Wheat Research Directorate in Haryana

The Wheat Research Directorate is one of the prime research and training institutes of the Haryana State Government, dedicated to the enhancement of profitability and productivity of cereal crops like wheat and barley. The Directorate of Wheat Research works under the supervision of Indian Council of Agricultural Research. The Wheat Research Directorate has its present office at Karnal in Haryana. The main objectives of this very important organization are:

Organize, evolve, coordinate and supervise research to develop and identify superior and high yielding varieties.
Develop and invent suitable crop production techniques for wheat based cropping systems.
Provide nursery during the off seasons to facilitate seed multiplication and rapid generation.
Proper analyzing of data and information management.
Organize and coordinate breeder seed production and maintain activities related to technology transfer.
Maintain, evaluate and increase germ plasm for identify and categorize genetic resources.
Consolidate wheat and barley improvement programs by establishing national and international links.

Other general functions of the Directorate of Wheat Research are:

Improvements of crops
Management of resources
Health and crop protection
Maintain quality
Maintain statistics

The Directorate of Wheat Research has international linkages like:

ICARDA
ACIAR
CIMMYT
IRRI
USDA
SAARC

The national associations of Directorate of Wheat Research are:

DBT
APEDA
SAU's
Ministry of Agriculture
Agro Industry
NCL
ARI, Pune
Other NGOs

For any information on the esteemed institute, please contact at: Directorate of Wheat Research
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Agrasen Marg, PO Box No. 158,
Karnal-132 001
Phone: 0184 271830