PDKV's 3 new high-yielding crop varieties get central nod
Additionally, soybean varieties PDKV Amba (AMS 100-39) and PDKV Purva (AMS 2014-1), and groundnut variety TAG 73 (TAG 14-73) were approved for area expansion. TAG 73 groundnut is approved for Gujarat, PDKV Amba soybean for Chhattisgarh, and PDKV Purva soybean for Assam, Meghalaya, and southeastern Madhya Pradesh.
Both the approvals came during the recent 93rd meeting of central crop variety notification and release committee of the ministry of agriculture and farmers' welfare.
Under the guidance of PDKV vice-chancellor Sharad Gadakh and research director Vilas Kharche, scientists including wheat-breeder Swati Bharad, sorghum-breeder RB Ghorade, chickpea-breeder Archana Thorat, groundnut-breeder Manish Ladole, and soybean-breeder Satish Nichal contributed to this achievement. Gadakh congratulated the scientists for the achievement.
"Sustainable agriculture and prosperous farmers is the university's motto, and through modern crop varieties, technology, and tools, profitable farming is within reach.
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Planning farming activities with the university's guidance is sure to be beneficial," said Gadakh.
The nationally recognised seeds will soon be available for farmers, providing them with new options, said Kharche.
The AKAW 5100 wheat variety is high-yielding, resistant to rust, excellent for bread and chapati, drought-tolerant, and heat-insensitive. It is released for timely sowing in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu.
The CSV 65 yellow sorghum kharif variety is bio-fortified with 23.2 ppm zinc and 30.8 ppm iron. It yields 25-28 quintals/ha of grain and 110-115 quintals/ha of fodder, with 10.4% protein content.
It matures in 110-112 days.
Super jaki (AKG 1402) chickpea variety is high-yielding (2073 kg/ha), early-maturing (98 days), suitable for machine harvesting, moderately resistant to wilt, and has bold grains (26.44 g/100 seeds).
It is released for rainfed timely sowing in Maharashtra.
Under the expanded area varieties, PDKV Amba (AMS 100-39) was notified in 2021 for central India (Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand region). It is now approved for Gujarat. It is early-maturing (94-96 days), resistant to root and stem rot, and moderately resistant to girdle beetle and stem fly.
PDKV Purva (AMS 2014-1) was notified in 2021 for eastern India (West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh). It is now approved for Assam, Meghalaya, and southeastern Madhya Pradesh. It is high-yielding (22-26 quintals/ha), medium-maturing (105-107 days), and moderately resistant to girdle beetle and stem fly.
TAG 73 groundnut variety was notified in 2021 for summer cultivation in Vidarbha and is now approved for Gujarat. It features high pod yield (25-28 quintals/ha), seed recovery (73-74%), and oil content (48-49%).
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