Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

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The Central Potato Research Institute is a governmental organisation in India, with the following mandate:
 

  • To undertake basic and strategic research for developing technologies to enhance productivity and utilisation of potato.
  • To produce disease-free basic seed of different notified varieties developed by the institute.
  • To act as national repository of scientific information relevant to potato.
  • To provide leadership and co-ordinate network research with state agricultural universities for generating location and variety-specific technologies and for solving area-specific problems of potato production.
  • To collaborate with national and international agencies in achieving the objectives.
  • To act as a centre for training in research methodologies and technology for up-grading scientific manpower in modern technologies for potato production.
  • To provide consultancy in potato research and develpment.
CPRI operates 7 regional research stations in different potato growing areas in India. These are located in different potato growing areas of the country: Kufri-Fagu (HP), Modipuram (UP), Jalandhar (Punjab), Gwalior (MP), Patna (Bihar), Shillong (Meghalaya), and Ootacamund (Tamil Nadu).
 
Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, HP, India

Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, HP, India

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Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI Ooty
The programmes at ICAR-CPRI Ooty station are development of agro-techniques for potato cultivation, development of varieties possessing combined resistance to late blight and cyst nematode and to develop control measures for soil and tuber-borne diseases.
Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI Patna
The station possesses a total of 26.17 hectares land out of which 20 hectares is under cultivation with assured irrigation facility. Infrastructure includes laboratory buildings, administrative building, library cum tissue culture laboratory, staff rooms and potato sheds.
Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI Research Station - Shillong
The ICAR-CPRI Research Station in Shillong has been established in the year 1959. The main programmes are screening of germplasms and hybrids for resistance to late blight, bacterial wilt and potato tuber moth and development of production technology and varieties suitable for the North Easter Himalayan hills.
Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI Research Station Gwalior
The Central Potato Research Station, Gwalior has substantially contributed in the growth and development of potato in the region as well as at the national level.
Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI Research Station Jalandhar
ICAR-Central Potato Research Station, Jalandhar (Punjab) is one of the seven regional research stations of the ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla (Himachal Pradesh).
Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI)

ICAR-CPRI RS Modipuram Campus
ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Regional Station, Modipuram Campus is the biggest Research Station of the Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla.

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