1. Crop Improvement

A. Crop Improvement

Survey, collection, evaluation, characterization and documentation of temperate horticultural crops

• The Western Himalaya is abundant source of diversity for temperate horticultural crops. The institute has made an effort for collection and conservation of germplasm from different regions and sources. The institute is maintaining a good repository of germplasm for evaluation, characterization and for future use. The details of the germplasm introduced and evaluated are presented below. After complete evaluation of different crops, elite genotypes/ varieties were identified for commercial production.

Germplasm addition from 2015 to 2020 at ICAR-CITH, Srinagar