Centenary Sugarcane Breeders and Pathologists meet held

As part of its centenary celebrations, Sugarcane Breeding Institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research organized a National level Breeders and Pathologists meet on 23.1.12.

            The meeting was organized in collaboration with the All India Coordinated Research Project on Sugarcane and the Society for Sugarcane Research & Development, Coimbatore. Scientists from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Assam, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu participated in this one-day meet and discussed issues relating to:

1. Breeding strategies for improving productivity and disease resistance
2. Refining the disease screening methods for more reliable, reproducible results
3.  Complimenting disease resistance with chemical and biological control methods for      effective management of diseases in sugarcane.

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Centenary Tree Planting Programme

100 Years..100 Trees

Welcome to the Centenary Tree Planting Programme..!

The Scientists' Club of Sugarcane Breeding Institute is organizing a Tree Planting Programme on 2  January 2012 at 10 am in the Institute premises. 

100 tree saplings are to be planted to commemorate 100 years of our glorious existence.

All are welcome..! 

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Contact: Dr C.Karpagam, Scientist (0422-2472621-219)

 

Centenary Special Cover

 

Special Cover on 

Sugarcane Breeding Institute's Centenary released!

India Post released a Special cover commemorating the centenary celebrations of Sugarcane Breeding Institute on 26 November 2011. 

The special cover was released by Shri A.N.Nanda, Postmaster General, Western Region during the Kovaipex-2011 District level Philatelic Exhibition held at Coimbatore.  The cover was received by Dr N.Vijayan Nair, Director of Sugarcane Breeding Institute.

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