Horticulture

S.No	Name of the project	Project Leader
1.	Studies on horticultural and plantation crops
A.	Integrated strategies through classical and modern techniques for crop improvement in cashew and spices.	A. R. Desai
B.	Hybridization of local coconut cultivars (Benaulim and Calangute) with dwarf varieties	A. R. Desai
2.	Survey, collection and evaluation of fruits available / grown in agro-forest areas of Goa
A.	Survey, collection, introduction and evaluation of kokum and other Garcinia species.	S. Priya Devi
B.	Evaluation of commercial cultivars of fruit crops under the agro-climatic conditions of Goa	S. Priya Devi
3.	Standardization of production technologies for flowers and vegetables
A.	Standardization of production technologies for flowers and vegetables under protected structures (Naturally ventilated polyhouse) and under coconut plantations	M. Thangam
B.	Breeding of brinjal for high yield and resistance to bacterial wilt through conventional and molecular approaches	M. Thangam
C.	Collection, conservation, cataloguing and evaluation of germplasm of ornamental crops of Goa and adjoining regions	S A Safeena
4.	Post harvest management of horticultural crops	S. Priya Devi

S.No	Name of the project	Project leader
1.	AICRP on Cashew	A. R. Desai

A local promising accession namely, Balli-2 was selected for its desirable traits like nut-yield, shelling percentage and apple qualities and has been released under the name of Goa-1 for large scale cultivation in Goa state.
Ninety promising accessions of local cashew genotypes have been identified and conserved in germ plasm bank.
Top working technique in Cashew was standardized to convert the poor yielding trees into high yielding varieties.
A total of 88 accessions/varieties of Mango were collected and maintained in germ plasm bank in the institute.
Two promising seedling selections namely Cardozo Mankurad and RC-MS-1 (Bemcorado selection) were identified for desirable fruit quality, colour and regular bearing habit from the local popular varieties i.e. Mankurad and Bemcorado, respectively.
High yielding improved mango varieties namely, Amrapalli, Ratna and Kesar were introduced, evaluated and popularised.
High yielding variety of black paper namely, Panniyur-1 was introduced, evaluated and popularised in the State.
High yielding Arecanut variety namely, Mangla was introduced, evaluated and popularised in the state by producing quality seednuts, besides the recent introduction of Mohitnagar selection.
Technology for commercial cultivation and spawn production of oyster mushroom was standardized under Goa conditions and popularised for commercial endaevour/enterprise.




List of ongoing research projects List of Externally Funded / AICRP / Network Projects Technologies standardised/transferred	Resource Management & Integrated Production
	Crop Improvement and Protection
	Horticulture
	Animal Science
	Fisheries



Ongoing Research Projects