A high yielding and early maturing panivaragu variety CO (PV) 5
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Author: A. Nirmalakumari, P. Sumathi, A. John Joel, N.Kumaravadivel, N.Senthil, P. Devan, AR. Muthiah, T.S. Raveendran, T. raguchander, S. Manoharan and S.Ganapathy,
p-ISSN: 0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol: 95, Issue: jan-jun,
DOI:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100527
Abstract
A high yielding and early maturing panivaragu culture TNAU 143 was developed at Department of Millets, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and released as CO(PV) 5. It is a derivative of the cross involving PV 1403 x GPUP 21. It yields on an average 2381 kg/ha of grain and 6675 kg/ha of straw under rainfed condition. Being a short duration variety (70 days), it fits well in the existing double cropped rainfed situation of Coimbatore, Erode, Salem, Namakkal and Villupuram districts where panivaragu is grown in about 5000 ha. This culture has registered 24.4 and 35 per cent increased grain yield over the standard varieties CO 4 and GPUP 21 (National check) in station trials, multilocation trials, All India Coordinated trials, adaptive research trials and on farm trials respectively.
Keywords: Panivaragu, short duration, rainfed, high yield, quality, value - addition
