Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture - CISH

About Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture - CISH

Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture was established as Central Mango Research Station at Lucknow as a station of Indian Institute of Horticultural Research during 1972. It was upgraded to Central Institute of Horticulture for Northern Plains during 1984. It was renamed to present Institute during 1995. The major mandate of the Institute is to undertake basic and applied research to enhance productivity and develop value chain to major and minor subtropical fruits; to act as national repository of above fruit crops; to act as a Centre for human resource development and provide consultancy to stakeholders and to develop linkage with national and international agencies to accomplish the above mandate. The work on all the aspects of mandate fruits particularly mango has been the major thrust area of the Institute.  The headquarter of All India Coordinated Research Project on Subtropical Fruits is also located at this Institute.

ICAR International Training Programmes

1.  Production, Protection and Post-Harvest Management of Mango

Training Programme

The course is designed to strengthen the knowledge and skill of the participants with respect to improvement, cultivation practices, protection from insect pest and diseases, postharvest management and value addition in mango.

Faculty

The Institute has well qualified and trained scientists with vast experience on all the technological aspects of mango. If need be, resource persons might also be drawn from the eminent scientists available in Lucknow itself.

Course Contents

● Varietal improvement through selection and breeding
● Production technology of mango
● Organic production of mango
● Nursery production
● Mango based cropping system
● Integrated water and nutrient management
● Integrated pest and disease management
● Postharvest handling and storage of mango
● Value addition and waste utilization
● Domestic and foreign trade