India Marching Towards Self-Sufficiency in Pulses
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Mungbean ‘Virat’- Diversifying Indian Agriculture
- Virat (IPM 205-7), the world’s first extra early synchronous variety of mungbean matures in 52-55 days, is amenable to a single harvest.
- With a share of >25% in the national breeder seed indent with an expected cultivated area of >3 lakh ha.
- Grown in Indo-Gangetic plains, canal command areas of Central India and new delta area of southern peninsula thus diversifying rice-wheat system of North and Rice-rice system of southern India
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PusaArhar 16: A Short Duration Determinate Type Varieties
- PADT 16 is having compact semi-erect plant type which is suitable for high density planting and harvesting by combine.
- Its extra early maturity allows growing of mustard/wheat/potato after its harvest.
- Due to its semi-dwarf stature spraying is easy and efficient with knapsack sprayer.
- Average yield: 20 q/ha
- Maturity: 120 days
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IPL 220 - Biofortified Lentil Variety
- Rich in iron (65.0 ppm) in comparison to 45.0-50.0 ppm in popular varieties
- Grain yield: 13.0 q/ha
- Maturity: 100 days
- Medium seed with orange cotyledon
- Suitable for rainfed condition
- Adaptation: Rabi season in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
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Pusa Chickpea 10216
- Country’s first drought tolerant MAS-derived chickpea variety suitable for rainfed as well as irrigated conditions
- It has an excellent grain color, size and shape. Its average 100-seed weight is 22.2 g with grain protein content of 22.6 per cent.
- It is moderately resistant to Fusarium wilt , dry root rot and stunt.
- Medium seed with orange cotyledon
- It is moderately resistant to pod borer.
- It is an early flowering and early maturing variety. It flowers in about 50-55 days .
- Average grain yield: 14.8 q/ha and (under drought stress condition) .
- Maturity: 106 days
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Desi Chickpea ‘IPC 2005-62’ with High Protein Content
- A late sown variety of chickpea with high protein content (26%)
- Average yield: 1018 kg/ha
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JRO 524 of Jute: Strengthening Jute Industry in India and Bangladesh
- Annually, 3500-4000 tons seed of JRO 524 is exported to Bangladesh, costing Rs. 50-60 crores.
- JRO 524 and JRO 204 occupy more than 70 percent of the jute area of the country.
- Whole-genome sequencing of Corchorus olitorious cv. JRO-524 (Navin) with a draft genome of 377.3 Mbp, paving the way to develop innovative varieties of jute using gene and molecular marker technology.
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