61.4 451.6

Departure (%)

2015-16 -57 -34 -41 -80 -59 7 -19 13 -40

2014-15 -55 -80 19 -26 57 81 15 -46 +26

• Crop Improvement

• Crop Production

• Crop Protection

• Protected Cultivation

• Organic Farming

Research Programme Areas

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

CROP IMPROVEMENT

It is 6 rowed, hulled variety.

Suitable for sowing for timely

sown rainfed conditions under

low and mid hills of HP.

Av. yield 30-35 q/ha &

Highly resistant to yellow rust.

Tested in the All India

Coordinated trials.

New Varietal Proposal of HBL 713 (Him Palam Jau 1)

midhills

• It is a cross between Giza7 X KLs-1

• Suitable for cultivation in all

traditional linseed growing areas of

mid hills of HP under Utera system

of cultivation with assured moisture

conditions

• Average seed yield is 6.4 q/ha

• Highly resistant to rust & powdery

mildew

• Tested in the All India Coordinated

trials

New Varietal Proposal

HIM PALAM ALSI (KL 241)

Varieties of different crops identified/ developed

- Pending for recommendation from SVRC

Crops Name of the Variety

Rabi

Wheat HPW 360 (Palam Gehun 1) and

HPW 368 (Palam Gehun 2)

Chickpea DKG 986 (Palam Channa 1)

Kharif

Elephant Foot (Zimikand) Palam Zimikand 1

Asparagus bean DPASB-1 (Palam Long Bean)

Okra DPO-P20 (Palam Komal)

Tomato Palam Tomato Hybrid-1

Rice Him Palam Dhan 1 and

Him Palam Dhan 2

Av. yield 32.0 q/ha

HPW 314 HPW 373

Av. yield 29.0 q/ha

Varieties in Pipe line

Disease resistance: High degree of resistance to yellow rust

Suitability: Late sown (restricted irrigation) conditions of mid and low

hills of HP

( First doubled haploid variety of wheat)

Av. Yield: 35-37q/ha.

Suitable for high hills of the State

Resistant to yellow and brown rust

Wheat

HIM PRATHAM (DH 114)

Varieties Released by CVRC Alsi

Him Palam Alsi

KL- 263

Av. Yield: 15.0 q/ha

Suitable for low and mid hills of

the State

Resistant to rust

Seed Production

Quality Seed Production (All major Cereals, Pulses, Oilseeds, Vegetables and

Fodder Crops in Rabi 2015-16

Type of Seed Quantity (q)

Nucleus 5.72

Breeder 406.13

Foundation 342.97

Breeder and Foundation seed of different crops

produced in Rabi 2015-16

S. No. Crop Breeder seed

(q)

Foundation seed

(q)

1. Wheat 358.30 326.20

2. Barley 19.50 3.10

3. Pulses 6.89 7.00

4. Oilseeds 12.31 6.15

5. Fodders 7.50 -

6. Vegetables 1.63 0.52

Total 406.13 342.97

System of Seed Multiplication in state

Breeder seed by University

Dept. of Agriculture

Registered Farmers

Foundation Seed

Certified Seed

Registered Farmers

Prospects of increasing seed production of CSKHPKV, Palampur wheat varieties

through Farmers’ Participatory Seed Production in Distt. Kangra (H.P.)

