Wednesday, August 25, 2010

PAU HOSTING NATIONAL WHEAT AND BARLEY RESEARCHERS MEET ON AUGUST 27-30

The Punjab Agricultural University is holding the 49th All India Wheat and Barley Workers\' Research Meet of Indian Council of Agricultural Research at Ludhiana from August 27-30. The event will have the PAU Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Manjit Singh Kang as Guest of Honour and the Deputy Director General (Crop science) of ICAR, Drs. Swapan K. Datta as Chairman. The Organising 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 in session-I in the Pal Auditorium. The session-II will hold research planning meeting on crop improvement, crop protection, resource management, quality of wheat and barley network. Dr. S.S.Singh, Project Director, Directorate of Wheat Research, Karnal will present the research highlights while Dr. R.P.Dua, Additional Director General (FFC) of ICAR will also deliberate. Dr. Sharma added that the crop year 2009-10 will be reviewed and 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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