• Development of rice varieties with fine grain quality, high yield potential, gall midge/ multiple (gall midge, BPH, BLB and blast) resistance in different maturity groups for kharif season
• Development of cold tolerant rice varieties with fine grain quality, having high yield potential with resistance to BPH, blast etc., suitable for rabi season
• Development of high yielding gall midge resistant fine grain rice hybrids with good cooking quality 
• Development of multiple resistant rice varieties for dry direct seeding
• Monitoring of gall midge biotype virulence patterns
• To evolve suitable management strategies against major insect pests of rice 
• Development of mid early and medium duration pigeonpea varieties suitable for Telangana region
• Development and identification of suitable greengram, blackgram and soybean varieties for different seasons (Verification function)
• Identification of suitable cowpea varieties for Telangana state 
• Development of agro techniques for high yields in pulse crops
• Screening of pulses germplasm (pigeonpea, greengram, blackgram etc.,) against prevailing diseases, Insect pests and their management
• To evolve/identify high yielding cotton hybrids (BG) /varieties suitable to irrigated and rain fed ecosystem
• To develop agro techniques for higher yields with more economic returns in cotton 
• Collection, evaluation and maintenance of germplasms bank of cotton for evolving high yielding varieties and hybrids
• Screening of cotton varieties/hybrids against prevailing insect pests and diseases and developing suitable management strategies and practices.
• Maintenance breeding of released varieties/hybrids of rice, pulses and cotton and their breeder seed production
• Transfer of technology

Current Projects

• Biotechnology lab
• 2.Soil Science lab
• 3.Pathology lab
• 4. Entomology lab

Equipment’s available at Biotechnology Lab:

• Plolymerase Chain Reaction (PCR Machine)
• Tissue Lyser system
• Accessories of Genogrinder (Tissue Lyser)
• Gel Documentation Unit
• -20o C Deep Freezer
• Refrigerated centrifuge with accessories
• Laminar Air Flow
• Digital PH meter with act probe
• Electric Balance
• Power Packs
• Tissue Culture Racks
• Dry Bath
• Blue Star Deep Freezer  
• Micro Pipettes Different Capacity
• Liquid Nitrogen Container
• Horizontal Gel Unit
• Ice making machine 
• Gel Tray & Comb
• Micro Wave Ovens
• QUBIT (For DNA Quantification)
• ELISA Reader
• Distillation unit

Rice Varieties developed:

Awards: Received “Best AICRP on Rice Entomology centre” award during 52nd Annual Rice Research Group Meeting held at AAU, Jorhat, Assam, in 2017.

Station In-Charge (Name & Designation) : Dr. R. Umareddy Associate Director of Research, RARS, Warangal

Email : drrars_wgl@yahoo.co.in

Mobile Number : 9989625223

• Mandate crops: Sunflower, Maize, Cotton and Pulses
• Mandate:

• Development and Popularization of Varieties and Hybrids of Maize, Pulses and Sunflower.
• Development and Popularization of production and protection technologies in Maize, Cotton, Pulses and Sunflower Crops and Cropping Systems.
• Improving the productivity of dry land crops through soil and moisture conservation practices

Key Research Themes / Focus Areas

• Development of varieties or hybrids in Maize, Pulses and Sunflower 
• Crop residue management.
• Soil and moisture conservation practices in ID crops

Soil Science

• Productivity and livelihood enhancement of rainfed areas through water harvesting and on-farm water reservoirs 
• Residue and nutrient management of maize-sunflower cropping system 
• Evaluation effect of PSB on nitrogen fixation in greengram and residual effect on N and P availability to succeeding maize
• Long term experiment on soil health and crop performance for cotton – maize sequence
• Influence of different levels of potassium on paddy yield
• Effect of Nano DAP on growth and yield of sunflower
• Assessment of carbon sequestration under Maize – Sunflower cropping systems in soils of Siddipet District.

Entomology:

• Survey and monitoring of major insect pests in sunflower and maize crops in Siddipet region.
• Assessment of insect pest complex in sunflower-growing areas.
• Study of the effect of different sowing dates on pest incidence in sunflower and maize.
• Correlation of pest incidence with weather parameters.
• Population monitoring of maize pests, with emphasis on fall armyworm, using light traps.
• Screening of green gram and black gram entries for resistance against major insect pests.

