SALIENT FEATURES OF RELEASED VARIETIES OF FINGER MILLET CROPS (1986 TO 2016)

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1 SALIENT FEATURES OF RELEASED VARIETIES OF FINGER MILLET CROPS (1986 TO 2016) Sl. No. 54 VL GNN-6 52 GN-5 51 Crop/Variety VL Mandua Pedigree Institute where developed Year of release Maturity (Days) Av Yield Q/ha GE 4172 x VL Ragi 149 ICAR-VPKAS, Almora WN-259 WWN KMR 340 OUAT-2 x WRT-4 Waghai, Navsari Agricultural University Waghai, Navsari Agricultural University Gujarat Gujarat Area of Adaption All Ragi growing areas of country VL Ragi 146 x VL Ragi 149 ICAR-VPKAS, Almora Uttarakhand VC Farm, Mandya, OEB 532 GPU-26 x L-5 OAUT, Bhubaneswar Odisha, Bihar, Chattisgarh,, Special features Responsive to fertilizer and moderately resistant to blast. to leaf blast and finger blast Late maturing, White colour seed, to leaf and finger blast. Suitable for organic cultivation; Resistant to neck and finger blast; and tolerant to lodging; light copper grains. White ragi variety, specially for confectionary purpose, resistant to blast and blight diseases, tolerant to stem borer and aphids to blast diseases.

2 48 KMR 204 GPU 26 x GE-1409 VC Farm, Mandya, Tamilnadu VR 936 IE 2695 x PR 202 ANGRAU, Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh 46 PPR 2700 (Vakula ) KM 55 x U22/B ARS Perumallapalle A.P Andhra Pradesh 45 Indira Ragi 1 HR 911 x GE 669 Jagdalpur, IGKVV Chattisgarh 44 VL 352 VR 708 x VL-149 ICAR-VPKAS, Almora KOPN 235 MPKVV, Rahuri OEB 526 SDFM 30 x PE 244 OAUT, Bhubaneswar GPU 66 PR 202 x GPU 28 PC Unit, Bengaluru GPU 67 accession GE 5331 PC Unit, Bengaluru National All Ragi growing areas of country Sub mountain and ghat zone of Maharashtra Odisha, Bihar, Chattisgarh,, Tamilnadu Nonlodging and nonshattering. Early duration variety Suitable for late conditions. Responsive to nitrogenous fertilizers. Resistant to leaf blast and tolerant to drought. Non-shattering, nonlodging, responsive to fertilizers. to blast. Resistant to blast to leaf, neck and finger blast diseases. Green plant parts with narrow leaves, medium compact ears with tip incurved fingers Non lodging (Semi dwarf) Srichaitanya 39 GPU 26 x L 5 ANGRAU, Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh (VR 847) to blast 38 KMR 301 MR 1 x GE 1409 VC Farm, Mandya, Southern Dry zone of High grain and straw

3 37 PRM 1 Ekeshwar of PauriGarhwal Region Hill Campus, GBPUA& T, Ranichauri (Irrigated) (Rainfed) Hills of Uttarakhand yield, tolerant to blast Resistant to blast 36 Bharathi Pure line selection ANGRAU, Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh to blast from VMEC 134 (VR 762) Early, high yield, 35 GPU 48 GPU 26 x L 5 PC Unit, blast resistant Suitable for summer also 34 GPU 48 GPU 26 x L 5 PC Unit, Bengaluru Pigmentation on all plant parts and highly resistant to blast 33 TNAU 946 TNAU, Coimbatore Tamil nadu - 32 VL 315 SDFM 69 x VL 231 VPKAS, Almora Uttaranchal to finger and neck blast PC Unit, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Early, blast resistant 31 GPU 45 GPU 26 x L , Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra Odisha, Madhya 30 Chilika OUAT, Bhubaneshwar Pradesh, Gujarat, to blast, resistant to GE 68 x GE (OEB 10) Odisha Andhra Pradesh and stem borer, late Tamil Nadu variety PC Unit, Early, blast tolerant, 29 GPU 26 (I-5 x I-9) x IE suitable late sowings &summer 28 BM 9-1 Mutant from BudhaMandia OUAT, Berhampur , Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh & to blast and brown spot

4 27 L-5 Malawi x Indaf Champavathi (VR 708) Puerline selection from VMEC MR 1 Hamsa x IE PR 230 (Maruthi) 23 GPU 28 ANGRAU, ARS Vizianagaram Maharashtra Pure line selection ANGRAU, Paleru Indaf 5 x (Indaf 9 x IE 1012) Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu,, Odisha Andhra Pradesh (Telangana region) Late variety, for early sowings Photo insensitive& early maturity Long duration, for early sowings Resistant to blast and blight PC Unit, Bangalore Highly blast resistant 22 VL-146 VL 201 x IE 882 VPKAS, Almora BM 2 PurelineSelection BAU, Ranchi Bihar 20 Saptagiri (PR 2614) 19 Dapoli 1 MR 1 x Kalyani APAU, Perumallapalle mutant No KVK, Dapoli Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh Konkan regions of Maharashtra Resistant to neck & finger blast Resistant to blast & tolerant to drought 18, Suraj Pureline selection ANGRAU, Vizianagaram All over India resistant to blast and (VR 520) from VM 2507/19 (AP) tolerant to drought 17 KM 65 exotic CSAUA&T, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh resistant to Blast 16 A 404 BAU, Ranchi Bihar to blast 15 Gautami PR 202 x U22 MRS, Vizianagaram Andhra Pradesh Tolerance to blast,

5 (PR ) high yield 14 GN 3 KM 13 x GN 2 GAU, Gujarat Gujarat Tolerant to drought long duration 13 Padmavathi ANGRAU, Perumallapalle Coastal Andhra Suitable for late Pureline selection (PPR 2350) (AP) Pradesh kharif 12 Indaf 15 IE 67 x IE 927 Long duration/ Late maturity 11 VL 149 VL 204 x IE 882 VPKAS, Almora All states Wide adaptation, earliness 10 KM 13 Pureline selection CSAUA&T, Kanpur Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha 9 PES 400 Pureline selection GBPUA&T, Pantnagar Hills of U.P 8 Co 13 Co 7 x TAH 107 TNAU, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu 7 TRY 1 HR 374 TNAU, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu Tolerant to salinity 6 VL 124 Earliness, high seed VPKAS, Almora Hills of U.P and fodder yield 5 RAU 8 BR 407 x Ranchi Local RAU, Dholi Bihar and other states Tolerant to drought 4 Gujarat nagli 2 GAU SardarKrishinagar Pureline selection (NS 109) Gujarat Gujarat High finger number 3 Indaf 9 K1 x IE 980 R For late sown conditions in Kharif It can be grown in 2 HR 911 UAS 1 x IE 927 PC Unit, Bangalore rainfed and irrigated conditions 1 Indaf 8 Hullubele x IE 929 Long duration type for early sowings

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