Externally Funded Projects

  • National seed project on breeder seed production of grasses
  • Identification and quantification of phosphatase hydrolysable organic P sources for plant nutrition and refinement of a non-destructive technique for phosphatase estimation
  • Development of early maturing and high yielding genotypes of clusterbean suited to rainfed arid land
  • Experimental agro-meteorological advisory services (AAS) for farmers of Jodhpur region
  • Economic impact assessment of agrometeorological advisory services
  • Desertification status mapping at 1:1 M scale in western Rajasthan and adjoining arid areas.
  • Mortality in Prosopis cineraria - identification of casual factors and development of management strategies
  • Development of bioformulation of Bacillus firmus and Aspergillus verssicolor and standardizing application methods in arid soils
  • Hydrological database development and capacity building for watershed management in arid ecosystem
  • Development and application of biotechnological tools for millet improvement: QTL mapping and marker-assisted selection to improve drought tolerance in pearl millet
  • All India Network Project on arid legumes
  • All India Network Project on rodent control.