Future research strategies

• Breeding varieties resistant to major biotic constraints.
• Improving yield levels by developing input-responsive improved plant types.
• Evolving early maturing varieties suitable for different cropping pattern (sole cropping, intercropping, relay cropping etc.).
• Germplasm collection and evaluation.
• Identification of efficient strains of Rhizobium.
• Development of integrated pest management (IPM) systems.
• Development of better agronomic practices for major pulses and production system post-harvest technologies.
• Initiation of systematic research on horse gram, common bean and black gram.