IMPORTANT VARIETIES PM dedicates to the Nation 35 crop varieties with special traits Trait specific field crop varieties dedicated to the Nation 9 Quinoa Buckwheat Winged bean, Faba bean Soybean Soybean Soybean Mustard Mustard Him Shakti Him Phaphra PBW 11-2 HFB 2 NRC 138 KBVS 1 (Karune) NRC 142 PusaDuble Zero Mustard 31 RCH 1 AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE High protein content (15.64%) and oil (8.91%) High protein (13.1%) with methionine and iron (6.6 mg/ 100g) content High pod yield and protein content High seed yield and protein content (24.13%) Early maturing amenable to mechanical harvesting First variety of soybean having green pod suitable for consumption First double null variety free from anti- nutritional factor Kunitz trypsin inhibitor (KTI) and lipoxygenase-2 (principal contributor to off-flavour) High yielding (26.4 q/ha) variety of mustard with Canola quality (erucic acid <2% and glucosinolates<30ppm) High yielding (26.7 q/ha) hybrid of mustard with Canola quality (erucic 9669186818, 9926868282acid <2% and glucosinolates<30ppm) 10 Pigeonpea IPH 15-3 Early maturing (<150 day) and resistant to wilt and sterility and mosaic disease 11 Pigeonpea IPH 09-5 Early maturing (<150 day) and resistant to wilt and sterility and mosaic disease 12 Chickpea “ Pusa Chickpea A drought tolerant high yielding 4005 varieties of chickpea developed through marker assisted selection 13 Chickpea IPCMB 19-3 A Fusarium wilt resistant high protein (Samriddhi) (22.9%) variety developed through marker assisted selection 14 Pearl millet. PB 1877 Summer pearl millet variety rich in Iron (42 ppm) and zine (32 ppm) 15 Pearl millet HHB 67 Pearl millet hybrid rich in Iron (42. Improved 2 ppm) and zinc (32 ppm) and resistance to downy mildew 16 Sorghum JaicarRaseela- Sweet sorghum suitable for 1G biofuel CSV 49SS (SPV and silage making 2600) 17 Sorghum CSH 47 (SPG High biomass variety suitable for 2G 1798) biofuel and silage making 18 Forage JaicarUrja-CSV High biomass variety suitable for 2G sorghum 48 (SPV 2402) _ biofuel and silage making 19 Rice Pusa Basmati Herbicide tolerance in the background 1979 AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE of PusaBasmati 1121. Suitable for direct seeding also 9669186818, 9926868282Rice Pusa Basmati Herbicide tolerance in the background 1985 of PusaBasmati 1509. Suitable for direct seeding also 21 Rice Pusa Basmati Bacterial blight and blast resistance in 1886 the background of Pusa Basmati 6. 22 Rice Pusa Basmati Bacterial blight and blast resistance in 1847 the background of Pusa Basmati 1509 23 Rice Pusa Basmati Bacterial blight and blast resistance in 1885 the background of Pusa Basmati 1121 24 Rice DRR Dhan 58 Resistant to bacterial blight (Xa21, xa13, xa5) and seedling stage salinity tolerance (Saltol QTL) in | the background of Samba Masuri 25 Rice DRR Dhan 59 Resistant to bacterial blight (Xa33) in the background of Akshyadhan 26 Rice DRR Dhan 60 Resistant to bacterial blight (Xa21,_ xa13, xa5) and low soil phosphorus tolerance (Pup1) in the background of Samba Masuari 27° Maize Pusa HQPM-1 High 7.02 g/g of provitamin, lysine Improved (4.59%) and tryptophan (0.85%); (APQH-1) widely adapted hybrid suitable for all zones 28 Maize PusaBiofortified Rich in provitamin-A (6.6 ng/g), lysine Maize Hybrid-1 (3.37%) and tryptophan (0.72%); (APH-1) hybrid suitable for northern hill and north eastern plain zone 29° Maize Pusa HM4 Male First male sterile baby corn hybrid of Sterile Baby AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 3Corn (Shishu) the country (ABSH4-1) Saves Rs. 8,000-10,000/- per ha as no manual detasseling is required 30 Wheat DBW 