Vol. 13 (1) January - Central Research Institute for …mechanization in jute cultivation is essential in view of rising labour cost, shortage of farm labour and to make cultivation

FROM THE DIRECTOR’S DESK

Transfer of premature flowering resistance trait of ‘Sudan Green’ in Olitorius jute led to the development of short duration high yielding varieties which replaced about 90 % of Capsularis area and increased the national yield from 11q/ha (1960s) to 25q/ha (2014). But during

last one decade the productivity improvement slowed down due to various reasons. To boost the productivity of quality fibres some of the crucial issues need immediate attention. Non-uniform productivity is an important concern. Improvement in fibre productivity in low productive (15-20 q/ha) states like Odisha, Assam, Bihar and Northern parts of West Bengal can be improved through appropriate transfer of technology. Whereas the productivity of high productive (25-30q/ha) zones (South Bengal) can be further improved through exploitation of hybrid vigour. But availability of male sterile line for exploitation of hybrid vigour is a limitation. ICAR-CRIJAF has around 5000 accessions of jute and allied fibre crops, which are not sufficient in terms of their genetic variability for demand-driven future research programmes. Therefore, germplasm collection and its proper use from far unexplored regions of the country as well as from abroad particularly from the centers of origin must be prioritised. Presently microbial retting technology (CRIJAF SONA) is available for retting of jute in low volume of water. But under changing climatic scenario it is assumed that scarcity of retting water will be very acute in future. Under such condition, dry retting or ribbon retting may be the only option. Similarly mechanization in jute cultivation is essential in view of rising labour cost, shortage of farm labour and to make cultivation of these crops profitable. Considering the socio-economic condition and marginal holding size of the farmers, suitable machines needs to be developed for various operations like sowing, weeding, harvesting and fibre extraction to economise the production.

TECHnOlOgy TRanSFERICAR-CRIJAF has been identified as a strategic collaborator by National Jute Board under Ministry of Textiles for popularizing and promoting the technologies developed by the Institute to improve income of jute farmers through both increase in yield and quality of fibres covering an area of 11,500 ha and 22,000 jute farmers under the programme called Jute-ICARE (Jute: Improved Cultivation and Advance Retting Exercise). The project is implemented in two blocks viz. Karimpur I & Karimpur II of Nadia district, Berhampore block of Mushiradabad district of West Bengal and Nagaon district of Assam. Under this project, the certified seed of jute (JRO 204 & JRO 524), seed drill for line sowing of jute and nail weeder for mechanical weed control, CRIJAF SONA, a microbial formulation for faster retting and quality fibre production developed by CRIJAF were distributed and popularized among the farmers for enhancing productivity and profit in jute cultivation. Besides these, the scientists from CRIJAF also provided technical training to the master trainers and farmers for successful implementation of the project.

In THIS ISSuEFrom the Director’s DeskMeeting / Workshop / Training etc.Research notes • JAFexpert:Aweb-basedexpertsystemforjuteandalliedfibrecrops • Emergenceofleafblightinfibrecropofmesta(Hibiscus spp.) caused by Phoma

exigua (Desm.) • QualityfibreproductionfromrepeatedrettingofjuteinstagnantwaterwithCRIJAF

SONA • Leaf roller, Sylepta derogata Fabricius (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera) feeds on mesta

crop • In vitro regeneration protocol developed in flax • Effectofgammairradiationinmesta • Integratedweedmanagementinsunnhemp • RetentionefficiencyofMYVMVbyBemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) • Effectofplantpopulationandsowingmethodsonstemrotofjute • Ratingscalesofjuteanthracnose • Recordofgreensemilooper,Amyna octa(Noctuidae:Lepidoptera)onjutecrop• Identificationofpotentiallandunitsformango-sisalintercroppingsysteminred

and lateritic soils of West Bengal using multi-criteria decision analysis in GIS • Long term effects of fertilization on aggregate associated phosphorus under

intensive cultivation of jute-rice-wheat cropping system • Carbonefficiencyandcarbonfootprintofjutecultivationunderdifferentcropping

sequences and nutrient management strategies • Developmentofimprovedweederforjute • PerformanceofjuteincoastalregionofWestBengal • IntegrationofMAPsandspices injuteseedbasedcroppingsystem:scopeand

strategies• Disease-freejuteseedproductioninWestBengalTechnology CommercializedPublicationHuman Resource Developmentaward/RecognitionDistinguished VisitorsPromotion & Probation ClearanceSuperannuation & TransferInstitute Joint Staff Council

Chairman, Publication Committee S Satpathy

EditorsSK Sarkar, SK Jha, aK Chakraborty, D Barman, BS gotyal, Maruti, RT & aK Singh

Technical assistancen Paul & SK Bala

PhotographyKamal Banik

Vol.13(1) January - June 2015

Nail Weeder Seed Drill CRIJAF SONAJRO 204

MEETINGS/WORKSHOPS/TRAININGS etc.

Dr. S. ayyappan, Secretary, DaRE and Director general, ICaR, visited and delivered Endowment lecture on 17 January, 2015 at ICaR-CRIJaF, Barrackpore

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE and DG, ICAR delivered 2nd Dr. S.K. Mukherjee and Dr. K.K. Rohatgi-Mukherjee Annual Endowment Lecture on “Indian Agriculture –Transforming the Nation” on 17th January, 2015 at the Dr. B.C. Kundu Memorial Auditorium of ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore. The lecture was organized by the Raman Centre for Applied and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RCAIS), Kolkata in collaboration with ICAR-CRIJAF. In the lecture Dr. Ayyappan lucidly elaborated the role of agriculture

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR is visiting institute campus

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR is delivering endowment lecture on “Indian Agriculture-Transforming the Nation”

for building the nation from the stage of famine to the present self-sufficiency and as export giant in number of agricultural commodities. Eminent scientists and personalities like Dr. S.K. Chaudhari, ADG, ICAR; Dr. P.G. Karmakar, Director, CRIJAF; Prof. A.P. Sharma, Director, CIFRI; Dr. D. Nag, Director, NIRJAFT, Dr. A. Patra, Director, IISS, Bhopal; Dr. A.K. Singh, Project Director, ZPD (Zone-II); Dr. H.S. Sen, former Director, CRIJAF; Prof. K. Ghosh, Dr. C. Varadachari; Prof. A.K. Barua; Prof. D. Mukhopadhyay; Dr.S.K. Mitra, Deputy Controller of Patents (Kolkata); Mr. R. Basu, Deepak Fertilizer; Mr. A.K. Lahiri, National FertilizerLtd.;Dr.G.Goswami,Director,TIFAC;Dr.D.K.Kundu,Dr.S.Satpathy from ICAR-CRIJAF were present and actively participated. Dr. Ayyappan also addressed in the concluding session of the brain storming discussion on ‘Indigenous innovation and foreign technology transfer in fertilizer industry: needs, constraints and desired simplification’ which was also organized by Society for Fertilizers and Environment (SFE) and RCAIS, Kolkata in collaboration with CRIJAF. More than 100 participants from ICAR institutes, SAUs, KVKsandIndustrieswerepresent.

Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu, Deputy Director general (Crop Science), ICaR, visited ICaR-CRIJaF, Barrackpore, on 15 February, 2015

Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu, Deputy Director General (Crop Science) visited ICAR-CRIJAF on 15.02.2015 for an interaction meeting with scientists of the Institute. With a brief introduction about Dr. Sandhu’s contributions to Indian agriculture, Director of the Institute welcomed him. He interacted with each scientist, listened to their contributions and area of research and provided constructive suggestions to improve upon the existing research activities. He also advised scientists to be focused in their research goal with fixed, achievable targets within definite time-frame. During the meeting, Honorable DDG also released a publication of the institute entitled ‘Characterization of tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius L.)germplasm’. For enhancing the farm income of jute growers, he advised to initiate research programmes on standardization of suitable location specific intercropping along with jute fibre crop. The Hon’ble DDG desired that special attention may be given on allied fibre crops. He also advised to re-orient the breeding programme with due emphasis on mutation breeding and biotechnological

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approach on jute and allied fibre crops on specific aspects. He also desired that the basic research on seed technology with objective for quality improvement of jute seed is to be taken up. Hon’ble DDG emphasized the need of maintaining linkage with other ICAR Institutes and SAUs to interact more frequently with the scientists for improvement in the research programmes.

Dr. J.S. Sandhu, Hon’ble DDG (Crop Science) interacting with the Scientists of the institute

Dr. J.S. Sandhu, Hon’ble DDG (Crop Science) is releasing an Institute publication


Research advisory Committee MeetingThe Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting of the institute for 2014-15 was held during 17-18 April, 2015 under the chairmanship of Prof. S.K. Sanyal, former Vice Chancellor, BCKV, Mohanpur. Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan,ADG (CC), ICAR, Dr. K. K. Satapathy, former Director, ICAR-NIRJAFT, Dr. K. Ramaraju, Director, Centre for Plant Protection Studies, TNAU, Coimbatore and Dr. M. A. A. Baig, Former Professor, OUAT attended the meeting as members. Dr. D. Nag, Director, ICAR-NIRJAFT and Dr. P. K.

Das former Professor, BCKV also attended the meetingas special invitee. Dr. D. K. Kundu, Head, Crop Production Division acted as the Member Secretary. The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) expressed its satisfaction by noting the commendable performance of the scientists at ICAR-CRIJAF during the last one year and suggested to actionable points for improving the research programme of the institute. (Source: Dr. D.K. Kundu, Member Secretary, RAC)

Prof. S. K. Sanyal, former Vice Chancellor, BCKV, Chairing the RAC meeting

Institute Research Council MeetingThe Institute Research Council (IRC) meeting for the year 2014-15 was organized on 24th and 28th April, 2015 under the chairmanship of Dr. P.G. Karmakar, Director, ICAR-CRIJAF to review the on-going inhouse research projects and the new research project proposals submitted by the scientists. Research activities of the institute were reoriented in different programmes under which relevant projects were included. All the HoDs, Scientists from the regional stations and I/C, Programme Co-ordinator, KVK, Budbud were also present in the IRC meeting.Theprogress of the ongoing research projects were reviewed,

Dr. P.G. Karmakar, Director, ICAR-CRIJAF Chairing the IRC meeting

National Conference on ‘Indigenous innovation and foreign technology transfer in fertilizer industry: needs, constraints and desired simplification’ was organized on 17th January, 2015 at ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, West

Bengal in collaboration with Society for Fertilizers and Environment (SFE) and RCAIS, Kolkata. In this occasion, Dr. S.K. Mukherjee-Dr. K.K. Rohatgi-Mukherjee Annual EndowmentLectureon“IndianAgriculture-Transformingthe Nation“ was delivered by Dr. S. Ayyappan, Hon’bleSecretary, DARE and DG (ICAR), New Delhi.


