18520
Open
B.Muralidhar
Crop improvement
Grain legumes, Groundnut
Farming Systems
Asia, India, Chattisgarh
17 Jul 20
New groundnut variety with high oil, high pod yields released in Central India
New groundnut variety, Chhattisgarh-India, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya,ICGV 06420,AICRP-G trials,ICGV 87846, ICGV 99240, Enhancing groundnut productivity, Profitability, Smallholder farmers
English
Asia Program, Crop Improvement
Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur,Chhattisgarh
SMCO staff
ICRISAT Happenings 1863-2, 17 July 2020
Science
https://www.icrisat.org/new-groundnut-variety-with-high-oil-high-pod-yields-released-in-central-india/
A new groundnut variety, with 28% higher yields of oil and pods compared to zonal checks, has been released in Chhattisgarh state, India. This variety, Chhattisgarh Mungfali-1 (CGM-1), is the first ever groundnut variety released by Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) in the new state which came into being in the year 2000.At state-level multi-location trials conducted during 2018 and 2019, CGM-1 (ICGV 06420) recorded a mean pod yield of 4,200 kg/ha, which is 28% pod yield superiority over the Zonal checks TAG 24 and GG 8; and 14% superiority over JL 776.
17 Jul 20
GLDC
01-No_Poverty, 02-Zero_Hunger, 17-Partnerships_For_The_Goals