University of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural Research Station, Dharwad.
Dharwad farm of University of Agricultural Sciences has developed some new genotypes in cotton, chilli and greengram. It has been claimed that these varieties are unique in their characters. The genotypes included 3 varieties in cotton (BAR-97-GB: giant boll variety immune to blackarm disease; JK 276-4: multiple pest resistant variety, highly tolerant to bollworm, aphids, jassids, thrips and white flies; BCS-9-95: extra long staple, high yielding, high ginning variety of Gossypium barbadense; one each in greengram (KCM-l: non-shattering, long podded, erect and bold seeded type) and chilli (KDSC 100 to 500 series: virus and leaf spot disease resistant varieties). The paper deals with these new developed cultivars.
