New Gram Variety – ‘Sushil Laxmi’
About the Practice
New Varities of gram
Detail:
The produce grams gets easily sold in the market and fetches good price ranging from Rs. 1500 - 2000/quintal. The potential and worth of the variety can also be gauged from the fact that with very little effort on marketing it, it has registered a sale of about 600 quintals (year 2005) of seeds and advanced orders worth 1900 quintals (year 2006) have been already received. The variety is reported to be highly popular among the farmers across the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Apart from gram, he has been able to buy fifteen acres of land for his own cultivation on which he grows sugarcane. Seeing the success of his son now, his father is a happy man bur Balasaheb laments the fact that if his father had given him some land earlier he would have been able to save many of his gram varieties. Currently he is trying to experiment on bittergourd, ladys finger and wheat. He claims to have developed a new variety of wheat by crossing Dharwad University variety DWR162 and a Rajasthan Variety Raj1555. The trials for the same are still going on.
About the Innovator
Address: At Post: Hasoor, Block: Shirol,
City: Kolhapur
State: Maharashtra
PIN Code 416103
Practice Details
Link: The prominent features of the variety that makes it market acceptable and highly popular among the farmers and the seed sellers are stability in performance in terms of yield (14-15 quintal/acre under irrigated and 9-10 quintal/acre under rain fed conditions), appearance of dual pods/axil to the extent of 60 per cent, bushy growth habit, higher harvest index (28 - 30 gram/100 grains) and better forage yield. The preference in the market for the harvest of ?Sushil Laxmi' is quite good as the grain is bold, uniform and also the colour of the grain is uniform and attractive. The produce gets easily sold in the market and fetches good price ranging from Rs. 1500 - 2000/quintal. The potential and worth of the variety can also be gauged from the fact that with very little effort on marketing it, it has registered a sale of about 600 quintals (year 2005) of seeds and advanced orders worth 1900 quintals (year 2006) have been already received.
Manufacturing Capacity: Yes
Problem Scale: Mild