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19 new crop varieties
May 22 , 2025
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- Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) of Coimbatore released 19 new crop varieties suiting different agro-climatic regions, for 2025.
- Three varieties of rice, a maize hybrid, a black gram variety, a drought-tolerant groundnut variety, and a semi-dwarf castor hybrid were included this.
- The three rice varieties constituted a semi dwarf drought-tolerant CO 59 and two medium slender-grain varieties ADT 56 and ADT 60.
- The maize hybrid was termed COH(M) 12.
- The black gram variety VBN 12 was suited for irrigated and rice fallow conditions.
- The drought-tolerant groundnut variety was named CTD 1 and the semi dwarf castor hybrid YRCH.
- In horticultural crops, four varieties in vegetable crops and an ash gourd variety PLR 1 having compact fruit type were released.
- As for fruit crops, the three new varieties included a non-lodging dwarf mutant banana variety Kaveri Vaaman, Avocado TKD 2 and an acid lime variety SNKL 1.
- one flower crop Thovalai 1 Nerium, a spices crop (Nutmeg PPI 1), a coconut crop ALR, and a medicinal crop variety CO 1 Sirukurinjan were released.
- Also, a mushroom variety KKM with better shelf life was released.
- TNAU has released 929 crop varieties over the last 100 years of its existence.
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