Annual Report 2016 - 2017
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No. : (91) (471) 2598551 to 2598554 Fax : (91) (471) 2590063 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://www.ctcri.org Published by Dr. Archana Mukherjee Director Compiled and Edited by Dr. G. Suja Dr. M.L. Jeeva Dr. A. Asha Devi Dr. A.N. Jyothi Dr. Sheela Immanuel Dr. Sanket J. More Dr. V. Ramesh Shri. R. Bharathan Shri. A.S. Manikuttan Nair Correct Citation ICAR-CTCRI 2017, Annual Report 2016 - 2017, ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, 164 p. Cover Design Shri. K. Devapalan Design & Printing Akshara Offset, Thiruvananthapuram Cover Illustration Front 1. White yam shoot and tubers 2. Elephant foot yam plant and corms 3. Sweet potato shoot and tubers 4. Cassava shoot and tubers 5. Taro leaves and cormels Back 1 5 6 7 8 9 10 6. Cassava 4 2 7. Sweet potato 3 8. Elephant foot yam 9. Yams 10. Taro 16 June 2017 2 ICAR-CTCRI Annual Report 2016-17 Contents PREFACE............................................................................................................. 5 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................... 7 INTRODUCTION Research Mandate .................................................................................. 17 General Achievements ............................................................................ 17 Mandate Crops ........................................................................................ 20 Organisational Set up .............................................................................. 21 Staff Position (2016-17) ........................................................................... 22 Progressive Expenditure (2016-17) ......................................................... 22 RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS Crop Improvement .................................................................................. 23 Crop Production ...................................................................................... 38 Crop Protection ....................................................................................... 52 Crop Utilization ....................................................................................... 63 Extension and Social Sciences ................................................................. 73 Externally Aided Projects ........................................................................ 79 TECHNOLOGIES ASSESSED, TRANSFERRED, CONSULTANCY AND PATENT SERVICES ............................................................ 95 EDUCATION AND TRAINING ............................................................................ 98 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS ....................................................................... 104 LINKAGES AND COLLABORATIONS ................................................................ 110 ALL INDIA CO-ORDINATED RESEARCH PROJECT ON TUBER CROPS ............... 111 PUBLICATIONS ............................................................................................... 115 ONGOING PROJECTS ...................................................................................... 133 IRC/RAC/IMC ................................................................................................. 138 PARTICIPATION OF SCIENTISTS IN CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, ...................... 143 WORKSHOPS, SYMPOSIA etc. In India VISITS ABROAD .............................................................................................. 149 DISTINGUISHED VISITORS .............................................................................. 150 MANAGERIAL PERSONNEL ............................................................................ 151 PERSONNEL ................................................................................................... 151 OTHER INFORMATION ................................................................................... 153 ®úÉVɦÉɹÉÉ EòɪÉÉÇx´ÉªÉxÉ ºÉä ºÉ¨¤ÉÎxvÉiÉ EòɪÉÇGò¨É ........................................163 LIST OF REGISTERED VARIETIES ..................................................................... 164 ICAR-CTCRI Annual Report 2016-17 3 4 ICAR-CTCRI Annual Report 2016-17 Preface It is a matter of great pride and happiness to present the Annual Report of ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute for the year 2016-2017. The ICAR-Central Tuber Crops Research Institute (CTCRI), Thiruvananthapuram with its Regional Centre at Bhubaneswar witnessed yet another commendable and eventful year with noteworthy scientific contributions serving the mankind with underground tuberous food crops rich in nutrients. Tuber crops, providing 5.4% dietary energy are the third important food crop worldwide after cereals and legumes. Food security and climate change are the twin issues of serious concern, much discussed, in the present-day agriculture. Over 54 years of dedicated efforts of the scientific community of ICAR-CTCRI resulted in farmer/consumer-friendly production, protection and value addition technologies, strengthening the designation of root & tubers as food-cum-nutritional-cum-livelihood security crops besides ‘climate smart’. During the reporting year, 8 varieties were released by Regional Centre, ICAR-CTCRI, Bhubaneswar. This includes 5 varieties of sweet potato for various traits, especially with nutritional attributes and salinity tolerance. Anthocyanin rich, Bhu Krishna and β carotene rich, Bhu Sona deserves special mention. In addition, 1 short-duration greater yam variety, Bhu Swar and 2 taro varieties were released. Besides, CMD resistant hybrids with short-duration, PPD tolerant cassava genotypes, early maturing sweet potato rich in β carotene and anthocyanin, hybrids of greater yam with tolerance to anthracnose, high yielding dwarf and semi-dwarf white yam hybrids with excellent cooking quality and taro accessions moderately resistant to TLB were identified. Protocol for synthetic seed production in cassava was also developed. Sustainable resource management technologies especially to address some of the government flagship programmes such as ‘more crop per drop’, safeguarding soil health, enhancing production of pulses and climate smart agriculture, were developed. The major research highlights were irrigation water saving techniques for elephant foot yam, nutrient requirement of cassava for fertigation, drip fertigation for greater yam + maize system, nutrient (N, P & K) efficient cassava genotypes, methodology for climate suitability studies of cassava, nutrient requirement of sweet potato for Island eco-system, elephant foot yam + black gram system, site specific nutrient management schedules, customized fertilizers for cassava, sweet potato and elephant foot yam, weed management practices for elephant foot yam and organic production technologies for tuber crop based systems. Exploitation of cassava based bio-formulation for pest management, especially thrips in vegetables, management of sweet potato weevil using sex pheromones, repellents and EPNs, bio-intensive management of taro leaf blight, collar rot of elephant foot yam and yam anthracnose were a few notable crop protection technologies. Technologies for the production of sweet potato based gluten free cookies, sweet potato flour fortified nutri bar, vacuum frying for orange-fleshed and purple-fleshed sweet potato chips, sweet potato based functional bars enriched with resistant starch, jimikand papad, jimikand shorts, particle boards from cassava stems, encapsulated anthocyanin pigments with improved colour stability from sweet potato and greater yam, protein rich, calcium rich and fibre rich functional cookies containingCurcuma angustifolia starch and lacto-pickling of greater yam were the significant value addition technologies. The real-time advisories sent as SMS to the farmers through the electronic device (E-Crop), first of its kind, developed at the institute, addresses the information needs of the farmers. A nutrient decision support system in CD, CASSNUM version 1.1, released for site specific nutrient management of cassava, is yet another achievement. The Tribal Sub Plan programme at Regional Centre, Bhubaneswar, in collaboration with four NGOs spearheaded well benefitting the tribals. The cynosure of all eyes, ‘The Techno-Incubation Centre’ imparted several training programmes on value addition and entrepreneurship development in tuber crops in a big way. We organized different activities to fulfil the objectives of the ‘Mera Gaon Mera Gaurav’’ and ‘Swachh Bharath Mission’, special programmes of Hon’ble Prime Minister. We were graced with the presence of Hon’ble Union Agriculture Minister and Minister of State for Agriculture during a couple of Meetings. I am extremely grateful to Dr. Trilochan