Main Maize Research Station, Anand Agricultural University, Godhra 389 001 (Panchmahals)

            The Main Maize Research Station, AAU, Godhra was beginning in 1960, Main Maize Research Station, Anand Agriculture University, Godhra is one the centers of All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) on Maize in India.  The station mandated to work on increasing maize production and productivity of this hot-dry state. This center indentified for ideal drought screening site owing to weather parameters and soil type.  Maize is an important cereal crops for the state of Gujarat, largely grown as rainfed and therefore prone to face vagaries of monsoon rains and various abiotic stresses, such as drought and heat stress. Therefore, stress-resilient maize is one of the top priority areas for our institute this centre has come out as an internationally renowned research station on maize crops under the Anand Agricultural University, Anand. For the past years, the station has made tremendous progress in terms of both research accomplishment and infrastructural development under State Plan, NARP, AICRP, NICRA-CIMMYT and other agency project.