Will you please provide the list of Research areas of Agriculture College And Research Institute ,Killikulam ?

Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulam was established in the year 1984 . It is a constituent College of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University .

Research Areas :
o Breeding for the development of rice varieties and rice fallow pulses suitable for Tambiraparani command area.
o Development of technologies for Palmyrah.
o Formulation of IPM technologies for crops.
o Identification of sustainable agro-forestry system for wastelands of Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi Districts.
o Production of quality hybrid seed in major crops.
o Standardizing alternate planting techniques in rice and developing agro techniques.
o Testing and demonstration of labour saving implements in rice cultivation
o To develop value added products from Palmyrah and horticultural crops.
o To develop vegetable varieties suitable to this tract.
o To identify & develop export oriented medicinal herbs.
o Yield maximization of rice-fallow pulses.

Departments:
Agronomy
Plant Breeding & Genetics
Agrl. Entomology
Social Sciences
Plant Pathology
Soil Science & Agrl. Chemistry
Horticulture

Contact:
Agricultural College and Research Institute
Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu ‎
04630 261 226 ‎•

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