Agriculture Research Station of Gonbad

The Agriculture Research Station of Gonbad is one of the well known agricultural research stations in Iran because of its considerable contribution to releasing high yielding varieties. The breedres at the station try to find lines and to produce hybrids with greater stability and higher tolerance to harsh abiotic conditions prevailing in the region. The researchers do research on crops such as chickpea, lentil, wheat, barley, sunflower, canola, cotton and melon. The best IPM methods in controling pests, diseases and weeds are also studied. Increasing yield of crops per ha and per input is one of the princicpal aims of the researchers.