332 High yielding wheat variety with 78.3 q/ha grain yield with high protein content (12.2%) and zinc (40.6 ppm) 31 Wheat DBW 327 High yielding wheat variety with high Zinc content (44.4 ppm) in its grains 32 Wheat HI 1636 High yielding biofortified variety with high zinc content (44.4 ppm) and excellent chapati quality (8.24/10) 33 Wheat HUW 838 High yielding wheat variety with high Zinc content (41.8 ppm) in its grains 34 Wheat MP (JW) 1358 —- High yielding wheat variety rich |in protein (12.1%) and iron (40.6 ppm) 35 Wheat HI 8123 High yielding durum wheat variety with high zinc content (40.1 ppm) and protein content (12.1%) with good pasta acceptability (5.9) Rice Rice varieties developed by ICAR-NRRI Reaction to diseases and pests AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282t/ha 1 |Padma Irrigated 1968 [120 |SB | CVRC MR-BLField tolerance to all major Diseases & Pest 2 Bala Upland 1970 105 |SB | CVRC MR-BL, SB, Hard to thresh 3 Kiron Irrigated 1970 110 |MS West Bengal Field tolerance to all major Diseases & Pest, 2.3 t/ha 4 (Krishna (Irrigated |1970 125 |MS | CVRC R-BL,MR- SB, Susceptible to GM 5 Ratna Irrigated 1970 | 125 |LS CVRC MR-BL, SB, 5.75 t/ha 6 Vijaya Irrigated |1970 135 |MS | CVRC R-BL, MR- SB, Sus. to GM 7 Saket-4 Irrigated |1971 115 | LS Uttar MR-BLB, Pradesh GLH, SB,6 t/ha 8 Jayanti Irrigated 1973 135 | LS CVRC Tol. to blast 9 Kalinga-I Irrigated |1973 105 | LB Orissa Sus. to all diseases 10 Kalinga Irrigated 1973 100 | LB Orissa Sus. to all I diseases 11 (Shakti ‘Irrigated 1973 135 |SB Orissa R-RTV,MR- ShBI, GLH,GM 12 Supriya Irrigated 1973 |125 |MS __ Orissa MR-BLB,SB 13 | Vani Irrigated 1975 125 |LS Orissa MR- BL,BLB,R- RTV 14 | Naikichili Irrigated 1977 |120 | LS Tamil Nadu __ Tol. to 15 Anamika Shallow 1979 145- |LB; | CVRC, West Semi dwarf AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 5lowlands 150 Bengal, (100-110 Bihar, Orissa cm), MR- and Assam —_ BL,BLB, SB and RLH, 4.25 t/ha 16 Indira Irrigated 1980 125 |MS Orissa MR- BL,BLB,SB, 4.8 t/ha 17 (Pallavi Irrigated 1980 125 |MS__ Orissa R-BLB Grain: LS — Long Slender MB -Medium Bold, MS -Medium Slender, SB-Short Bold, MB-Medium Bold; Resistance: BL-Blast, NBL- Neck blast, BLB - Bacterial Leaf Blight, BPH ~ Brown Plant Hopper, BS -Brown Spot, GB -Gundhi Bug, GM -Gall Midge, GLH - Green Leaf Hopper LF -Leaf Folder RTV -Rice Tungro Virus, SB -Stem Borer Sh.B - Sheath Blight, Sh.R -Sheath Rot, WBPH - White Back Plant Hopper, SB -Stem Borer. World’s first hybrid variety: PRH-10 First hybrid in India: CORH-10 Miracle rice jaya: TN-1 x T-141 First mutant variety: jagannath First high yielding dwarf variety: IR-8 IR-8 introduced in India in 1965. 1% hybrid variety by private sector: PHB-71. Waterlogged: jaldhi, madhuker, jalpriy, pankaj jalmagan. Scented varieties: badshah bhog, kasturi, kalimuchh, pusa basmati. VV AK AKASRA WHEAT v 15 dwarf gene variety norin-10, developed by Dr. N E Borlaug in 1961-62. ¥ All three rust resistant variety: larma rojo. Y Mexican dwarf variety sanora-64, sanora-63, larma rojo. > Single dwarf gene variety: Lerma rojo 64-A * Sujata * Girja: suitable for hills of north India. * Sonalika: developed from selection of HD1553 and RR 21. AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282© UP-215 ¢ WL-711 > Double dwarf gene variety: + Kalyan sona: developed from kalyan 227 and sona 227 * Sonar0-64 * Chhoti lerma * HD-2009 (arjun) * Janak, pratap, > Triple dwarf gene variety: « Jawahar, jyoti, hira, moti, sangam, lal badshah. > Lok-1 suitable for late sowing. > Marconi wheat: jayraj, meghdoot, malvika. MAIZE > Fodder maize: African tall > Sweet corn: composite madhuri, Punjab sweet, vin