Crop Improvement:

1. Endorsed Potato variety: Kufri Sadabahar

Endorsement year: 2019

Special features:

The tuber has oblong shape with smooth and white skin, predominantly apical shallow eyes and white flesh with mealy texture.

Characteristics:

Kufri Sadabahar outperformed Kufri Badshah, Kufri Lauvkar, and Kufri Pukhraj in terms of total tuber yield (312.78 q/ha) in 75 days of harvesting (early) for early bulking, with yields of 13.20, 10.86, and 7.79 percent higher than Kufri Badshah, Kufri Lauvkar, and Kufri Pukhraj, respectively. In the case of a 90-day (mature) harvest, the variety demonstrates a greater tuber yield (354.54 q/ha) by 17.51, 14.27, and 10.08 percent across the years as compared to the checks Kufri Badshah, Kufri Lauvkar, and Kufri Pukhraj. When compared to the checks Kufri Badshah, Kufri Lauvkar, and Kufri Pukhraj, this variety had a lower incidence of early blight, late blight, and leaf curl.Whitefly infestation is lower in this variety than in the checks Kufri Badshah, Kufri Lauvkar, and Kufri Pukhraj. This variety has a greater reducing sugar (0.12%) and flavonoid content (0.040 percent ). Dry matter (18.94%), total soluble sugar (1.42%) and starch (20.49%) also found higher.

Crop Production :

• Assessment of Natural Organic Liquid (NOL) and inorganic nutrient supply system on yield and quality of potato cv.K. Badshah

The farmers of middle Gujarat Agro-climatic zone III growing potato are recommended to apply RDF (220-110-220 NPK kg ha^-1) along with application of FYM @20 t ha^-1 and seed treatment with AAU PGPR consortium @ 1 l/ha of seed for securing higher yield and net return. Application of NOL was not found beneficial. (2015)

• Note : *PGPR Consortium : [Azotobacter choococcum (ABA1) + Azospirillum lipoferum (ASA-1) + Bacillus coagulans (PBA-16) + Bacillus sp. ** NOL : Cow dung + cow urine + jaggery + buttermilk + pulse flour + soil under Baniyaan tree
• Integrated nutrient management in potato var. Kufri Badshah

The farmers of middle Gujarat Agro climatic zone III growing potato crop are advised to fertilize their crop with 260-130-260 NPK kg/ha in addition to this apply poultry manure @ 3 t/ha and in case of unavailability of poultry manure, apply FYM @ 20 t/ha to get higher net return (50% Nitrogen as basal and remaining 50% at the time of earthing up and poultry manure 20 days before planting should be applied). (2015).

• Determination of effective planting time for potato cultivars under middle Gujarat conditions

The farmers of middle Gujarat Agro climatic zone III growing potato crop are advised to plant their potato crop in 2^nd week of November to 4^th week of November with Kufri Pukhraj variety to get higher income and net realization. (2018)

• Performance of different varieties of potato under different spacing for middle Gujarat.

The farmers of middle Gujarat Agro climatic zone III growing potato are advised to grow Kufri Pukhraj variety at 45 x 20 cm spacing for getting higher yield and net realization. (2019)

• Nutrient management through organic sources in summer green gram (Vigna radiata L.) var. GAM 5

The farmers of middle Gujarat Agro climatic zone growing summer greengram (GAM-5) organically are recomendate to apply either 4.0 t/ha FYM +0.5 t/ha Vermicompost or 2.0 t/ha FYM+0.25 t/ha Vermicopmost to get higher yield of net realization.

• Nutrient management through organic sources in vegetable cluster bean var. Pusa Navbahar

The farmers of middle Gujarat agro-climatic zone cultivating vegetable cluster bean late kharif season organically are recommended to apply N equivalent of 20 kg/ha through FYM (2.0 t/ha ) or castor cake (565 kg/ha) for getting higher yield and net return.