further 13 new research project proposals were discussed and necessary modifications were recommended. After completion of due time, 20 research projects were concluded with specific recommendation and 2 projects were merged with existing projects. (Source: Dr. S.K. Sarkar, Member Secretary, IRC)

Review Meeting of Technology Mission on Jute (TMJ)

A review meeting of Technology Mission on Jute (TMJ) project was held at the committee room on 29.06.15 under the chairmanship of Dr. P.G. Karmakar, Director, ICAR-CRIJAF to assess the progress and make future recommandations. Dr. B. Majumdar briefed about salient achievements of the projects. Among the major achievements, large scale demonstration of improved retting with CRIJAF SONA, standardization of Macrophomina inoculation techniques and development of sunnhemp information system, were the most important. The chairman emphasized proper documentation of the findings and pay special attention on abiotic stress tolerance screening. (Source: Dr. B. Majumdar, TMJ Coordinator)

Director, ICAR-CRIJAF chaired the Review meeting of TMJ projects

Endowment Lecture on “Indian Agriculture-Transforming the

Nation“ was delivered by Dr. S. Ayyappan, Hon’ble Secretary,

DARE and DG (ICAR)

national Conference on ‘Indigenous innovation and foreign technology

transfer in fertilizer industry’

Institute Foundation DayJute Agricultural Research Institute (JARI) was established in 1953 at Barrackpore, Kolkata, West Bengal. Dr. Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, the then Agriculture Minister, Govt. of India, laid the foundation stone of JARI on 9th February, 1953 and Dr. B.C. Kundu became the founder director of JARI. The institute functioned under Indian Central Jute Committee (ICJC) from 1953 to 1965 with major emphasis on breeding of high yielding varieties and development

Celebration of Institute Foundation Day

Republic Day Celebration

On the occasion of 66th Republic Day, Dr. P. G. Karmakar, Director unfurled the tricolor. In his address, the Director

of appropriate production technologies. In 1966, JARI came under the administrative control of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). In 1990, JARI was renamed as Central Research Institute for Jute and Allied Fibres (CRIJAF) with additional mandate for research on allied fibre crops. The institute has been serving for the nation since its inception in 1953. The foundation Day of CRIJAF was celebrated on 10th February, 2015 in a grand manner.

Celebration of 66th Republic Day

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highlighted significant achievements of the institute and underlined future challenges. He appealed to the staff members to join hands to work whole heartedly with dedication for the benefit of the farming community. The celebration was attended by the staffs with their family members and local school students. Patriotic songs were played during the celebration that enthralled the gathering.


International Women’s DayThe women cell of ICAR-CRIJAF organized the celebration of International Women’s Day 2015 on 9th March 2015. Thethemefortheprogrammewas“EmpoweringWomen:Empowering Humanity”. In this event 60 farm women from nearby villages participated. A lecture was also organized for farm women on “Self Help Group Registration andAccount Management” which was delivered by Deputy Manager, State Bank of India, Sewli Branch, Barrackpore. The participants appreciated the lecture as most of them belonged to SHGs. The entrepreneurs trained by the institute who had taken up various activities were rewarded on this occasion.(Source: Dr. Shamna, A., Agril. extension)

Celebration of Women’s Day at ICAR-CRIJAF

MIS-FMS Project appraisal MeetingMIS-FMS Project Appraisal Meeting was organized at ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore on March 21st, 2015 to review the progress of ICAR–EPR. Scientists and staff membersof ICAR-CRIJAF, ICAR-NIRJAFT, ICAR-CIFRI and ICAR-ZPD-II attended the meeting.(Source: Dr. AK Chakraborty, Scientist)

Seed Day at Sisal Research Station, Bamra, Odisha

Seed Day under Tribal Sub-Plan of National Seed Project (Crops) was organized at Sisal Research Station, Bamra, Odisha on 3rd February, 2015 with the objective of disseminating the knowledge on“Use of quality seed /planting material of sisal and other crops” and to grow interest among the farmers for production of quality seed/planting material.

Total of 135 tribal farmers from Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts of Western Odisha participated in this programme. Dr. D.K. Kundu, Head, Crop Production, ICAR-CRIJAF, Chaired the session and emphasized on proper water and nutrient management in sisal. Dr. C.S. Kar, Principal Scientist and Nodal Officer, NSP, ICAR-CRIJAF, outlined the importance of quality seedlings for sisal cultivation. Dr. A.K. Jha, Dr. M.S. Behera and Dr. R.K. Naik demonstrated use of quality planting material for sisal cultivation. Mr. L M Patra, DFO, Bamra, Mr L. Aman, BDO,Bamra, Mrs. H. Pradhan, from Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Odisha and other representatives from media were also present. An exhibition stall was set up to show the implements used for sisal cultivation, fibres of different sisal spp., sisal compost and different by product of sisal fibre. (Source: Dr. AK Jha, SRS, Bamra)

Inauguration of Seed Day celebration at SRS, Bamra, Odisha



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Swachchha Bharat abhiyanAsperthedirectiveofGovernmentofIndia,“SwachchhaBharatAbhiyan”isbeingimplementedwithfullspiritatICAR-CRIJAF,Barrackpore,itsfoursubstationsandKVK,Burdwan.Duringtheperiodthefollowingactivitieswereconducted.

AwarenessonNationalSanitationCampaignthroughorganizing“HumanChain”attheinstituteandsettingupof monitoring unit for proper implementation of the programme.

Special cleanniness drive at residential area, office campus and guest house of the institute. Spraying of mosquito repellent in and around residential campus. Placing of litterbin/dustbin in some common places at office, residential and guest house. CleaningoffarmingsystemunitatKVK,Burdwanonregularbasis. Special attention was given on cleaning of wash room and toilet to maintain hygiene.

Cleaning the surroundings of guest houseFumigation of mosquito repellant and spraying of insecticides

around residential area

Formation of Hunman chain Cleaning the surroundings of office building

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Training Programme on Technological advances in Production of Jute and allied

Fibre Crops

National Level Training on “Technological Advances inProduction of Jute and Allied Fibre Crops” under AINP on Jute & Allied Fibres was organized by ICAR-CRIJAF at Barrackpore, Kolkata in collaboration with ICAR-NIRJAFT, Kolkata during 16-21 March, 2015. Total 19 participants from different AINPJAF centres and ICAR-CRIJAF took part in training programme. Dr. P.G. Karmakar, Director, ICAR-CRIJAF, Dr. Gautam Roy, Principal Scientist & Head, Division of Fibre Quality & Grading, ICAR-NIRJAFT, Dr. S. Mitra,Network Coordinator, AINP on J&AF, ICAR-CRIJAF and other dignitaries addressed the participating scientists.

Director, ICAR-CRIJAF addressing the trainees

Trainees with Director, ICAR-CRIJAF

A total of 20 lectures on crop production aspects and 8 lectures on fibre quality and grading aspects were delivered by the eminent scientists of ICAR-CRIJAF and ICAR-NIRJAFT, respectively. One day exposer visit for participating scientists to Hukum Chand Jute Mills was also organized in order to make them aware of the problems and prospects of jute and allied fibre crops both at producer as well as consumer level.(Source: S. Mitra, Incharge, AINPJAF).


Training on STCR Based Fertilizer application

Short duration training programme on “Soil testand target yield based fertilizer application for maximization of crop productivity”under Tribal Sub Plan was conducted at ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore during March 9-11, 2015. Fifty tribal farmers from North 24 Parganas and Bankura participated in the training programme. The trainees were elaborated on the importance of soil testing in crop production, soil test based fertilizer management for enhancing crop productivity, nutrient management on jute etc. Besides these, hands on training was given on collection and processing of soil sample and different soil testing methods in simple way. Farmers were presented with soil testing kits and sprayers. (Source: A.R. Saha, Pr. Scientist).

Demonstration of soil testing kits among the farmers



animal Health Camp

Under the TSP programme of ICAR-CRIJAF in Tapan block of Dakshin Dinajpur, an Interface Meeting cum Animal Health Camp was organized on 16th February, 2015 at Dakshin Chakbhabani Rural Awareness Society (DCRAS), Hazrabari to generate awareness among the tribal farm women on the scientific management of nutrition of animals for the benefit of the tribal farm families under the ongoing TSP activities. Thirty six tribal farm women from five villages participated in this animal health camp. Resource persons from KVK, Burdwan, KVK, DakshinDinajpur, BLDO of Tapan and other Veterinary Officersof state Government imparted training on health and nutrition of livestock to the tribal farm women. (Source: S. Sarkar, Pr. Scientist)

animal Vaccination Camp

‘Awareness cum Vaccination Camp’ was organized on17th February, 2015 at Hazrabari, Tapan block by ICAR-CRIJAF in collaboration with Dakshin Chakbhabani Rural Awareness Society (DCRAS). More than 180 goats from 90 families were vaccinated and another 20 goats were treated for other diseases by Dr. Chandrakanta Jana, SMS (AH&VS),KVK,Burdwan.Theofficersfromstatelivestockdepartment also participated for successful arrangement of this vaccination camp. (Source: S. Sarkar, Pr. Scientist)

28th annual Workshop of aInP on Jute and allied Fibres

28th Annual Workshop of All India Net Work Project on Jute and Allied Fibres (AINPJAF) was organized during

Dr. Subrata Gupta, Jute Commissioner, addressing the scientists in the 28th Annual Workshop of AINPJAF

Director, ICAR-CRIJAF, Dr. P. G. Karmakar addressing the delegates

13-14 February 2015 at ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, West Bengal.During the workshop six varieties i.e., JROG-1 of tossa jute, JMBG-4 of kenaf, CRIJAF R-2 and CRIJAF R-8 of roselle, JRJ-610 of sunnhemp and JRF-2 of flax were identifiedandsubmittedtoCSCSN&RVfortheirrelease.Besides, one variety of kenaf viz., Central Kenaf JBMP-2 and two varieties of roselle namely, Central Roselle JBRP-1 and Central Roselle AMV-9 were identified for releaseduring the workshop.

KRISHI VIgyan KEnDRa, BuRDWan

Dissemination of Jute TechnologyDissemination of technology through FLD onimproved jute variety was initiated in 8 ha area in Galsi- II, Kalna-I and Purbastali-I blocks with institutional support. Total 55 beneficiaries from 3 villages adopted improvedjutevarietyofJRO–204.Inthisregardoneawarenessprogrammewasconductedon“Improvedproduction technologies of Jute” participated by 90 farmers. Method demonstration on jute seed sowing using four- row seed drill was conducted. Cost effective weeding techniques using CRIJAF Nail weeder was also demonstrated in farmers’ field.

