University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Genetic Improvement of Rice-Enhancing Yield, Quality and Climate Resilience -- Enhancing the productivity, Sustainability and Resilience of Rice Based Production System -- Rice Pest and Diseases : Emerging Problems and their management -- Biochemistry and Physiology of Rice in Relation to grain and Nutritional quality, Photosynthetic efficiency and abiotic Stress tolerance -- Socio-economic research and extension for Rice in developments -- CRURRS, Hazaribagh -- RRLRRS, Gerua -- Publications -- Events and activities -- Awards/ Recognition -- List of Plant Varieties/Unique Germplams filed -- Commercialization of hybrid rice and other technologies -- Training and Capacity building -- In-charge and member of different cells -- Personnel -- Financial statement -- Work Plan for 2013-14 -- Ongoing externally aided projects (EAPs) -- Weather -- Acronyms

The country has made significant progress in rice production. For last few years, the production of rice has been around 110 million tons (Mt). Almost all the states are now self-sufficient in rice and India is also exporting about 10 Mt rice annually. Despite these achievements, rice farmers face serious challenges of low income, degradation of soil and water resources emergence of new pest and diseases and unforeseen climatic extremes. Vagaries of climate change are more visible during las few years with increase in frequency of the occurrences of abiotic stresses such as drought, flood, high temperature, heavy rainfall besides biotic stresses caused by insects, pests and diseases in rice. The institute, accordingly has reoriented its research agenda to address these challenges. The crop improvement programme in consultation with the crop protection, physiology and biochemistry programmes of the Institute aims at developing varieties tolerant/resistant to different biotic and abiotic stresses, whereas environment friendly production technologies for these varieties are developed and validated for further dissemination to benefit the rice farmers.