Minutes of the 18th Meeting of Central Sub-Committee on Crop ...

<strong>Minutes</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 18 th <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop StandardsNotification and Release <strong>of</strong> Varieties for Horticultural Crops held under <strong>the</strong>Chairmanship <strong>of</strong> Dr. H.P. Singh, Deputy Director General (Hort.) on 20 thJanuary, 2012 at IIVR, Varanasi.The list <strong>of</strong> participants is at Annexure-I.The Chairman, <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop Standards Notification andRelease <strong>of</strong> Varieties for Horticultural Crops welcomed <strong>the</strong> members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Committee</strong>and special invitees for <strong>the</strong> meeting. He commended that Shri R.K. Trivedi hasrecently joined as Deputy Commissioner (QC) in DAC and taken over <strong>the</strong> charge asMember Secretary <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop Standards Notification andRelease <strong>of</strong> Varieties for Horticultural Crops. He mentioned that <strong>the</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> is being organized after a gap <strong>of</strong> more than a year and efforts shouldbe made to organize <strong>the</strong> meeting more frequently so that release and notificationproposals may not be kept pending for a long time. He also emphasized thatsponsoring organizations should thoroughly examine <strong>the</strong> proposals and submit alldetails including distinct morphological characters <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> variety with statisticalanalysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> results, so that <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> can take speedily views on <strong>the</strong>proposals.Deputy Commissioner(QC) and Member Secretary briefed about <strong>the</strong> activities<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Quality Control Unit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Seed Division <strong>of</strong> DAC and <strong>the</strong> role <strong>of</strong> Secretariat <strong>of</strong><strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> in examination <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> proposals. He mentioned that large number <strong>of</strong>proposals for release and notification <strong>of</strong> varieties are received in <strong>the</strong> Quality ControlUnit and because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> paucity <strong>of</strong> staff it takes time in examination <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> proposalsand convening <strong>the</strong> meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong>. However, in future, periodicity <strong>of</strong><strong>the</strong> meeting would be maintained. Thereafter, Member Secretary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> took up <strong>the</strong> Agenda items for consideration by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong>.Item No.1: Confirmation <strong>of</strong> minutes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 17 th meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop Standards, Notification and Release <strong>of</strong> Varietiesfor Horticultural Crops held on 4 th May, 2010.The <strong>Minutes</strong> <strong>of</strong> 17 th meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop Standards,Notification and Release <strong>of</strong> Varieties for Horticultural Crops were confirmed. The<strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> noted that <strong>the</strong> Gazette Notification S.O. No. 1979(E) dated12.08.2010 was issued for cultivars recommended in <strong>the</strong> 17 th <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> for release/notification.1

Item No.2: Review <strong>of</strong> follow up action <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 17 th meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop Standards, Notification and Release <strong>of</strong> Varietiesfor Horticultural Crops held on 4 th May, 2010.The <strong>Committee</strong> observed that <strong>the</strong> varieties which were deferred in <strong>the</strong> lastmeeting for want <strong>of</strong> specific information had not been put up for consideration in thismeeting. The Member Secretary informed that as <strong>the</strong> conditions which had stipulatedby <strong>the</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> in <strong>the</strong> last meeting had not been complied by <strong>the</strong> sponsoringorganizations those proposals had not been put up for consideration in this meeting. Itwas <strong>the</strong>refore, decided that <strong>the</strong> concerned Project Coordinator / Project Director willlook into <strong>the</strong> matter and try to get remove <strong>the</strong> deficiencies <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> proposal throughconcerned breeder. The detailed position in this respect will be submitted by <strong>the</strong>concerned PC / PD in <strong>the</strong> next <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> <strong>Meeting</strong>.Item No.3: Proposals for release/notification for consideration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> 18 thmeeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop Standards, Notificationand Release <strong>of</strong> Varieties for Horticultural Crops.The following proposals have been received for discussion and consideration in<strong>the</strong> 18 th <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> for release/notification (central varieties) and<strong>the</strong> decision <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> committee is as under:Table-1The <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> has recommended <strong>the</strong> following varieties forrelease/notification as per details given below:S.No.Kind Name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>variety1 Garlic VL Lahsun 2(VGP 5)2 BottleGourd(hybrid)Santosh 20(KBGH 20)3 Coconut Kalpa Samrudhi(IND 376)2Remarks1. Recommended for release and cultivation in<strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Jammu & Kashmir, HimachalPradesh and Uttarakhand under both irrigatedand rainfed conditions.2. Recommended for notification to entirecountry.(i) Recommended for release and cultivation in<strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar andJharkhand under rainy and summer season.(ii) Recommended for notification to entirecountry subject to submission <strong>of</strong> information <strong>of</strong>source <strong>of</strong> parentage and <strong>the</strong>ir characteristics.(i) Recommended for release and cultivation incoconut growing tracts <strong>of</strong> West Coast region andAssam.(ii) Recommended for notification to entire

