AICRP on Vegetable Crops- The Largest Network in Vegetable Research

The All India Coordinated Research Project on Vegetable crops (AICRP-VC) was initiated under the aegis of ICAR in the year 1971 with its head quarter at IARI, New Delhi. Vegetables are essentially the good source of vitamins, minerals and fibre. Due to its important role in balanced nutrition, the council upgraded its status to the level of Project Directorate in 1986 and it’s headquarter was shifted to Varanasi in the year 1992.Considering the excellent all round performance of Project Directorate, the council further raised its esteemed status of Indian Institute of Vegetable Research during April, 1999. From the February 2010 the AICRP (VC) has been endowed with the post of Project Coordinator to look after the progress made by the coordinated centres and monitor and solve their problems. It has multidisciplinary research programmes in all agro climatic zones with diverse responsibilities and also addresses the new emerging issues. The AICRP (VC) programmes are carried out at 36 regular & 22 voluntary centres.

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE PROJECT

The AICRP (VC) has made stride development and production of vegetables in a short span of time. In five decades, project has developed 591 varieties in 30 vegetables crops, which have been identified for cultivation in different climatic zones. Among these 349 are high yielding open pollinated, 183 are hybrids and 59 are resistant to diseases. Besides varietal improvement, 471 production, 225 Seed production, 56 Physiology &Biochemistry, 178 Disease and 154 Insect Pest Management technologies have been recommended for various agro climatic zones.

 

Crop wise No. of Varieties/ Hybrids / Resistant identified by AICRP (VC) from 1971-2024

Crops

Varietal

Hybrids

 Resistant

Total
Tomato

47

46

11

4
Brinjal

61

45

11

117
Chilli

25

21

-

46
Capsicum

2

6

-

8
Pea

33

-

14

47
Cowpea

14

-

-

14
Cherry tomato

1

-

-

1
French bean

13

-

-

13
Dolichos  bean

15

-

-

15
Okra

-

13

20

33
Onion

25

-

-

25
Garlic

10

-

-

10
Cauliflower

17

9

-

26
Cabbage

4

8

-

12
Kale

1

-

-

1
Carrot

6

1

-

7
Muskmelon

10

3

3

16
Water melon

4

3

-

7
Bitter gourd

6

6

-

12
Pumpkin

10

1

-

11
Cucumber

4

7

-

11
Ridge gourd

6

5

-

11
Bottle gourd

14

7

-

21
Sponge gourd

10

3

-

13
Ash gourd

6

2

-

8
Long melon

1

-

-

1
Round melon

1

-

-

1
Mustard green

1

-

-

1
Radish

2

-

-

2
Yard long Bean

1

-

-

1
Amaranths

2

-

-

2

Total

352

186

59

597

 

 Table: Crop-wise Technologies Developed from 1971-2023

                 Crop

Veg. Prod.

Seed Prod.

Biochemistry

D.M.

I.P.M.

 Total

1.             

Ash gourd

0

1

0

0

0

1

2.             

Bitter gourd

12

7

4

10

6

39

3.             

Bottle gourd

17

7

0

13

1

38

4.             

Brinjal

28

24

6

17

44

119

5.             

Broccoli

28

0

0

0

0

28

6.             

Cabbage

22

3

2

3

12

42

7.             

Capsicum

15

12

1

5

1

34

8.             

Carrot

12

4

1

0

0

17

9.             

Cauliflower

28

7

1

7

0

43

10.          

Cherry tomato

1

0

1

0

0

2

11.          

Knol khol

0

3

0

0

0

3

12.          

Chilli

24

32

4

41

18

119

13.          

Cowpea

23

3

0

6

2

34

14.          

Cucumber

24

3

0

6

8

41

15.          

French bean

14

6

0

0

0

20

16.          

Dolichos bean

0

1

0

0

0

1

17.          

Garlic

7

0

0

2

0

9

18.          

Muskmelon

3

1

5

2

0

11

19.          

Okra

36

47

2

8

28

121

20.          

Onion

25

10

1

10

6

52

21.          

Pea

16

16

3

11

0

46

22.          

Palak (All Green)

1

6

0

0

0

7

23.          

Pointed gourd

1

0

0

1

1

3

24.          

Pumpkin

0

1

0

0

0

1

25.          

Radish

9

4

0

0

0

13

26.          

Radish-Coriander Sequencing

6

0

0

0

0

6

27.          

Ridge gourd

0

1

0

2

0

3

28.          

Sponge gourd

0

0

0

2

0

2

29.          

Tomato

101

21

21

29

25

197

30.          

Turnip

1

1

0

1

0

3

31.          

Amaranthus

9

2

2

0

0

13

32.          

Spinach beet

5

0

0

0

0

5

33.          

Pumpkin

0

2

2

1

1

6

34.          

Watermelon

3

0

0

1

1

5

                Total

471

225

56

178

154

1084

 

 

 

 

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