Proposed System of Seed Multiplication in mid hills

10 Blocks each having 10 farmers/ farmers group

having 1 ha each

100 farmers/ farmers group each with 1 q

breeder seed

First year

100 farmers= 100 ha

Average Production/ ha =20q

Total Production of Foundation seed = 2000q

Second year

2000 farmers= 2000 ha

Average Production/ ha =20q

Total Production of certified seed = 40,000q

Sr. No Block Wheat Area in

ha

1. Baijnath 6100

2. Panchrukhi 5700

3. Bhawarna 5650

4. Bhedu Mahadev 5550

5. Lambagaon 6000

6. Nagrota Bagwan 6250

7. Kangra 6200

8. Dharamshala 3900

9. Rait 5300

10. Dehra 7400

11. Pragpur 7500

Total 65850

12. Nagrota Surian 6900

13. Nurpur 7250

14. Fatehpur 7200

15. Indora 7200

Total 28500

Grand Total 94,400

S

No

Block Wheat Area

in ha

1 Gopalpur 6640

2 Dharmpur 6590

3 Drang 6120

4 Chauntra 6320

5 Karsog 6340

6 Gohar 5820

Total 37830

7 Sadar 6820

8 Balh 7690

9 S/Nagar 8340

10 Seraj 3220

Total 26070

Grand Total 63900

Prospects of increasing seed production of CSKHPKV, Palampur wheat varieties

through Farmers’ Participatory Seed Production in Distt. Mandi (H.P.)

Proposed System of Seed Multiplication in mid hills

6 Blocks each having 10 farmers/ farmers group

having 1 ha each

About 60 farmers/ farmers group each with 1

q breeder seed

First year

60 farmers= 60 ha

Average Production/ ha =20q

Total Production of Foundation seed = 1200q

Second year

1200 farmers= 1200 ha

Average Production/ ha =20q

Total Production of certified seed = 24,000q

Timely procurement, lifting/ storage and payment to

farmers- Key to success

• Under mid and low hills, NBH can be

successfully grown under partial shade

of trees, however, more shading can

significantly reduce (upto 50 per cent)

the production of this grass.

• Oxalate contents were higher in the

forage produced under tree shade.

Shade of the tree also resulted in slight

increase in nitrate content in the

forage.

• Oxalate and nitrate contents showed

an increasing trend with increasing

levels of nitrogen under shaded as well

unshaded conditions.

(Fodder produced under shade should

be fed with caution.)

Effect of tree shade and nitrogen levels on

production and quality of NB hybrid

NBH under

complete

tree shade

NBH under

partial tree

shade

NBH under

no shade

CROP PRODUCTION

Tall Fescue grass

Treatment Dry forage

yield

(t ha-1)

Protein

content

(%)

Untreated

Soil (Control)

0.60 9.00

Enterobacter ludwigii

0.76 10.24

Enterobacter ludwigii + 120

kg N ha-1

1.74 12.20

Improvement in quantity & quality of Tall Fescue grass

through Enterobacter ludwigii (KF429740) inoculation

•Rice -palak – cucumber cropping sequence resulted in

significantly highest RGEY (27.5 t/ha) which was

4.06 times higher compared to traditional rice– wheat

system.

•This sequence also had significantly highest net returns

(Rs 1,55,459/ha), B: C ratio (3.27), productivity (93.4

kg/ha/day), profitability (Rs 425.5/ha).

•The second best cropping systems was rice – pea –

summer squash with RGEY (20.9 kg/ha) and net

returns. (Rs 88,523/ ha)

Cropping Systems Studies

Nutrient Management

•Long –term fertilizer experiment on maize- wheat revealed that continuous use of farm yard manure (to maize only) along with of optimal dose of NPK to maize as well as wheat has resulted in highest productivity (30q/ha) of wheat (rabi 2015-16).

•Application of lime along with optimal dose of NPK to both the crops resulted in comparable wheat production (28.0q/ha) with 100% NPK plus FYM.

•Omission of K application in wheat drastically reduced the wheat yield (up to 50%) in spite of application of both Nitrogen & Phosphorus

Water management

• For maximizing production,

broccoli crop should be irrigated

at three day interval with gravity

fed drip irrigation system

• Under protected condition, for

higher productivity and B: C ratio,

cucumber crop should be irrigated

at 0.4 PE and fertigated with 200

percent RDF (25% through

conventional and 75 % through

fertigation in 7 splits at 10 days

intervals

CROP PROTECTION

Potential parasitoids of aphids recorded

• Three parasitoids viz. Aphelinus

asychis, Aphidius ervi and Diaeretiella

rapae were recorded parasitizing

Myzus persicae at different

locations of Himachal Pradesh.

• They were observed to be

effective biological control agents

of the aphid, M. persicae. A.

asychis and A. ervi and can be

successfully utilized for its

management.

