Question: ICAR, which is the Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, is located in:
Options:
Ludhiana
Karnal
Panipat
Chandigarh
→ Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), based in Karnal, Haryana, is a premier ICAR research organization for wheat and barley.
→ Through the All India Coordinated Research Project on Wheat and Barley (AICRP), IIWBR coordinates multidisciplinary and multilocational activities across India.
→ It has contributed to the release of 420 high-yielding wheat varieties (like bread and durum) and 94 high-yielding barley varieties (including feed, food, malt, and dual-purpose barley).
📝 Additional Information:
Important Agricultural Institutes, Organisations, and Research Centers in India
→ CFTRI – Central Food Technological Research Institute – Mysore, Karnataka
→ CIAE – Central Institute of Agriculture Engineering – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
→ CRRI – Central Rice Research Institute – Cuttack, Orissa
→ CICR – Central Institute for Cotton Research – Nagpur, Maharashtra
→ IIPR – Indian Institute of Pulse Research – Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
→ JTRL – Jute Technological Research Laboratory – Kolkata, West Bengal
→ NCMRT – National Centre for Mushroom Research and Training – Solan, Himachal Pradesh
→ NRCG – National Research Centre for Groundnut – Junagadh, Gujarat
→ NRCS – National Research Centre for Sorghum – Hyderabad, Telangana
→ NBSSLUP – National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning – Nagpur, Maharashtra
→ NRC for Spices – Calicut, Kerala
→ NCWS – National Centre for Weed Science – Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
→ NRC for Cashew – Pattur, Karnataka