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IISR News


Start-up by National Fertilizers Limited


MoU Signed between IISR, Lucknow and SID Patna Bihar


MoU signed between IISR Lucknow and TSL Bagaha (Bihar)


MoU signed between IISR, Lucknow and Harinagar Sugar Mills Harinagar (Bihar)


MoU signed between ICAR-IISR, Lucknow and NSSM, Narkatiyaganj(Bihar)


Launch of Parthenium Awareness Week (Aug. 16-22, 2024) by ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research


National Service Scheme Plantation Campaign with the Theme “Ek Ped MaaKeNaam” Plant4Mother Campaign


Visit of Management trainees from DCM SHRIRAM


IISR participates in ISSCT on 13th Breeding and Germplasm 10th Molecular Biology Workshop 2024


ICAR - Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow conferred with the Agriculture Leadership Award 2024


पांच दिवसीय आवासीय प्रशिक्षण कार्यक्रम "गन्ना आधारित फसल प्रणाली में यांत्रिकीकरण का महत्व" का आयोजन


संस्थान में मना अंतर्राष्ट्रीय योग दिवस


An interaction meeting with Dr. B. Venkateswarlu on Climate Change, its impact and mitigation


Live telecast program of Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi


Collaboration continues between IISR and Govt of Bihar


MoU signed between ICAR-IISR, Lucknow and ERA University, Lucknow


IISR, Lucknow organized workshop on “Promotion of climate resilient crops/ varieties/ seeds” under Mission LIFE


Celebration of World Intellectual Property Day, 2024


Secretary DARE & DG, ICAR laid the foundation stone of Ikshu Hostel and interacted with students of IARI Mega University Lucknow hub at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow


One-day Farmer Training Programme on‘Identification and Management of Major Sugarcane Borers’under SC-SP Plan at ICAR-IISR, Biological Control Centre, Pravaranagar (MS)


ICAR-IISR, Lucknow celebrated International Women’s Day 2024


Institute organised National Seminar on "Mechanization of Sugarcane Cultivation"


ICAR-IISR KVK Lakhimpur Khiri-II Inaugurated


ICAR-IISR, Lucknow displayed Institute’s technologies and development at exhibition stall in the Regional Agriculture Fair for Eastern Region 2024 at KVK, Diyankal, Torpa Block, Khunti (Jharkhand) during February 03-05, 2024


One-day awareness workshop on Intellectual Property Rights at IISR, Lucknow


ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow Celebrates its 73rd Foundation Day


ICAR-IISR, Lucknow organized "National Conference on Plant Health for Food Security: Threats & Promises"


Pre-conference Press release for Organization of a National Conference on Plant Health for Food Security at ICAR-IISR, Lucknow


Director, ICAR-IISR, Lucknow visited ICAR-IISR, Biological Control Centre, Pravaranagar (Maharashtra)


One-day Farmer Training Programme on‘Integrated Management of White grubsInfesting Sugarcane’ under SC-SP Plan at ICAR-IISR, Biological Control Centre, Pravaranagar (MS)


ICAR-IISR, displayed institute’s technologies and development stall in 3rd International Conference at VSI, Pune from 12th -14th January 2024


