Central Plantation Crops Research Institute

Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasaragod
Type Public
Established 1916
Academic affiliation
 Indian Council of Agricultural Research

The Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI)[1] is a research institute established in 1970 as one of the agricultural research institutes in the National Agricultural Research System (NARS) under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The institute is located at Kasaragod in Kerala.

History

The Kerala Coconut Research Station was initially established in 1916 by the then Government of Madras and subsequently it was taken over by the Indian Central Coconut Committee in 1948. CPCRI is located three kilometers north of Kasaragod on the Mangalore road.[2]

References

  1. ↑ http://cpcri.gov.in/
  2. ↑ "Yellow leaf disease management in areca plots". The Hindu. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
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