After reading this article you will learn about the Current Status of vegetable seed industry in India. India produces about 90 million tons of vegetables (excluding potato, sweet potato, tapioca and including chilli) from about 6.72 million hectares and retains second position after China. With this production and our current population of about 1.10 billion, the availability of vegetables/capita/day comes [...]
A few observations from the author on this over all scenario on varietal development in vegetables in India including their impacts through national agricultural research system are as follows: 1. In terms of numbers, the progress on development of varieties and hybrids under NARS in vegetables can be rated as impressive. 2. A large majority of these varieties/hybrids is only [...]
This article provides notes on national bureau of plant genetic resources (NBPGR). The National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) has its Headquarters at New Delhi, located at a latitude of 28° 35' N, longitude of 70° 18' E and an altitude of 226 m above mean sea level. The Bureau draws guidelines from the Crop Science Division of ICAR, [...]