Abstract

The low level of production per hectare of different oilseed crops in the country and the wide fluctuation in the total production has been engaging the attention of the research and the development workers alike and intense efforts are being made in all the oilseed research centres to evolve suitable high yielding strains Based on the work in progress at the Groundnut Research Station, Pollachi, the oilseeds research workers of the Agricultural Department of Tamil Nadu succeeded in evolving the bunch groundnut strain POL. 1 which has been found to be superior to the strain TMV. 2. This paper deals with the development of the new strain and its performance in different trials.

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