| Name of Scheme |
AICRP on Chickpea |
| Name of Incharge with Contact No. & Email |
DR. L. D. Sharma
Mobile No. 9413100245
Email: ldsharma.plb.rari@sknau.ac.in |
| Date of start of scheme |
Feb. 2001 |
| Major Objectives |
1. To develop chickpea varieties suitable for rainfed areas.
2. To develop drought tolerant chickpea genotypes as donor.
3. To develop chickpea varieties suitable for mechanical harvesting.
4. To develop Kabuli chickpea varieties having high yield and large seed size suitable for mechanical harvesting.
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| Major Achievements |
Developed 12 varieties of chickpea viz., RSG-888 (Anubhav), RSGK-6 (Asar), CSJD-884 (Akash), RSG-931 (Anvita), RSG-807 (Abhar), RSG-973 (Abha), RSG-963 (Adhar)) RSG-895 (Arpita) ,RSG-896 (Arpan) ,RSG-945 (Asha) RSG-902 (Aruna), RSG-991 (Aparna), RSG-974 (Abhilasha), CSJK-21 (Anand) ,CSJK-6 (Asar)
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| Staff Strength |
Teaching: 5
Non Teaching: 6 |
| Awards/Recognition |
1. DR S.J. Singh received State Merit Award for contribution in Pulses Research Conferred by the Government of Rajasthan 1st time to any Scientist of University in the State of Rajasthan on dated 26 January 2002.
2. DR S.J. Singh Conferred MILLENNIUM ICRISAT SCIENCE AWARD 2006 for Best Scientific Work among Farmers in IFAD-TAG-532 ICRISAT International research Project entitled "Farmers Participatory Improvement of Grain Legumes in Rainfed Asia".
3. Received BEST CENTER AWARD 2007 for the All India Coordinated Research on Chickpea.
4. Received BEST TEAM AWARD 2007 for the All India Coordinated Research on Chickpea.
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| Chickpea: Varieties Developed-14 |
The glorious achievement has been the first rainfed high yielding variety RSG 888 at National level and RSG-973 (Abha) at State level. The variety CSJD-884 (Akash) is very much liked due to its double pod characteristic. Besides these, RSG-991 is the value added variety having green seeds and RSGK-6 a kabuli chickpea variety.
Popularized chickpea varieties RSG-888, RSG-807, RSG-973 and RSG-963 by strengthening seed chain and distribution system.
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