orange, composite priya. > Popcorn: amber pop, V L Amber, jawahar, pearl pop corn. > Baby corn: prakash, parvati > Composite variety: kisan, protina shakti, ratan. > Hybrid ¥ Yellow seeded: ganga-1, 3, 5,101, ranjit, himalya. Y White seeded: ganga safer-2, high starch, ganga-4 SORGHUM/JOWAR > Drought and rainfed resistant: CSH-1, 6, 9, 11 and 3. > Sweet sorghum: RSSV 46, NSS 216. > Sirsa-20, HCN free variety. SUGARCANE > Co-7814, co-775, » Wonder cane: co-671, co-419. SOYBEAN AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 7> Shilajit, ankur, gohar, jawahar, ahilya-4, > American: brag, lee, Clark, kent, hordi, GROUNDNUT > Bunch type: jyoti > Spreading type: Chandra > Kuber, girnar, somnath. COTTON > Hybrid: verlaxmi, dhanlaxmi, fateh, savita, tulsi > Bt cotton: bollgaurd, bramha, malika, ambika. PIGEON PEA > Early: UPAS-120, prabhat (11-120 days), pant-A3, pragti. > Hybrid: ICPH-8 (first hybrid) developed by ICRISAT in 1991 > Other: aasha, amar. GRAM > Avrodhi (wilt resistant), aparna, gaurav, chafa. PEA > Alankar, arkil, bonvile, PSM-3, aparna (leaf less), salvia. MANGO ¥ Hybrid varieties AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 99268682822. 3. 4 6. he 8. 9. 10. 11. Neelum Mallika Neelum X Dashehari Ratna Neelum X Alphanso Sindhu Ranta X Alphanso Arka Aruna —_ Banganapalli X Alphanso Arka Puneet Alphanso X Banganapalli Ambika Amrapali X Janardhan Pasand Arunika — Amrapali X Vanraj Manjeera Rumani X Neelum Sai Totapari X Kesar sungandha Pusa Amrapali X Pratibha Sensation IARI (1971) FRS, Vengurla FRS, Vengurla IIHR: IIHR: CISH, Lucknow (2000) CISH, Lucknow (2008) IARI (2012) ¥ Suitable for canning purpose- Alphanso (Hapus) ¥ Mutant variety- Rosica Y Off season variety- Madhulika, Niranjan Y Kesar- for Gujarat Y Alphanso- Maharashtra Y Dashehari, Langra- Uttar Pradesh Y Gulab Khas- Bihar ¥ Banganapalli- Andhra Pradesh density planting) Spacing- 2.5 X 2.5 Me Regular bearer, High TSS Free from Spoungy tissue World’s first Seedless variety (Stenospermocarpy) Regular bearer Fruit size 220-250 gm Late season variety Fruits are orange yellow with red blush Dwarf and regular bearer with fibreless flesh Free from Mango Malformation Bright red peel and orange pulp AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282¥ Totapari- Karnataka Y Himsagar, Kishan Bhog & Lakshamanbhog- West Bengal Y Safeda & Neelum- Andhra Pradesh Sindhuri etc BANANA v Dwarf Cavendis- It is a popular commercial cultivar grown extensively for table and processing purpose. It is highly susceptible to Sigatoka leaf spot disease. Y Robusta- It is a semi-tall variety. Fruit is very sweet with a good aroma. Bunch weighs about 25-30 kg. Requires propping. Y Rasthali- It is a medium tall variety. Fruits are yellowish green throughout their development, but turn pale yellow to golden yellow afterripening. Y Poovan- It is a leading commercial cultivar grown throughout the country, It is generally cultivated as a perennial crop. Mediumsized bunch, closely packed fruits, good keeping quality and resistant to fruit cracking is its plus points.But it is highly susceptible to Banana Bract Mosaic Viral (BBMV) disease and Banana Streak Virus,(BSV), which cause considerable reduction in yield. Y Nendran- It is a popular varietyused for processing or Chips making. Y Virupakashi Y Safed Velchi- This is considered a good quality fruit for table purpose PAPAYA v Hybrid 1. CO-3 -CO-2 x Sunrise solo 2. CO-4 — CO-2 x Washington 3. CO-7 —- CO-3 x Pusa delicious x Coorg Honey dew 4. Arka Surya- Sunrise solo x Pink flesh sweet (developed by ITHR) 5. Arka Prabhat- Surya x Tainung 1 x Local dwarf (developed by II AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 