Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi

Regional Agricultural Research Station, Pattambi (RARS Pattambi) is a research Station under the Central Zone of Kerala Agricultural University at Pattambi in Palakkad district of Kerala, India.

This research station was established in 1927. Later in 1930 it was renamed as Agricultural Research Station and later in 1962 it was renamed as Central Rice Research Station. Kerala Agricultural University took over this Station in 1971. The station was upgraded to the status of RARS in 1981 and made the headquarters of the Central Zone of Kerala Agricultural University.

At a meeting held at the station premises in 2013, The Zonal Research Extension Advisory Committee (ZREAC) of the Central Zone of KAU recommended adoption of several new varieties of crops and promotion of integrated packages for management of pests, diseases and weeds.^[1]

Around 54 high yielding rice varieties were developed at this station.

Varieties of rice developed by RARS Pattambi

Name	Year	Remarks
Ptb 35 - Annapoorna	****	The first short duration high yielding variety of India
Ptb 39 - Jyothi	1974	Ptb-10 x IR-8 (HS)
Ptb 40 - Sabari	1974	IR8/2 x Annapoorna (HS)
Ptb 41 - Bharathy	1974	Ptb 10 x IR-8 (HS)
Ptb 42 - Suvarnamodan	1976	ARC-11775 (S )
Ptb 43 - Swarnaprabha	1985	Bhavani x Triveni (HS)
Ptb 44 - Reshmi	1985	Oorpandy (Mutation)
Ptb 45 - Matta Triveni	1990	Reselection from Triveni
Ptb 46 - Jayathi	1990	IR 2061 x Triveni (HS)
Ptb 47 - Neeraja	1990	IR 20 x IR 5 (HS)
Ptb 48 - Nila	1992	(Triveni x Vellathil Kolappala) x Co-25
Ptb 49 - Kairali	1993	IR 36 x Jyothi (HS)
Ptb 50 - Kanchana	1993	IR 36 x Pavizham (HS)

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)
Intensive Vegetable Production (IVP) Programme

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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

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

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
Total Area : 44.97 Ha

References

^ Adoption of new varieties of crops
^ "Major Programmes of the Station". Retrieved 31 August 2014.

External links

Official Website [1]

[1] Adoption of new varieties of crops

[2] "Major Programmes of the Station". Retrieved 31 August 2014.

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