The Crop Improvement Division has the following programmes of research:
- BREEDING SUPERIOR SUGARCANE VARIETIES OF DIFFERENT MATURITY WITH IMPROVED CANE YIELD, QUALITY AND RESISTANCE TO BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESSES - 9 projects are in operation under this programme
- BASIC AND STRATEGIC RESEARCHES FOR SUGARCANE VARIETAL IMPROVEMENT -15 projects are in operation under this programme
- SUGARCANE GERMPLASM : COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, EVALUATION, DOCUMENTATION AND UTILIZATION - 3 projects are in operation under this programme
The Division of Crop Production has 3 major programmes of research:
- IMPROVING PRODUCTIVITY OF PROMISING SUGARCANE VARIETIES BY INTEGRATED, COST EFFECTIVE AND SUSTAINABLE CROP MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES
- 7 projects are in operation under this programme.
- PHYSIOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS ON GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY AND FLOWERING IN SUGARCANE - 4 projects are in operation under this programme.
- STUDIES ON THE EFFECT OF CERTAIN SOIL CONDITIONS & FERTILIZERS ON NUTRIENT UPTAKE, YIELD AND QUALITY OF SUGARCANE - 4 projects are in operation under this programme
The Crop Protection Division has 4 major programmes of research:
- STUDIES ON HOST PATHOGEN RELATIONSHIP AND MANAGEMENT OF SUGARCANE DISEASES- 10 projects are in operation under this programme
- HOST PLANT RESISTANCE AND BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES OF SUGARCANE PESTS - 2 projects are in operation under this programme
- BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF SUGARCANE PESTS - 5 projects are in operation under this programme
- CHEMICAL CONTROL OF SUGARCANE PESTS- 1 project is in operation under this programme>
There are two major programmes of research (
with 2 projects) under the Statistics-Economics section.
- DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND STATISTICAL MODELS FOR SUGARCANE RESEARCH
- ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF SUGARCANE PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND SUGAR INDUSTRY
The Extension Section has one major research programme under its perview:
- TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY - with 4 projects in operation under this programme
Regional Center- KARNAL
There is one major research programme under the Regional Centre at Karnal
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- DEVELOPMENT OF SUGARCANE VARIETIES AS WELL AS CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES FOR THE NORTH WESTERN ZONE OF INDIA. There are 9 projects under this programme
Research Center - KANNUR
There is one major research programme under the Research Centre at Kannur
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- SUGARCANE GERMPLASM: COLLECTION, MAINTENANCE, EVALUATION, DOCUMENTATION AND UTILIZATION. There are 4 projects under this programme