Y Other varieties- Bombay green, Chausa, Fazli, Jardalu, Malda, Lal 10Y Diocious varieties- CO-1, CO-2, CO-5 (Highest papain), CO-6, Pusa giant, Pusa dwarf, Pusa Nanha, Betty, Hatras gold. Y Gynodiocious varietires- Pusa Delicious, Sunrise solo, Coorg honey dew, Taiwan, Pusa majesty GRAPE Y Hybrid varieties s. Hybrids Parents No. 1. Pusa Madeline x Ruby Navrang red 2. Pusa Hur x Beauty urvashi seedless 3.) Pusa Aditi Banqui abyad x perlette 4. Pusa _ Hur x Bharat early Trishar —_x Beauty seedless 5.) ArkaHans Banglore Blue x Anab-e-Shahi 6. Arka Anab-e-Shahi x Majesty Black Champa 7. Arka Black Champa x Neelmani Thompson seedless 8. Arka Anab-e-Shahi x Developed by IARI JARI JARI TARI IIHR IIHR IIHR IIHR Remark TSS ranging from 18-20%. Resistant to anthracnose disease. TSS varies from 20 to 22%. It is suitable for table purpose and raisin making. It is tolerant to anthracnose and powdery mildew. It is a three way cross hybrid Suitable for making White wine Used for table purpose Used for making Red wine Table purpose AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 11(QM shwetha — Thompsom seedless Y Coloured Seedless- Beauty seedless (blue black)mid-season, Krishmish Charni (brick red) Mid-season (sharad seedless). Flame seedless (Purple) late. Y White seeded- Anab-e-shahi, Dilkush, Cheemasahebi Y White seedless- Perlette CITRUS ® Intergeneric hybrids: Y Citrange- Trifoliate orange x C. sinensis, cultivars are Troyer, Carriyo, Morton, Stonia, Rusk, Coleman. Y Citrangor- citrange x C. sinensis Y Cicitrange- citrange x ponicirus trifoliate Y Citrandarin- P. trifoliata x C. reticulata (mandarin). Y Citrumelo- P.trifoliata x C. paradisi (grape fruit). © Varieties of Acid Lime v Chakradhar (Seedless) Vv Pramalini (Canker Tolerant) ¥ PKM-1 Y Vikram Y Sai Sarbati (Tolerant variety to tristeza virus and Canker) ©» Varieties of Sweet orange v Hamlin v Jaffa Y Batavin Y Satgudi (Cultivated in Andhra Pradesh) ¥ Valencia Y Mosambi (Cultivated in Maharashtra) AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 12V Pineapple Kinnow is a cross between King orange x Willow leaf. POMEGRANATE 1. Hybrids ¥ Ruby- Cross of Ganesh x Kabul. Developed by IIHR. The fruit weighs 270g ¥ Mridula- Ganesh x Gul-e-Shah. The average fruit weight is 250-300 grams. ¥ Amlidana- Cross of Ganesh x Nana 2, Hard seeded Varieties Y Vadki or Alandi- It is commonly grown in Maharastra and Gujarat. Fruits are of medium size, blood red or deep pink flesh with sweet, slightly acidic juice. v Kandhari v Muskat v Kabul 3. Soft seeded varieties ¥ Paper shell- Grown in south India ¥ Ganesh- It is a selection from Alandi. TSS 16-17 %. ¥ Jyoti- TSS 16 % developed by IIHR Y Mridula v Jalore seedless- Developed by CAZRI Jodhpur ¥ CO-1 v Arakta Y Dholka © Wonderfull is a variety of Pomegranate developed in USA. Large fruit sized variety (700gm) GUAVA 1. Hybrid AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 13Y Arka Mridula-Seedless x Allahabad safeda. Developed by IIHR. Fruits are round in shape and weigh about 180g.The TSS is around 12° Brix. Fruits are soft seeded and have a good keeping quality. Y Safed jam- Allahabad safeda X Kohir (Developed by Fruit research station, Andhra Pradesh) Y Kohir safeda- Kohir X Allahabad safeda (Developed by Fruit research station, Andhra Pradesh) 2. Other Varieties ¥ L-49 (Lucknow-49). it is very popular in Maharashtra. ¥ Allahabad Safeda(Fruits are medium in size (180g), round in shape with few seeds). v Behat coconut (Seedless) Y Chittidar Y Red Fleshed (pink colour flesh). Y Arka kiran v Lalit ¥ Pant prabhat Vv Hafsi BER ¥ Umran, Banarasi Kadaka, Mundia, Seb, Gola (Early and Saline