Aphelinus asychis

Diaeretiella rapae

Screening of Biopesticides and plant extracts

extracted in cow urine against mustard aphid • Neem seed kernel extract treatment resulted in

83% reduction in mustard aphids population and

was statistically at par with neem oil and melia

formulation treatment (86.6% reduction in aphid

population) .

• The Melia drupe extract in cow urine gave

only70% reduction in aphids population.

• The order of effectiveness on the basis of

persistent toxicity (PT) was eastimated : neem oil

(306.4) > melia formulation (293.29) > neem seed

kernel extract in cow urine (273) > melia drupe

extract in cow urine (246.67) > eupatorium leaves

extract in cow urine (239.44) > melia leaf extract

in cow urine (213.26)> cow urine alone (146.66).

Mustard aphid

(Lipaphis erysimi)

Gene Sequences of predominant species of white grubs

Primers for amplifying cox1 and 28 Sr RNA genes were custom

synthesized and used for amplification of respective genes of

predominant species of whitegrubs viz. Holotrichia serrata, H.

consanguinea, H. longipennis and H. sikkimensis.

Sequences of mitochondrial cox1 obtained for A1, A2, A3 and A4 aligned using

Multalin Program

• Seed treatment with Sedaxane 2.5 % + Fludioxonil 2.5 %+ Thiamethoxam 26.25% (312.5) FS at 2 g/Kg of seed resulted in very good control of Loose smut and Karnal bunt of wheat.

• Single sprays of Tilt (0.1%), Folicur (0.1%) and Nativo (0.06%) gave cent per cent control of yellow rust disease of wheat in moderately resistant variety HPW 249.

• Two genotypes namely

EC 339000 and DLSC-1

were found moderately

resistant to Alternaria

blight of Rapeseed-

mustard.

• Seed treatment(ST) with

Vitavax power (2g/kg

seed) + two foliar sprays

of hexaconazole (0.1%),

were most effective

against linseed rust

• Proquinazid 20 EC @ 150

ml/ha was most effective

for the management of

pea powdery mildew.

• Spray of cymoxanil 8% +

mancozeb 64% WP

(0.25%) and zineb

(0.25%) Managed downy

mildew of cucumber

effectively.

Protected cultivation

Promising Filler Crops under Polyhouses

Frenchbean Low-hill regions

during December-mid

March

Garden pea Mid-hill regions during

October/November-

February

Radish Mid-hill regions during

December/January-

February

Integrated Greenhouse Whitefly Management

in Tomato under Protected Cultivation

IPM practices comprising: • 40 mesh insect proof net on side and top

vents

• Double door in polyhouse

• Installation of yellow sticky traps (1 trap per 10 m2) fifteen days prior to transplanting

• Soil application of Imidacloprid 17.8 SL (0.005 ml/ plant) and need based alternate application of Thiamethoxam 25 WG (0.4g/L) and Spiromesifen 22.9 SC (0.8 ml/L) when the adult population goes beyond 15 adults per three terminal fully opened leaves.

Management of root rot of capsicum under

protected cultivation conditions

Trichoderma viride Control

Disease Management Technology Developed for

Protected cultivation •Management of soil-borne diseases ( root rot and collar rot) of

capsicum and tomato Apply bioagent (Trichoderma sp.) @ 500 g in 50 kg of well rotten vermin-

compost/FYM and kept covered with moist gunny bag under optimum moisture

for 7-10 days in the bed along with rest of the FYM before transplanting. Treat

the seedling with copper oxychloride @ 0.3% solution for 20 minute and

transplant. After 15 days of transplanting, drench the seedlings of capsicum /

tomato with bioagent 5g/l (talc based formulation) twice at 15 days intervals.

•Management of Powdery mildew of capsicum Apply tebuconazole (0.05%) and elemental sulfur sprays in rotation at 15 days

and 10 days interval respectively starting just at the first appearance of the

powdery mildew symptoms.

•Management of downy mildew of cucumber Spray the crop with a combination fungicide product of cymoxanil 8% +

mancozeb 64% WP (0.25%) and zineb (0.25%) in rotation at 15 and 10 days

interval, respectively.

