Division of Crop Improvement

Grmplasm Status
Crop	Total number	Crop	Total number
Tomato	1200	Bottle gourd	195
Brinjal	440	Pointed gourd	180
Chilli	350	Ivy gourd	35
Okra	374	Pumpkin	178
Pea	435	Ash gourd	74
Cauliflower	182	Muskmelon	100
Radish	76	Cucumber	200
Carrot	44	Ridge gourd	34
Cowpea	268	Sponge gourd	43
French bean	244	Bitter gourd	320
Dolichos bean	320

Grmplasm registered for their unique traits
Crop	Genotype	Trait	Registration number
Bitter gourd	Gy263B	Gynoceism	INGR No. 03037
Pointed gourd	IIVRPG-105	Parthenocarpy	INGR No. 03035
Chilli	BS35	PepLCV resistance	INGR No. 07039
Okra	No.315	Dwarf and short internodes	INGR No. 05026
Pumpkin	SA90	High carotenoids	INGR No. 05027
Snap melon	B159	Downy mildew resistance	INGR No. 07044
Tomato	F6050	Joint-less peduncle	INGR No. 06036
Tomato	F7028	High lycopene content	INGR No. 06037

Major Areas of Research

Sl. No.	Name	Designation
1	PRABHAKAR MOHAN SINGH	PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
2	Dr. Nagendra Rai	Principal Scientist
3	Dr. Dangar Ram Bhardwaj	Principal Scientist (Vegetable Science)
4	Dr. Sudhakar Pandey	Principal Scientist
5	Dr. Rajesh Kumar	Principal Scientist
6	Dr. Rakesh Kumar Dubey	Senior Scientist ( Hort-Vegetable Science)
7	Achuit Kumar Singh	Senior Scientist
8	Dr Binod Kumar Singh	Senior Scientist
9	Vikas Singh	Senior Scientist
10	Manimurugan Chinnappa	Scientist
11	Dr. Shailesh K. Tiwari	Senior Scientist (Plant Breeding)
12	Dr. Pradip Karmakar	Scientist
13	Dr. Yerasu Suresh Reddy	Scientist
14	Dr. Indivar Prasad	Scientist (Plant Breeding)
15	Dr. Jyoti Devi	Scientist
16	Nakul Gupta	Scientist
17	Suhas Gorakh Karkute	Scientist
18	Keshav Kant Gautam	Scientist
19	Dr. Vidya Sagar	Scientist
20	Dr. Rameshwar Singh	Assisant Chief Technical Officer
21	ASHUTOSH GOSWAMI	ACTO
22	SUDHIR KUMAR	TECHNICAL ASSISTANT