Plant Breeding:

• Germplasm evaluation and crop improvement programmes for Grain Amaranth, including IVT trials.
• Collection, characterization, cataloguing, maintenance, and utilization of maize germplasm.
• Development and evaluation of high-yielding maize hybrids, including single cross, experimental, and climate-resilient hybrids for high starch content.
• Evaluation and identification of high-yielding red gram genotypes for medium and mid-early maturity groups.
• Evaluation of green gram and black gram genotypes/varieties for high yield under Central Telangana Zone (CTZ).
• Conducting Multi Location Trials (MLT) on maize.
• Genetic enhancement initiatives in maize

Agronomy:

• Promotion of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) for sustainable productivity in cropping systems involving sunflower.
• Study on the response of sunflower to nano-nitrogen application.
• Implementation of Frontline Demonstrations to showcase improved agricultural technologies.
• Evaluation of varied fertilizer levels in the cotton–sunflower cropping system.
• Identification of efficient micro-irrigation methods and optimal irrigation scheduling for improving growth, yield, and water productivity of rabi maize.

Infrastructure Facilities Available

• Multidisciplinary research lab for soil science and agronomy.

Technologies developed:

• Response of different maturity groups of pigeonpea to protective irrigation under rainfed conditions
• Comparable crops to maize 
• Moisture conservation practices to enhance productivity of maize
• Performance of high yielding mid early and medium duration pigeonpea varieties under rainfed conditions
• Impact of contour farming on soil moisture conservation and productivity of rainfed crops on Alfisols
• Agronomic package for complete mechanization in cotton
• Agronomic practices for complete mechanization in Red gram
• Increasing cropping intensity and profitability with sunflower as a component crop in the emerging cropping system
• Best management practices for maximum economic yield of sunflower (On- farm demonstration)
• Response of sunflower to varying fertilizer levels under different land configurations under rainfed conditions
• Optimization of N and K through fertigation schedules in sunflower
• Agronomic evaluation of mustard varieties on Alfisols in Central Telangana Zone
• Agro-techniques for sunflower cultivation during rabi season and in paddy fallows
• Selective mechanization for sunflower in Alfisols.
• Rain water harvesting through farm ponds- A climate resilient technology for sustainable crop production in drylands
• Gypsum – a better source of sulphur for enhancing the productivity of sunflower in deficient soils
• Rice residue management options for higher productivity and profitability of sunflower in rice-sunflower cropping system

Method demonstration on stem applicator, multicrop shredder, with Pneumatic Planter in HDPS Cotton, HDPS cotton, rice residue management in sunflower 

A training on production technologies of paddy, sunflower, Branding of Telangana sona rice’ in collaboration with G-COT, Hyderabad.

Field day on HDPS cotton, 

Farmer Scientists Interactions Programmes.

Station In-Charge (Name & Designation) : Dr. Santhosh, Scientist (Agro) and Head

Email : ars.tornala@gmail.com

Mobile Number :+91-8333818210

• Studies on management practices of agro-forestry systems such as agri-silviculture, boundary plantation, silvi-horticulture, agri-silvi-horticulture.
• Performance/enhancement of the local predominant agro-forestry system.
• Intensification of Research and maintenance of Tree-oil species.
• Development of green manure varieties with high biomass and seed yield suitable to the Telangana State.

Infrastructure Facilities Available

Cultivation impliments, Drip irrigation system, Solar fence

New Genotypes Developed:

• NTPSH 11 (Sunhemp) and NTPD 13 (Dhaincha) identified as superior for green manuring.
• NTPMB 01 (Malabar neem) mutant line developed with self-pruning branches and straight growth (awaiting flowering/seedling development).

Drought Tolerant Lines identified:

• NTPD 08 (Dhaincha): 29 days to dry.
• NTPSH 04 (Sunhemp): 27 days to dry.

Superior Species Identified:

• Melia dubia (Malabar neem) found superior in growth and economics in Medak region.
• Simarouba glauca: 5.42 kg of seed for 1 l bio-deisel
• Pongamia pinnata: 10.78 kg of seed for 1 l bio-deisel
• Successful mechanical harvesting of Dhaincha in Telangana.
• Promoting seed production technology and guiding farmers on economics.
• Set up at ARS Nathnaipally with multiple species including     B. balcova (Bheema bamboo), B. thulda, and D. stocksii noted for commercial importance.

Agroforestry Blocks Created:

• Planted: Mahogany (230), Teak (375), Casuarina (140), Soapnut (275), Eucalyptus (958), Malabar neem (100).

• Participating and guiding extension activities in collaboration with DAATTC, KVK, Agriculture department, FPOs and individual famers. Guiding and timely assistance to the Agriculture department during any problem related to agriculture through fileld visits, online meetings, phone calls and wattsapp group.
• Communicating with individual farmers through field visits, field days, training programmes, seed mela, kisanmela, social media, phone calls and wattsapp messages.
• Developed literature in greenmanures, forestry crops, and satisfied social media interms of scientic agriculture with timely advices

Station In-Charge (Name & Designation) : Dr. T. Shobha Rani, Principal Scientist (Plant Breeding) & Head

Email : ars.ntp@yahoo.com

Mobile Number : 9963468360, 8639171325