tolerant) and Kaithali. Y Ber Gola, Seb and Mundia are suitable for extremely dry areas. Y BanarasiKadaka, Umran and Meharun for the dry regions. ¥ Sanaur 2, Meharun and Umran forcomparatively humid regions. PINEAPPLE Y Kew, Mauritius and Y Queen (State fruit of Tripura) ¥ Jaldhup and Lakhat APPLE AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 14. Hybrid Varieties Y Lal Ambri (Red Delicious x Ambri) Y Ambred (Red Delicious x Ambri) ¥ Sunheri (Ambri x Golden Delicious) ¥ Ambrich ( Richared x Ambri) ¥ Amroyal ( Starking Delicious x Ambri) 2. Early Season varieties Y Mollies Delicious ¥ Irish Peach v Chaubattia Princess 3. Mid-Season Varieties Y Queen’s Apple v Rome Beauty Y Scarlet Siberian ¥ Red Delicious v Red Chief Y Red Chief 4. Late Season varieties ¥ Lal Ambri Y Golden delicious Y Sunheri Chamure Y Yellow Newton ¥ Winter Banana v Red Fuji 5. Scab resistant varieties Prima, Priscilla, Sir Prize, Florina, Flrdous, Shireen, Macfree, Coop-12, Coop- 13, Liberty and Freedom POTATO > Early maturity: * Kufri chandramukhi- Average yield is 25 t/ha. Crop matures in 80-90 days. Suitable for instant flakes and chips. * Kufri ashoka- Crop matures in 70-80 days, Average yield is t/ha. Suitable for tablepurpose. AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 15+ Kufri lavakar- Crop matures in 75-80 days. Average yield is 30 t/ha. Suitable for chip making, « Kufri jawahar- Crop matures in 80-90 days. Average yield is 40 t/ha. Moderately resistant to late blight. Suitable in intensive- cropping systems. Suitable for table purpose. > Late maturity: + Kufri deva * Kufri megha > Mid maturity: + Kufri sinduri * Kufri jyoti- Average yield in hills 20 t/ha. It is suitable for processing purpose. ¢ Kufri lalima Kufri swarna + Kufri badshah- multiple resistant variety, Crop matures in 100- 110 days. Average yield is 50 t/ha. Suitable for table purpose. « Kufri pukhraj Introduced: UP TO DATE Clonal selection: kufri red and kufri safed Kufri Chipsona I & II suitable for processing Kufri sheetman is resistant to frost vvvv TOMATO 1. Determinate: vaishali, rupali, rashmi, rajni, pusa early dwarf, col, roma, panjab chuhra, arka alok, 2. Indeterminate: best of all, marglobe(marvel x globe}, arka vishal, 3. Semi-determinate: arka vikas, arka saurabh, arka meghali, arka ahuti, arka ashish, arka abha, arka shreshta. 4. Money maker, ageti, tip top, best of all; marvel, labonita. 5. Pant bahar, sonali, improved meeruti. 6. Pusa uphar, rajeshree. CHILLI AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 16California wonder, bullnose, yolo wonder, sweet banana, golden wonder, Chinese giant. Arka mohini, arka gaurav. Pusa deepti, green gold India, bharat, hira, lario early bounty. First F1 hybrid by public sector: pusa meghdoot Hybrid: pusa jwala(NP-46-A x khandari) Delhi hot, skyline, agni. vvvv vv BRINJAL > Pusa purple long, pusa purple cluster, pant samrat, pusa purple round, Punjab ‘chamkila, Punjab neelum, azad kranti, panjab bahar,Pant rituraj, pusa upkar, pusa bindu. CABBAGE > bajranj, Copenhagen market, early drumhead, golden acre, pride of India (introduced and recommended by Dr. Y.S. Parmar), pusa ageti(1* tropical variety), pusa mukta(black rot resistant), september, sri ganesh gol, august. CUALIFLOWER > pusa himjyoti, pusa snowball, pusa ketki, pusa deepali, pusa aghani, pusa early synthetic, ONION > Bellary Red, Pusa Red, NP 53, Arka Niketan, Arka Kalyan, Arka Lalima, Arka Kirthiman, Arka Pitamber, Arka Kalyan, Agri Found Light Red Agri Found Dark Red and Rose onion, early grano, Arka bindu, Bhima raj, Bhima red, Bhima kiran, Bhima super, bhima shweta, bhima shubhra. AGRIOFFICERS CHOICE 9669186818, 9926868282 17