RED SEEDED, EARLY MATURING FINGER MILLET VARIETY GN-8 FOR CULTIVATION IN GUJARAT

H.E. PATIL¹*, B.K. PATEL^2
1Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
²Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
* Corresponding Author : mailme.harshalpatil@rediffmail.com

Received : 20-09-2018     Accepted : 26-09-2018     Published : 30-09-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 18       Pages : 7225 - 7229
Int J Agr Sci 10.18 (2018):7225-7229

Keywords : Finger millet, high yielding early maturing variety, yield attributing characters
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Hill Millet Research Station, Waghai (Dangs), 394 730, Navsari Agricultural University, Navsari, 396 450, India
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The proposed culture, WN-585 is early maturing and have been developed through selection from local germplasm collected from the Dangs district. WN-585 was tested under various categories of trials at Waghai, Varanasi and Dahod centers in 12 different state MLT trials and under IVT trial (during 2017-18) at 12 AICRP small millets locations across seven states at national level. The early maturing culture WN-585 (3065 kg/ha) performed well with 21.3 % and 13.7 % grain yield superiority over national check ‘VL-149’ and ‘VL-352’, respectively in Gujarat. At national level, it showed 20.2 % grain yield improvement over national check ‘VL-352’. The proposed culture was found to have good nutritional properties particularly high calcium, iron, phosphorous and also good amount of protein, fibre and minerals. With respect to pest and diseases, it was found superior to checks and moderately resistant for the same. Considering the increasing demand of early maturating as well as for late cultivations i.e., after rice plantation the culture WN-585 (GN-8) with early maturing, high yield potential culture, desirable grain quality and moderately resistant to foot rot and blast disease. It is proposed to release this culture for early maturing Nagli growing dry lands, hill and tribal areas of South and Middle Gujarat.

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