IMPORTANT VARIETIES

 Important Varieties of Crops 

Rice : 

(First introduced drawf variety into India), IR-8, Jaya (Blast Resistant),Padma, Mashuri, Kakatiya, Pusa Basumati, Pusa Jaldidan, Lunisree, Ratna, TKM-6 (Stem borer resistant), Kataribogh (Tungro resistant), ADT-27 (indica x japonica), Santchousong (High protein content), Dee-Gee-Woo-Gen, Bala (Drought resistant), IR-20 (Resistant to Blast, BLB, stemborer, leafhopper). 


Wheat : 

Introduction from Mexico: Lerma Rojo and sonara-64. A
Single gene dwarf varieties : Safed lerma, Sharbati sonara, pusa Lerma, Chotu lerma. 
Double gene dwarf varieties: Shera, Arjun, Janak. 
Triple gene dwarf varieties: Heera, Moti. 
HD series, Kundan, C-306 (drought resistant). 

Chickpea :

  Pusa 256 PBG-1 203, Pusa 209: Gaurav ICCC-32, Ajay. 

Pigeonpea : 

UPAS-120 9short duration), ICPH-8 (First Hybrid), (Arhar) Pusa 33, Pusa Agati, ICPL 37. Hira, Mukta, Bahar, Prabat. SBH-8. 

Sugarcane: 

Noble Canes: CO-419, Co-997 

Soybean : 

Bragg, Lee Clark-63, Shilajeet, Pusa 16, 20, 24, PK-327 


Tomato :

 Pusa Sheetal, Pusa-120, Pusa Early Dwarf, Pusa Ruby, Margologe, Sioux,· Pusa Gauray, Best of All. 

Mango : 

Malika (neelam x dasheri),Amrapali (dasheri x neelam) 
Ratna (neelam x alphonso) 


Bannana : 

Poovan (larplur, Chakrakeli), Basrai, Champa 
Hill Bananas : Sirumali, virupakshi 
Culinary varieties : Monthan, Gross Mitchell, Mindoli Robusta Rasthali 

Rose:

 Chitra, Dr. B. P. Pal, Priyadarshini, Nehru Ceremony, Jawhar, Abisarika, Banjara, Randhawa. 


Califlower: 

Pusa Deepali, Pusa synthetic, Pusa Katki, Early Snowball, Kanwari ,Early, Patna, Patna Main crop, Snowball16, Sutton’s Snowball Japanese improved, Dania, Aghani, Poosi. 

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