ANGRAU develops 19 crop varieties

June 30, 2010 01:37 pm | Updated 01:37 pm IST - Hyderabad

The Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) here has developed 19 new crop varieties including that of rice, redgram, groundnut and sugarcane, which have high yielding potential.

“Different research institutions under the university have developed these 19 new crop (seeds) varieties including two hybrids which have been already released for this year, for the benefit of farmers,” ANGRAU Director (research) G. Lakshmikanth Reddy told PTI.

The new crop types include six rice varieties, three groundnut, three sugarcane, two cotton, redgram, field bean, castor (hybrid), safflower and jatropha, Mr. Reddy said.

The university has developed 371 crop varieties including hybrids in the last four decades. It also has to its credit of developing 25 per cent of rice varieties presently cultivated across India.

“Besides these, technologies developed by ANGRAU are used by 85 per cent of farming community in Andhra Pradesh,” an ANGRAU official said adding as part of future plans, the university was working on developing new varieties which are resistant to rising temperature.

Giving details on the new crop varieties, the official said the ‘RNR 2465’ rice variety is the first semi-dwarf culture in Andhra Pradesh having aromatic medium slender grains with high yield potential of 55-60 quintals per hectare (on station).

“This variety is becoming very popular due to good cooking quality, aroma and high yield potential.”

Similarly, the other five rice varieties have features of high yield and are suitable for sowing in different regions of Andhra Pradesh.

The redgram ‘TRG 22’ has a high yield potential and is suitable as sole crop in light shallow soils having tolerance to terminal moisture stress in Kharif and as a contingent crop under delayed monsoon condition in southern zone of the State.

The field bean ‘TFB 5’ is identified to cultivate as a remunerative intercrop as well as contingent crop under delayed monsoon conditions in southern and scarce rainfall zones of the State, the official said.

The two new cotton varieties also have a yield advantage while the three new groundnut varieties have benefits of high yielding culture, drought and leaf spot tolerance, early maturity and tolerant to mid-season and end season moisture stress, the ANGRAU official explained.

Similarly, the three new sugarcane varieties have features of early maturity and are suitable for irrigated and water logged conditions, he added.

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