New Seed Varieties Approved in Pakistan
January 28, 2011| |
Eighteen new seed varieties of various cultivation crops including ARRI-10 (wheat), CPF-246 (sugarcane), and Basmati-515 (rice) were approved by Punjab Seed Corporation during its 40th meeting on January 13, 2011. The provisional approval for the cultivation of four insect resistant Bt cotton varieties including IR-1524, F4-113, Ali AKber-802 and Neelam-121 were also extended for one year.
The other approved varieties are MMRI yellow, Pearl, FH-810 Hybrid, and Yousafwala hybrid of maize; pulse varieties Chakwal Masoor & Mash Arooj; and tomato hybrid LITTH-514. Other varieties are Line-07001 Ravi (melon), S-2005 (millet), F-9917 (sorghum), rye grass-1, and super late Faisalabad of Barseem and 2-KCG-020 (groundnut). These approved varieties have potential to resist diseases and are high yielding.
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