Demonstration of seed drill in farmers’ field

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3.5 ha area in Galsi-I, Galsi-II and Memari-II blocks in collaboration with Regional Fodder Station, Kalyani.

assessment and Dissemination of Improved Tomato Variety

Three different hybrids and local varieties of tomato namely Avinash 3, Abhilash and JK Desi were assessed at farmer’s field to find out the suitable option. Abhilash was superior as compared to others with 25% to 30% increaseinyield.FLDonAbhilashwasalsoconductedin 4 ha land area in Galsi-I, Kanksa and Galsi-II blocks.

Demonstration of hybrid tomato in farmers’ field

Introduction of Monosex Tilapia

Monosex tilapia was introduced for the first time in BurdwandistrictbytheKVKforbetterfishproductivityand augmented income. The potential fish production from this is 5.5-6.0 t/ha of even size fish by 5-6 months with the use of commercial balanced feed.

Demonstration on Fodder ProductionFodder production technology of oat (var. Kent) and berseem (var. Wardan) were demonstrated under NIFTD programme during rabi season in collaboration with IGFRI, Jhansi for strengthening feed resources of livestock. Using these improved varieties, 15.3% and 12.3% increase of green fodder yield were obtained in oat and berseem, respectively. In pre-kharif , 35 FLDson improved cultivation of sorghum (var. PC-23) and rice bean (Var. Bidhan-2) has also been initiated in

Skill Development Programme

The KVK organized skill development programmeon regular basis in the area of jute cultivation, broiler farming, goat farming, paddy seed production, nursery raising, fish production covering 150 rural youth and SHGs in the district. A long duration capacity building programme for women has been conducted on kantha stitching to empower the women led SHGs and school dropout girls.

Technology Week-cum-District Krishi Mela-2015

The KVK organized Technology Week cum-DistrictKrishi Mela from 25th February -1st March, 2015 at its campus in collaboration withState Agricultural Department, Burdwan with the theme of “Tribalagriculture and grown safe food”. There were 20 stalls exhibited by ADA Galsi- I, ADA Ausgram-I, ADA, Ausgram-II, Mahindra Samruddi, Innovative farmers, Farmers club and women SHGs. Many technologies on agriculture, horticulture, fishery, animal husbandry and organic farming were exhibited with the aim of proper dissemination of model among farming community.

Demonstration of fodder crop in farmers’ field

Krishi Mela at KVK Burdwan during February 28 to March 1, 2015



Jute and allied Fibre Varieties Identified for Release During 2015

Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa L.) Roselle JBRP-1

Kenaf (H. cannabinus L.)Kenaf JBMP-2

Roselle (H. sabdariffa L.)Roselle CRIJaFR-5

• Evolved from a cross betweenHS 7910 × AMV 4 followed bypedigree selection

• Suitableforallthemestagrowingstates viz., Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra and Odisha

• Yield potential: 28.05 q/ha andyield advantage is 10.29 % and 8.47% over the check varieties AMV5andHS4288,respectively

• Toleranttofootandstemrootrotdisease semilooper, mealy bug, jassids and aphids

• Betterfibrequalityintermsoflesshard root content and defects

• Developed by selection from across between MT 150 × MT-899 following pedigree method

• Suitableforallmestagrowingbeltof the country for mid-April to last week of May sowing

• YieldPotential:35.0q/ha

• Tolerant to foot and stem rotdisease spiral borer and mealy bug

• Better fibre tenacity (22.25 g/tex)and fibre fineness (3.29 tex)

• Selection from a germplasm lineNSS-9863

• Suitableforcultivationinallmestagrowing states of the country during Mid-April to Mid-May

• Yieldpotential:35-38q/ha

• Tolerant to foot and stem rotdisease, jassids, aphids, semilooper and white flies

• Fibre quality: finer with less rootcontent


Development Plan for Sansad adharsh gram

As per the directives of ICAR, the KVK has intervened in the adopted village, namely Sidabari in Salanpur block, byHon’bleMP,AsansolunderSAGY.Followingactivitieshavebeentakenupsofar.

• Participatoryruralappraisal(PRA)tochalkoutthestrategyforagriculturaldevelopment

• Groupmeeting/awarenesscamp

• Frontlinedemonstrationsonpaddy,brinjal,bottlegourdandfoddercrops

• AidingfisheryactivitiesincollaborationwithICAR-CIFRI,Barrackpore

• StrengtheninganimalhusbandryactivitiesincollaborationwithICAR-IVRI,ERS,Kolkata

• Soiltestingforpreparationofsoilhealthcard

• ActionplanfordevelopmenthasbeenpreparedandsubmittedtoNABARDforassistance.

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Collaborative Programme on Climate-Resilient agriculture

With the objective of contingency planning for climate resilient agriculture a programme was conducted in collaboration with ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack, which was participated by distinguished scientists from NRRI, line department officials, extension personnel and 55 farmers to prepare contingent plan in the current monsoon situation.

World Veterinary Day (WVD)

WVD was observed at Alipur, Memari block on April25, 2015 with the theme of “Vector Borne Zoonoses”to highlight the role of veterinarians in this aspect. On this occasion, 50 ducks and 198 goats were vaccinated against Duck Plague and Peste des Petits Ruminants (PPR), respectively. Fifty six farm families participated in the programme.

Celebration of World Veterinary Day at Alipur, Burdwan

Pre-SaC Meeting

A Pre-Scientific Advisory Committee meeting was held at ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore on 16.5.2015 to evaluate and

Swine Flu awareness Camp

Two awareness camps on swine flu were organized at Budbud and Kondaipur village to highlight the cause of disease, clinical signs manifested in pigs as well as human and its preventive disinfection and bio-security measures. About 250 farmers and farm women participated in awareness camp.

Inter-State Exposure Visit of Tribal Farmers under the TSP Programme

KVK organized an exposure visit of tribal farmers (10nos) from 10.03.15 to 13.03.15 to research/academic organizations of Odisha. The groups of farmers were exposed to technologies like,

a. Azolla application as green manure in rice field, weeding of paddy field using finger weeder, mechanization unit, rice gene bank, rice museum at ICAR-NRRI.

b. Magur breeding unit, paku cultivation, ornamental fish cultivation at ICAR- CIFA

c. Animal poly-clinics and horse unit at OUAT and

d. Duck farms and integrated farm unit at ICAR-CARI, regional centre, Bhubaneswar.

review the programme of work and future plan of work of KVKBurdwanunderchairmanshipofDr.S.Satpathy,HeadCropProtection&HQIn-ChargeofKVK.Theactionplanwas finalized after critical review by the Heads of Divisions, Section In-charge and distinguished scientists of CRIJAF.

Pre-SAC meeting of KVK, Burdwan chaired by Dr. S. Satpathy

Swine flu awareness camp


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JaF Expert: a Web-based Expert System for Jute and allied Fibre Crops

Major constraints of jute growing are water stress, improper weed management practices, insufficient retting water, varied incidence of insect pests and diseases, etc. These have taken a new dimension with the climatic changes. To address the production constraints effectively, modern technologies specific to different growing areas need to be disseminated timely to the jute farmers. JAFexpert (http://jafexpert.crijaf.icar.gov.in/), a device responsive web-based expert system (ES) for jute and allied fibre crops, developed by ICAR-CRIJAF, is one such timely endeavour/initiative to take technologies to farmers’ doorstep in speeding up the crop production management system (Fig. 1). Presently it contains information on jute, mesta and sunnhemp and other three crops are in the process of development.

In developing the ES, four steps are followed: knowledge acquisition (KA), knowledge representation (KR), interface for JAFexpert operation, and system front-end ASP. Net as programming language and designed for viewing across a wide range of devices. It has integrated forum for exchanging information among the group members.

It has two components - Advisory System and Information System. The Advisory System provides a rule-based customised solution to the user on crop management aspects for variety selection, management of water, weed,

soil and nutrient, intercrops, pests and diseases, retting, etc. This multidisciplinary expert system is developed to provide jute growers and technicians with information on all aspects of crop growing. It increases virtual proximity of farmers to experts from different disciplines to enhance timely intervention in jute production.

On the other hand, Information System provides general information on jute and allied fibre crop production technologies in crisp. Information hereisinstaticHTMLformatandnon-interactive.

In the Advisory System the user interacts with the system and answers the queries asked by the system. The system guides users through tooltips, option buttons, texts, images and audio-visual aids. In the Information System the user uses tooltips to get information.

A. K. Chakraborty, Shamna A., K. Selvaraj, A. K. Ghorai, R.K. De, D. Barman, C. S. Kar, M. K. Tripathi, A. K. Sharma*,

A. K. Jha, Sukla Chakraborty and Susanto Pal ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, *ICAR-IIWBR, Karnal

Emergence of leaf Blight in Mesta (Hibiscus spp.) caused by Phoma exigua (Desm.)

Phoma leaf blight of roselle (Hibiscus subdariffa) and kenaf (H. cannabinus) frequently appeared during July to August, 2013-2015 at research farm of ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore. Initially disease symptoms appear as water soaked spot on leaves and developed into greyish lesion with small black dot like pycnidia. In advanced stage, the disease causes foliage blight and destroys the leaves (Fig. 2). The pathogen isolated on PDA produced irregular, velvety,

Fig. 2. Symptoms of leaf blight of mesta caused by Phoma exigua (Desm)

white coloured colony. The conidia measuring 9×2.5 µm, were hyline, aseptate, ellipsoidal to oblong with two polar guttules (fat bodies). On the basis of morphological characteristics of colony, microscopic feature of conidia and pathogenicity test on variety, HC 583, the pathogen was identified as Phoma exigua (Desm).

A.N. Tripathi, R.K. De, P.N. Meena and H.K. Sharma ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

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Fig 1: JAF expert

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Quality Fibre Production from Repeated Retting of Jute in Stagnant Water with CRIJaF SOna

The repeated retting of jute and mesta in the stagnant water of same area following conventional retting method leads to the production of inferior quality fibre. With the introduction of microbial formulation“CRIJAFSONA” in the retting process, the quality fibre production in the same stagnant water from repeated rettings has become a reality.

The results of the large scale retting trials indicate that repeated retting in the same stagnant water can be carried out without affecting the fibre quality (Table 1). The duration for consecutive three rettings ranged between 13 to 14 days with CRIJAF SONA which was 6 to 7 days less than the conventional retting. The fibre colour was improved in retting with CRIJAF SONA compared

no. of retting Retting duration (days) Fibre colour Fibre strength (g/tex)

normal retting

With CRIJaF SOna

normal retting

With CRIJaF SOna

normal retting

With CRIJaF SOna

1st retting 19 13 GreyishGolden

yellowish21.6 25.0

2nd retting 21 14 GreyishGolden

yellowish20.4 24.1

3rd retting 20 13 Black Golden 17.4 22.0

to conventional retting. Besides the lustrous fibre with CRIJAF SONA, the fibre recovery was 10 to 12% higher over conventional retting.

Total microbial activities including pectin, xylan and lignin degraders were higher with CRIJAF SONA than the conventional retting. Besides better recovery of quality fibre, CRIJAF SONA enhances the retting efficiency in a fixed volume of water by retaining the quality fibres in subsequent retting.