Ongoing Projects

Division of Crop Improvement

S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Collection, maintenance, evaluation and documentation of sugarcane germplasm under sub-tropical conditions (B 1.7) P K Singh and Sanjeev Kumar 01/1995-Long term
2. Defining ideotypes in sugarcane for moisture deficit conditions (B 1.8) A K Mall, D R Malaviya and S P Singh 01/2017-12/2021
3. Development of sugarcane varieties for sub-tropics (B 2.13) Sanjeev Kumar, P K Singh and T K Srivastava 10/2003-Long term
4. Developing sugarbeet varieties for Indian agro-climates (B 2.15) A D Pathak, S K Duttamajumder and Arun Baitha 09/2008-Long term
5. Development of sugarcane clones/varieties for North Central Zone (B 2.16) A K Mall, A D Pathak, D Singh, Arun Baitha, M K Tripathi and C K Gupta 10/2018-09/2028
6. Mapping of loci linked to sugar content in sugarcane (B 3.19) M Swapna 12/2009-03/2020
7. Production of disease free and genetically pure seed cane through tissue culture techniques (B 3.21) Sanjeev Kumar (Biotech) and S K Holkar 11/2013-Long term
8. Development of in vitro conservation protocol using slow-growth tissue culture techniques in sugarcane (B 3.22) Sanjeev Kumar (Biotech.) 03/2015-03/2020
9. Profiling and prediction of small RNA transcriptomes in sugarcane inoculated with red rot pathogen (B 3.23) Sangeeta Srivastava, A D Pathak and Dinesh Singh 04/2015-03/2020
AICRP on Sugarcane
S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Evaluation of early maturing sugarcane clones of North West Zone (B 1.1) Sanjeev Kumar and P K Singh 02/2009 - Long term
2. Evaluation of mid-late sugarcane clones of North West Zone (B 1.2) P K Singh and Sanjeev Kumar 02/2009 - Long term
3. Evaluation of sugarcane clones under Zonal Varietal Trials for North Central and Eastern Zone (B 1.3) A K Mall and A D Pathak 02/2009 to Long term
Externally Funded
S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Accredited Test Laboratory (ATL) under National Certification System for Tissue Culture Raised Plants (NCS-TCP),(DBT, New Delhi) Sanjeev Kumar (Biotech) and Dinesh Singh 03/2015-03/2020
2. Genomic selection-based accelerated breeding in sugarcane (Saccharum species complex),(DST-SERB, New Delhi) Sanjeev Kumar (Biotech) 06/2018-06/2021
3. Investigating sucrose accumulation through RNA-seq bulked segregant analysis in sugarcane (DST-WoS-A, New Delhi) Nandita Banerjee, Mentor: Sanjeev Kumar (Biotech) 06/2018-06/2021 30.0 Lakh
4. RNA seq for SNP mining and linkage mapping in sugarcane,(DBT, New Delhi)(Closed May 2018) Nandita Banerjee, Sanjeev Kumar (Biotech), R K Singh 11/2014-05/2018 Rs. 50.0 lakh
5. Central Sector Scheme for PPV&FRA
(PPV&FRA, New Delhi)
P K Singh 2006-Long term
6. ICAR seed project “Seed production in agricultural crops”,(ICAR, New Delhi) P K Singh, Sanjeev Kumar 2006-Long term

