Genetic resource management of horticultural crops
  • A total of 2958 germplasm lines including fruits (771), vegetables (1836) and ornamental plants (351) have been collected and are being characterized, evaluated and used in breeding programme to develop high yielding varieties resistant to biotic and abiotic stresses.
  • 31 different varieties of horticultural crops including viz., Swarna Roopa in litchi; Swarna Manohar and Swarna Poorti in Jackfruit; Swarna Alaukik and Swarna Rekha in pointed gourd; Swarna Shree, Swarna Mani, Swarna Shyamli, Swarna Pratibha, Swarna Shobha, Swarna Ajay(F 1 hybrid) and Swarna Shakti (F 1 hybrid) in brinjal; Swarna Lalima, Swarna Naveen, Swarna Baibhav (F 1 hybrid), Swarna Sampada (F 1 hybrid) and Swarna Samridhi (F 1 hybrid) in tomato; Swarna Poorna, Swarna Swetha, Swarna Sheetal and Swarna Agethi in cucumber, Swarna Manjari and Swarna Uphar in ridge gourd, Swarna Lata and Swarna Priya in French bean; Swarna Amar and Swarna Mukti in garden peas; Swarna Sweta, Swarna Suphala and Swarna Harita in cowpea, Swarna Utkrist in Dolichos bean have been developed. These varieties are gaining popularity for their special attributes including high yield, better quality, disease and pest resistance etc.
  • Stable, high yielding and promising varieties for different maturity periods, flavor, quality and usages for different purposes have been identified for mango, litchi, guava, banana, pineapple, citrus, aonla, passion fruit, jackfruit, custard apple, papaya, sapota, strawberry and bael. The station has also evolved 18 elite lines of vegetable crops which are at an advanced stages of evaluation under the All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project.
  • For round the year cultivation under Eastern plateau and hill conditions, brinjal cultivars Swarna Shyamli and Swarna Pratibha and tomato hybrids Swrana Sampada and HATH-5 have been found suitable. In pea, the powdery mildew resistant line CHPMR-2 was found promising for prolonging the availability period in the market till May by growing at higher altitude in Jharkhand (Netarhat hill).

 

 

 


 

 

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