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Hi I would like to know about formation of Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi as well as the details of the different aspects of the Centre?

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Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi was built up in twelfth March 1927. It was renamed as Agricultural Research Station in 1930 and as Central Rice Research Station in 1962. This Station was assumed control by Kerala Agricultural University in 1971. With the usage of NARP, the station was moved up to the status of RARS in 1981 and made the HQ of the Central Zone.

Mandate of the Station

Era and exchange of innovation identified with rice and rice based editing framework, beats, vegetables, natural cultivating and seed innovation.

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 :

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

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 :
• Studies on technology assessment and refinement
• Farmer-Scientist-Extensionist interactions
• Training programmes, workshops and exhibitions

General :
• 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

Accomplishments
• 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

Contact:

Regional Agricultural Research Station
Kerala Agricultural University
Pattambi
Melepattambi P.O
Palakkad 679306
Phone No:
+91-466-2212228
+91-466-2212275
Email ID:
adrptb@kau.in
rarsptb@kau.in