CoMMerCiAl VArieties of VegetABles - Department of Agriculture ...

CHECKLIST OF COMMERCIAL VARIETIES OF VEGETABLEScowpeaName ofVariety/HybridIARI, New DelhiPusa SukomalPusa KomalIIHR, BengaluruArka GarimaArka SamrudhiIIVR, VaranasiKashi KanchanKashi UnnatiSalient FeaturesResistant to golden yellow mosaic virus and leaf spotdiseases. Average yield 60 and 65 q/ha during summer andkharif seasons, respectively. Maturity in 55-60 days.Plants are bushy and flower in 45 days after seedsowing. Pods are light green, tender, 25-30 cm longand suitable for both spring summer and rainy seasoncultivation. Plants are resistant to bacterial blight.Average yield 100-115 q/ha.Plants are tall, photo insensitive. Pods are light green, long,thick, round, fleshy and stringless. Suitable for vegetablepurpose. Tolerant to heat and low moisture stress. PodYield 18 t/ha.Plants are erect, bushy, photo insensitive. Pods aregreen, medium thick, medium long round, tender, fleshywithout parchment. Good cooking qualities. PodYield 19 t/ha.It is bush type and dwarf (50-60 cm height), photoperiodinsensitive and early variety suitable for sowing in bothspring-summer and rainy seasons. It flowers in 40-45 daysand pods get ready for harvest in 50-55 days. It produces40-45 pods per plant of 30-35 cm long. The pods are darkgreen, pulpy with less fibrous and free from parchment.The variety is resistant to cowpea golden mosaic virus andPseudocercospora cruenta and produces about150-200 q/ha green pods.It is a photoperiod insensitive, dwarf and bush type(40-45 cm height) early variety suitable for sowing in bothspring summer and rainy seasons. It flowers in30-35 days and pods get ready for harvest in40-45 days. It produces 40-45 pods per plant of 30-35 cmlong. The pods are fleshy with less fibrous, light green andfree from parchment. The average pod yield is about125-150 q/ha.NCRRecommendedAreasUttar Pradesh, Bihar,Punjab and HaryanaM.P., Maharashtra,Karnataka, Tamil Naduand KeralaRajasthan, Gujarat,Haryana, Delhi, M.P. andMaharashtraPunjab, U.P., Bihar,Jharkhand, M.P.,Chhattisgarh, Odisha,A.P. and MaharashtrastatesUttar Pradesh24