A High Yielding Kudiraivali Variety CO (KV) 2
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Author: A. Nirmalakumari, A. Subramanian, P. Sumathi, N. Senthil, N. Kumaravadivel, A. John Joel, K. Mohanasundaram, AR. Muthiah, T.S. Raveendran, T. Raguchander and S. Manoharan,
p-ISSN: 0024-9602, e-ISSN:2582-5321, Vol: 96, Issue: jul-dec,
DOI:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.100497
Abstract
A short duration high yielding Kudiraivali culture TNAU 43 was developed at the Department of Millets, Centre for Plant Breeding and Genetics, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and was released as CO (KV) 2 during 2009. It is a pureline selection from the Germplasm accession EF 79. This variety yields on an average 2622 kg/ha of grain and 5204 kg/ ha of fodder. yield. This variety registered 21.6, 20.0, 13.2 and 31.3 percent increased grain yield over the check CO 1 in station trials, multi location trials, adaptive research trials and on farm testing respectively. It matures in 95 days and hence is a good choice for contingency planting. It escapes drought and fits well in any cropping sequence. The grain quality suits well for consumer acceptance and has industrial value
Keywords: CO (KV) 2, Kudiraivali, Barn yard millet, high yielding, short duration
