Department of Rice TNAU

In which year Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Department of Rice Research Institute established & what is Rice Research Institute email address & phone numbers, who is professor & head of TNAU Department of Rice Research Institute???

I am interested in the field of agriculture and for this planning to join Department of Rice at Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU). Will you please tell me list of research work done by Department of Rice TNAU also provide address and contacts details of this department?

[pawan]

The Department of Rice previously known as Paddy Breeding Station is a constituent of the Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.

This station conducts multidisciplinary research for rice improvement.

Research done here:

Research :


=> Non-Plan-Main, CPBG, Dept. of Rice, TNAU, Coimbatore
=> All India Co ordinated Rice Improvement Programme (ICAR)
=> Part II Plan scheme Development of Hybrid Rice
=> Characterization and use of EMS induced mutants of rice variety Nagina 22 for yield and drought tolerance (GOI DBT)
=> IRRI- GCP - Connecting Performance under drought with genotypes through phenotype
=> IRRI-BMGF - Philippines "Stress tolerant rice for poor farmers in Africa & South Asia"
=> Revolving Fund Seed production in rice hybrids
=> Testing of private rice hybrids and varieties
=> Rice biofortification with enhanced iron and zinc in high yielding non-basmati cultivars through marker assisted breeding and transgenic approaches phase II (GOI-DBT)
=> Metabolic and molecular profiling of aromatic rice germplasm of India for gaining insights about aroma (GOI DBT)
=> Safeguarding Asian Rice production from a rapidly warming climate (IRRI-BMZ)
=> Novozymes South Asia Field evaluation of JumpStart (Pencillium bilaii, a phosphate solubilizing fungus ) in rice
=> Wild rice magic DBT-DFID-BMGF-IRRI

Contact:


Department of Rice
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore 641 003.
Tamil Nadu
India

Phone No. : 91-422-2474967
Email: rice@tnau.ac.in