A team of agricultural scientists, comprising of plant breeders, agronomists, entomologists, pathologists, extension specialists, seed technologists and biotechnologists, some of the best in the country, work relentlessly to develop new crop varieties, helping millions of Indian farmers to enhance productivity and harvest a good crop. The R & D team remains in close contact with our nation-wide network of marketing personnel, so as to maintain close contact with the ground realities and farmers' ever-changing requirements. Over 72 hybrids in different crops with higher yield potential, resistance to disease and insect pests, and appropriate quality parameters, have been developed during the last 25 years of the Company's existence.

The recent approval by the Govt of India, of three Bt cotton hybrids, one each for North, Central and South Zone, is a major accomplishment of the R&D programme. The process of product development involved multi-location trials and large scale trials, running into several hundreds. Besides two large (> 40 Acres) Research Farms, one at Isarwadi (about 35 kms from Aurangabad) and another just close to the R & D laboratories at Aurangabad, the R & D programme has six sub-stations across the main agro-climatic regions of the country. These Trial and Testing (T & T) Centers serve the critical purpose of rigorous assessment in the process of product development and quality control. An exclusive Rice Breeding Centre has been established at Hyderabad. The R&D activities of the company attract attention of large number of farmers, as also dealers and distributors of seeds and agri. technologies. Also, every year, the R & D Centre offers training to a large number of deserving graduate and post-graduate students, of the neighboring States in general and Maharashtra state in particular.