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Since its establishment in 1970, various facilities are being created from time to time. There is a spacious building sufficient for laboratories and offices.

Experimental area: The experimental area is well laid out with five tubewells and network of canal water. Underground water is suitable for irrigation covering and whole farm area under irrigation system. The farm area is protected from outside by the boundary wall and barbed wire. The station is equipped with three insect screen houses and two walk-in environmental chambers for working on transgenic events and for raising elite cotton material in off-season. These units give new dimensions to the cotton research for development of novel technologies. The equipment for determining the ginning outturn of cotton genotypes and juice quality of sugarcane cultivars are available. One of the major advantages of the farm is that experimental area, building and stores are located at the same place which makes the monitoring of research trials and data recording more efficient.

Modernized labs: The station has a well-established molecular lab equipped with equipment like thermocycler, Gel documentation system, spectrophotometer, RT PCR, incubators, ELISA reader and washer, microscopes, deep freezers, tissue lyzer for nucleic acids/ protein extraction etc. Besides these photosynthetic system, leaf area meter are also available at this station for conducting research on the physiological parameters of cotton and sugarcane. This research station is well equipped with computers and high-speed internet connectivity.

Agrometeorological observatory: An Agrometeorological observatory equipped with advanced Agrometeorological instruments such as Single Stevenson Screen (containing maximum, minimum, dry bulb and wet bulb thermometers), Ordinary Rain Gauge, Open Pan Evaporimeter, Soil Thermometer (05 cm, 10 cm and 20 cm soil depth), Anemometer, Wind Vane and Campbell Stroke Sunshine Recorder has been established at this station. Besides, automatic weather station (AWS) with advanced sensors is also functioning for recording daily weather parameters.

Residential quarters: There are nine residential quarters for the scientists apart from Director’s residence. There are 6 quarters for the supporting staff members. The campus is in the heart of the city which connects it well through rail and road.

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