VISION:

To impart quality education in field the of Genetics & Plant Breeding to UG and PG students and to develop high yielding crop Varieties with biotic, abiotic stress resistance, climate resilient and high quality.

MISSION

To impart quality teaching in Genetics and Plant Breeding related subjects in UG and PG levels.

To guide quality research to M.Sc. and Ph.D. students in the field of Genetics & Plant breeding.

To collect, evaluate, maintain and characterize the genetic resources of field crops 

To evolve superior varieties/ hybrids of different crops with high yield, quality, biotic and abiotic stresses  using classical and molecular tools 

To ensure quality seed production of seed chain of notified varieties  

To impart capacity building to the students and farmers through trainings and guidance.

MANDATE

Teaching:

To run postgraduate programme (M. Sc. Ag. and Ph.D.) in the field of Genetics & Plant Breeding.

To contribute actively in the under-graduate programme (B.Sc. Ag) of the college.

Research:

To develop high yielding biotic (disease and pest) and abiotic (heat and drought) stress resistance/tolerance, and high product value having varieties of cereals, oilseeds, pulses, millets, forage and sugarcane crops with the integration of classical and molecular breeding approaches.

To evaluate, catalogue, preserve and protect the germplasm of different crop plants.

To conduct high quality research with the integration of cutting edge technologies like genomics and bioinformatics.

Extension:

To demonstrate the impact of Improved Varieties and Technologies over Farmer’s Practices through organizing “Front Line Demonstrations” in all the crops to popularize the new and improved crop varieties.

To organize the awareness-cum-Training Programmes for farmers in the field of Seed Production, Plant Variety Protection and Intellectual Property Rights.

Academic Programmes & Seats:

Functional laboratories in the department

UG genetics Lab

UG biotechnology Lab

Cytogenetics and molecular markers lab

Tissue culture and genetic transformation lab

Wheat grain quality and molecular markers lab

Rice quality lab

Maize quality lab

Sorghum quality lab

Pulses quality lab

Oilseeds quality lab

Soybean quality lab

Sugarcane quality lab

Faculty Awards/Honours

1. AICRP on Rice received Golden Jubilee Best Centre Award 2015 by ICAR during 50th Annual Group Meeting of ACRIP-Rice held at Indian Institute of Rice Research, Rajendra Nagar, Hyderabad from April 11 to 15, 2015.


2. AICRP on Rapeseed-Mustard received Best Centre Award by ICAR during 20th Annual Group Meeting of AICRP-RM held at S.D. Agricultural University, Sardarkrushinagar (Gujarat) from July 5-7, 2013.


3. AICRP on Sorghum received Best Centre Award 2010 by ICAR during 41st Annual Group Meet of ACRIP-Sorghum held at Uinversity of Agriculture Sciences, Dharwad from April 15 to 17, 2011.


4. Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding received Department Excellence Award 2013 of College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar.


5. Dr. J.P. Jaiswal was honored with Faculty Excellence Award 2013 of College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar.


6. Dr. H.S. Chawla was honored with Faculty Excellence Award 2014 of College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar.


7. Dr. N.K. Singh was honored with Faculty Excellence Award 2014 of College of Agriculture, GBPUAT, Pantnagar.


8. Dr. H.S. Chawla delivered Prof. F.C. Steward Memorial Lecture in 35th Annual Meeting of PTCA (India) & Natl. Symp. on Advances in Plant Molecular Biology & Biotechnology, March 10-12, 2014.


9. Dr. Salil K. Tewari was conferred with “Fellow of Confederation of Horticulture Associations of India” during International Conference on Water Quality and Management for Climate Resilient Agriculture held at Jalgaon , May 28-31, 2013


10. Dr. Salil K. Tewari Co-Chaired the Session in the International Conference on water quality and Management for climate resilient Agriculture held at Jalgaon , May 28-31, 2013


11. Dr. P.S.Shukla has been nominated memberof the Board of Management, JNKVV, Adhartal, Jabalpur, M.P.

View List of Varieties Released till 2023

विश्वविद्यालय द्वारा विकसित फसलों की उन्नत किस्में

Five Decades of Soyabean Research at Pantnagar (1976-2016). For Details   Click Here

Research Projects:

Coordinated Projects:

Books:

Roy, D. 2010. Biotechnology. Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi & Alpha Science, U.K.

Roy, D. 2012. Plant Breeding- A Biometrical Approach. Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi & alpha Science, U.K.

Roy, D. 2012. Biometrial Genetics- Analysis of Variation. Narosa Publishing House Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi & Alpha Science, U.K

Prasad, B. and Kumar, S. 2013. Reshaping Technology for Agricultural Development. Satish Serial Publishing House, New Delhi, pp 466.

Kumar, S. and Prasad, B. 201) Modern Technology for Sustainable Agriculture. New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi, pp 390.

Kumar, S., Prasad, B., Pushpanjali and Bahuguna, A. 2013 Agricultural Sustainability and Approaches. Biotech Books, New Delhi, pp 439.

Prasad, B. and Bahuguna, A. Agricultural Technology – A new paradigms Biotech Books, New Delhi-2

Shukla, P.S. and Prasad, B. 2015. Advances in Seed Sciences and Technology, Biotech Books,New Delhi-2

Tewari, S.K.Sah,V.K., Singh, V. and Dubey, A. 2015.Souvenir cum Abstracts – National Seminar on Holistic Development of Agroforestry: Potential and Policy Issues. Agroforestry Research Centre, GBP

Technical Bulletin

Chawla, H.S., Shrotria P.K., Khulbe, R.K., Singh,Y.V. 2011. A Decade of varietal Development Research. Published by Directorate of Experiment Station, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar.

Tewari, S.K., Kaushal, R. and Misra, N.P. 2011. Vavharik Baans Utpadan (in Hindi). Published by Directorate of Publication, GBPUA&T, Pantnagar

Ongoing Extension Activities:

Front Line Demonstrations (FLDs) are being organized in wheat, rice, maize, pulses, oilseeds, sugarcane crops to demonstrate the impact of improved varieties in different growing situations. In some crops they are being integrated with resource conservation technologies as well as fertilizer management.

Awareness-cum-Training Programmes are organized for farmers in the field of Seed Production, Plant Variety Protection and Intellectual Property Rights.

All the crop breeders interact with farmers face to face during farmers fair organized by the University.

Lectures are also delivered by crop breeders for the benefit of farmers during the trainings organized by Directorate of Extension Education.

Radio talks are delivered to popularize new varieties and also on seed production technologies.

Popular articles are also published to popularize the improved technologies among the farmers

Seminar/Workshop/Training/Symposium