New Crop Varieties Jammu/IBNS: The State Seed Sub-Committee (SSSC) which met Thursday under the chairmanship of Principal Secretary for Agriculture Production and Farmers’ Welfare Department Navin Kumar Choudhary approved the release of nine newly developed crop varieties produced by Sher-e- Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), Jammu.
The SSSC held a detailed discussion on salient features of each crop like compatibility, maturity of the crop, yield, disease resistance and other characteristics.
The varieties of crops include Wheat (JAUW-672), Maize (SJPC-01), Rapeseed and Mustard-Raya (JM 13-5), Rapeseed and Mustard -Gobi Sarson (JGS 12-3), Moong (JAUM-0936), Rajmash (BR-39), two varieties of Walnut (SJPW-1 & JWSP-06), and Lime (SEL-1001).
Speaking on the occasion, the Principal Secretary asked the Vice-Chancellors of both the varsities to prepare varieties that have commercial feasibility.
He asked the scientists and researchers to motivate progressive farmers to adopt these new varieties.
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