Northern Hills Zone(NHZ)
Total Area: 0.82 mha wheat area
Area Covered: Western Himalayan regions of J&K (except Jammu and Kathua distt.); H.P. (except Una and Paonta Valley); Uttaranchal (except Tarai area); Sikkim and hills of West Bengal and N.E. States
Funded centres: 4
- CSK-HPKVV, Palampur
- CSK-HPKVV, Bajaura
- CAU, Imphal
- SKUAST-K, Srinagar
Salient achievements of Northern Hills Zone centers
| CSKVV, Palampur | SKUAST, Jammu | RRS, CSKVV, Bajuara | IARI, RS, Shimla | CAU, Manipur |
| -Released one variety from CVRC and three from SVRC. | -One wheat variety RSP 561 for timely sown and late sown conditions got released and other JAUW 584 is under consideration for release by SVRC. | -Barley variety HBL 713 (Him Palam Jau 1) released for low and mid hills of Himachal Pradesh
-One variety HBL 391 submitted for registration under PPVFRA. |
-Two varieties from CVRC and one from SVRC released
-Identified HS596 and HS599 as novel sources of stripe resistance against newly evolved virulent pathotypes. |
Out of Four years since the trial is allocated, three of them were conducted.
Two FLDs have been conducted at Wanjing, Thoubal and Chandanpokpi, Chandel |