Research Stations
Research Stations
Research Station
Zonal Research Stations: University has three zonal research stations in its jurisdiction area.1. Zonal Research Station- Nagina
Research Station Nagina is one of the premier Rice Research Station of the country which was established by British Govt. after intensive survey of undivided India in 1921., situated in foot hills of great Himalaya at an altitude of 29O 28' North , and latitude 78o 32' East at 245 meter above mean sea level. This station has released 24 rice varieties for different eco-systems before green revaluation era and some of them are still under cultivation. An export quality rice variety Type -3, known as Dehraduni Basmati, is the first variety by which the quality rice export was started first time by our country India, was also released by this station. Another rice variety N-22, a drought resistant variety, is still being used as donor parent for drought resistant breeding. ICAR funded AICRP on rice is also running at Nagina . Some of major achievements along with staff position are summerized belowStaff Position
| S.No. | Name | Designation |
| 1 | Dr. Rajendra Singh | OIC, ZRS Nagina |
| 2 | Dr. Vivek Yadav | Jr. Agronomist( AICRP) |
| 3 | Sh. Rajeev Rana | Field Assistant( AICRP) |
2. Zonal Research Station- Bulandshahr
The Research Station was established in 1905 by the Department of agriculture as a Seed Production farm. This was converted into a research station in 1944 with the following main objectives:
- Maintainence of germplasm of American indigenous cotton.
- Cotton variety BH-7 found suitable for spring planting. Its proposal sent for the release.
- Produced and distributed the seed of rice, wheat, berseem, arhar and maize crop.
Staff Position
| S.No. | Name of Staff | Designation | Duties Assigned |
| 1 | Dr. Shiv Singh | Prof.(Agronomy) and OIC | Scientific work and also bearing the responsibilities as officer-in charge |
| 2 | Shri S.K.Yadav | Field Assistant | Field work like Seed production |
| 3 | Shri Puran Singh | Jr. Clerk | Store (Seed & Grain) Seed Processing work, Seed Sale etc. |
3. Zonal Research Station -Ujhani
Zonal Research Centre comes in the Mid-Western Plain Zone of Uttar Pradesh which falls in between 27º 60′ and 29º 50′ N Latitude and 78º and 80º 40′ S Longitude of the State. The altitude in this region varies between 150-300m. The Ganges flow from North to South in the west part of this Zone & separates it from western plain zone. This zone comprises an area of 30.50 thousands square kilo meter, being third largest region of Uttar Pradesh, accounts for 10.50 per cent of the total reported area under land utilization of the state. The Agro climatic conditions of this zone are dry and warm. Soils are mostly alluvial and neutral to moderately alkaline in reaction with low to medium in organic contents. Average rainfall of this region ranges from 650 mm to 1,600 mm and district Budaun receives minimum rainfall.
Almost 90 per cent of rainfall is concentrated in four months from mid June to mid October which is variable and erratic. In this zone tube wells and canals are the major sources of irrigation but larger area is irrigated through tube wells except Bareilly district. Budaun has the least area under irrigation i.e. approx 44 per cent.
Almost 90 per cent of rainfall is concentrated in four months from mid June to mid October which is variable and erratic. In this zone tube wells and canals are the major sources of irrigation but larger area is irrigated through tube wells except Bareilly district. Budaun has the least area under irrigation i.e. approx 44 per cent.
Staff Position
| S.No. | Name | Designation |
| 1 | Dr. S.B. Singh | OIC, Res. St. Ujhani |
| 2 | Dr. A.K. Chaubey | Assoc. Prof., Soil Science |