Important Varieties

 Important Varieties of Crops 

Rice : 

(First introduced drawf diverseness 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 poly peptide content), Dee-Gee-Woo-Gen, Bala (Drought resistant), IR-20 (Resistant to Blast, BLB, stemborer, leafhopper). 

Wheat : 

Introduction from Mexico: Lerma Rojo together with sonara-64. A

Single cistron dwarf varieties : Safed lerma, Sharbati sonara, pusa Lerma, Chotu lerma. 

Double cistron dwarf varieties: Shera, Arjun, Janak. 

Triple cistron 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, doc 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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