Future Strategies
- Development of short duration cold tolerant varieties for the region
- In mango, conduct of TOT programmes
- In mango, varieties from other states have to be collected and introduced
- Development of high yielding varieties in mochai, horse gram and ragi
- Development of management practices for dry land crops and transplanted redgram
- Evaluation of Integrated Weed Management approaches on Irrigated and Rainfed Ragi (Eleusine coracana)
- Evaluation of Integrated Weed Management on SRI Rice cultivation
- Induction of off-season flowering in mango
- Leaf analysis for nutrient management in mango
- Development of low cost farm implements and seed drills for millet crops
- Development of components of IPM and bio-intensive managements practices for mandate crops
Cultures/Technology
Crop varieties / hybrids
| S. No. | Name of Crop / Variety | Scientists involved | Special features of the product | Current Status | Tentative time line for release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mango |
Dr.M.S.Aneesa Rani Nodal Officer, HC & RI, Paiyur & Prof. & Head, RRS, Paiyur Dr.B.Senthamizh Selvi Assoc. Prof.(Hort.) Dr.S.Srividhya Assoc. Prof.(Hort.) |
P-MI- 1 Large size fruits with average fruit weight of 550 – 640 g Age of the tree (6 years) Pickling type Fruit yield/tree : 280 kg/tree |
Grafted plants are ready for planting in the main field at Paiyur Farm | 2025 |
| 2. | Mango |
Dr.M.S.Aneesa Rani Nodal Officer, HC & RI, Paiyur & Prof. & Head, RRS, Paiyur Dr.B.Senthamizh Selvi Assoc. Prof.(Hort.) Dr.S.Srividhya Assoc. Prof.(Hort.) |
P-MI-4 Avg. fruit weight: 575 g Dessert type Red fleshed Regular bearer |
Grafted plants are maintained in the nursery | 2025 |
| 3. |
Mochai culture PYR 21-05 |
Dr.K.Geetha Professor (PBG) |
Short duration, photo-insensitive high yielding (922 kg/ha), moderately resistant to pod borer | Under testing in 2nd year MLT in Coimbatore, Yethapur and Virinjipuram & Paiyur | 2025-2026 |
| 4. |
Horsegram mutant PYR 21-07 |
Dr.K.Geetha Professor (PBG) |
Medium duration, high yielding (1150 kg/ha) | Under testing in 2nd year MLT. Crop harvesting mechanization | 2025-2026 |
| 5. |
Horsegram mutant PYR 21-07 |
Dr.K.Geetha Professor (PBG) |
Medium duration, high yielding (1150 kg/ha) | Under testing in All India Coordinated Varietal Trials-IVT | 2025-2026 |
| 6. |
Ragi culture PYR 20-05 |
Dr.P.Suthamathi Professor (PBG) Dr.K.Geetha Professor (PBG) |
Long duration, high yielding, suitable for all seasons, moderately resistant to blast | Under testing in 2nd year MLT | 2025-2026 |
Technologies
| S. No. | Name of the technology | Scientists involved | Special features of the technology | Current Status | Tentative time line for release |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasmine foliar nutrient formulation |
Dr.S.Srividhya Assoc. Prof.(Hort.) |
For alleviating micronutrient deficiency | The Jasmine consortium was prepared for four trial centres in Madurai, Coimbatore, Sathyamangalam, Salem and Krishnagiri district and foliar spray has been initiated for the January month in all the centres. | June 2025 |
| 2 |
Management of mango thrips
|
Dr.K. Govindan Asst. Prof. (Agrl.Ento) |
Two sprays of Tolfenpyrad 15 EC @ 2 ml/litre was found very effective with 90 per cent reduction in thrips population | Presented in crop scientist meet Horticulture to finalize OFT | 2024 |