• Developing human resources and capacity building in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology. 
• The institute played a significant role in the release of varieties in rice, chickpea, black gram, green gram, soybean, safflower and sugarcane.

Key Research Themes / Focus Areas

• Mapping and Gene Identification 
• Marker Assisted Breeding
• Genetic Transformation
• Tissue Culture
• Genome Editing Etc.

Current Projects

• Marker assisted breeding in chickpea: Identification of promising drought and heat tolerant genotypes for varietal    development in Telangana, India
• Evaluation of high protein lines of chickpea for yield and suitability in Telangana growing areas
• DNA Fingerprinting of crop plants
• Molecular mapping of genomic regions associated with powdery mildew resistance in blackgram

• Labs– 11 Nos; Seminar Hall– 1 No.; Classroom– 1No.; Office Room – 1No.; Staff Rooms– 3 Nos: Storerooms– 6 Nos; UPS Room- 2 Nos; Director Room– 1 No

• Well-established Molecular Biology and Biotechnology labs and related equipment like PCR Machine, Gel Documentation System, Tissue Lyser, Nanodrop, Electrophoresis units, Water Purification System, Water Bath, Refrigerated Centrifuges, RT-PCR, Laminar Airflow etc., and complemented with field facility at College Farm. These facilities will be helpful for conducting the practicals of the Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Courses and also for undertaking PG and Ph.D. research work. Glasshoue and Nethouse facilities are also available

• Rice Gene Pyramiding: Developed multi-disease–resistant lines combining Pi54 + Pi1, Xa21, xa13 + Gm4 for simultaneous resistance to bacterial blight, blast, and gall midge.
• MAGIC Population Screening: Identified rice lines with broad-spectrum tolerance to brown planthopper, cold stress, and sheath blight; association mapping pinpointed 19 key SNPs.
• Chickpea Drought Tolerance: Discovered and validated promising introgressed chickpea lines with enhanced drought resilience using SNP markers.
• Vigna Viral Resistance: Advanced green gram (IBT GG 6) and black gram (IBT BG 15) entries displaying robust yellow mosaic virus resistance; mapped associated QTLs.
• In Vitro & Transformation Platforms: Established reliable regeneration protocols for chickpea, green gram, and rice, and a chickpea transformation system for targeted gene transfer.
• Variety Fingerprinting: Generated DNA-fingerprint profiles for university-released varieties and hybrids
• (e.g., MBG 1070, KPS 6251, ADB eG2; maize hybrids BH417193/189/144) and for advanced minikit entries.
• Bt Isolate Characterization: Isolated and molecularly characterized 10 Bacillus thuringiensis strains from Nagarkurnool cotton-field soils for potential biocontrol applications.
• Cotton Jassid Resistance Markers: Identified 12 cotton genotypes with strong resistance to Amrasca biguttula biguttula and SSR markers (BL-1646, DOW-047) linked to jassid resistance.
• Thrips Taxonomy & Phylogeny: Conducted morphological and mtCOI-based molecular characterization of thrips in Telangana, revealing Thrips tabaci and Scirtothrips dorsalis as dominant species and elucidating their genetic relationships.

Extension Activities / Outreach Programs

• Hands on training program on “Biotechnological Tools in Crop Improvement” to the faculty

Station In-Charge (Name & Designation):Dr. C.V. Sameer Kumar, Director

Email :venkatachanda1968@gmail.com

Mobile Number : 9704157788

• Research on gender issues in agriculture and allied fields
• Co-ordinate research on Women in Agriculture
•  Improvement of Quality life of farm women

Key Research Themes / Focus Areas

• Development of database on women in agriculture , Livelihood security of farm women, Women entrepreneurship, Technology interventions and its implications on drudgery reduction of farm women, Ergonomic evaluation of agricultural tools, Development of need based gender friendly technologies and its impact evaluation, Nutri-sensitive agriculture and Nutritional security & women empowerment

National – ICAR- CIWA

1.Development of Repository of database to Analyze the Dynamics and Role  of Women in Agriculture and Allied sectors in selected Agro- Ecological Regions

