WorldVeg identifies training needs of the seed industry in India
Plant breeders from across the subcontinent who want to keep up with advancements in the discipline shared their training needs with WorldVeg.
Top tomatoes for India
Over 80 seed industry staff representing more than 40 companies from across the country got a closer look at some exceptional new varieties bred by WorldVeg.
Resist Detect Protect
This project designs alternative options for insect pest management and will set the stage for partners to promote and popularize these options.
Influence of high temperature stress on growth, phenology and yield performance of mungbean
Increasing atmospheric temperatures will be detrimental for growth functions of various crop plants, especially mungbean, as demand for this legume is increasing in spring and summer in major growing regions in the northern parts of India.
Pulse progress
On behalf of the World Vegetable Center, Legume Breeder Ram Nair signed a memorandum of agreement between the Center and the Government of Odisha, India on 23 July 2016 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha to support the project “Improving mungbean and urdbean productivity in Odisha state.” P. K. Meherda, Commissioner cum Director, Directorate of Agriculture and Food Production, Government of Odisha, signed for Odisha.
The contribution of international vegetable breeding to private seed companies in India
Crop breeding research by international agricultural research centers usually serves public sector crop breeding, but does it still have a role when research and development have shifted to the private sector? This paper explores this question for vegetables in India using data from 27 private companies and 9 public organizations.
Chili on the value chain in Karnataka
Chili on the value chain in Karnataka
The value chain approach to vegetable marketing promoted by AVRDC – […]
Innovative cropping systems for East India
Duration: 2012 – 2015
The East India Plateau is characterized by endemic poverty, food insecurity, comparatively low agricultural productivity, lack of […]
Beating Begomoviruses
Start date: 2012
End date: 2015
Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)-transmitted begomovirus diseases have emerged as major constraints to the production and quality of […]