4 Coconut Kalpa Sankara(CGD x WCThybrid)5 Coconut Kalpasree(ChowghatGreen Dwarf)6 Chilli Kashi Gaurav(VR-338)7 Chilli Kashi Sinduri(IVPBC-535)8 SpongegourdKashi(VR-I)Divyacountry subject to submission <strong>of</strong> names <strong>of</strong> states<strong>of</strong> West Coast regions.1. Recommended for release and cultivationin root (wilt) disease prevalent areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>country.2. Recommended for notification to entirecountry1. Recommended for release and cultivationin root (wilt) diseased tracts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> country.2. Recommended for notification to entirecountry1. Recommended for release and cultivationin <strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> west Bengal and Assam inautumn and winter season.2. Recommended for notification to entirecountry1. Recommended for release and cultivationin <strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Karnataka, Tamil Nadu andKerala in autumn-winter Season.2. Recommended for notification to entirecountry1. Recommended for release and cultivationin <strong>the</strong> States <strong>of</strong> Punjab, Uttar Pradesh,Bihar and Jharkhand in rainy and summerseason.2. Recommended for notification to entirecountryTable-2Following varieties have been deferred for release/notification for which <strong>the</strong> reason isstated against each variety.Sl.No.Kind Name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>variety1 Garlic Yamuna Safed-5(G-189)2 Onion NHRDF RED 2(L 355)Reasons for defermentDeferred for want <strong>of</strong> information regardingname <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> States covered under <strong>the</strong> Zones III,IV and VI.(i) Superiority <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> variety has to beestablished over national and local check.(ii) Average yield <strong>of</strong> variety has to be workedout for <strong>the</strong> Zone for which variety has beenrecommended with comparison over national &local check.3

Item No.4: Proposals for Notification (State Varieties) for consideration in <strong>the</strong>18 th meeting <strong>of</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on Crop Standards,Notification and Release <strong>of</strong> Varieties for Horticultural Crops.The following proposals have been received for discussion and consideration in<strong>the</strong> 18 th <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> for notification (state varieties) and <strong>the</strong>decision <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> committee are given as under:Table-3Sl.No.The <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> recommended following State Varieties for NotificationKind Name <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> variety Sponsoring State andYear <strong>of</strong> Release1 Chilli (hybrid) Arka Harita (MSH 96) Karnataka/20102 Tomato Anand Tomato 3 (AT 3) Gujarat 2009 subject tocondition giving ICnumber for depositingSeed Samples inNBPGR.3 Bottle Gourd Anand Bottle Gourd 1 Gujarat/2005(ABG-1)4 Pumpkin Anand Pumpkin-1 (AP-1) Gujarat/20095 Vegetable Cowpea PKB-6 Karnataka/20076 Vegetable Cowpea PKB-4 Karnataka/20107 French bean Arka Anoop Karnataka/20078 Ginger Athira Kerala/20109 Carnation IIHRP-1 (Arka Flame) Karnataka/2008Table-4The <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> has deferred <strong>the</strong> following varieties (State Varieties) fornotification for <strong>the</strong> reasons stated against each variety:S. Crop Variety Reasons for defermentNo.1 Brinjal Gujarat Junagadh Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> detailedBrinjal-2 (GJB-2) morphological characters.(JBR-02-11)2 Tomato Punjab Ratta Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> detailedmorphological characters.3 Tomato Punjab Varkha Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> detailedBahar-2morphological characters.4 Okra Gujarat Junagadh Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> detailedOkra-3 (GJO-3) morphological characters.5