2.Assessment of livelihood status of farm women and appropriate interventions for enhancement of livelihood in different Agro-ecological regions

3.Promotion of gender equity through technological interventions and entrepreneurial development

4.Identification of gender gaps by assessing vulnerability indices and approaches to minimize occupational drudgery through multi-sectoral technology interventions

5.Identification, assessment, refinement/development and popularization of different gender friendly technologies for skill enhancement of farm women in different Agro-ecological regions

6.Nutri sensitive Agriculture – Strengthening PoshanAbhiyan – Nutri Smart Villages 

7.Shree Anna (Millet) Gram- A New Vista for Nutritional Security and Women Empowerment

Funding agency: ICAR-CIWA

Duration: 2021-2026

Infrastructure Facilities Available

Foods& Nutrition-chemical Lab; Family Resource Management Lab; Clothing & Textile Lab; Nutribakers Hub

Technologies developed:Head load manager, Sapling Transplanter, Long handle weeder, Finger guards, Seed placement tube, Modified Commonly consumed Recipes as  Low GI and its effect on Pre-diabetes, RTU multigrain High fibre mix, RTU multigrain Nutridense mix, Pasta with low GI ingredients, Vermicelli with low GI ingredients, Noodles with low GI ingredients, Extruded snacks with low GI ingredients, Protective clothing 

Patent awarded for ‘Device to manage Head Load’

Patent filed for : Ready to eat Nutridense composition; Ready to use multigrain high fibre Composition

Broad key areas on Capacity building programme, Awareness programmes&Technology awareness on:Drudgery reducing tools

Significance of balanced diet for farm women, Importance of micro enterprises, Importance of identification of local resources and value addition for entrepreneurship development, Usage of drudgery reducing technologies, Mushroom Cultivation, Vermicomposting 

Financial Literacy, Importance of leafy vegetables importance of roots and tubers, Kitchen Garden, iron rich foods – nutritional importance of millets Jowar and its value addition and Diagnostic visit, Developed knowledge materials on millet recipes, nutritive values, leafy vegetables, locally available fruit

Station In-Charge (Name & Designation) : Dr.R.Neela Rani, Unit Coordinator and Principal Scientist.
Unit Coordinator, AICRP on Women in Agriculture, PTAU, PG&RC, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500030 Telangana State

Email : Unitcoordinatoraicrphyd@gmail.com

Mobile Number : 8332970388

• Collection of representative data on inventory, inputs, and outputs using the cost accounting method, and submission of the data for 9 mandated crops to the Economics, Statistics, and Evaluation Division (ES&ED), New Delhi, Government of India, for various purposes.
• ConductingYield Gap Analysis of major cropsin Telangana.

Comprehensive Scheme for Studying the Cost of Cultivation of Principal Cropsin Telangana, India.

(Funded by: CS Section -MSP Unit, Economics, Statistics & Evaluation Division (ES&ED),

Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, MoA& FW, New Delhi, Government of India).

Infrastructure Facilities Available

CCS Seminar hall equipped with online interactive smart board.

• Submitting the Cost data for mandated crops to ES&ED, based on which cost estimates are arrived for the purpose of announcing Minimum Support Price by GoI.
• Conducted non-plan trials on yield gap analysis for major crops in Telangana (Paddy, Maize, Cotton, Soybean, Red gram, Bengal gram and Groundnut).
• Organized National Workshop of Cost of Cultivation Scheme – 2024 on 23rd& 24th August, 2024 at PJTAU. 
• Conducted survey on Paddy varietal study in Telangana (2024-25).

• Organizing regular field visits to the CCS centres across the state for cross-checking and validation of data.
• Organizing training programmes to AEOs, AROs and Computors regularly.
• Involved in extension activities like RMS (RythuMungitlo Shastravethalu) and QSEV (Quality Seed for Every Village).

Station In-Charge (Name & Designation) : Dr. R. VijayaKumari (Professor & Head (Agricultural Economics) & Hon. Director, CCS

Email : ccsap12@gmail.com

Mobile Number : 9948780355

• AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response:

• To provide specific recommendations and guidelines for soil fertility management vis-à-vis suitable crop production.  