Table 1. Effect of CRIJAF SONA on retting duration and fibre quality in repeated stagnant water retting of jute

B. Majumdar, Lipi Chattopadhyay, Aditi Kundu, Siba Prasad Das, Swati Ghosh, A. R. Saha, S. Sarkar, S. K. Jha and S. K. Sarkar

ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

leafroller, Sylepta derogata Fabricius (Pyralidae: lepidoptera) Feeds on Mesta Crop

During the field survey, larva inside leaves were noticed which rolls, feeds on the green tissue in the early stage and eats up a large portion of the leaf as it grows. Further, larvae

Fig. 3. Sylepta derogata damaged mesta plants (a) and the larva (b)

were collected and maintained till pupation in Biocontrol Laboratory at ICAR-CRIJAF, for detailed studies. Theemerged moths were preserved and sent for identification


a b

to Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and it was identified as Sylepta derogata Fabricius (Pyralidae: Lepidoptera).Available literatures revealed that it is primarily a sporadic pest of cotton, jute (Corchorus spp.) and major pest of congo jute (Urena lobata) in India. Besides, it was reported to feed on bhendi, eggplant, several Hibiscus spp. (including H. cannabinus, H. esculentus, H. columnaris and H. rosasinensis) and several other malvaceous plants. The young larvae feed on the lower surface of leaves, as they grow, they feed on the edges of leaves and roll inwards upto the midrib into a trumpet fastened by silken threads (Fig. 3a) and marginal portion of leaves are eaten away.

The larvae remain inside the roll and feed outside the marginal portion of the leaves. The larvae are glistening green in colour and semi-translucent with a dark brown head in early instars, but later becoming dark pink before pupation (Fig. 3b). Pupation occurs inside the rolled leaf with formation of reddish brown pupa. Adult moths are medium sized with yellow wings having series of brown wavy markings.

K. Selvaraj, B. S. Gotyal, V. Ramesh Babu and S. SatpathyICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

In vitro Regeneration Protocol Developed in Flax

An efficient in vitro regeneration protocol was developed in flax using field grown different. Explants were surface sterilized using 70% ethanol for 30 sec followed by 0.2% freshly prepared HgCl2 solution for 10 min. They were washed 3-4 times with sterile water, blot dried and cultured on MS medium supplemented with different combinations of hormone (2, 4-D, NAA, IAA, BAP and Kinetin). Prolific green callus was induced with NAA (0.5 mg/L) and BAP (1.0 mg/L) within 6 days.The callus washighly fragile, spongy and greenish with pale yellow colour. The best hormone combination for multiple shoot induction was BAP (3.0 mg/L) and IAA (0.5 mg/L)with maximum 18-20 shoot buds per calli, which were subcultured for further growth. Individual plantlets (1-2 cm) were transferred onto elongation medium containing MSfortifiedwithGA3(1.0mg/L).Elongatedplantlets(3-5cm)wereshiftedtorootingmediumwith(0.5mg/L)andwithout IBA.

Fig 4. In vitro culture in flax; A: shoot induction on calli (tiny plantlets); B: shootlets growing on SIM; C: shootlets on elongation medium; D: individual shootlet with roots on basal medium (MS).

Kanti Meena and Asit B MandalICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

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Effect of gamma Irradiation in Mesta

Threegenotypesofmestai.e.,MT150,HS4288andLongcalyx-H were irradiated to 10 different doses of gamma-ray (100Gy, 200Gy, 300Gy, 400Gy, 500Gy, 600Gy, 700Gy, 800Gy, 900Gy, 1000Gy) for induction of mutation and estimationofLD50dose.LD50forMT150andLongcalyx-Hwas 500Gy while for HS 4288 it was 300Gy. Effect of different treatments on germination of mesta is depicted in Fig. 5.

Fig. 5. Effect of different doses of gamma-ray on germination of mesta

H.K. Sharma, S.B. Choudhary, A. Anil Kumar, Maruthi R.T., J. Mitra and S.K. Pandey


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Integrated Weed Management in Sunnhemp

Nine different weed management practices including two checks were tested in sunnhemp field at Sunnhemp Research Station, Pratapgarh. The results revealed that weed control treatments significantly influenced the yield and yield attributes of sunnhemp compared to unweeded check (Table 2). The highest fibre yield was recorded with weed free treatment which was at par with T7 (hand

TreatmentsPlant

height (cm)

Basal diameter

(mm)

green weight (q/ha)

Fibre weight (q/ha)

T1- Pretilachlor 50% EC (900 ml/ha) at 45-48 hours of sowing with irrigation + one hand weeding(15DAE)

195.00 7.61 240.72 6.75

T2- Pretilachlor 50% EC (1800 ml/ha) at 45-48 hours of sowing with irrigation + one hand weeding (15DAE)

208.33 8.26 266.88 7.48

T3- Nail weeder- 1st at 5-6 DAE (at field capacity) and 2nd at 10 DAE + one hand weeding (within the row) at 15 DAE

202.33 8.00 252.46 7.15

T4- Nail weeder- at 5-6 DAE + scrapper at 15 DAE + one hand weeding (within the row) at 15 DAE

213.00 8.43 272.02 7.65

T5-Quizalofop-ethyl5%EC(1200ml/ha)at15DAE+onehandweeding 198.33 7.79 247.71 6.88

T6- Butachlor (3lt/ha) + one hand weeding (15 DAE) 196.67 7.64 243.55 6.78

T7- Hand weeding twice (15 & 21 DAE) 219.33 8.63 286.93 8.05

T8- Unweeded control 188.33 7.36 227.93 6.32

T9- Weed free check 230.67 8.96 306.32 8.66

CD at 5% 21.66 0.91 35.03 1.06

Table 2: Effect of weed control treatments on fibre yield of sunnhemp

weeding twice) and T4 (nail weeder at 5-6 DAE + scrapper at 15 DAE + one hand weeding within the row at 15 DAE).

M.K. Tripathi, Babita Chaudhary*, S. Mitra, S.R. Singh**, S.K.Pandey and H.R.Bhandari

ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore*Regional Station, ICAR-CPRI, Modipuram

** ICAR-IISR, Lucknow

Retention Efficiency of MyVMV by Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: aleyrodidae)

Five hundred non-viruliferous whitefly were released on virus infected plants to ascertain the longevity of yellow vein mosaic virus infectivity in the viruliferous adult whitefly population to be maintained after being transferred to non-MYVMV host plants. ViruliferouswhiteflyretainedandtransmittedMYVMVupto35daysofvirus acquisition (Fig. 6). A high transmission rate (88.8%) was maintained by whitefly when plants were exposed to viruliferous whitefly during 0 to 10 days after acquisition. The transmission (%) abruptly came down to 11.10% at 30 days after acquisition.

Fig. 6. Retention period of MYVMV by Bemisia tabaci based on its transmission

P.N. Meena, V. Ramesh Babu, S.K. Pandey and S. SatpathyICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore


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Effect of Plant Population and Sowing Methods on Stem Rot of Jute

With increasing plant population (10 lakhs/ha), the incidence of stem rot increased to 16.3% and 27.4 % in broadcast and line sown crop respectively. The lowest stem rot incidence i.e. 5.4% and 7.4 % was observed in line sown and broadcasted crops with low plant population (3 lakhs/ha). Under optimum plant population (5-6 lakhs/ha) the stem rot incidence was 7-9 % in line sown and 10-17 % in broadcasted field.

The progress of jute stem rot under low plant density (3 lakhs /ha)varied from 0.2% at 30 DAS to 2.7% at 75 DAS, 3.7 % at 90 DAS and finally to 5.4 % at 120 DAS. Similarly

progress of jute stem rot under optimum plant density (5-6 lakhs /ha) varied from 0.1% at 30 DAS to 3-4 % at 75 DAS, 4-6% at 90 DAS and finally it reached to 7-9% at 120 DAS. But in broadcasted crop with highest plant density (10 lakhs /ha), the jute stem rot began with 0.7% at 30 DAS, increased to 5, 15, 20% at 60, 75, 90 DAS, respectively, and finally reached a peak of 27.4% at the harvest stage (120 DAS).

Rajib Kumar De and A.N. TripathiICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

Rating Scales of Jute anthracnose

During survey (2008-2015) of various trials under network projects at different AINPJAF centres, mild to severe occurrence of jute anthracnose (Colletotrichum gloeosporioides) was noticed at harvesting stage (August- September) of fibre crop of diverse genetic background. Measurement of severity (expressed as PDI) of jute anthracnose is essentially required to screen the breeding

Rating no. of spot on stem (upto 1m height) and their nature Reaction

G0 No spots on the stem Immune

G1 1-15 isolated spot Resistant

G2 16-50 spots, isolated with occasional coalesces Moderately susceptible

G3 51-100 spots, isolated as well as frequent coalesces Susceptible

G4 >100 spots, isolated as well as frequent coalesces Highly susceptible

Table 3: Rating scale of jute anthracnose

materials. To measure the severity, rating scale is required to express the relative proportion of affected tissues which is lacking in jute anthracnose. Based on the number and nature of anthracnose spots on lower portion of stem under field condition five point rating scale (G0, G1, G2, G3 and G4) was developed (Table 3 and Fig. 7).

Based on this rating scale, the severity of disease i.e. PDI (percent disease index) can be calculated using the following formulae [(Σ of all disease rating/ total number of plant rated x maximum grade) x100].

S.K. Sarkar, S. Debnath1, S. Mukherjee2, P. Bandopadhyay2, S. Mitra and Anupam JanaICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

1Jute Research Station, Kendrapara, OUA&T, Bhubaneswar2Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswa Vidyalaya, Mohanpur

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Fig. 7. Rating of jute anthracnose, G0= no spot (immune), G1=1-15 spots/plant (resistant), G2=16-30 spots/plant (moderately susceptible), G3=31-50 spots/plant (susceptible) and G4= more than 51 spots/plant and coalesces (highly susceptible)

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Record of green Semilooper, Amyna octa (noctuidae: lepidoptera) on Jute Crop

During the survey for insect pest infestation in jute during 2015, the green slender semilooper was found to feed on tender leaves of jute crop on the apical part of the plant in farmer’s field at 24-Parganas (N). Further, larvae were collected and maintained till pupation and adult emergence inBiocontrolLaboratoryat ICAR-CRIJAF.Theemerged moths were preserved and sent for identification to Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata and it was identified as Amyna octaGuenee(Noctuidae:Lepidoptera).A. octa is called as green semilooper and recorded as a new pest of tossa jute, C. olitorius for the first time in 1970s at ICAR-CRIJAF, Bararckpore. Synonymously it is called as Amyna axis.The A. octa larvae are green in colour, about 18-20 mm in length, feed voraciously making large irregular holes on the jute leaves. The full grown larvae are greenish, slender having setae on the body and white stripes on dorso-lateral side from anterior to posterior region (Fig

8a). The larvae has typical 3 thoracic and 10 abdominal segments. Prior to pupa formation, larvae turn pinkish from green colour and body length contracted (Fig. 8b). In this stage, they make leaf folds by joining two leaves with their webs and pupated therein. Adult moths are uniformly dusky brown in colour and have two prominent white spots on the forewings of males (Fig 8c). Unlike the jute semilooper (Anomis subulifera), this green semilopper is polyphagous in nature. Although, recorded to feed on jute crop in 1970s, very meagure information are available in literatures on biology, morphological characteristics, ecology and management strategies.

