State Variety Release Committee of Jharkhand has released 16 improved varieties of 9 crops developed by different agricultural research institutions for Jharkhand. The newly released varieties include 7 of rice, 2 of chilli and one each of tomato, litchi, bael, linseed, soybean, field pea and brinjal. These high-yielding, early-maturing, varieties suitable for drought-prone, dryland ecology of Jharkhand are resistant to major diseases and pests.
Of the total 16, four varieties have been developed by the scientists of Birsa Agricultural University (BAU) after years of experimentations, following different breeding techniques and protocols. The linseed variety Birsa Tisi-2 developed by BAU Chief Scientist Dr Sohan Ram has yield potential of 19.7 quintal per hectare, contains 36.75% oil, matures in 128-30 days showing 10.46% superiority over national check T-397.
BAU Director Research Dr A Wadood informed that the release proposal was okayed at a meeting of SVRC held at Department of Agriculture under the chairmanship of Aboobacker Siddique P on Thursday evening. Other who attended the meeting included Dr Onkar Nath Singh, Vice Chancellor BAU, Nisha Oraon, Director Agriculture, Jharkhand, Dr Arun Kumar Singh, Head, FSRCHPR , Plandu, Subhash Singh, Director SAMETI and breeders of the varieties.
The soybean variety Birsa Soybean-4 developed by Dr Nutan Verma of BAU has yield potential of 28 q/ha and matures in 110 days. Its yellow colour seed with brown hilum contains 40.30% protein and 17.55% oil. The field Pea Variety Birsa Matar-1, developed by Dr CS Mahto, is a dwarf type plant of medium maturity group having yield potential of 13-15 q/ha and matures in 112-116 days. The high yielding brinjal variety Birsa Chianki Baigan-3, developed by Dr Abdul Majid Ansari at Zonal Research Station, Chianki, Palamu, has yield potential of 350-400 q/ha and comes under medium maturity group.
Four varieties of rice namely CR Dhan-103, CR Dhan-107 (Unnat Vandna), CR DHan-415 and CR Dhan-804 were developed by Dr NP Mandal, Principal Scientist of Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station, Hazaribagh. Three high-yielding varieties of rice viz. Swarna Sukha Dhan, Swarna Purvi Dhan-1 and Swarna Purvi Dhan-2 having maturity period of 110-120 days were developed by Dr Santosh Kumar, Senior Scientist of ICAR Research Complex for Eastern Region (RCER), Patna.
Two chilli varieties namely Swarna Arohi and Swarna Apurva were developed by Dr AK Singh, Head of Plandu, Ranchi based Farming System Research Centre for Hill and Plateau Region (FSRCHPR) of ICAR-RCER have high yield potential of 20 tons per hectare and is suitable for round the year cultivation. Bael variety Swarna Vasudha, developed by Dr Bikas Das, Principal Scientist of FSRCHPR, Plandu, Ranchi has yield potential of 4550 kg per plant having 1.2 to 1.8 per fruit weight. It has 82% pulp. Litchi variety Swarna madhu, bred by Dr Bikas Das has yield potential of 25-30 q/ ha and matures 15 to 20 days earlier than Bihar. It has 45.50% Juice, 18.26% TSS and 74.95% pulp. Per fruit weight is 21.40 gram. Tomato variety Swarna Prakash developed by Dr Bhavana Patnayakuni, Senior Scientist of FSRCHPR of ICAR-RCER, Plandu has yield potential of 45-50 tons/ hectare.
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