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Surjeet Singh has been growing wheat, rice, pea, mustard, potato, gram, chilli and tomato in his agricultural land. In 2008, he sowed the paddy variety Pusa 1460 in his field but due to sheath blight disease all plants got severely affected except one. He harvested the plant separately and prepared a nursery in 2009, which was then transplanted in the main field. During harvesting he selected 225 plants based on the number of tillers, lengthy spikes and resistance to foot-rot disease (Bakanae rog), a major disease of basmati rice. The selection continued for another two years and the desirable characteristics slowly got stabled. The variety was named as Surjeet Basmati-1. He distributed the variety to ten farmers in Karnal district who appreciated it and mentioned that it performed well under saline and less fertile soil conditions. Surjeet Basmati 1 is a salt tolerant, high yielding paddy variety developed from the variety Pusa 1460 through selection. This variety, which takes 125-135 days to mature, is high yielding (55-60q/ha) with recovery percentage of 67 %. At 11.16mm length, its grain size is also long. It is foot-rot and sheath blight resistant as well. This variety does not require any particular soil type for growth. The seeds of the variety are soaked in water for 24 hours, spread over a cemented platform and then covered with the jute bags. Water is sprinkled at regular intervals of time. As soon as the seeds sprout, they can be taken for growing in nursery beds. The optimum temperature range is between 35 – 40 degrees for sowing and the harvesting period is October - November. The variety fetches high market price as well due to its quality. The characteristics of the variety were confirmed by the experiments conducted in sodic and saline stresses condition at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI), Karnal. Surjeet Singh has received certificate of honour from Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar and KVK, Bhiwani, Haryana. The application for registration of the variety has been filed at the PPV&FR Authority, Delhi.

Knowledge Provider / Innovator: Surjeet Singh
Agro-Ecological Zone: Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) North Punjab plain, Ganga-Yamuna Doab and Rajasthan upland, hot, dry, semi-arid ecosubregion (4.1), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Trans Gangetic Plain Region (VI), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP)* Eastern Zone (HR-1)
Address: Karnal, Haryana
District: Ahmedabad
State: Haryana
PIN Code 132001

Crop: PADDY
Crop Family: Poaceae
Crop Scientific Name: (Oryza sativa)
Crop Vernacular Name: Rice

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