Division of Crop Production

S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Studies on biology, interference and management of Ipomoea in sugarcane (A 1.1.33) V P Singh, K K Singh, V P Jaiswal, T K Srivastava, Dileep Kumar and A P Dwivedi 04/2017-03/2022
2. Improved agronomic interventions for enhancing productivity of ratoon crop (A 1.1.34) Dileep Kumar, V P Singh, K K Singh, Mona Nagargade and S R Singh 04/2019-03/2024
3. Studies on effect of tillage and management practices on rice-wheat-sugarcane-ratoon-wheat in Conservation Agriculture (A 1.2.31) V K Singh, V P Singh, A K Singh (Engg.), S K Shukla, V P Jaiswal, Dinesh Singh and S N Sushil 04/2017–03/2022
4. Soil quality assessment under different sugarcane growing systems (A 2.38) S R Singh, T K Srivastava, R R Verma, Pushpa Singh, S N Singh, A K Singh(Agro.) and R S Dohare 04/2015-03/2020
5. Synchronizing nutrient supply with crop demand under drip fertigation for upscaling nutrient use efficiency in sugarcane (Plant) ratoon system (A 2.39) K K Singh, S R Singh, V P Singh, S K Shukla, Rajendra Gupta and A K Sharma 04/2017-03/2022)
6. Effect of silicon on growth, yield, juice and soil quality of sugarcane in subtropics (A 2.40) M K Tripathi, S R Singh, C Gupta, S K Shukla, S N Singh, V P Singh, A P Dwivedi and V K Singh 4/2019-03/2024
7. Management of bio-resources for enhancing sugarcane productivity and soil health ( A 2.41) A P Dwivedi, M K Tripathi, V K Singh, K K Singh and S R Singh 10/2018-09/2023
8. Improving soil health and sugarcane ratoon productivity through application of IISR-microbial consortia (A 2.42) V P Jaiswal, S K Shukla, T K Srivastava, Lanlan Sharma, D N Borase and S K Yadav 02/2019-01/2024
9. Developing scientific aids for site specific nutrient management through variable mapping of soil properties in sugarcane growing soils (A 2.43) R R Verma, T K Srivastava, Pushpa Singh and S R Singh 04/2019-03/2024
10. Effect of silicon based nutritional management with growth promoting harmone for enhanced productivity of sugarcane under multi-ratooning system S N Singh 11/2019-10/2024
11. Nano-urea for improved nitrogen use efficiency in sugarcane (A 2.45) Mona Nagargade, Deeksha Joshi, Dilip Kumar, Amresh Chandra and S R Singh 07/2019-06/2024
12. Enhancing system productivity and profitability of wide row planted autumn sugarcane through intercropping of high value crop (A 3.24) C Gupta, A K Singh (Agron.), M K Tripathi, S R Singh, S P Singh, A K Singh (AE), V P Singh, S K Shukla and A D Pathak 03/2019-02/2023
13. Management of bio-resources for enhancing sugarcane productivity and soil health (A 3.25) A P Dwivedi, V P Singh, S K Shukla, M K Tripathi, V K Singh, K K Singh, S R Singh and Lalan Sharma 03/2019-02/2023
14. Developing scientific aids for site specific nutrient management through variable mapping of soil properties in sugarcane growing soils (A 3.26) R R Verma, T K Srivastava, Pushpa Singh and S R Singh 03/2019-02/2024
15. Improved agronomic interventions for enhancing ratoon productivity (A 3.27) Dileep Kumar, V P Singh, K K Singh, S N Singh, S R Singh and S P Singh 04/2019-03/2024
16. Diversification of sugarcane based cropping system with medicinal and aromatic plants in sub-tropical India (A 3.28) S K Yadav, S K Shukla, V P Jaiswal, Saudan Singh (CIMAP) and A Baitha 03/2019-02/2023
17. Modulating application of sugarcane production technologies for harnessing production and productivity potential in farmers’ field perspective (A ET 1.1) R S Dohare, T K Srivastava, Rajesh Kumar, K Prasad, S N Singh and M R Singh 04/2015–03/2020
18. Developing sugarcane based Integrated Farming System Models for small farm holders of sub-tropical India (A 4.10) A K Singh, T K Srivastava, R K Singh, A K Sharma, Akhilesh Kumar Singh, Rakesh Kumar Singh and A D Pathak 04/2016-Long term
AICRP on Sugarcane
S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Agronomic performance of elite sugarcane genotype (Early) [AS 72 (A)] V P Singh and S K Shukla 2016- Long term
2. Agronomic performance of elite sugarcane genotype (Midlate)[AS 72 (B)] K K Singh and V P Singh 2016-Long term
3. Assessment of climate change impact on sugarcane productivity (AS-73) R R Verma and T K Srivastava 2018-Long term
4. Evaluation of sugarcane varieties for drought tolerance (AS-74) V K Singh, K K Singh and V P Singh 2018-Long term
AICRP on STCR
S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration
1. Soil test and resource based integrated plant nutrient supply system for sustainable sugarcane production (STCR) S R Singh, T K Srivastava, R R Verma and S S Hasan 2014-Long term
Contract Research Projects
S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration
1. Bio-efficacy &phyto-toxicity evaluation of ‘Flumioxazin 50 % SC’ against weeds in sugarcane and its effect on succeeding crop[CRP/CPd5Sumitomo Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi] V P Singh, K K Singh, V P Jaiswal, S K Shukla
2. Bio-efficacy &phyto-toxicity evaluation of uph 114b against weeds in sugarcane [United Phosphorus Ltd. Mumbai] V P Jaiswal, V P Singh, Lalan Sharma , S K Shukla 2019-2021

