All India Coordinated Research Network on Potential Crops, Progress Report Kharif 2019

Abstract

The All India Coordinated Research Network on Potential Crops (AICRN-PC) was initiated in the year 1982 by ICAR during the VI Five Year Plan programme. The program envisages identification, augmentation and improvement of plant species with potential for commercialization as crops for climate resilient and sustainable food system. Since its inception the program aims at introducing new potential and useful plant species and evaluating these for acclimatization to local conditions; collecting, evaluating and conserving the germplasm of existing regional plant for potential commercialization; breeding new varieties through appropriate crop improvement approaches and standardizing their production and protection technology, through coordinated efforts and popularizing such potential crops for commercialization and establishing marketing linkages. The network is conducting research on 16 crops of food, fodder and industrial value through 16 co-ordinated, 7 cooperating and 12 voluntary centres located in diverse agro-climatic zones of the country. The present report embodies results of research work undertaken on PGR Management, Crop Improvement, Crop Production, Crop Protection, Quality Evaluation, Nutritional Quality and Value Addition and other studies in various potential crops at different centres during Kharif 2019. The compiled report is an outcome of the concerted efforts made by the scientists of AICRN main centres, cooperating centres and voluntary centres.