Head of Division : Dr. S. P. Sharma
Main activities of the Division in brief :
Research :
The Division is actively involved in research
activities in the following areas of seed technology
1. Seed Production
2. Seed Health Testing
3. Seed Storage
4. Vareity Identification
Teaching and Training : The Division is having a regular P.G. Programme leading to the award of M.Sc. and Ph.D. degree in Seed Science and Technology. Twenty-eight students have already obtained M.Sc. in Seed Science and Technology.
Apart from regular teaching short term training programmes are also being organized on national and international level.
Central Seed Testing Laboratory (CSTL) : Central Seed Testing Laboratory is an integral part of this Division which is an accredited member of International Seed Testin Association. CSTL also monitor the functioning of State Seed Testing Laboratories by conducting referee testing of seed samples.
Projects in
progress along with name of the Project Leaders :
Characterisation of varieties of wheat, rice, mustard, pearl millet, soybean castor and mungbean : Dr. N. C. Singhal
Status of seed quality attributes of field crops and standardization of seed testing procedures of tropical legumes, grasses and vegetables : Dr. M. M. Verma
Improvement of storability of seeds of rice, soybean, sunflower, onion, maize and cole crops : Dr. (Mrs.) M. Dadlani
Seed-borne disease and their management in rice, wheat, pearlmillet and soybean : Dr. Ashok Gaur
Team of Excellence in Seed Technology under National Agricultural Technology
Project : Dr. S. P. Sharma
Research Activities under of Team of Excellence :
Mechanism of seed deterioration Morphological, Biochemical and Molecular Techniques for DUS testing. Pollination mechanism and hybrid seed productio. Image analysis, Seed invigoration.
List of Post Graduate courses offered
Seed Development and Morphology; Seed Production,
Principles and Practices; Seed Testing; Seed storage, physiology, vigour and
viability; Seed Processing; Physiological Techniques in Seed Science and
Technology; Pollination in relation to seed productio; Seed Production and
Certification of Kharif Field Crops; Testing for Genuineness
of cultivars; Seed Quality Control; Seed Pathology; Seed Entomology;
Plant Quarantine; Principles of Insect pest Management; Principles and
Techniques of Vegetables seed production; Seed Production of pasture forage
grasses and legumes; Seed Physiology; Seminar
