Breeding and evaluation of new crop varieties and hybrids in rice, sorghum, pulses, cotton, vegetables, sugarcane and turmeric for Western Zone of Tamil Nadu.
Development of agro-technologies for agricultural and horticultural crops and cropping systems.
Water and fertilizer management research on agricultural and horticultural crops through drip irrigation, fertigation and operational research programmes.
Pest and disease surveillance and recommendations on various crops.
Production of breeder, foundation and TNAU labelled seeds in crops and grafts/ seedlings of fruit crops.
Dissemination of the technologies by conducting farmers’ day, field days, training programmes and through mass media.
