Academic Department
AAU-Zonal Research Station, Sribhumi
Constituent Department under Directorate of Research(Agri)
Department Achievements & Accolades
7 Recordsi. Agroatholiarolfsi causing collar rot disease in rajmah have been identified with gene bank accession no. PQ425078
i. Two sprays of Chlorantraniliprole 18.5 %SC @ 150 ml in 500 lt. of water for 1 ha (20 ml in 67 lt. of water for 1 bigha) at ETL and 20 days after first spray is effective in managing rice stem borer and rice leaf folder population
i. Rajmah, potato & pumpkin intercropping system arranged as alternate rows of Rajmah and Potato crops at a spacing of 50 cm in combination with Pumpkin along Rajmah/Potato rows at a spacing of 2.5 m with intra row spacing of 100 cm, 15 cm and 10 cm for Pumpkin, Potato and Rajmah respectively is rcommended for Barak Valley Zone of Assam
i. 24 Nos. of Dolichos bean have been explored and conserved
i. Agroatholiarolfsi causing collar rot disease in rajmah have been identified with gene bank accession no. PQ425078
Rice germplasm 3678 are conserved
Surma dhan was developed with a crop period of 15-20 days earlier than Ranjit and giving an yield of 5-6 t/ ha
Research & Extension Projects
27 Total Projects
Ongoing Projects (20)
MLT on “Biointensive Management Practices for the Pests (Aphids, caterpillar, Diamond back moth) of Cauliflower
MLT on Bio Intensive Pest Management Practices for the Management of Insect Pests (fruit Borer, whitefly, aphids) of Tomato
MLT on Exogenous application of salicylic acid for the management of mustard aphid
MLT on COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF BOTANICALS AND OTHER EXTRACTS AGAINST RICE STEM BORER
Validation and Promotion of Integrated Pest Management in Rice & Horticultural crops in NEH region of India”
Integrated Pest Management in Rice & Horticultural crops in NEH region of India
Amar Gaon Amar Gaurav
Evaluation of Technology from other sources
Promotion of Double Cropping in Assam, an initiative of AAU, Jorhat
MLT on “Use of trap crops for management of mustard aphid
MLT on “Development and testing of ipm module for the management of major pest of mungbean”
MLT on Bioefficacy of chlorantraniliprole and jatropha oil against major lepidoptran and sucking pest of cabbage
MLT on Efficacy of certain bio-pesticides against mustard aphid received from AAU-ZRS, Diphu
Exploration of usage of Engineered jute & Agro-Waste based Agrotextiles for Improving Farmers Income on their Produce
Innovation of novel textile engineering-based jute & Agro-Waste based Agrotextiles with an aim to finf out their effectiveness for improving agriculture productivity
Mega project on Rapeseed-mustard value chain development through promotion of Scientific cultivation in Assam
MLT on Nutrient response trial on selected AVT-2 rice culture under optimum and low input management
Application of Drone Technologies for Crop Monitoring and Spraying
Duck, Goat and Cow Farming under Corpus Fund
Composite Fish Culture at AAU-Zonal Research Station, Karimganj
Development of New Technology
Design Innovation Centre (DIC) project on Developing low cost instrument for measuring ground water depth
Completed Projects (7)
Sustainable rural livelihood through introduction and development of scientific bee keeping in hill districts of Assam
Testing of Company Paddy Hybrid varieties INH 16019 and INH 18071
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Ritu Ranjan Taye)
Involved in Testing of Hybrid Sunflower variety ADV 363
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Ritu Ranjan Taye)
MLT on Advance Variety Trial Rainfed shallow low land
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Ritu Ranjan Taye)
MLT on Initial Variety Trial-Semi Deep Water rice
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Ritu Ranjan Taye)
Exploiting chemical ecology for IPM: Deciphering the phyto-semiochemicals involved in insect-plant interaction of major crop pest of North East region-India
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Ritu Ranjan Taye)
NAHEP Component 2A project on – image capturing of pests/disease in crop/livestock for purpose of developing artificial intelligence (AI) based mobile app.
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Ritu Ranjan Taye)