Fig. 8. Green semilooper larva feed on jute plant (a), pre-pupal larvae (b) and adult moth (c)

V. Ramesh Babu, K. Selvaraj, B.S. Gotyal and S. SatpathyICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

Identification of Potential land units for Mango-Sisal Intercropping System in Red and lateritic Soils of West Bengal using Multi-Criteria Decision analysis in gIS

Remote sensing and GIS were used to identify the potential area for mango–sisal intercropping systemin Barjora block of Bankura district of West Bengal. The generated information layers, viz. land use/land cover map, waste land map, digital elevation model (DEM), agro-ecological sub-region maps and rainfall maps were integrated in GIS environment for principal component analysis (PCA) resulted the two principal information layers of wasteland map and DEM that were used, by assigning equal weightage in multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) tool in TNTmips® v. 2015 to postulate potential area for mango-sisal intercropping system. For MCDA, the wasteland map was classified into two categories as scrubland and barren land, and the highest score was assigned to the scrub-land followed by barren

Fig. 9. Potential land units for mango-sisal intercropping system in Barjora block of Bankura district, West Bengal


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land. DEM was classified into three elevation levels, viz. <70 m, 70-100 m and 100-169 m, and the highest score was assigned to the class of 71-100 m elevation followed by 31-71 m and 100-169 m. Multi-criteria decision analysis generated three categories of potential land units, viz. marginally potential (19,838 ha), moderately potential (18,564 ha) and highly potential (938 ha) land (Fig. 9).

D. Barman, Susanto Pal, D.K. Kundu, S. Sarkar, P.K. Pramanik* and Ranajoy Dutta*

ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore; *Directorate of Horticulture, Govt. of West Bengal

Barjora block has 2363.75 ha of waste land of which 938 ha area can be transformed readily to the culturable land by practicing the mango-sisal intercropping system.

long Term Effects of Fertilization on aggregate associated Phosphorus under Intensive Cultivation of Jute-Rice-Wheat Cropping System

Long-term effect of manuring and fertilization onphosphorus sequestration and aggregate associated phosphorus in a Typic Ustrocrept under intensive cropping with jute (Corchorus olitorius L.) – rice (Oryza sativa L.)–wheat(Triticum aestivum L.) was studied. Five treatments namely, 100% NPK, 150% NPK, 100% N, 100% NPKplusFYM,controlwerechosenforthisstudy.

The P concentration in macro-aggregates ranged between 470 and 1940 µg g-1 as compared to 430 and 1301 µg g-1 in micro-aggregates. 150% NPK treatment

showed significantly higher values than the other treatments. 100% NPK+FYM treatment showed highertotal P compared to only 100% NPK. Results suggest that addition of FYM in combination with 100% NPK injute-rice-wheat system improves soil aggregation and enhances P sequestration in macro-aggregates.

S.P. Mazumdar, D.K. Kundu, Debjani Ghosh, A.R. Saha and Ranjan Kumar Dey


Carbon Efficiency and Carbon Footprint of Jute Cultivation under Different Cropping Sequences and nutrient Management Strategies

There is a growing interest in reducing the carbon footprint (CFP = total amount of GHGs emission associated per amount of produce of agricultural products) and increasing carbon efficiency (CE = carbon output per unit of carbon input) from agricultural activities and related farming practices. Improved fertilizers practices and crop rotations can increase yield, soil C storage and reduce GHG emissions.

Four cropping sequences, viz. jute-rice-wheat (J-R-W), jute-rice-baby corn (J-R-Bc), jute-rice-garden pea (J-R-Gp) and jute-rice-mustard-mung (J-R-M-Mu) with four nutrient management practices, viz. 75% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) with and without crop residues (rice, wheat, corn, garden pea and mung bean with their respective cropping sequence) and 100 % RDF with and without crop residue were selected for the study. The lowest CE (9.85) of jute cultivation was estimated for the J-R-M-Mu and the highest CE (10.73) for J-R-W. The lowest CFP (0.49 kg CO2e/kg fibre yield) was estimated for the J-R-Gp and the highest for the J-R-M-Mu (0.53 kg CO2e/kg fibre yield). The lowest CE of 11.88 and the highest CFP of 0.57 were estimated for 100% RDF with crop residue. Comparatively lower CFP of 0.51 was recorded in 75%

Fig. 10. Carbon efficiency (CE) and carbon footprint (CFP) of jute under different cropping sequences and nutrient management; (J-Jute, R-Rice, W-wheat, Bc-Baby corn; M-mustard, Mu-Mung bean; F1-75% NPK; F2-100% NPK; R0-No residue; R1-residue incorporation).

RDF with crop residue (Fig. 10). Hence, there may be chance for increasing CE and reducing CFP with inclusion of garden pea with 75% RDF with crop residue in jute cropping system in long run.

Mukesh Kumar, S. Mitra, M. Ramesh Naik and D.K. KunduICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

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Development of Improved Weeder for Jute

A manually operated weeder, suitable to operate in line sown jute and other crops consists of different parts, viz. body frame, wheel, tyne attachment frame and handle. The body frame is made with M.S. flat (1.25 mm × 0.6 mm). Its operational rolling resistance is less with the soil due to use of a big size single wheel of either M.S. flat (Fig.11) or cycle (Fig. 12). The overall dimensions of the weeder including handle are of 53 cm width, 162 cm length and 92 cm height, and the weight is about 10.5 kg. The angle of the handle is variable and its elbow flex on angle is kept at 110° to reduce the drudgery of an operator. It removes

weeds completely from its operational width either with the help of hoes or scraper. On evaluation the field capacity, weeding efficiency and plant damage were of 0.022 ha/hr, 86.17%, 7.4%, respectively. The performance index was 1755.45. The draft requirement for operation is 8.31 kgf. By using share type tyne, this implement can be used for seed bed preparation of a small area.

R. K. Naik, S. Sarkar and S.K. JhaICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, Kolkata-700 120

Fig.11. Improved weeder with M.S. wheel Fig.12. Improved weeder with cycle wheel

Performance of Jute in Coastal Region of West Bengal

The performance of olitorious jute (cv. JRO 8432)in terms of plant height, crop growth rate (CGR) and dry weight was better and produced 27% higher seed yield (9.87 q/ha)

Fig.13. Effect of coastal soil on seed yield of jute (C. capsularis & C. olitorius)

M. Ramesh Naik, D. Barman, U.K. Mandal*, Maruthi R.T, Mukesh Kumar and D.K. Kundu

ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore*Regional Research Station, ICAR-CSSRI, Canning Town

compared JRO-2407 (7.75 q/ha) in saline soils of coastal region of West Bengal (soil pH 7.98, electrical conductivity - 0.829, 2.831 and 4.432 dSm-1 at the depth of 0-30 cm, 30-60 cm, and 60-90 cm). Whereas the capsularis jute (cv. JRC-517) produced 70% higher seed yield (7.55q/ha) than JBC-5 (4.44q/ha) and recorded better performance for plant height, CGR and dry weight compared to other C. capsularis varieties (Fig. 13). The experiment unveiled that among the two species, C. olitorius performed better than the C. capsularis in saline coastal belt of West Bengal.


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Integration of MaPs and Spices in Jute Seed based Cropping System: Scope and Strategies

To assess the feasibility of integrating MAPs and spices in jute (seed) crop, a field experiment was conducted at ICAR-CRIJAF Farm, Barrackpore in a split plot design with 12 treatments. After harvest of jute (seed crop), medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) and spices, viz. ashwagandha (transplanted), senna, stevia, isabgol, fennel, ajwain, dill seed, nigela, coriander, fenugreek, peppermint and one traditional vegetable crop as tomato were raised followed by autumn rice. The jute seed yield, obtained under two fertility levels, were 8.0 and 8.4 q/ha, respectively. The highest yield of spices was recorded in fennel (9.60 q/ha) followed by coriander (8.95 q/ha), fenugreek (8.2 q/ha), ajwain (7.75 q/ha) and dill seed (7.02 q/ha) and nigela (5.8 q/ha). Among the MAPs, stevia recorded the highest yield

of 25.96 q/ha followed by senna (6.44 q/ha), ashwgandha (5.92 q/ha), isabgol (4.38 q/ha) and peppermint oil (78 kg/ha). However, the B:C ratio was highest with ajwain (2.68) followed by dill seed (2.52), nigela (2.34) fenugreek (2.33) and fennel (2.27). The highest B:C ratio was recorded with stevia (2.10) and peppermint (2.10) among the MAPs. Thus, the ajwain (spice), stevia (medicinal crop) and peppermint (aromatic plant) can be grown successfully in between the jute (seed) - rice cropping sequence for higher income to the farmers.

M.S. Behera, D.K. Kundu, S. Satpathy, A.K. Jha, Amarpreet Singh and R. K. Naik


Commercialization of ‘CRIJaF SOna’

ICAR-CRIJAFhasdevelopedatalc-basedmicrobialformulation–‘CRIJAFSONA’forimprovedretting of jute and mesta under low volume of water. Retting with this microbial formulation reduce the retting period by 6-7 days and improve the fibre quality at least by 2 grades. This technology has been widely demonstrated and advantage of this retting consortium has been well established in farmers’ field. To ensure the easy availability of this retting formulation among the jute/mesta farming community ICAR-CRIJAF has commercialized this technology with West Bengal Pharmaceuticals & Phytochemical Development Corporation Limited(WBPPDCL),ILACOHouse,Kolkataw.e.f.22.06.2015foritslargescaleproductionandsale.(Source: Dr. B. Majumdar and S.K. Sarkar) Microbial formulation

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Disease-free Jute Seed Production in West Bengal

Field experiment during 2009-2012 at ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore revealed that among six dates of sowing mid-August sown jute seed crop resulted in least seed infection (1.7%) by Macrophomina phaseolina and mycobial seed discolouration. Seed yield (13.2q/ha) and yield attributes are also higher in mid-August sown crop. Quality parameters like germination (88.2–91.50%) andseedling vigour also remained above the recommended standard (80%). Foliar spraying of carbendazim 50WP @0.02% at pod setting or pod maturation stage resulted

in least seed infection (2.3%), seed discolouration, improvement in seed quality and seed yield (11.0 q/ha). Thus sowing of jute seed crop during mid-August and foliar spraying of carbendazim 50WP @ 0.02% either at pod maturity or pod setting stage maximize the quality jute seed production with economic viability.