Division of Crop Protection

S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Survey and surveillance of insect pests and diseases of sugarcane in sub tropical India (EM 01) M R Singh and all the Scientists of Crop Protection Division 2006-Long term
2. Management of Yellow Leaf Disease (YLD) of sugarcane through thermotherapy (M 5.10) Dinsh Singh and S K Holkar 05/2015-03/2022
3. Evaluation/screening of sugarcane germplasm/genotypes against red rot and smut (M 17) S K Duttamajumder and Ramji Lal 1992-Long term
4. Enhancing efficacy of Trichoderma based red rot management system (M 15.6) Deeksha Joshi, A K Singh and Pushpa Singh 04/2012-03/2020
5. Management of Pokkah boeng disease of sugarcane (M 15.7) Lalan Sharma, S K Shukla, V P Jaiswal and M R Singh 03/2019-02/2023
6. Isolation, identification and synthesis of sex pheromones lures for the management of major borers of sugarcane (Ento) M R Singh, Pushpa Singh, Arun Baitha, S N Sushil and A K Jaiswal 04/2019-03/2022
7. Dispersal, host location, kairomonal effect and recovery of bio-agents Trichogramma chilonis and Tetrastichus howardi (Ento) Arun Baitha, M R Singh, A K Jaiswal, S Roy and S N Sushil 10/2018-09/2022
8. Developing arthropods based soil health indicator for subtropical sugarcane ecosystem (Ento) Sharmila Roy, A K Jaiswal, D Joshi and S R Singh 10/2018-09/2023
9. Development of eco-friendly technologies for the management of termites in sugarcane (Ento) S N Sushil, A K Jaiswal, S Roy and D Joshi 10/2018-09/2022
AICRP (S) Projects
1. Identification of pathotypes in red rot pathogen (PP 14) Ramji Lal and S K Duttamajumder 2002-Long term
2. Evaluation of varieties/genotypes for resistance to red rot, smut and wilt (PP 17) Ramji Lal and S K Duttamajumder 2002-Long term
3. Survey of sugarcane diseases naturally occurring in the area on important varieties (PP 22) S K Duttamajumder and Ramji Lal 2002-Long term
4. Evaluation of varieties/genotypes for their reaction against major insect-pests (E 4.1) M R Singh and S K Duttamajumder 2003-Long term

Division of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry

Institute Projects
S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Molecular study to reveal transcriptomes and genes associated with sucrose (GAS) transport and accumulation in sugarcane Amaresh Chandra, Radha jain 2012-19
2. Minimizing post harvest sucrose deterioration and its molecular assessment Amaresh Chandra, Radha jain 2012-22
3. Physiological and molecular basis of multiple abiotic stress tolerance in sugarcane S P Singh, Radha Jain, A Chandra, A K Mall, A D Pathak 2017-22
4. Understanding mechanisms of sugar accumulation and WUE in sugarcane through physio-biochemical studies C K Gupta, Rajeev Kumar, S P Singh, Amaresh Chandra, Radha Jain, A K Mall, A D Pathak, Rajesh Kumar 2019-24
5. Evaluation of silica application in relation to moisture stress and productivity in sugarcane Rajeev Kumar, A D Pathak, Radha Jain, Amaresh Chandra, Pushpa Singh, C K Gupta, M R Singh, R R Verma, L Sharma 2019-24
6. Process Development For Enhancing Ethanol Recovery From Sugarcane Trash And “B-Heavy” Molasses Pushpa Singh, Rajeev Kumar 2019-24
7. Assessment of scope for invigoration of biomass dynamics during sugarcane growth cycle through plant growth regulators Pushpa Singh, Radha Jain, Rajeev Kumar 2019-24
Inter-Institutional project
S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Screening and identification of sugarcane lines tolerant to water-logging and their physio-biochemical investigation Radha Jain, Amaresh Chandra, S P Singh, M Swapna, A D Pathak, V K Srivastava Long term
Externally Funded
1. Source-sink dynamic in sugarcane- a global transcriptome analysis to decipher factor(s) control sucrose content in cane stalk/culm. (DST-SERB funded) Amaresh Chandra, Radha jain 3 yrs

