Department of Plant Breeding, Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science
Under Tribhuvan University system, IAAS Rampur have also research on breeding major crops including rice, wheat, maize and grain legumes. A well equipped biotechnology laboratory for crop improvement is located at the Institute. Major coordinating department for plant breeding research is department of plant breeding in coordination with department of plant pathology, entomology, horticulture and agronomy.
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