Fig. 14. Jute seed crop sown at different dates

Mid-June End-June Mid-July Mid-August Mid-September

TECHNOlOGy COMMERCIAlIzATION ANd dISSEMINATION

S.K. Sarkar and S. SatpathyICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore

End-July

PUBlICATIONS

Important Publications Released at ICaR-CRIJaF, Barrackpore

SunnHEMP In InDIa: The book is organized in 20 chapters which describes about various aspects like origin and early history, area and production, economic importance, botany, cultivation techniques for fibre and seed production. SWOT analysis, constraints and future needs are also discussed to sustain the crop. Being the only book on sunnhemp it would be very helpful not only for UG and PG students, but also for researchers as well farming community associated with sunnhemp cultivation.

CHaRaCTERIzaTIOn OF TOSSa JuTE (Corchorus olitorius L.) gERMPlaSM: Being an active collection centre of jute and allied fibre germplasm, ICAR-CRIJAF is maintaining 1650 accessions of Corchorus olitorius collected from diverse eco-geographical regions of the country as well as from various parts of the world including its primary centre of origin. Characterization of these germplasm would obviously help to identify potential donor with desired traits. Therefore, the bulletin will definitely help jute researchers as a source material to formulate future breeding programmes utilizing those potential donor parents.

JuTE VaRIETIES OF InDIa: Systematic research on varietal development of jute during past 60 years since 1950-51 have resulted in improved varieties with higher fiber yield, better fibre quality, resistance to premature flowering and biotic / abiotic stresses. With continuous research efforts the national productivity has increased from 10.42 q/ha (during 1950-51) to 24.66 q/ha (during 2013-14 ) and duration of the crop has been reduced from 160 days to 120 days which fits the crop in multiple cropping system. The bulletin entitled “Jute Varieties of India” is an excellent compilation of information on verieties of tossa jute (18 nos.) and white jute (20 nos.). It will definitely be helpful for researchers for further development in jute breeding.

Research Papers

Annamalai M., Kaushik, H.D. and Selvaraj, K. (2015).Bioefficacy of Beauveria bassiana (Balasamo) Vuillemin and Lecanicillium lecanii Zimmerman against Thrips tabaci Lindeman. Proceedings ofthe National Academy of Sciences, India Section B: Biological Sciences, 10.1007/s40011-014-0475-8.

Behera M.S., Kundu D.K., Satpathy S., Singh Amarpeet and Nayak R.K. 2015. Scope and Opportunity of intercropping medicinal and aromatic plants with sisal cultivation. International Journal of Tropical Agriculture., 33(2): 1771-1773.

Behera M.S., Mahapatra P.K., Singandhupe R.B. and Kannan K. 2015. Fertigation studies in Japanese


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mint (Mentha arvensis L.) under humid climatein Odisha, India. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 10(11): 1320-1330.

Behera M.S., Mahapatra P.K., Singandhupe R.B. and Kundu D.K. 2015. Effect of drip fertigation on soil moisture dynamics, nutrient uptake and productivity of ashwagandha. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 14(1): 41-48.

Behera M.S., Mahapatra P.K., Singandhupe R.B., VermaO.P. and Kumar A. 2015. Yield, nutrient uptake byJapanese mint and soil fertility status under drip fertigation.Journal of Soil and Crops, 25(1): 62-70

Behera M.S., Mahapatra, P.K., Singandhupe R.B. and Kundu D.K. (2015). Effect of drip fertigation on soil moisture dynamics, nutrient uptake and productivity of ashwagandha. Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 14(1): 41-48.

Biswas S., Datta M. and Ngachan S.V. (2015). Mushroomcultivation a prosperous venture for improvement of livelihood of poor tribals in Tripura. Journal of Mycopathological Research, 53(1): 31-39.

Chakraborty A., Sarkar D., Satya P., Karmakar P.G. and Singh N.K. (2015). Pathways associated with lignin biosynthesis in lignomaniac jute fibres. Molecular Genetics and Genomics, doi:10.1007/s00438-015-1013-y.

Gotyal B.S., Selvaraj K., Meena P.N. and Satpathy S. (2015). Host plant resistance in cultivated jute and its wild relatives towards jute hairy caterpillar Spilosoma obliqua (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae). Florida Entomologist, 98(2): 721-727.

Gotyal B.S., Selvaraj K., Meena P.N., Naik R.K., Ramesh Babu V. and Satpathy S. (2015). Effect of sowing datesand abiotic factors on infestation of yellow mite, Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) in jute. Indian Journal of Ecology, 42(1): 69-72.

Hati K.M., Chaudhary R.S., Mandal K.G., Bandopadhyay K.K., Singh R.K., Sinha Nishant K., Mohanty M., Somasundaram J., and Saha R. (2015). Effect of tillage, residue and fertilizer nitrogen on crop yields, and soil physical properties under Soybean-Wheat rotation in Vertisols of Central India. Agricultural Research, 4(1): 48-56. doi:10.1007/s40003-014-0141-7.

Kumar M., Ghorai A.K., Majumdar B., Mitra S. and Kundu D.K. (2015). Integration of stale seedbed with

herbicides for weed management in jute (Corchorus olitorius) and their impact on soil microbes. Journal of Agrisearch, 2(1): 24-27.

Kundu A., Chakraborty A., Mandal N.A., Das D., Karmakar P.G., Singh N.K. and Sarkar D. (2015). A restriction-site-associated DNA (RAD) linkage map, comparative genomicsandidentificationofQTLforhistologicalfibre content coincident with those for retted bast fibre yield and its major components in jute (Corchorus olitorius L., Malvaceae s. l.). Molecular Breeding, 35:19.

Maruthi R.T., Jhansi Rani K. and Anil Kumar A. (2015). Correlation and path coefficient analysis between yield & yield associated traits in maize inbred lines (Zea maysL.).Green Farming, 6(2): 241-244.

Naik M.R., Kumar M., Barman D., Meena P.N., Anil Kumar A. and Kundu D.K. (2015). In vitro screening of white Jute (Corchorus capsularisL)againstsalinitystress.Journal of Natural and Applied Science, 7(1):344- 47(2015)

Naik M.R., Singh A., Kundu D.K., Kumar M., Barman D. and Maruthi R.T. (2015). Effect of salt stress on germination and seedling growth of jute (Corchorus olitorius). BIOINFOLET, 12(1B): 166-167.

Pande S., Naik M. Ramesh, Naidu S.M. Muneedra (2015).Effect of different sources of organic manurces on sweet corn (Zea mays Saccharata). Environment & Ecology, 33 (2A): 810-813.

Pandey S.K., Sharma H.K., Chaudhary B., Kar C.S. and Islam S. (2015). Combining ability analysis for fibre yield and component traits in kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.). Progressive Research - An International Journal, 10(1): 86-89.

Sarkar S., Kundu D.K., Saha A.R., Majumdar B. and Jha A.K. (2015). Intercropping system in double rowed sisal (Agave sisalana) plantation. Indian Journal of Natural Fibres, 1(2): 221-224.

Sarma M.K., Bhattacharjiee M. and Sharma A.K. (2015). Crop genetic resources of North east India: Current status and future strategies. Progressive Agriculture, 15(1): 28-34.

Sarma M.K., Goswami R.K., Sharma A.K., Baruh M., Sharma D. and Neog P. (2015). Genetic variability and diversity in indigenous rice germplasm of Assam under aerobic conditions. Progressive Agriculture, 15(1): 66-70.

PUBlICATIONS


Satya P., Karan M., Jana S., Mitra S., Sharma A.K., Karmakar P.G. and Ray D.P. (2015). Start codon targeted (SCoT) polymorphism reveals genetic diversity in wild and domesticated populations of ramie (Boehmeria niveaL.Gaudich.),apremiumtextilefibreproducingspecies. Meta Gene, 3: 62-70.

Selvaraj K. and Subhash C. (2015). Simulation of climatic change impact on crop-pest interactions: a case study of rice pink stem borer Sesamia inferens (Walker). Climatic Change, 10.1007/s10584-015-1385-3.

Selvaraj K., Gotyal B.S., Satpathy S. and Meena P.N. (2015). LifetableandpopulationparametersofBiharhairycaterpillar, Spilarctia obliqua Walker on jute. Indian Journal of Ecology, 42(1): 31-34.

Singh S.R., Kundu D.K., Tripathi M.K., Dey P., Saha A.R., Kumar M., Singh I. and Mahapatra B.S. (2015). Impact of balanced fertilization on nutrient acquisition, fibre yield of jute and soil quality in New Gangetic alluvial soils of India. Applied Soil Ecology, 92: 24-34.

Singh S.R., Maitra D.N., Kundu D.K., Majumdar B., Saha A.R. and Mahapatra B.S. (2015). Integrated fertilizer prescription equations for recommendations of fertilizers in jute–rice–garden pea sequence onalluvial soil of eastern India. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 46(1):1-15.

Book Chapters

TripathiA.N.,SinghL.N.K.,TripathiS.K.,GuptaA.K.,TripathiRajkumari, Salgotra S.K. and Sharma P.K. (2015). Diversity, Biology, Epidemiology and Management of Bacterial Wilt: An Overview. In: Plant Diseases: Biocontrol and Management. P.C. Trivedi (Ed.). Pointer publisher, Jaipur. ISBN: 1402.

Kumar A., Govil M., Singh S., Sharma K.K., Tripathi S.K., Tiwari R.K., Tripathi A.N. and Singh S. (2015). Role of Micro-organisms in Bioremediation: A Comprehensive Model Using Trichoderma spp. In: Handbook of Research on Uncovering New Methods for Ecosystem Management through Bioremediation. Shivom Singh and Kajal Shrivastav (Eds.).IGI Global, International Publisher of Progressive Academic Research Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Pp. 29-50. Hati, K.M., Somasundaram, J., Saha, R., and Mohanty, M. (2015). Conservation agriculture: A strategy to cope with climate change. In: Crop Growth Simulation

Modelling and Climate Change. Eds: Mohanty M., Sinha N.K., Hati K.M., Chaudhary R.S. and Patra A.K. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, pp. 186-195.

Kumar Santosh, Singh V.K., Tripathi A.N. and Kumar Prabhat (2015). Diseases of jute and sunhemp crops and thier management In: Gireesh Chand and Santosh Kumar (Eds.) Crop Diseases and Their Management: Integrated Approaches Apple Academic, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis. Hard-Book- ISBN: 9781771882705; E-Book -ISBN: 9781771882613. Pp. 555-563.

