Durgajay: The variety was developed ARS, Durgapura from single plant selection of the material collected from Nagaur, Rajasthan. The variety is dual type for fodder and seed and is recommended for cultivation in Rajasthan. The variety provides 27 t/ha green fodder and seed yield is 12.6 q/ha. (CVRC- Notification no 470(E) 19th January 1980).
Durgapura Safed: This variety was developed by ARS, Durgapura by single plant selection from local material of Rajasthan. It is a dual type variety suitable for late sown conditions. It is recommended for cultivation in Rajasthan state. The green fodder yield is 25 t/ha. (CVRC- Notification no. 470(E) 19th February 1980).
Agaita Guara-111: The variety was developed by PAU, Ludhiana from inter varietal cross of G 325 and FS 277 followed by pedigree method of selection. The variety is recommended for cultivation in all guar growing areas of Punjab state. It provides 23 t/ha of green fodder and 4.4 t/ha dry fodder. (CVRC- Notification no. 499(E) 8th July 1983).
Agaita Guara-112: The variety was developed by PAU, Ludhiana through hybridization of (326 × FS 277) × 315 followed by pedigree method of selection. The variety is an early maturing type and is recommended for cultivation in all guar growing areas of Punjab state. The plants are hairy unbranched and bears higher number of pods. It provides 30 t/ha of green fodder and 6.4 t/ha dry fodder. (CVRC- Notification no. 499(E) 8th July 1983).
FS-277: The variety was developed by CCSHAU, Hisar through selection from local material and is recommended for cultivation in entire guar growing tract. (CVRCNotification no. 13 dated 19th December 1978).
HFG-119: The variety was developed by CCSHAU, Hisar by selection and is notified for cultivation in the entire guar growing area of the country. The crop is harvested in 130– 135 days providing 25–30 green and 5–6 t/ha of dry fodder. It is highly drought tolerant, non-shattering and resistant to Alternaria leaf spot. (CVRC- Notification no. 19(E) dated 14th January 1982).
HG-75: The variety was developed by CCSHAU, Hisar through selection and is recommended for cultivation in all guar growing areas of the country. The variety yields 25 t/ha green fodder and 20 q/ha seed. It is more preferred for seed. (CVRC- Notification no. 19(E) dated 14th January 1982).
Guara-80: The variety was developed by PAU, Ludhiana from intervarietal cross (FS 277 × Strain No. 119) followed by pedigree selection. It is recommended for cultivation in north western zone of the country. It produces 26.8 t/ha green fodder and 15 q/ha seed. (CVRC- Notification no. 499(E) dated 8th July 1973).
HG-182: The variety was developed by CCSHAU, Hisar from a single plant selection from the genetic stock (accession HFC-182). It is ready for harvest in 110–125 days. (CVRCNotification no. 596(E) dated 13th August 1984).
Maru Guar (2470/12): The variety was developed at CAZRI, Jodhpur from the germplasm material supplied by NBPGR, New Delhi. The variety is a dual type suitable for western Rajasthan. It yields 22.5 t/ha green fodder and seed yield is 9.5 q/ha. (CVRCNotification no. 867E) 26th November 1986).
HFG-156: The variety was developed by CCSHAU, Hisar for cultivation in Haryana. It is a tall, branched variety yielding 35 t/ha green fodder. (CVRC- Notification no. 10(E) dated 1st January 1988).
Bundel Guar- 1: It was developed through single plant selection at IGFRI, Jhansi. It provides 35.0 t/h green fodder and 6.5 t/ha of dry fodder with a protein yield of 1.15 t/ha. It provides nutritive fodder in 50–55 days. This variety is moderately resistant to leaf blight under epiphytotic field conditions. It is lodging resistant, responsive to fertilizers, drought tolerant and has a non-shattering character. (CVRC- Notification no. 615(E) dated 17th August 1993).
Bundel Guar- 2 (IGFRI-2395-2): The variety was developed by IGFRI, Jhansi by selection. Its green fodder, dry fodder and crude protein yield ranges between 25.0–30.0,
5.0–6.0 and 0.12–0.15 t/ha respectively. The variety has good palatability to the cattle with about 74% digestibility on dry matter basis. It is also superior for grain/gum production. The variety is highly responsive to fertilizers and moderately resistant to bacterial blight and has shown tolerance to lodging, drought and shattering. It has been released and notified as dual type of guar variety (forage-cum-grain) for general cultivation in entire guar growing areas of the country. (CVRC- Notification no. 408(E) dated 4th May 1995).
Bundel Guar- 3 (IGFRI 1019-1): This variety was developed by IGFRI, Jhansi through selection from indigenous material collected from Durgapura, Rajasthan (RGC-19-1). The variety is moderately resistant to bacterial blight and powdery mildew, responsive to fertilizers, highly tolerant to shattering and reasonably resistant to drought situations. The variety has been released and notified for general cultivation in entire guar growing area of India as forage-cum-grain type. The maturity is 50–55 days producing 35–40 t/ha green fodder. (CVRC- Notification no. 1050(E) dated 26th October 1999).
Guar Kranti (RGC-1031): This variety was developed at ARS, Durgapura and is a derivative of the intervarietal cross between RGC-936 × RGC- 986/P-10. It is recommended for cultivation in Rajasthan state. The variety yields 34 t/ha green fodder and 14.6 q/ha seed. (CVRC- Notification no. 1566 (E) 5th November 2005).
