New vegetable and paddy varieties developed by ICAR RCER,Patna
(Patna, 15th May, 2015)
Research Centre of ICAR RCER, Patna located at Ranchi has developed 12 vegetable
varieties suitable for cultivation in Jharkhand state. State Variety Release Committee headed
by Dr. Nitin Kulkarni, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Govt. of Jharkhand has notified
these variety on 22nd April, 2015 for cultivation in Jharkhand state.
These varieties are-three varieties of Tomato ("Swarna Anmol" for protected
cultivation; "Swarna Kanchan" for processing; "Swarna Ratan" for table purposes),two
varieties of Chilli ("Swarna Praphulya"; "Swarna Tejashwi" for pickle purpose), one variety
of each Capsicum ("Swarna Atulya"), Bottle gourd ("Swarna Sneha"), Ridge gourd ("Swarna
Sawani"), Bitter gourd ("Swarna Yamini"), Lima bean ("Swarna Poshan"), Leaf Amaranth
("Swarna Raktim") and Faba bean ("Swarna Safal"). These vegetable varieties are high
yielding and resistant to many disease and insects.
The institute has also developed a paddy variety of 120-125 days duration suitable for
direct seeded rice under aerobic condition and two faba bean varieties having low tannin and
phytate content with high TSS is also under consideration with State Variety Release
Committee of Bihar.
(Source, ICAR RCER, Patna)
Swarna Anmol Swarna Ratan Swarna Kanchan Swarna Praphulya Swarrna Tejashwi Swarn
na Atulya Swaarna Sneha Swarna Sawani Swaarna Yamini Swarrna Poshan Swarna Raktim Swarna Safal