NBPGR jobs for Project Assistant Agriculture in Hyderabad. Last Date to apply: 19 Sep 2016
Job Description
Project Assistant Agriculture recruitment in National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources
Project on “Agri-biodiversity of Telangana: Inventorization and documentation for posterity and sustainable management of crop genetic resources”
Location of Project work :NBPGR Reg.Station, Hyderabad
Essential Qualification: Master’s Degree in Botany/ Agriculture/ Agril.Botany/ Plant Genetic Resources/ Plant Breeding/ Plant Biotechnology/ Genetics/ Plant Physiology/ Agronomy/ Horticulture etc..
Desirable : Computer knowledge and data entry experience in creating and maintenance of Crop Genetic Resources Databases.
Upper age limit :35 years for men and 40 years for women
Pay Scale: Rs.16,000
Job Particulars
About Company
In an unprecedented initiative, NBPGR, for the first time, has characterized and evaluated (preliminary) entire germplasm of wheat (22000 accessions comprising T. aestivum, T. durum and T. dicoccum) conserved in the National Genebank, at three locations in during Rabi 2011-12. At CCS HAU, Hisar, the wheat accessions have been characterized under optimum conditions. Data on 32 agro-morphological characters are used to develop a core-set. At IARI Regional Station, Wellington wheat germplasm were screened against rusts and other major foliar diseases. A sub-set of accessions identified to be potentially tolerant/resistant are being screened at two other hot-spots. At NBPGR, Issapur Farm, two sets of wheat germplasm, one under normal sowing and second set under late sowing were screened for terminal heat tolerance.
