Madras Agricultural Journal
Loading.. Please wait
Research Article | Open Access | Peer Review

New high yielding Virginnia bunch goundnut variety : COGn 5

Volume : 92
Issue: Jan-mar
Pages: 4 - 6
Published: June 13, 2023
Download

Abstract


Virginia bunch (Arachis hypogaea ssp. hypogaca var. hypogaca) groundnut culture TNAU 281 is a multiple cross derivative. It recorded an average pod yield of 1626 kg/ha which is 14.9 per cent increase over TMV 10 under rainfed situation. It is tolerant to late leaf spot and rust diseases. It matures in 125 days. It has kernels with red testa. The 100-kernel weight is 46g. The oil content is 53.6 per cent with good keeping quality oil. Hence the culture TNAU 281 was released as COGn 5 during 2002 for large scale cultivation in Tamil Nadu.

DOI
Pages
4 - 6
Creative Commons
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

Keywords


Groundnut Variety. Virginia bunch
footer

Copyright © Madras Agricultural Journal | Masu Journal All rights reserved.