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The Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (acronym CSSRI) is an autonomous institute of higher learning, established under the umbrella of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) by the Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India for advanced research in the field of soil sciences. The Institute is located on Kachawa Road in Karnal, in the state of Haryana, 125 km from the Indian capital of New Delhi. == Profile == Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) had its origin in Hisar, Haryana, on 1 March 1969, as per recommendations of an Indo-American team, employed to assist the Indian Council of Agricultural Research in developing a comprehensive water management program for India. However, by October, 1969, the Institute was shifted to its present premises in Karnal and a year later, the ''Central Rice Research Station'', Canning Town, West Bengal was merged with CSSRI. The institute has a satellite unit in Bharuch, which was originally started in Anand in 1989, but moved to Bharuch in 2003 and hosts the coordinating unit of AICRP on ''Management of Salt Affected Soils and Use of Saline Water in Agriculture'' with a network of eight research centres located in different agro ecological regions of the country at Agra, Bapatala, Bikaner, Gangawati, Hisar, Indore, Kanpur and Tiruchirapalli. The coordinating unit of AICRP on Water Management'' was a part of CSSRI from early seventies till 1990 when it was moved to Rahuri in Maharashtra. The main achievements of CSSRI may be listed as: * Reclamation of alkaline soils with the addition of chemical amendments.〔()〕 * Reclamation of saline soils through subsurface drainage. * Development and release of salt tolerant crop varieties of rice, wheat and mustard.〔 * Reclamation of salt affected soils through salt tolerant trees. * Development of for the salt affected areas of vertisols and coastal regions. The Institute has reclaimed nearly 1.5 million hectares of salt affected land for productive use, producing approximately 15 million tons of food grains annually.〔 * Development of subsurface drainage technology for waterlogged saline soils. Reclamation has been completed on approximately 50,000 hectares of land in Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.〔 * Replenishment of depleting water tables by artificial ground water recharge. CSSRI manages an International Training Centre under an Indo-Dutch collaboration since 2001. It offers post graduate level programs in association with State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and other Universities.〔 The Institute has undertaken several national and international projects. * International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) sponsored rice improvement program〔()〕 * Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ACIAR Homepage )〕 sponsored Indo-Australian program for wheat improvement * IRRI, Philippines and CIMMYT, Mexico sponsored program of cereal based systems 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Soil Salinity Research Institute」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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