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| name = ICAR - Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram
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| director = [http://www.ctcri.org/dpage.html Dr. Archana Mukherjee]
| city = [[Sreekaryam]] <br/> [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
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The '''ICAR - Central Tuber Crops Research Institute''', often abbreviated to '''ICAR - CTCRI''', is a constituent institute under the [[Indian Council of Agricultural Research]] (ICAR) is the only [[research]] organization in the world dedicated solely to the research on [[tropical]] [[tuber|tuber crops]]. The Institute established in 1963<ref name=ctcritvm-institute/> with its headquarters at [[Thiruvananthapuram]], [[Kerala]] has with an area of 48.19 [[hectare]]s. The headquarters of ICAR - CTCRI is located at [[Sreekaryam]] at a distance 12 km away from [[Thiruvananthapuram International Airport]] and 10 km from [[Thiruvananthapuram Central railway station]] as well as [[Central Bus Station Thiruvananthapuram]]. The Institute has a regional centre at [[Bhubaneswar]], [[Orissa, India|Orissa]] established in 1976 <ref name=ctcribbs-institute>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctcri.org/regional_center.html|title=Regional Center|publisher=Central Tuber Crops Research Institute, Thiruvananthapuram}}</ref> with an area of 20 [[hectare]]s located 8 km from [[Bhubaneswar Airport]] and 7 km from [[Bhubaneswar railway station]] to cater the needs of [[East India|Eastern India]].

==Research==
Research on [[tropical]] [[tuber|tuber crops]] is the primary mandate of CTCRI. Each division of CTCRI concentrate its research programmes on separate aspects of tuber crops. '''Crop improvement division focus''' its activities on collection [[germplasm]] of different tuber crops from different parts of the world and conserving it in field gene bank as well as [[in vitro]]. Development of new varieties of tuber crops with higher yield and other attributes suitable for industrial applications as well as for food purpose is another important activity of this division. '''Crop production division''' is engaged in developing new agro techniques for tropical tuber crops in different agro climatic regions. '''Crop protection division''' develop strategies and products for managing pests and diseases affecting tropical tuber crops. '''Crop utilization division''' concentrates its activities on value addition and post harvest processing of tropical tuber crops. '''Section of Extension and social sciences''' is involved in transferring the technologies developed by CTCRI to its clienteles.

==References==
{{reflist}}<ref>Central Tuber Crops Research Institute [http://www.ctcri.org/index.php</ref> "Website"]

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