8 new crop varieties developed by Tgna Agri Univ get nod

Eight new varieties of various crops developed by Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) have been approved by a competent committee. The 2nd State Varietal Release Committee (SVRC)- 2019 has approved for the release proposal of 8 new varieties of various crops developed by the Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University(PJTSAU) here on Thursday, at the meeting organised in Secretariat, an official release said.

The committee has approved three rice varieties and one each in sorghum, redgram, groundnut, sesame, and cotton, it said. Through intensive research, the PJTSAU was striving hard to develop high yielding varieties in different crops for the benefit of Telangana farmers, it said.

The research is a continuous activity to deal with rectification of defects in existing varieties besides increasing the yield potential or sustainable agriculture, it said. The university has released 13 high yielding varieties through 1st SVRC in different crops during 2015, a year after Telangana was formed, it added.