Research Highlights : School of Atmospheric Stress Management

  • Bio-regulator as an option for recovery of hail damaged crops

  • Protocol for Eddy Covariance based measurements of energy and GHG-fluxes on complex agricultural landscapes of semi-arid western Maharashtra plateau

  • Identification of indeterminate genotype Kalitur for yield as compared to the present leading semi-determinate genotype JS-335 under lower PAR and increased number of cloudy days

  • Methods for identification of SNP genotypes in Heat shock protein (HSP) genes of indigenous and cross bred dairy cattle 

  • Identification of spent wash and cropping sequence for murrum disintegration

  • (a)  Sub-surface water harvesting by Micro-blasting technology to alleviate edaphic stresses for fruit orchards growing in shallow basaltic soils (b) Refined soil amendments technologies to suit the conditions in rocky terrains 

  • Raised broad bed planting for Nagpur mandarin in shallow soil

  • Identification of Agro/bio chemicals (KNO3, spermidine and thiourea) to overcome the water logging stress for late kharif onions

  • Study of immune response and HSP genes polymorphism in relation to heat stress in poultry

  • Standardization of shade net structures to carry out controlled condition experiments for light intensity

  • Identification, cloning and expression analysis of temperature, salinity and hypoxia responsive genes in fish

  • Breeding and seed production of heteropneustes fossilis (Shinghi)

  • Crop water production functions and response of plant bioregulators (PBR’s) to alleviate water stress in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)