Division of Agricultural Engineering

1. Development of two row disc type ratoon management device with and without stubble shaving attachments (AE 1.19B) A K Singh and Sukhbir Singh 09/2016-08/2021
2. Development and evaluation of tractor operated multipurpose tool frame with attachments for sugarcane (AE 1.52) Sukhbir Singh and A K Singh 10/2015-09/2020
3. Development of cane node planter (AE 1.23) A K Singh and S N Singh 09/2016-08/2021
4. Development of sugarcane trash management machinery (AE 1.81) M K Singh, A K Singh and R D Singh 09/2018-08/2021
5. Sustaining sugarcane yield under multiple ratooning through drip irrigation (AE 6.8) Rajendra Gupta and V P Jaiswal 03/2016-03/2022
6. Refinement of sugarcane cleaner cum washer for jaggery (AE 7.1.1) S I Anwar, Dilip Kumar and R D Singh 04/2016-03/2020
7. Development of integrated drying system for jaggery drying (AE 7.6.1) R D Singh, A K Singh, S I Anwar and Dilip Kumar 11/2016-10/2019
8. Development of a jaggery furnace with efficiency boosting device (AE 7.6.2) S I Anwar 04/2012-03/2020
9. Development of small powder jaggery cubes (AE 7.6.3) Dilip Kumar 09/2019-08/2021
10. Development of a jaggery furnace with efficiency boosting device (AE 7.6.4) Dilip Kumar 09/2019-08/2021

Extension and Training Unit

S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Entrepreneurship development for sugarcane seed production and multiplication (ET 1.14) A K Sah, S N Singh, Sanjeev Kumar, S N Sushil and Kamta Prasad 10/2012-10/2022
2. An analysis of gender perspective in sugarcane cultivation (ET 1.15) Kamta Prasad, R S Dohare, A K Sah, Rajesh Kumar, A K Sharma and Barsati Lal 01/2017-12/2021
3. Technology and information utilization pattern among the sugarcane growers (ET 1.16) Barsati Lal, K Prasad, R S Dohare, A K Sah, R Gupta and L S Gangwar 10/2018-09/2023

AKMU and PME Cell

S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Development of data mining and presentation tools in sugarcane (AES 4.15) S S Hasan, Rajesh Kumar and L S Gangwar 04/2012-03/2021
2. Factors contributing to economic viability of sugar mills and energy production complexes in India (AES 4.16) L S Gangwar, S S Hasan and A K Sah 03/2015-03/2020
3. Impact of IISR technologies in sustaining sugarcane production in India (AES 4.17) A K Sharma, T K Srivastava, A K Singh, S K Duttamajumder, A D Pathak and M R Singh 04/2015-03/2020
4. Estimation of techno-economic feasibility of sugarbeet cultivation for sugar and ethanol production in India (AES 4.18) A K Sharma, T K Srivastava and A D Pathak 10/2015-09/2019
5. Online database and mixed model analysis of sugarcane varieties tested/released in India (AES 4.19) Rajesh Kumar, S S Hasan and A D Pathak 04/2017-03/2021
6. Development of web based reporting system for the trials of AICRP on Sugarcane (AES 4.20) S S Hasan, S K Shukla and A D Pathak 10/2016-09/2019
7. Efficiency of designs in sugarcane field experiments (RCBD vs. Alpha design)(AES 4.21) Rajesh Kumar, Rajendra Gupta, A D Pathak, Atul Sachan and B B Joshi 07/2019-06/2022
8. Development of district-level database on sugarcane growth and sustainability (AES 4.22) A K Sharma and L S Gangwar 07/2019-06/2022

IISR Biological Control Centre, Pravaranagar

S.No. Title of the Project PI & Associates Duration Budget
1. Survey and surveillance of insect-pests and diseases of sugarcane in sub-tropical area (EM 01) M R Singh, HoD and IISR Biological Control Centre, Pravaranagar Long term
2. Genetic Diversity and Transmission of Pathogens Causing Yellow Leaf Disease in Sugarcane (M 5.9) S K Holkar, Arun Baitha and Sanjeev Kumar (Biotech.) 04/2015-03/2020
3. Bio-prospecting of entomopathogenic bacteria for management of white grubs infesting sugarcane (BCC 1.1) D N Borase, S N Sushil, D Joshi, S K Holkar and Y E Thorat 08/2018-07/2023
4. Utilization of entomopathogenic nematodes against white grubs infesting sugarcane (BCC 1.2) Y E Thorat, S N Sushil, D N Borase and S K Holkar 08/2018-07/2023