How does the seed industry see the Union Budget 2023-24?
If specific crops are identified and targeted for improvement, the seed industry will be very happy to collaborate with ICAR and the government on this, Ram Kaundinya writes
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New climate-resilient, disease-resistant chickpea varieties coming farmers’ way
The new chickpea varieties, IPC L4-14, BGM 4005 and IPCMB 19-3, are a result of ICRISAT’s collaborations with ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur and ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
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Agriculture minister inaugurates refurbished gene bank at National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the world’s second-largest refurbished state-of-the-art National Gene Bank at the ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR), Pusa, New …
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NMPB and ICAR-NBPGR sign MoU to conserve medicinal and aromatic plants genetic resources
Objective of the MoU is to conserve the MAPGRs at designated space of ICAR-NBPGR in long-term storage module — as per availability — in the National Gene bank and or at regional stations for medium term storage module
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Global team cracks genetic code to develop high-yielding, climate resilient chickpea
In a major breakthrough, scientists from 21 research institutes globally, have successfully completed sequencing of 429 chickpea lines from 45 countries to identify genes for tolerance to drought and heat
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