Performance of Pratap Urd 1 Variety of Blackgram in Agro- Climatic Zone-V of Rajasthan

The present study has been conducted to assess the actual spreading of new variety of Black gram in terms of area, production and productivity in comparison to existing varieties. The Pratap Urd1 (KPU 07–08) is a high yielding cultivar of blackgram. It was released from Agriculture Research Station, Kota for rainfed conditions of Rajasthan and notified in the year 2013. The area under blackgram in the agro-climatic zone v was increased from 0.065 mha in kharif 2014 to 0.439 mha in kharif 2017 and the decreasing trend was observed during kharif 2018 (0.391 mha). The same trend was found in the production and productivity of black gram crop. The annual growth rate of black gram productivity in Kota zone and Rajasthan were worked out as -0.34, 0.50, 0.07 and -0.28 per cent as against of -0.30, 0.66,-0.02 and 0.58 per cent in Rajasthan during the year of 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, respectively. The area under improved variety pratap urd1 continuously increased from 10 ha to 38175 ha in kharif 2014 to 2018. The study clearly indicated that the Pratap urd1 variety was cultivated on 9.74% area (kharif 2018) of the total black gram area in Kota zone of Rajasthan. The characteristic of Pratap urd1 which scored highest among producers was tolerance to yellow mosaic virus, reported by 89.16% of producers depending on the variety and assigned I^st rank in their choice.