Mohanty M., Sinha Nishant K., lenka Sangeeta, Hati K.M., Somasundaram J., Saha R., Singh R.K., Chaudhary R.S. and Subba Rao A. (2015) Climate Change ImpactsonRainfedSoybeanYieldofCentralIndia:Management Strategies Through Simulation Modelling. In: Climate Change Modelling, Planning and Policy for Agriculture. (Eds.) A. K. Singh, J. C. Dagar, A, Arunachalam, Gopichandran R. and K. N. Shelat.Springer Publication. pp. 39-44.

Tripathi A.N., De R.K., Meena P.N., Ramesh Babu V.,MeenaY.R., Kumar S. and SinghV. K. (2015). MestaPathosystems: An Overview. In: Crop Diseases and Their Management: Integrated Approaches. Gireesh Chand and Santosh Kumar (Eds.).Apple Academic Publication, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis. Hard ISBN: 9781771882705; E-Book ISBN: 9781771882613. Pp. 555-563.

Tripathi A.N., Meena P.N. and Kumar Santosh (2015).Diseases of Phytoplasma and Plant Viruses ofBast Fibre Crops. In: Plant Diseases: Biocontrol and Management. P.C. Trivedi (Ed.). Pointer publisher, Jaipur. ISBN: 1402.

Tripathi A.N., Ramesh Babu V. and Sharma H.K. (2015).Current Status of Diseases of Mesta and Their Management. In: Plant Pathology: Problems and Progress. P.C. Trivedi (Ed.). Pointer publisher, Jaipur. ISBN: 1377.

Books

Chaudhary R.S., Hati K.M, Saha R., Somasundaram J. and Mohanty M. (2015). Advances in Measurement of Soil physical Properties. Jaya Publishing House, New Delhi. pp. 1-180.

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HUMAN RESOURCE dEVElOPMENT

Seminar/ Symposium/ Conference/ Workshop attended by the Scientists

Programme Institute/Venue and Date name of the participant/s

Second International Conference on ‘Bio-resource and Stress Management’

ANGRAU, Hyderabad07-10 January, 2015

Dr. M. S. BeheraDr. Amarpreet SinghMr. M. Ramesh NaikMr. A. Singh

Conference on ‘Indigenous Innovation and Foreign Technology Transfer in Fertilizer Industry: Needs, Constraints and Desired Simplification’

ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore17th January, 2015

All the Scientists of ICAR- CRIJAF

National Seminar on ‘Soil Resilience- 2015’ TNAU, Coimbatore21-22 January, 2015

Dr. (Mrs.) S.P. Mazumdar

NationalSymposiumon“AdvancesinPhytopathological Research in Globalized Era with Referene to Eastern Region” and 27th Annual General Meeting of Indian Phytopathological Society (Eastern Zone)

Ranchi University29-30 January, 2015

Dr. Rajib Kr. DeDr. A. N.Tripathi

Workshop on ‘Making Engineering Scientists Contribution more Meaningful to Stakeholders and the Nation’

NASC, New Delhi16-17 February, 2015

Er. R.K. Naik

Agri-Biotechnology Summit-2015 HITEC City, Madhapur, Hyderabad16-18 February, 2015

Mr.L.L.Kharbikar

XII Agricultural Science Congress-2015: Suitable LivelihoodSecurityforSmallholderFarmers

ICAR-NDRI, Karnal03-06 February, 2015

Dr. A. N. Tripathi

International Conference on ‘Natural Resources Management for Food Security and Rural Livelihood’

NASC, New Delhi13-15 February, 2015

Dr. Ritesh Saha

28th Annual Workshop of AINP on Jute & Allied Fibres at CRIJAF

ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore13-14 February, 2015

Dr. Sitangshu SarkarDr. M.K. TripathiDr. B. ChaudharyMr. R.K. NaikSri Monu KumarDr. Subrata Biswas

International Summer School on Plant Disease Epidemiology

IGKV,Raipur30 March to 03 April, 2015

Dr. A. N. Tripathi

49th Annual Convention of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (ISAE) and Symposium on Engineering Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture and Food Processing

PAU,Ludhiana23-25 February, 2015

Mr. R. K. Naik

3rd Training Course on ‘Advances in Weed Management’

DWR, Jabalpur19-28 March, 2015

Dr. M. S. Behera

National Seminar on ‘Conservation Agriculture: Food Security and Soil Health Management’

RKM, Murshidabad 24th March, 2015

Dr. Sitangshu Sarkar


Programme Institute/Venue and Date name of the participant/s

Workshopon“MakingEngineeringScientistsContribution more Meaningful to Stake Holders and the Nation”

National Agricultural Science Centre (NASC), New Delhi13-14 April, 2015

Mr. R. K. Naik

‘AGRI SEARCH 2050’ NASC Complex,Pusa, New Delhi18th May, 2015

Dr. P. SatyaMr. R. K. NaikDr. Mukesh KumarSri Monu Kumar

Panel Discussion of NAAS Associates at National Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

NASC Complex, New Delhi 4th June, 2015

Dr. R. Saha

IJTA 1st International Conference on Agriculture and Horticulture Sciences

New Delhi, ICAHS6-7 June, 2015

Dr. M. S. Behera

Training undergone by the Staff Members

Training Programme Place & Date name of Participant

administrative Staffs

Special Training Programme on ‘Pension and other Retirement Benefits for officials dealing with Pension cases’

ISTM, New Delhi6-9 March, 2015

Sri S. K. Bala

Trainingprogrammeon“PayrollmoduleusingOracle ERP”

IASRI, New Delhi15-18 April, 2015

Sri Manoj Kr. RoySri Gopal Ch. DeySri Amit Kr. Mandal

Technical Staffs/ SMS/young Professional

Trainingprogrammeon“OfficeAutomationusing Oracle ERP”

IASRI, New Delhi being organized by IASRI and ICAR, New Delhi16-20 March, 2015

Sri Ashim MukhopadhyaySri Pallab Bhattacharyya

Training Programme on ‘Designing and Analysis of Experiments for the Technical Personnel of ICAR’

ICAR-IASRI, New Delhi20-25 March, 2015

Shahid Mukhtar

Trainingprogrammeon“IntegratedPestManagementforKVKPersonnel”

Kalyani16-18 June, 2015.

Sri Sandipan Garai


Extension Programme attended during January - June, 2015

name of the programme/ training Organizer, Place & Date Scientists participated

Rural Fair The fair was organized by the Habra Unit of AkhilBharatuyaAdivasiVikasParishadatMakaltala, 24 Parganas (N), 15-17 January, 2015

Dr. Shailesh KumarDr. Shamna

Mati Utsav Utsav was organized by the State Dept. of Ag., Govt. of West Bengal at Budbud, Burdwan during 28th January to 3rd February, 2015.

Dr. D. GhoraiDr. Shailesh Kumar

Dakshin Banga Krishi Fair (Mati Tirtha Krishi Katha)

The Fair was organized by the State Dept. of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Fishery at Burdwan on 9-11 February, 2015.

Dr. D. Ghorai

Agri Fair - 2015 The Fair was organized by the ERRS of CPRI at Patna on 19-21 February, 2015

Dr. Shailesh KumarDr. Rajib De

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name of the programme/ training Place & Date no. of participant

Camp & Seed Day

Farmers’ Awareness Camp on fishery Makaltala, 22nd January 45 tribal farmers

Seed Day - 2015 Bamra, 03rd February 150 tribal farmers

Training

Training on making of jute bag by the tribal women ICAR-CRIJAF, Nilgunj 28-31 January, 40 tribal farmers

TrainingonAnimalDiseaseandVaccinationCamp Tapan,17th February 90 tribal farmers

Training on ‘Soil test and target yield based fertilizer application’.

ICAR-CRIJAF, 9-11 March 50 tribal farmers

Training and demonstration on jute sowing by seed drill and weed management by Nail Weeder

Karimpur, Nadia, 10-12 March 120 farmers

Training and demonstration on jute sowing by seed drill and weed management by Nail Weeder

Berhampur, 17-18 March 143 farmers

Farmers’ training on ‘Improved production technology of sisal’

SRS, Bamra, 18-20 March 250 farmers

Training on entrepreneurship development for the tribal women of Makaltala under TSP

Makaltala, 19-24 March 30 tribal farmers

Training on ‘Improved rearing method of Khaki Campbell ducks’

Paschim Simal 24 Parganas (N), 20-21 March

52 farmers

Training on ‘Improved production technologies for jute and mesta

ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, 24-26 March 40 farmers

Technology week

TechnologyWeek–KVK,Burdwan Budbud, 24-28 February 1000 visitors

Field Demonstration

Field demonstration of Nail Weeder under Jute-ICARE Project

Karimpur, Murshidabad, 1-2 April

Field Day/Meeting

Field Day and Farmers’ Training at Hooghly Extension Centre Singur, Burdwan, 20th June 74 farmers

Field Day and Farmers’ Training at North 24 Parganas Kumra, Habra, 23rd June 65 farmers

Farmers’ Meeting at Murshidabad Sargachi, Murshidabad 30th June, 55 farmers

name of the programme/ training Organizer, Place & Date Scientists participated

RuralLivelihoodFair The Fair was organized by Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Sargachi, Murshidabad on 20-21 February.

Dr. Shailesh Kumar

Awareness cum training on Animal Health The Camp was organized at unit of DCRAS at Hazrabari, Tapan on 16th February, 2015 under TSP.

Dr. S. SarkarDr. C. Jana

State level officers’ training on jute under NFSM (commercial crops)

The training were organized by Directorate of Agriculture (Commercial crops), Govt. of West Bengal at CRIJAF on 19-20 March, 2015.

Dr. R.K. Dey, Dr. A.K. Ghorai, Dr. B. Majumdar, Dr. S. Sarkar, Dr. C.S. Kar,

State level officers’ training on jute under NFSM (commercial crops)

Organized by Directorate of Agriculture (Commercial crops), Govt. of West Bengal at ICAR-CRIJAF on 27-28 March, 2015.

Dr. R.K. DeDr. Mukesh Kumar

Training/Meeting/Interaction etc. Organised by ICaR-CRIJaF during January - June, 2015


AWARdS & RECOGNITIONS

awards

Dr. Ritesh Saha, Senior Scientist received the prestigious Dr. B C Deb Memorial award for Popularization of Science for the year 2014-15 by Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata on the auspicious day of National Science Day on 28 February’ 2015.

Dr.A.K.Sharma,Sr.Scientist(PlantBreeding)wasawardedwith‘YoungScientistAward-2014’bySocietyforRecentDevelopmentinAgricultureintheInternationalConferenceon“TechnologicalInterventionsinAgriculturalSciencesforenhancedProductivity,NutritionalQualityandValueAddition(TIAS-2014)”during 17-19 Febuary, 2015 at Dimapur, Nagaland.

