15 - 23 April, 2020, Junagadh, Gujarat
The ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat organized its “Annual Group Meeting of Groundnut” through video-conferencing from 15th to 23rd April, 2020. The meeting was organized through Video Conferencing due to the outbreak of the COVID-19.
During the Plenary Session on 23rd April, 2020, Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & DG (ICAR) emphasized on the aggressive popularization of new varieties and human resource development of the cooperating Centres.
Earlier, in his inaugural address, Dr. Tilak Raj Sharma, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), ICAR accentuated on utilizing the molecular tools in breeding. Dr. Sharma emphasized on the need to develop high yielding groundnut varieties resistant / tolerant to biotic and abiotic stress besides, priorities on marker-aided selection, NILs, high throughout phenotyping of drought and other traits.
Dr. D.K. Yadav, ADG (Seeds), ICAR highlighted the improvements needed in seed production system.
Dr. S.K. Jha, ADG (O&P) emphasized on the need to expand the area and improve the productivity.
Dr. V.P. Chovatia, Vice-Chancellor, Junagadh Agricultural University, Gujarat accentuated on the success story of popularizing the new varieties in Gujarat.
Dr. L.H. Malligawad, Rtd. Dean (PG Studies), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru along with senior officials also participated in the meeting.
The results of the FLDs conducted during Rabi-Summer 2018-19 and Kharif - 2019 were presented during the meeting.
The 3 high-yielding entries, viz., K1812 (for Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu) for Kharif and DH 257 (for Karnataka and Maharashtra) and J87 (for Uttar Pradesh and Punjab) for Rabi-Summer were proposed for release.
A total of 175 Members participated in different sessions of the AGM.
(Source: ICAR-Directorate of Groundnut Research, Junagadh, Gujarat)
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