Pulses – Future Strategies

Future Strategies

  • Release of short duration (120 – 130 days) redgram variety
  • Release of bold seeded greengram varieties suitable for sprout
  • Release of new chickpea variety
  • Pyramiding of resistant genes for viral diseases (MYMV, ULCD) and powdery mildew
  • Development of prebreeding population in blackgram and greengram
  • New pulse crops may be introduced
  • Grafting of perennial types redgram