- Selection and breeding trials (Clonal and hybrid trials, Regional variety trials, Recurrent selection trials)
- Establishing 'Seed gardens' and testing clones fidelity
- Germplasm collections (Establishment, exchanges and enhancement)
- Marker Assisted Selection for Phytophthora pod rot
- Identification of QTLs for resistance to Phytophthora pod rot, mirid and swollen shoot virus (CSSV)