5 Bird Chilli VellayaniSamrudhi (CF 51)6Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> quantifiedmorphological characters and proposalin prescribed pr<strong>of</strong>orma.6 Bitter Gourd Punjab kareli-1 Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> quantifiedmorphological characters.7 Garden Pea Punjab 89 Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> quantifiedmorphological characters.8 Onion RO-252 (SWATI) Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> quantifiedmorphological characters.9 Okra Gujarat Junagarh Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> quantifiedOkra Hybrid-3 morphological characters.(GJOH-3) (JOH-05-9)10 Ginger Karthika Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> quantifiedmorphological characters.11 Safed Musli Raj Vijay SafedMusli-414 (MCB-414)12 Kalmegh Raj VijayKalmegh-1 (KL-5)13 Sarpgandha Raj VijaySarpgandha-1(RVSP-1) (RI-1)14 Ajwain Pratap Ajwain-1(RPA-99)15 Isabgol Rajasthan Isabgol-1 (RI-1)16 MedicinalColeusAISIRI (M-7)(i) The cultivar under reference hasbeen suitable for more than one state,<strong>the</strong>refore, <strong>the</strong> proposal may besubmitted to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-committee forrelease/notification at central level.(ii) Secretariat <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> verifythat seeds <strong>of</strong> Safed Musli are coveredunder <strong>the</strong> Seeds Act, 1966.(iii) Seed Division <strong>of</strong> DAC finalizeSeed Certification Standards <strong>of</strong> SafedMusli.(i) Secretariat <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> verifythat seeds <strong>of</strong> Kalmegh are coveredunder <strong>the</strong> Seeds Act, 1966.(ii) Seed Division <strong>of</strong> DAC finalize SeedCertification Standards <strong>of</strong> Kalmegh.(i) Secretariat <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> verifythat seeds <strong>of</strong> Sarpgandha are coveredunder <strong>the</strong> Seeds Act, 1966.(ii) Seed Division <strong>of</strong> DAC finalize SeedCertification Standards <strong>of</strong> Sarpgandha.(i) Secretariat <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> verifythat seeds <strong>of</strong> Ajwain are covered under<strong>the</strong> Seeds Act, 1966.(i) Secretariat <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> verifythat seeds <strong>of</strong> Isabgol are covered under<strong>the</strong> Seeds Act, 1966.(ii) Seed Division <strong>of</strong> DAC finalize SeedCertification Standards <strong>of</strong> Isabgol.(i) Secretariat <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> verifythat seeds <strong>of</strong> Medicinal Coleus arecovered under <strong>the</strong> Seeds Act, 1966.

17 Aswagandha Raj VijayAswagandha-100(RVA-100) (MWS-100)18 Tomato Punjab VarkhaBahar-1(ii) Seed Division <strong>of</strong> DAC finalize SeedCertification Standards <strong>of</strong> MedicinalColeus.(i) The cultivar under reference hasbeen suitable for more than one state,<strong>the</strong>refore, <strong>the</strong> proposal may besubmitted to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-committee forrelease/notification at central level.(ii) Secretariat <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong>verifies that seeds <strong>of</strong> Aswagandha arecovered under <strong>the</strong> Seeds Act, 1966.(iii) Seed Division <strong>of</strong> DAC finalizesSeed Certification Standards <strong>of</strong>Aswagandha.Deferred for want <strong>of</strong> quantifiedmorphological characters.The salient features <strong>of</strong> varieties which have been recommended forrelease/notification by <strong>the</strong> <strong>Central</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-committee on Crop Standard, Notification andRelease <strong>of</strong> Varieties for Horticulture Crops are given at Annexure-II and III.After consideration <strong>of</strong> above proposals, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> discussed for finalizing<strong>the</strong> manual for labeling and quality testing <strong>of</strong> seeds/planting material <strong>of</strong> Horticulturalcrops, which is pending for long time. It was decided that concerned PC/PD willfinalize <strong>the</strong> labeling details <strong>of</strong> planting materials <strong>of</strong> Horticultural crops and submit <strong>the</strong>same to <strong>the</strong> Member Secretary <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> for approval by <strong>Central</strong> Seed<strong>Committee</strong>. Thereafter, it would be printed and circulated by <strong>the</strong> Seed Division <strong>of</strong>DAC. He stressed that this manual is very necessary for maintaining <strong>the</strong> quality <strong>of</strong>planting material <strong>of</strong> Horticultural crops.The <strong>Committee</strong> also unanimously decided that all those proposals which havebeen deferred in this meeting for want <strong>of</strong> certain specific information from sponsoringorganization, <strong>the</strong> concerned PC and PD will collect all such information and submit to<strong>the</strong> Member Secretary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-committee at <strong>the</strong> earliest. The Member Secretaryafter examining <strong>the</strong> proposals submits <strong>the</strong> same to <strong>the</strong> Chairman <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong> on file for approval. As <strong>Committee</strong> has already in depth examined <strong>the</strong>seproposals, <strong>the</strong>re is no need to again submit <strong>the</strong>se proposals to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Committee</strong> and onlydecisions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Chairman will be submitted for information to <strong>the</strong> <strong>Committee</strong>Members in <strong>the</strong> next <strong>Meeting</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Sub</strong>-<strong>Committee</strong>.The meeting ended with a vote <strong>of</strong> thanks to <strong>the</strong> Chair and Members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><strong>Committee</strong>.7