• APPLE :-King Roat, Dark Baron Gala, Chelan Spur, Schnico Gala are the other varieties introduced at the station

• A block of high density plantation has been established at Bajaura as well as Seobagh depicting different training systems
• In plum early maturing (Red Beaute) and late maturing (Frontier and Mariposa) cultivars of plum were introduced and are in cultivation with the farmers. Anew variety of plum has been evaluate and recommended to the orchardists.

In pear cv. Starkrimson (red coloured) and Carmen varieties were introduced and are in cultivation in Kullu valley

• In Apricot introductions from Srinagar have been evaluated and Under new fruits, kiwifruit (cvs Hayward and Allison) and pomegranate (cvs Kandhari Kabuli, Bhagwa) have also been introduced and recommended to the growers.
• Red Haven cv. of peach and Silver King of nectarine have been found suitable for cultivation. New cultivars viz., Spring Bright, Red Gold, Venus Missorie and Syria of nectarines and cv. Andross of peach are at final stage of evaluation and recommendation.

• A new variety of Pomegranate “Kandhari Seedless”, has been developed through crossing main variety Kandhari Kabuli with soft seeded variety Bhagwa, this variety is having the soft seeds of Bhagwa and fruit yield and colour qualities of Kandhari Kabuli.

A bud wood bank of all the recommended varieties of apple including virus indexed plants has been established at Seobagh

• A new variety of tomato named Baj-T-4 has been developed through the recurrent selection process and is under evaluation.
• A new pea variety has been developed and is under field evaluation for the recommendation to the farmers.
• The technology of year round production of cauliflower has been recommended for higher net profits of the farmers under the mid hills of the state.

• Production technology of cultivation of lilium, carnation and gladioli has been standardized.
• A large collection of flowers, indoor plants and other landscape plants has also been done at the station.

• An Arboretum - Pinetum having exotic pines, conifers, broad leaved and other timber species has been established at Manali and the agro forestry activities are being undertaken at Bajaura.
• The growers are being provided plants of thornless Robinia pseudoacacia, hybrid poplar, chinar etc
• Temperate bamboo species are being tested for their suitability in Kullu valley.
• Bamboo based agro forestry system involving bamboo species viz. Phyllostachys pubesense and Dendrocalamus hamiltonii is under evaluation along with field crop viz., ginger, turmeric, aloevera, soybean and wheat.
• A good collection of grasses has also been maintained.
• In Research Farm at Rahla 34 species of temperate aromatic and medicinal plants have been domesticated and maintained.
• Propagation techniques for successful cultivation of Picrorhiza kurrooa have been standardized.

• Forecasting based monitored control strategy developed for the effective management of apple scab disease and a fungicide spray schedule was formulated and recommended to apple growers for adoption.
• For the control of premature defoliation in apple, a schedule comprising of three consecutive fungicide sprays starting with mancozeb (0.25%) + carbendazim (0.05%) at fruit development stage I (20 days after walnut stage) followed by another two sprays with zineb (0.3%) at fruit development stage II (20 days after FDI) and ziram (0.3%) at pre harvest (20 days prior to fruit harvest) stage was found quite effective (PDC=99.42) and economical (Cost Benefit Ratio (CBR) =1:5.92).

• Four applications (at petal fall, walnut and twice at 15-20 days after walnut stage) of summer oils (Orchex 796, DC Tron, IPOL (summer) and Shelter 909) @ 1.0% control mite in apple at moderate to low populations under field condition.
• Timing of two applications of insecticide chlorpyriphos (0.04%) starting at 450-475 day degrees only on infested apple trees provided excellent control of scale populations during summer. Summer oils were found as effective as other miscible oils (HPSO and SERVO) @ 2.0%.
• A spray schedule for effective management of foliar and fruit insect pests/mite in apple has been formulated and recommended.
• Effective management of the root borer can be done by i) Drenching with chlorpyrifos (0..1%) up to 1.25m radius around the tree trunk in October – November and March. ii) Mixing of insecticidal dust @ 300gms per tree from mid-June to Mid July. iii) Killing of the adult beetle by installing the light traps inside the orchard. iv) Mechanical killing of the grubs by exposing the roots of infested trees
• Buds and flower damaging beetles in apple and pear have been effectively controlled by the application of methyl parathion (0.05%) /Chlorpyriphos (0.04%)/monocrotophos (0.04%) once or twice at a weekly interval before flowering.
• Methods for scientific management of Apis cerana indica honey bees have been developed and promoted among local bee keepers. A fixed beehive with movable frames has also been designed to keep cerana bees in fruit orchards.

• An Agromet Observatory has been established with the help of IMD during 1992. Based on the forecast received from Super Computer (Pune) under National Medium Range Weather Forecasting System, an Agromet Advisory Bulletin is prepared and released every week on Tuesday since 1995 through print and electronic media for the benefit of local growers.