Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

公司描述

The Central Potato Research Institute is a governmental organisation in India, with the following mandate:

To undertake basic and strategic research for developing technologies to enhance productivity and utilisation of potato.
To produce disease-free basic seed of different notified varieties developed by the institute.
To act as national repository of scientific information relevant to potato.
To provide leadership and co-ordinate network research with state agricultural universities for generating location and variety-specific technologies and for solving area-specific problems of potato production.
To collaborate with national and international agencies in achieving the objectives.
To act as a centre for training in research methodologies and technology for up-grading scientific manpower in modern technologies for potato production.
To provide consultancy in potato research and develpment.

CPRI operates 7 regional research stations in different potato growing areas in India. These are located in different potato growing areas of the country: Kufri-Fagu (HP), Modipuram (UP), Jalandhar (Punjab), Gwalior (MP), Patna (Bihar), Shillong (Meghalaya), and Ootacamund (Tamil Nadu).

Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, HP, India

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Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI Ooty

The programmes at ICAR-CPRI Ooty station are development of agro-techniques for potato cultivation, development of varieties possessing combined resistance to late blight and cyst nematode and to develop control measures for soil and tuber-borne diseases.

ICAR-CPRI Patna

The station possesses a total of 26.17 hectares land out of which 20 hectares is under cultivation with assured irrigation facility. Infrastructure includes laboratory buildings, administrative building, library cum tissue culture laboratory, staff rooms and potato sheds.

ICAR-CPRI Research Station - Shillong

The ICAR-CPRI Research Station in Shillong has been established in the year 1959. The main programmes are screening of germplasms and hybrids for resistance to late blight, bacterial wilt and potato tuber moth and development of production technology and varieties suitable for the North Easter Himalayan hills.

ICAR-CPRI Research Station Gwalior

The Central Potato Research Station, Gwalior has substantially contributed in the growth and development of potato in the region as well as at the national level.

ICAR-CPRI Research Station Jalandhar

ICAR-Central Potato Research Station, Jalandhar (Punjab) is one of the seven regional research stations of the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).

ICAR-CPRI RS Modipuram Campus

ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Regional Station, Modipuram Campus is the biggest Research Station of the Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla.

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十二月 06, 2009

CPRI develops heat resistent potato variety for India

Here is a good news for Indian potato growers.To cope up with the adverse effects of global warming, Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI), Shimla, has developed a new variety of potato - Kufri Surya - having more heat resistance.Night temperatures ...

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四月 06, 2009

Processing industry in India to consume 10% of potato output by 2010-11

India's potato production has seen a phenomenal increase since the 1950s, mainly due to strong demand from the processing industry and remunerative returns.

十二月 11, 2008

'India's share in global potato trade is 0.5 percent'

India may be the third largest potato producer in the world but its contribution to global potato trade is merely half a percent, industry officials and experts participating in the Global Potato Conference said here Thursday.

一月 15, 2008

Bengal all set to gain from potato

West Bengal farmers are now on a track to tap profit from potato cultivation and even started several organised potato processing unit in the state. It seemed to them very profitable compared to any other crop within their limit. According to a recent ...