S. No. | Item | Details |
1 | Parentage | IL-1177; Collection from IGFRI-05-71 andbreeding line IL-99-177 |
2 | Method of Breeding/ Selection | Single plant selection from indigenous material |
3 | Method of Propagation | Through seed |
4 | Mode of pollination | Self pollinated (8-10% out crossing) |
5 | Recommended Regions/ Areas | Recom m end ed for N orth-East Zone w ith moderate rainfall |
6 | Areas of Adoption | Eastern areas where crop is grown Rachi, Bhubneswar, Jorhat, Faizabad, Pusa |
7 | Year of release | 2012 |
8 | Nature of variety | Single cut variety |
9 | Characteristics | Plant erect to semi-erect, 140 cm long tendrular type. |
| | Foliage medium to broad and high biomass. |
10 | Yield performance | Potential Green Fodder Yield : 30.0 t/ ha |
| | Average yield on farm demonstrations 22.0 t / ha |
| | Dry Matter Yield : 5.1 t/ ha |
11 | Quality attributes | Average CP = Approx. 14.6% |
| | IVDMD = 60.1% |
| | Average NDF = 55.2% |
| | Average ADF = 46.1% |
| | Average CPY = Approx. 0.70 t/ ha |
| | Leaf / stem ratio=0.93 |
12 | Resistance to diseases and pests | Free from diseases and yellow mosaic virus and nil-very low incidence of aphid and flea beetle |
13 | Seed yield | 6.9 q/ ha |
14 | Notification number and date | Not ified (Released ) vid e, min utes of 72nd meeting of CVRC 2015 |
