Agricultural Research Station, Basanthpur
Name of the Research Station : Agricultural Research Station, Basanthpur
Address (Village/Town, Mandal, District) : Basanthpur, Nyalkal, Sangareddy
Google Location Coordinates : Latitude: 17.78764° N, Longitude: 77.53597° E
Agro-Climatic Zone : Central Telangana Zone
Year of Establishment : 2009
Total Area (in acres) : 80.0 Acres
Mandated Crops : Sugarcane & wheat
Key Research Themes / Focus Areas : Varietal evaluation , Agronomic attributes, Abiotic stress management, Post-harvest studies
Current Projects : State, Non-Plan
Infrastructure Facilities :
- Polyhouse
- Shadenet
- Farm pound
Lab Equipments:
- Research Polarimeter with sodium lamp
- ERMA hand held refractometer
- Digital lab pH meter
- Digital lab conductivity meter
- Digital Refractometer
- Kel plus
- Chlorophyll meter
- EC meter water proof (pen type)
- Soil stik pH meter
- Soil EC meter Direct (pen type)
- Temp/RH/CO2 meter
- Maxi Tech thermometer
- Digital soil moisture meter
- Automatic Polarimeter
- Fibre Plus
- Technologies developed
- Budchip technology in Sugarcane
- Two row sugarcane planting on widely spaced furrows for mechanized and drip irrigated cultivation
- Efficient chemical treatments to enhance germination in sugarcane during low night temperatures
- Distillery Spent Wash (DSW), an effluent from sugar mills increase the growth and yield of sugarcane
- Mechanization from planting to harvest of sugarcane
Extension Activities / Outreach Programs
- Pre-season training programme to the sugarcane farmers
| Sl. No | Full Name & Designation | Department / Discipline | Areas of Specialization | Mail Id | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MEDE VIJAY KUMAR Principal Scientist (Sugarcane) |
Crop Physiology | Drought management | vijay.pjtsau@pjtau.edu.in |  |
| 2 | GOLLA VIJAYALAXMI Scientist |
Agronomy | Application of CERES-Rice model for the evaluation of Plant Densities and Age of seedlings in kharif transplanted rice (Oryza sativa L.) | gvijayalaxmi.pjtsau@pjtau.edu.in |  |
Station In-Charge (Name & Designation):Dr. Mede Vijay Kumar
Principal Scientist, ARS, Basanthpur
e-Mail : arsmedak@pjtau.edu.in
Mobile Number : 8333818208