• AICRP on Micro & Secondary Nutrients and Pollutant Elements in Soils and Plants :

• To delineate the micro and secondary nutrient-deficient and toxic areas.
• Reassessment of micro- & secondary nutrients (MSN) deficient/ toxic areas by soil and plant analysis 
• To standardize and develop appropriate soil test methods and to establish the critical values for deficiency, adequacy and toxicity of micro and secondary nutrient elements in soils for field, horticultural and plantation crops.
• To study the magnitude of response of different crops to the application of micro and secondary nutrients.
• To evaluate the sources of micro and secondary nutrients, their rate, mode and frequency of crop application.
• To determine the direct, residual and cumulative availability of micro and secondary nutrients to crops in different crop rotations on well-defined soil series or types.

• To study the role of organic and green manures in correcting micro and secondary nutrient deficiencies in crops.
• To screen germplasm of crops for their tolerance to micronutrient stress.
• To study the micronutrient interaction in soils and plants.
• To monitor hazards from heavy metals or trace element pollution/toxicity in soil, plant, animal and human beings.
• Radiotracer and Agricultural Chemistry Lab:
• To conduct research by using radioisotopes in the field of soil fertility and fertilizer use, soil – plant nutrition relationships and pesticide usage.

Mandated Crops:
Rice, Maize, Groundnut,Castor, Cotton, Chilli, Soybean, Sesamum, Vegetable crops

1.AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response:

• To establish a significant relationship between soil tests and crop response    to Fertilizer application on representative soil(s) in different soils of varying 
  agro-climatic regions so as to provide a basis for fertilizer recommendation
  based on soil testing to maximize yield and profit
• To derive a basis for making fertilizer recommendations for desired yield target suited to the constraints in fertilizer availability or fertilizer cost or credit facilities to the farmers
• To evaluate various soil test methods for their suitability under field conditions
• To evaluate the extent to which the fertilizer need of crops can be reduced,
  in relation to conjunctive use of chemical fertilizers and organic manures
• To derive a basis for making fertilizer recommendations for a whole cropping sequence based on initial soil test values   
• Soil test crop response correlation studies and development of fertilizer prescription equations for achieving targeted yields
  based on soil test values.
• Developed fertilizer prescription targeted yield equations for about 32 crops under different Agro-climatic zones of A.P &Telangana by using both inorganic fertilizers and organic manures.
• Soil fertility mapping to the major nutrients for 32 districts of Telangana.

2.AICRP on Micro & Secondary Nutrients and Pollutant Elements in Soils and Plants :

• Delineation and reassessment of micro-& secondary nutrient status in soils under    major cropping systems
• Diagnosis of Deficiency of micro and secondary nutrients in soils and plants:
• Amelioration techniques for improving crop production by the use of micronutrients
• Study on “one health approach” related to micro and secondary nutrients in Soil-Water- Animal Continuum
• Monitoring, risk assessment, and remediation of pollutant elements in the Soil-Plant-human-animal Continuum
• Enhancing the efficiency of native and applied micro and secondary nutrients
• Frontline demonstrations on effective technologies generated by the centers.

3.Radiotracer and Agricultural Chemistry Lab:

• Active root distribution of different cereal crops, pulse crops, oilseed crops, commercial crops and fruit crops by using 32P soil injection technique.
• Fertilizer use efficiency studies using 15N stable isotope for its better management to increase the use efficiency and crop yields.
• Studies on solubility of phosphatic fertilizers and P availability for different crops and soils using 32P radioisotope.
• Research on time and method of application of phosphatic fertilizers to increase its use efficiency and crops yields by using 32P radioisotope.
• Evaluation of complex and other new fertilizer materials for their solubility and availability of nutrients.
• Screening of crop varieties for photosynthesis efficiency using 14C radio isotope.
• Screening of crop varieties for efficient utilization of soil and applied phosphorus by using 32P radioisotope.
• Nutrition of oilseed crops