Indian Council of Agricultural Research selected ICAR-CRIJAF as the Regional Office for National Agricultural Education Accreditation Board (NAEAB) for Eastern and North Eastern Region. Dr. S.K. Sarkar, Pr. Scientist (Plant Pathology) has been selected as Regional Co-coordinator.

Dr. Amarpreet Singh, Scientist (Agronomy) received ‘The Mosaic Company Foundation Award’ for Outstanding Doctoral Research in the area of Plant Nutrition 2014-15 during 21 February, 2015 at Gurgaon, Haryana.

Dr. S. P. Gawande, Scientist (Plant Pathology) awarded with ‘SRDA Gold Medal’ and ‘Second Best Oral Presentation Award’ by the Society for Development in Agriculture in the International Conference on “TechnologicalInterventionsinAgriculturalSciencesforenhancedProductivity,NutritionalQualityandValueAddition(TIAS-2014)’during17-19February,2015atDimapur,Nagaland.

Dr. Babita Chaudhary, Sr. Scientist (Plant Breeding) received ‘Major R.S. Yadav SRDA Award 2014’ inthe International Conference on ‘Technological Intervention in Agricultural Sciences for Enhanced Productivity, Nutritional Quality and Value Addition (TIAS-2014)’ 17-19 February, 2015 at Dimapur,Nagaland.

Smt. Gita Das, Senior technical assistant own silver medal in Carom in ICAR Inter-Zonal sports tournament during March 11-14, 2015 at NDRI, Karnal

Uma Sankar Das, Senior Technician won gold medal in high jump and bronze medal in long jump in ICAR Inter-Zonal sports tournament during March 11-14, 2015 at NDRI, Karnal

ICAR-CRIJAF team won gold medal ( ICAR Champion) in volleyball in ICAR Inter-Zonal sports tournament during March 11-14, 2015 at NDRI, Karnal

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dISTINGUISHEd VISITORS

Date name of visitor affiliation

16.01.15 Dr. A. K. Patra Director, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal

17.01.15 Dr. S. Ayyappan Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR

24.01.15 Prof. Tapash Dasgupta Director, Institute of Agril. Science, Calcutta University

13.02.15 Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan ADG (Commercial Crops), ICAR

13.02.15 Dr. Subrata Gupta Jute Commissioner, Govt. of India

15.02.15 Dr. Jeet Singh Sandhu DDG (Crop Science), ICAR

Our new Colleague

Dr. S. Ayyappan, Secretary, DARE & DG, ICAR is interacting with scientists

Dr. J.S. Sandhu, Hon’ble DDG (Crop Science) is releasing CRIJAF publication

Dr. S. Gupta, Jute Commissioner, GoI interacting with ADG (CC), Director, ICAR-CRIJAF & NIRJAFT

Dr. A. K. Patra, Director, ICAR-IISS interacting with ICAR-CRIJAF scientists

Dr. A.K. Singh, Senior Scientist (Soil Science) has joined CRIJAF on 8th June 2015. Before joining CRIJAF, Dr. Singh served at ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region as Programme Coordinator (2008-2015) andNERIWALM(MoWR,GOI)asAssistant/AssociateProfessor(2000-2008).

PERSONNEl


Promotion

Dr. Shailesh Kumar, Sr. Scientist, Agril. Extension promoted to next higher grade with effect from 27.07.2014 through CAS.

Dr. Sonali Pal Mazumder, Scientist, Soil Science promoted to next higher grade with effect from 15.12.2013 through CAS.

Dr. Mukesh Kumar, Scientist, Agronomy promoted to next higher grade with effect from 15.12.2013 through CAS.

Dr. S. K. Jha, Sr. Scientist, Agril. Extension promoted to Principal Scientist with effect from 14.05.2013 through CAS.

Dr. M. K. Tripathi, Sr. Scientist, Agronomy promoted to Principal Scientist with effect from 16.09.2013 through CAS.

Scientists

Sri Bitan Das

Promoted from Technical Assistant to Senior Technical Assistant

w.e.f. 29.05.2014

Sri Hare Krishna Das

Promoted from Technical Assistant to Senior Technical Assistant

w.e.f. 15.03.2014

Sri Om Prakash

Promoted from Technical Officer to Senior Technical Officer

w.e.f. 01.01.2014

Sri Kamal Kr. Banik

Promoted from Technical to Senior Techncial

w.e.f. 14.05.2014

Sri Dilip Kr. Patra

Promoted from Senior Techncial Assistant to Technical Officer

w.e.f. 01.07.2014

Technical Staff

Sri Sankar Mallik


w.e.f. 01.07.2014

Sri Haren Purty


w.e.f.01.07.2014

Sri Ashim Mukhopadhyay


w.e.f. 01.01.2014

PERSONNEl

Dr. Monica Suresh Singh

SMS,KVK,Burdwan

w.e.f. 09.07.2014

Dr. Poli Saikia

SMS,KVK,Burdwan

w.e.f. 09.04.2014

M/s. Sohini Bhattacharya

Assistant

w.e.f. 26.09.2014

Mr. Pradip Das

Technical Assistant

w.e.f. 29.04.2013

Mr.ChandanKr.Verma

Assistant

w.e.f. 13.06.2014

Probation Clearance

MaCP Benefit

Sri. Swapan Kr. Sen

Assistant

w.e.f. 01.04. 2015

Superannuation

Sl. no. name Designation Date of Retirement Place of Posting

1 Mr. Samir Kanti Dutta TO 31.01.2015 Budbud

2 Mr. Sankar Karmakar TA 31.01.2015 Barrackpore

3 Mr. Ganesh Ch. Kundu TO 31.01.2015 Barrackpore

4 Mr. Sadhan Ch. Mondal SSS 31.01.2015 Barrackpore

5 Mr. Jaladhar Mishra TO 28.02.2015 Barrackpore

Transfer

Dr. S.P. Gawande, Scientist (Plant Pathology), RRS, Assam was relieved on 02.05.2015 from ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore to join at ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur.

Dr. Babita Chaudhary, Sr. Scientist (Plant Breeding), Sh.RS, U.P. was relieved on 07.05.2015 from ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore to join at ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Regional Station, Modipuram, Meerut.

Dr. Amit Kr. Sharma, Sr. Scientist (Plant Breeding), RRS, Assam was relieved on 08.05.2015 from ICAR-CRIJAF, Barrackpore, to join at ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal

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Reconstitution of Institute Joint Staff Council (IJSC)(w.e.f.03.07.2015)As per the guidelines of the Council the IJSC is reconstituted after election on 22.06.2015

Dr. P.G. Karmakar

Director

Chairman

Dr. Jiban Mitra

Head, Crop Improvement Division

Member

Dr. Kunal Mandal

P.S., Crop Protection Division

Member

Dr. R. K. Naik

Scientist, Crop Production Division

Member

Sri S.K.C. Bose

Sr. Finance & Accounts Officer

Member

Official Side

Dr. Ritesh Saha,

Sr. Scientist & Incharge, AO

Member Secretary

Dr. Subhojit Datta

Sr. Scientist, Crop Improvement Division

Member

Sri Dilip Kumar Patra

Technical Officer

Secretary

SriChandanKumarVerma

Assistant

Member

Sri Subrata Kumar Pal

Assistant

Member

SriVinayKumarSingh

Sr. Technician

Member

Sri Dulal Chandra Dey

Skilled S.S.

Member

Staff Side

Sri Ratna Bahadur Thapa

Skilled S.S.

Member

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Jute anthracnose – Future Threat

Hitherto the anthracnose of jute (Colletotrichum corchorum infecting white jute and C. gloeosporioides infecting tossa jute) in India was a minor disease

causing no appreciable loss of fibre yield but it reduced the fibre quality. Presently, incidence and severity is noticeably high in jute growing belts of the country. Under favourable conditions (i.e., high rainfall and temperature around 35°C), numerous black coloured spots appear on the stem which weakens the plant growth and may cause epidemic.

Anthracnose of white jute (C. corchorum) was first observed on “Jap-Red’ - a capsularis introduction from Formosa (Taiwan) at Dacca (Bangladesh) in 1945. From Dacca the disease spread to other parts of Bangladesh. The disease entered India through Assam during thirties along with jute germplasm from Southeast Asia, particularly from Taiwan unknowingly. Since the introduction of anthracnose of jute in India it is of regular occurrence in capsularis belt of India viz. Assam, North Bengal, Bihar, and Uttar Pradesh in endemic form. Epidemic of anthracnose was noticed in exotic variety, Japanese Red at Chinsurah, West Bengal during 1950-55. By preventing release of hybrids involving South Asian susceptible varieties or selections thereof, India was enjoying comparative freedom from anthracnose in white jute while in Bangladesh, anthracnose established itself firmly.

The landmark development in jute history is the transfer of premature flowering trait of ‘Sudan Green’ in olitorius jute during 1970s that led to development of short duration high yielding varieties which replaced about 90% of white jute (Corchorus capsularis) area with tossa jute (C. olitorious).

Anthracnose (C. gloeosporioides) in tossa jute was first reported during 1966-68 at Nagaon, Assam on JRO 878, JRO 524 and KTI and since then it is established in Assam. But in other parts of the country no report/information of such disease was found. During survey (2008-2015) of various trials at different centres of All India Network Project on Jute and Allied Fibres, typical

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anthracnose (black coloured, round to irregular, eye to oval shaped spot measuring 3-6mm × 2-5mm on the lower halves i.e. upto 1.0-1.5m of the stem) was noticed at harvesting time. Number of spots per plant and disease reaction varies greatly among breeding materials. The incidence of the disease in Assam was as high as 20% (with 40 -80 spot/plant) whereas it is about 1-30% (with 15-30 spots/plant) in fibre crops at West Bengal (Barrackpore and Kalyani). At Katihar (Bihar) the incidence was also recorded (5-10% with 15-40 spots/plant). At early phase of the crop, rainfall is less in all the centres whereas in later stages (after 60-70 days of sowing) with the advancement of the rainy season infection increases and the severity of the disease is maximum at the harvesting stage. The pathogen was isolated and confirmed as Colletotrichum

gloeosporioides.

Major reasons for such spread and establishment of tossa jute anthracnose

in all the important jute growing states is either through

introduction of pathogen along with germplasm (about 2500 accession) collected from Bangladesh, South East Asian

(China, Indonesia, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan) and African

(South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania) countries over last four decades or

use of susceptible materials for national hybridization programme since 1970s. ICAR-CRIJAF has

a moderate gene pool of around 3500 accessions of jute, which are neither sufficient in number, nor satisfactory in terms of their genetic variability, for demand-driven research programmes of the future. Therefore, germplasm collection from far unexplored regions of the country and particularly the exotic types especially from the centers of origin is must for further improvement in yield and quality.

Because of less economic importance, so far no research work was directed towards this disease in India. Under such situation strategies like screening of breeding materials as well as germplasm, studies on epidemiology and management are essentially required.

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