Swetha Chickpea kabuli variety ICCV 2
It performed well both on research stations and in farmers' field trials in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa, Maharastra and Tamil Nadu. At ICRISAT Asia Center under rainfed conditions, it matures in 85-92 days and it has been possible to grow two crops in the same field between October and March. With water and fertilizer inputs it yielded up to 3.3 tonnes per hectare in Maharastra in 1988/89. * It is important to note that in India, cultivars are released at the state level. This is logical in such a large country where most states are larger (in both size and population) than many countries. Kranthi Chickpea desi variety ICCC 37
It was picked up by the scientists of the Acharya N G Ranga Agricultural University for testing in farmers' fields as well as in research stations, where also it performed well. In these trials, ICCC 37 recorded an average yield of 1.17 tonnes per hectare compared with 0.76 tonnes per hectare of the best local variety of the state - Jyothi. * It is important to note that in India, cultivars are released at the state level.
This is logical in such a large country where most states are larger (in both size and
population) than many countries. |
Chickpea kabuli Variety ICCV 2 is the first
extra-short-duration kabuli line with Fusarium wilt resistance, suitable for
peninsular Indian environments, where kabulis could not be grown earlier. It was
named Swetha, and released for general, cultivation by the Government of Andhra
Pradesh* in September 1989.
ICCC 37 has given consistently high yield over the locally adapted
cultivar at research stations and in farmers' fields in Andhra Pradesh. due to its good
yield and stability of performance, it was released in September 1989 for general
cultivation by the government of Andhra Pradesh* under the name Kranthi.
