Jawahar Pennisetum-12: The variety was derived from selection of strain from Pusa Bihar P. No. 12 by pedigree method by JNKVV, Jabalpur. It was recommended for cultivation in Madhya Pradesh in 1974. The variety is 156 cm tall, profuse tillering (34/plant), the leaves are long and broad, with average leaf stem ratio 1.27. It is suitable for two cutting systems, if 1st cut is taken at boot stage. The green fodder production is 55–60 t/ha with dry matter yield 14.0 t/ha.
Pusa Deenanath Grass: This variety was developed by IARI, New Delhi through mass selection from African germplasm. The maturity period is 120–130 days and average green fodder production is 30–73 t/ha. The variety was released for cultivation for the entire country. (CVRC- Notification no. 2(E) dated 3rd January 1983).
Bundel-1: The variety was developed by IGFRI, Jhansi through selection from indigenous collection from Madhya Pradesh. The variety has been notified for cultivation in entire country in 1987. It is a late maturing grass with purple stem. There are abundant long velvet hairs on ventral surface of the leaf. The spike is very large and loose. The large spikelets have long bristles. The variety yields 30–40 t/ha green fodder. The plants have high field resistance to leaf spots. (CVRC- Notification no. 834(E) dated 18th September 1987).
Bundel-2: The variety was released in 1990 and developed by IGFRI, Jhansi through pedigree selection of IGFRI 3808-4-2-1. The variety has been notified for cultivation in entire country. This is a late maturing, purple stemmed variety having abundant long velvet hairs on ventral surface of the leaf. It has very large loose spike, large spikelets with long bristles. The variety has potential yield 30–48 t/ha. It has high tolerance to leaf spot, Helminthosporium and other major diseases and insect-pests, is resistance to lodging, drought hardy and is high fertilizer responsive. (CVRC- Notification no. 915(E) dated 1st May 1997).
COD-1: The variety was developed by TNAU, Coimbatore through gamma radiation (30 KR) mutation of Dinanath Pusa 3 and released in 1995. This variety has been recommended for cultivation in Tamil Nadu under rainfed as well as irrigated conditions. It closely resembles Dinanath Pusa 3. The green fodder yield is 40–50 t/ha. (CVRCNotification no. 360(E) dated 1st May 1997).
