Friday, August 27, 2010

NATIONAL WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCHERS MEET KICKS OF AT PAU WITH REVIEW OF COORDINATED PROJECTS

The 49th All India Wheat and Barley Workers\' Research Meet of Indian Council of Agricultural Research at Ludhiana has started from today. It will be formally inaugurated by Dr. Manjit Singh Kang, Vice-Chancellor, PAU on August 28. The event will have the Deputy Director General (Crop science) of ICAR, Dr. Swapan K. Datta as Chairman. In the first session held in Pal Auditorium, today under the Chairmanship of Dr. S.N.Shukla, former ADG, the project report of All India Coordinated Wheat and Barley Improvement Project was presented by Dr. S.S.Singh, Project Director. The Rapporteur, Dr. Jagshoran said that the Research and Developmental issues were discussed. Progress made in irrigated and high fertility wheat regions was reported to be significantly higher than in marginal rainfed area due to abiotic stresses. Dr. Singh said that the knowledge of molecular biology is yet to be exploited to enhance wheat productivity and that work on rice-wheat gene sequencing is being initiated. He said that the gap between the possible and actual yield at farm level that has been revealed through frontline demonstrations needs to be bridged through strengthening and popularizing production technologies. He also suggested that policy support for installation of modern silos to prevent post-harvest loss of quality and quantity of grains needs to be provided. Human resource development through training at national and international institutes to learn and adopt advanced technologies needed to be strengthened under the network.





The Organizing Secretary, Dr. (Mrs.) Indu Sharma informed that the workshop will have nine sessions wherein the research output of different centers of the country will be reviewed. The session-II was focused on research planning meeting on crop improvement, crop protection, resource management, quality of wheat and barley network. The session on crop improvement was chaired by Dr. G.S.Nanda, Co-chaired by Dr. Jagshoran Singh while Dr. V. Tiwari and Dr. N.S.Bains were the Rapporteurs. The presentation of results of yield evaluation trials/nurseries for different zones including northern hills, north-western plane zones, north-eastern plain zone, central zone, peninsular zone, southern-hill zone were made by concerned scientists. The special trials on triticales, salinity, alkalinity and dicoccum were also discussed. In the session on Crop Protection, chaired by Dr. (Mrs.) S.K.Mann and Co-chaired by Dr. H.S.Rewal and Dr. A.K.Sharma, the overview of the pest and disease programmes were discussed in addition to chemical control of rust diseases. In the technical session on Resource Management, chaired by Dr. U.S.Walia and Co-chaired by Dr. R.K.Sharma, the zone wise presentations of experimental results were discussed and the emerging concerns were highlighted. The session on wheat quality was chaired by Dr. Tejinder Singh and co-chaired by Dr. B.K.Mishra, the significant findings about wheat quality, biscuit quality and relevant experiments were discussed. The barley network progrmme was discussed under the chairmanship of Dr. S.C.Gulati which was co-chaired by Dr. R.P.S.Verma and Dr. B. Sarkar and Dr. S.R.Verma were the Rapporteurs. The presenters shared the significant findings made during 2009-10. Dr. Indu Sharma said that the scientists of each discipline discussed and finalized the detailed programmes for the year 2010-11 for different stations.



She added that the programmes for the crop year 2009-10 were reviewed and that the variety identification committee meeting will also be held to discuss about the varieties to be released. Strategies to bridge the yield gaps in wheat and barley will also be discussed by experts. The Agricultural Commissioner, Govt. of India, Dr. Gurbachan Singh will share government developmental policies, Dr. A.K.Singh, Deputy Director General (NRM) will discuss integrated resource management, Dr. A.K.Sharma, disease management, Dr. R.K.Gupta from CIMMYT, resource conservation technologies and Dr. Ramesh Chand, Director, NCAP, economics constraints in production. Dr. Sharma said that in a special session on strengthening international collaboration for wheat and barley research, Dr. Thomas Lumpkin (CIMMYT, Mexico), Dr. S. Rajaram (ICARDA, Syria), Dr. Paul Fox (ACIAR, Australia), Dr. Ronnie Coffman (BGRI, USA) and others will share their views. An overview of progress of wheat research in the NWPZ (Ludhiana, Hissar, Durgapura, New Delhi, Pantnagar, Jammu, Karnal) will be discussed by experts who will finalize the work plan and recommendations for the next year, discipline wise, said Dr. Sharma adding that in the plenary session, a wrap-up will be undertaken.




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