Vision 2025 - National Research Centre for Grapes

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3. GROWTH 3.1 INFRASTRUCTURE 3.1.1 Buildings and field 46.78 ha land has been leased from the Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri for establishment of the Centre. About 14 ha is planted with germplasm and important commercial varieties for different experiments and another 4 ha is under development for taking up experiments on wine varieties. A separate block is being developed to evaluate the performance of newly introduced varieties and hybrids developed at the centre. The entire planted area is under the drip irrigation. A nursery is being developed with a capacity of producing about 2 lakhs plants per year. The Centre functions from Dr. G.S. Cheema Bhavan, the laboratory-cum-administrative building. It has Director's office, Administrative-cum-Accounts office, Library, Seminar Hall, Museum, ARIS Cell and 10 Laboratories of different research disciplines. Besides this, one Type V, 2 Type II and eight Type I residential quarters are constructed and occupied. A separate building constructed with the financial assistance of the APEDA houses National Referral Laboratory for pesticide residue monitoring in grapes in the country. A Biocontrol Laboratory, Soil Sampling Room, Polyhouse, Glasshouse and FRP are constructed. 3.1.2 Laboratory facilities i. Crop Improvement To conduct research towards grape improvement through conventional breeding as well as biotechnological approaches like molecular marker analysis and tissue culture, sophisticated equipments like PCR machine, automated sequencer, sequencing gel apparatus, gel documentation system, circulatory water baths, electrophoresis system, gel dryer, refrigerated microfuge, high speed centrifuge, culture incubators, laminar flow, shakers etc. are available at the centre. The Centre is collaborating with National Chemical Laboratory, Pune for tissue culture and embryo rescue studies. The germplasm site is also utilized for planned hybridization programs. ii. Crop Production Research under crop production is conducted in the areas of canopy management, rootstock compatibility, bioregulators, abiotic stress management, and nutrient and water use efficiency. Ultra modern sophisticated equipments like atomic absorption spectrophotometer, multi-channel auto analyzer, infra red gas analyzer, canopy analyzer, osmometer, flame photometer, leaf area meter, steady state porometer, and pressure bomb apparatus have been procured to meet future challenges in grape production research. iii. Crop Protection and Residue Monitoring Biocontrol agents, disease forecasting and pesticide use efficiency, minimizing pesticide residue through integrated pest management, determining PHI and minimum waiting period are the thrust areas of crop protection and residue monitoring. Equipments like fermenter, automated weather station with disease forecasting software, gas chromatograph, solid phase extraction, vacuum concentrator, trinocular compound and stereomicroscopes etc are available. An aerobiology facility to handle microbial culture under highly sterile conditions has been developed. Highly sophisticated and sensitive equipments viz. LC-MS/MS, GC-MS/MS, ICP-MS, and GC/GC-MS/TOF have been 2
acquired under the APEDA sponsored National Referral Laboratory for monitoring pesticide residues in grapes. iv. Post Harvest Technology Equipments like wine analyzer, pilot scale fermenter, tray drier, incubators, sealing machines and other facilities required to undertake research in the areas of raisin, wine, juice are being acquired. 3.1.3 Library The library has numerous subject specific books in different fields related to viticulture and general horticulture. The library now subscribes to about 20 foreign journals related to grape and specific disciplines. The abstract databases in the field of horticulture, soil, pest and biotechnology are also available, providing an opportunity to access the world's literature. Multiple users can simultaneously browse these databases with the help of CDM server and local area network (LAN). 3.1.4 ARIS Cell and Computerization A well-equipped ARIS (Agricultural Research Information System) cell having computers of latest configuration and all peripherals like digital, laser and colour printers, modem, scanner, DVD/CD writer, is established. Internet and e-mail facilities through ERNET are made available to all the staff. It also houses and manages LAN servers and switches. The Center's website which can be accessed at http://nrcgrapes.mah.nic.in is also maintained by ARIS cell by frequently updating it to incorporate latest information. All the laboratories, farm office and administration and accounts sections are provided with latest version computers with necessary peripherals. Data analysis software MSTATC, SPARC and SPSS 11.5 are available besides software for pay bill, ARFIS. Hindi software 'Leap Office 2000' is made available on all the computers to promote use of Hindi in daily work. 3.2 BUDGET Plan and Non-plan expenditures incurred during these plan periods is given in table 1. Table1. Expenditure incurred during plan periods. Plan period Plan Non-Plan Others Total VIII (1992-1997) 19.83 – – 19.83 IX (1997-2002) 849.22 98.04 – 947.26 X (2002-2007) 855.00 – – 855.00 2002-2003 144.99 71.30 – 216.29 2003-2004 144.99 82.05 – 227.04 2004-2005 180.00 – – – 2005-2006 190.00 139.40 – 329.40 2006-2007 250.31 95.00 – 345.31 3
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