Organic Crop Production

Crop Genotypes Seed Yield

(q/ha)

Gram DKG 10 15.46

18-II 15.36

Him Chana-1 (Check) 12.09

Lentil DKL13-1 8.97

DKL13-3 8.41

Vipasha (Check) 5.83

Faba bean HPFB–2 88.46

HPFB–3 100.24

Vikrant (Check) 68.09

Organic Input Responsive Genotypes Identified

Potato In a long term trial application of vermicompost @ 5 t/ha along with Himcomost @ 2.5 t/ha produced highest potato yield (182.0 q/ha). Garlic Application of liquid manure Himsol 10%/ Compost tea 10% /Vermiwash 10% (four sprays at 15 days interval commencing from 30 days after sowing) recorded significantly higher yield over other treatments. Onion Onion var. Palam Lohit recorded highest yield of 256.9 q/ha with four applications of Himsol 10% at 15 days interval starting from one month after transplanting.

Nutrient Management

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

Management of Insect pest

Crop Insect pest Management Yield

(q/ha)

Corrected

Efficacy(%)

Gram Gram pod borer Heli lure in funnel traps

NPV-heli @3ml/l or

Bt.@3g/l

16.66 61.06

83.44

wheat Aphid Yellow sticky traps

Neem Oil @3ml/l

24.20 74.53

Pea Pea leaf miner Agneyastra@5% or

Neem Oil @3ml/l

143.21 56.66

52.78

Potato PTM

(Potato tuber moth)

Neem Oil @3ml/l 220.90 83.22

Onion Thrips Blue sticky traps

Him Palam Eupatorium

(5/10EC)@3ml/l

300.00 80.54

Garlic Thrips Blue sticky traps

Him Palam Eupatorium

(5/10EC) @ 3ml/l

220.00 83.44

Management of Diseases

Crop Diseases Management Yield

(q/ha)

Corrected

Efficacy(%)

Gram Root rot/

wilt complex

Drench crop with 50g/l

Tricoderma harzianum or

T. Viridea

Aurguard@10%

16.66 67.43

Wheat Yellow rust,

Powdery mildew

Select the resistant varieties

Cow milk 10%+Heeng 2g/l

24.20 69.84

Pea Root rot/

wilt complex

Drench crop with 50g/l

solution of Tricoderma

harzianum or T. viridee or

Aurguard @10%

143.21 64.02

Potato Early & late

blight of Potato

Him Palam Eupatorium

(5/10EC) @3ml/l

220.90 50.02

66.40

Onion Downy mildew Tamara lassi@10% 300.00 63.99

Garlic Downy mildew Tamara lassi@10% 220.00 75.89

Crop production under Organic Farming

Potato Lentil

Turmeric Onion Garlic

Human Resource Development- Farmers, Students & Officers

NEW RECOMMENDATIONS

Variety/ Recommendations Crop Improvement

•Release proposal of barley variety HBL 713 (Him Palam Jau 1) for cultivation

in Low & Mid hills of H.P. under timely sown rainfed condition.

•Release proposal of Linseed variety KL-241 (Him Palam Alsi-1), a seed type

variety suitable for utera system of cultivation under assured moisture

conditions of all the traditional linseed growing areas in Mid hills of H.P.

Crop Production

•Change in the existing recommendation on Phosphorus and Potassium from

20:0 to 40:40 applications in grain barley crop for inclusion in the package of

practices for rabi crops

Crop Protection

•Additional recommendation of new ready mix herbicides Clodinafop

Propargyl + Metsulfuron Methyl for weed management in wheat crop for

inclusion in the package of practices for rabi crops

On-going Research Projects

Sr. No. Particulars No. of

Projects

Budget Outlay

(in lakhs)

ICAR Funded Projects

1. AICRPs 40 2100.00

2. Adhoc Projects 15 994.65

DBT Funded 8 269.29

DST Funded 9 242.22

UGC Funded 2 26.28

Miscellaneous Adhoc

Projects

49 779.34

RKVY Projects 13 584.17

Total 136 4995.95

Status of Projects submitted/sanctioned

(w.e.f. April 2016 to 15 Sept. 2016)

Sr No Particulars No Budget

(Rs Crores)

1 Project submitted 39 16.56

2 Projects sanctioned 18 4.98