The AICRP is a research program where the Central research institutes and the State Agricultural Universities (SAUs) work as a team to find solutions to various problems related to a specific topic. IIHR is the hosting central institute for All India Coordinated Research Project on Tropical Fruits
Facilities
- 65 purpose oriented laboratories with equipment like electron microscope, ultra centrifuge, HPLC, GLC, LC counter etc.
- Infrastructure facilities such as a series of poly houses and net houses, growth chambers, mist chambers, cold storage facilities, gene bank, local area network with video conferencing facilities, Seed processing and nursery units.
- Modern library
- Conference hall
- Auditorium
- Training hostel
Achievements
IIHR is credited with the development of 170 varieties and hybrids of horticultural crops and many sustainable production, protection and post harvest management technologies.Fruit Crops : Three varieties in papaya, 5 hybrids in mango, 3 varieties in guava, 5 hybrids in grapes, one variety each in pomegranate, annona, ber and passion fruit. IIHR has released a high yielding pink fleshed Arka Prabhat papaya hybrid, Arka Kiran, a red fleshed hybrid guavaand Arka Sahan, a hybrid of annona
with large globules and less seeds.
Vegetable Crops : The Institute has developed and released 60 high yielding open pollinated varieties and 15 F1 hybrids in 24 vegetable crops resistant to pests and diseases for commercial cultivation. Some of them are:
- Arka Manik of Watermelon – triple resistant to pests and diseases
- Arka Anamika in okra resistant to Yellow Vein Mosaic Virus.
- Arka Komal of French bean resistant to rust.
- Arka Vikas tomato variety.
- Arka Ananya, a tomato hybrid with combined resistant to Tomato Leaf Curl Virus and Bacterial wilt.
- Arka Niketan and Arka Kalyan in onion.
- Arka Meghana chilli hybrids tolerant to thrips and viruses.
- Arka Suphal of chilli tolerant to powdery mildew.
- Arka Swetha, a high yielding male sterility base chilli hybrid.
- Arka Anand, bacterial wilt brinjal hybrid.
- Arka Lalima and Arka Kirthima, high yielding onion hybrids based on male sterility.
Ornamental Crops :
IIHR has evolved improved varieties of gladiolus, chrysanthemum, bougainvillea, hibiscus, tube rose, rose, China aster, carnation, gerbera and crossandra. They have also developed China aster varieties such as Poornima, Kamini, Vilet cushion and Shashank and tube rose cultivars like Shringar, Suvasini, Prajwal and Vibahv and a crossandra variety by name Arka Ambara.Mushrooms :
IIHR is credited with the development of a spore less mutant of oyster mushroom, milky mushroom, Jews ear mushroom and a medicinal mushroom.Production Technology :
Some of the achievements of IIHR in the field of production technology are:- Standardization of high density planting of bananas and pineapple.
- Grape root dog ridge, a new practice in dry land grape cultivation.
- Standardization of integrated water and nutrient management schedules like drip irrigation, fertigation, application of fertilizer in the active root feeding zone.
- Standardization of leaf and petiole diagnostics.
- Standardization of technology for foliar nutrition of micro nutrients and developed nutrients like mango special,banana special,citrus special and vegetable special.
- Curative efforts against the causative factors for occurrence of Spongy tissue, a major problem in mango.
- Biofertilizers such as PSB, Azospirallium and VAM.
Plant Protection :
\Plant protection technologies standardized or developed by IIHR are:- Pest management using trap crops like African marigold for control of tomato fruit borer.
- Mustard for control of DBM in Cole crops.
- Plant products like neem soap and pongamia soap for control of major pests.
- Bio-control agents and micro organisms like Trichoderma, Pseudonymous fluorescence, Paecilomyces lilacinus etc. for control of soil borne diseases and nematodes.
- Pheromone trap for the mango fruit fly.
- Integrated disease management protocols and diagnostic kits for viruses.
Post Harvest Technology :
IIHR has contributed to the standardization of Post Harvest Technology as:- Extension the storage life of fruits and crops at various temperatures.
- Protocol for MOP and shrink wrapping technology.
- Protocols for preparation of osmo-dehydrated products.
- Fruit based beverages like mango squash, passion fruit squash, anona squash, passion fruit and banana blends.
- Culinary pastes and purees.
- Lactic acid fermentation of vegetables.
- Protocols for minimally processed foods.
- Technology for production of tomato, colored capsicum, cucumbers and melons under protected conditions.
- The technology for production of nursery seedlings using pro trays.
- Macro propagation protocols for various crops.
- Nucleic acid probes for many viruses.
- DNA fingerprinting techniques for characterization and documentation of germplasm.
Machineries :
IIHR has developed machineries the following purposes.- Nursery raising
- Seed sowing
- Seedling transplanting
- Weeding
- Harvesting of fruit crops
- Pickle making
- Mushroom spawn production
Awards and recognitions
IIHR has been awarded and recognized as:- Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award 1998 from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
- Sardar Patel Outstanding ICAR Institution Award 2010 from Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
- Recognized as the post graduate research and training centre in horticulture by six universities.
- Second Prize in the field of Official Language Implementation for the year 2012-13 from Town Official Language Implementation Committee, Bangalore.
- BAGWANI, the Official Language Magazine of the institute, received the Best in house Magazine Award for the year 2011-12.
- The pollen Cryo-Bank of the institute features in the Limca Book of Records 2001.
- Recognized as DBT-ICAR National Facility for virus –diagnosis and quality control in tissue culture plants
- Recognized as the Phyto-sanitary certification agency for seeds and planting materials.
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