1. RKVY Project – 704.93 lakhs –3Yrs
2. M/S Indo Climate SensePvt. Ltd. Hyderabad -15.45lakhs -one year

Infrastructure Facilities Available

• The soil health unit houses with latest equipment to cater the needs of research scientists, students and farming community with high end equipment like Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, MPAES, ICP- OES,CNS Analyseretc;

1.AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response:

1. Soil test-based prescription equations for balanced fertilizer use and targeted yield of rabi Castor in light soils
2. Soil Test Based Fertilizer Recommendation for Targeted Yield in Sugarcane (Plant Crop)
3. Soil Test Based Fertilizer Recommendation for Targeted Yield in Sugarcane (Ratoon Crop)

1. Soil test based fertilizer prescription equations for targeted yield of Bt Cotton in Alfisols
2. Soil test-based prescription equations for balanced fertilizer use and targeted yield of Bt Cotton in Vertisols. 
3. Soil test-based fertilizer prescription equations for targeted yield of Sesamum in light soils.
4. Soil test-based fertilizer prescription equations for targeted yield of Soybean in Vertisols
5. Soil test-based fertilizer prescription equations for targeted yield of Chilli in Alfisols.
6. Soil Fertility Status and Fertilizer Use Guidelines (Soil Fertility maps): 30 districts.

2.AICRP on Micro & Secondary Nutrients and Pollutant Elements in Soils and Plants :

1.  .Application of zinc sulphate @ 30 kg ha-1 has given good percent increase in yields and also revised the critical limits 0.67 mg kg-1 over existing 0.6 mg kg-1.
2. Based on rate and frequency of B application in Rice – Rice copping system, application of 1.5 kg B to kharif Rice in Rice- Rice cropping system is recommended for two years.

3.Radiotracer and Agricultural Chemistry Lab:

1. P application can be reduced by 25 to 75 % from current recommended dose with reference to initial soil available P ranging from 62 to 103 kg P2O5 ha-1in rice  maize and sunflower crops.
2. In Rice- Rice and Rice- Sunflower systems, P fertilizer dose can be reduced by 50% from current recommended dose if the soil available P2O5 is > 100 kg ha-1.

3. Root activity of rice in SRI was found higher by 25% as compared to normal transplanted rice at 25 X 25cm spacing and 64% higher at 20 X 20 cm spacing with 32P radioisotope studies.
4. In marginal and S deficient soils, S application (35S radioisotope) in two equal splits at sowing and 30 DAS found to improve its use efficiency and crop yield in Soybean, Chickpea and garlic.
5. .Zn fortification (65Zn radioisotope) in rice variety MTU 1010 is better as compared to the variety Erramallelu.

6. The per cent nitrogen derived from the added green manure (15N tagged) ranged from 2.04 to 6.40 under different rates of green manure application in paprika.

AWARDS

1. Best Faculty Award, PJTSAU-2021-22 (Dr. A. Madhavi).
2. Sri MandavaVenkataRamaiah Best Teacher Award-2023 (Dr. K. Pavan Chandra Reddy)
3. Distinguished Scientist Award – 2022. (Dr. K. Pavan Chandra Reddy). (Awarded at 5th National Conference on DISHA-2022 held at KNIPSS, Sultanpur, UP)

Extension Activities / Outreach Programs

1.AICRP on Soil Test Crop Response:

• To disseminate and popularize STCR technology / soil test-based fertilizer recommendation among farming community to improve the crop yields and to reduce the fertilizer input costs through field level demonstrations, Trainings, Rythu Chaitanya Yatras, Diagnostic visits, Capacity building programmes and Mass communication programmes in different districts of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
• FLD,s: >200
• Farmer,s Training programmes: 120
• Line Department Officers trainings:45

2.AICRP on Micro & Secondary Nutrients and Pollutant Elements in Soils and Plants:

• FLDs: 50
• Farmers’ one-day training (Field level): 50
• Line Department Officers trainings:10

Station In-Charge (Name & Designation) :Dr. A. Madhavi, Principal Scientist (Soil Science) & Head, Soil Health Unit & RTAC Lab, Agricultural Research Institute, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad, Telangana

Email : madhavi.adusumilli@gmail.com, stcrpjtau@gmail.com

Mobile Number : 9848976765