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To focus special attention on rabi sorghum research, ICAR established the Centre on Rabi Sorghum at Solapur (Maharashtra) in 1991. However, the Centre became fully functional from 1997 after a Scientist joined at Solapur. The mandate of the centre was to develop suitable rabi sorghum varieties / hybrids for medium-shallow soils adapted to that region and develop improved production technology for enhancing productivity of rabi sorghum.
Geographically the site lies at 17o 04' N latitude and 75o 54 E longitudes, placed at an altitude of 476.5 meters above mean sea level. The office-cum-laboratory building was constructed during the year 2000. At present ,the staff quarters are being constructed in Shelgi block. The research farm of the centre is spread over a total area of 18 hectares at two nearby locations (Shelgi and Mulegaon) in Solapur. The Shelgi farm has 8 hectares of irrigated land and the farm in the village of Mulegaon has 10 hectares of rain fed land.
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Officer In-charge :
Dr. MS Raut , Principal Scientist (Agronomy)
Centre on Rabi Sorghum (DSR)
N.H. 9, Bypass Road, Shelgi
SOLAPUR- 413006, Maharashtra
Phone no.0217-2373456 (O) and 0217-2370563 (R)
Fax: 0217-2373456
E-mail: raut@sorghum.res.in
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How to reach CRS, Solapur:
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| Nearest
Airport |
Nearest Airport Pune (250 kms)
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| Nearest Railway Stations |
Solapur, Junction Trains from Poone and Hyderabad pass through Solapur
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| Nearest Bus Stations |
Solapur
(Hyderabad- Poone National Highway # 9 )
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| Solapur to CRS Office / farm |
4 kms from Bus stand
6 kms from Railway station |
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Sorghum sub-station, Jalna
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The new centre of DSR at Jalna in the state of Maharashtra
is established in the month of August 2009 and functioning
from October 2009.
Apart from the Off-Season Nursery (OSN) facility, DSR also aims to boost agricultural productivity by introducing new technology, better agronomic practices, and more effective provision of key support services through this centre.
As an initiative, to begin with, a team of the following four scientists were placed at Jalna:
Drs. TG Nageshwar Rao (Pr. Scientist and Officer In-charge),
S Ravi Kumar (Sr. Agronomist),
Ch.Sashidhar Reddy (Sr. Scientist –Extension) &
N Kannababu (Sr. Scientist – Seed Technology).
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Officer In-charge :
Dr TG Nageshwar Rao
Krishi School
Marathwada Agricultural University (MAU)
Jalna- 431203, Maharashtra
Tel: 09440498352
E-mail: nagesh@sorghum.res.in |
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