Vegetable Science Technologies Developed/Varieties Released

TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPED

  • Brinjal grafting Technology
  • Sequential cropping system of cassava with vegetable cowpea for better return
  • Production practices for cultivation of capsicum and tomato in polyhouse
  • Production practices for cultivation of tomato under shadenet
  • Weed management in onion
  • Application of SOP for high yield and quality in tomato
  • Application of foliar spray for high yield and quality in vegetables
  • Production of virus free elite planting materials in cassava through tissue culture
  • Shadenet cultivation of cucumber

Mass multiplication of virus free cassava planting materials

VARIETIES RELEASED

 

 

 

 

 S.No. Crop Varieties  Year of release
1 Tomato  CO1

CO2

CO3 (Marutham)

1969

1974

1980

2 Brinjal CO1

CO2

CO3

1978

1988

2024

3 Bhendi CO1

CO2

CO3

1976

1987

1991

4 Chilli  CO1

CO2

CO3

C04

1979

1982

1991

2000

5 Bitter Gourd  CO1 1978
6 Ridge Gourd  CO1

CO2

1976

1984

7 Snake Gourd  CO1

CO2

1976

1986

8 Ash Gourd  CO1

CO2

1971

1982

9 Pumpkin  CO1

CO2

1971

1974

10 Radish  CO1 1981
11 Bottle Gourd  CO1 1981
12 Cucumber  CO1 1989
13 Dolichos Bean CO1 1993
14 Onion  CO1

CO2

CO3

CO4

CO (on) 5

CO 6

1965

1975

1979

1982

2001

2020

15 Cassava  CO1

CO2

CO3

CO(Tp),

CTCRI Co (Tp) 5

1977

1984

1993

2002

2007

16 Sweet Potato  CO1

CO2

CO3

COCIP 1

CO5

1976

1980

1983

1999

2013

17 Amaranthus  CO1

CO2

CO3

CO4

CO5

1968

1979

1988

1989

1998

18 Colocasia  CO1 1991
19 Coleus  CO1 1991
20 Coccinia  CO1 2012
21 Greater Yam  CO1 1991

HYBRIDS RELEASED

 S.No. Crop  Varieties Year of Release
 1 Tomato  COTH 1

COTH2

TNAU Tomato Hybrid CO3

Tomato Hybrid CO4

1998

2006

2010

2020

 2 Brinjal  COBH 1

COBH 2

2001

2009

 3 Bitter Gourd  COBgoH 1 2001
 4 Bhendi  COBh H1

Bhendi Hybrid CO4

2007

2016

 5 Chilli  TNAU Chilli Hybrid CO1 2010
 6 Ash Gourd  Ash Gourd Hybrid CO 1 2012
 7 Bottle Gourd  Bottle Gourd Hybrid CO1 2012
8 Ridge Gourd Ridge Gourd COH1 2012

VARIETIES /HYBRIDS IN PIPELINE

 S.No. Crop  Varieties

 1

Tomato Leaf curl resistant tomato hybrid CTH 2

 2

Elephant Foot Yam  High yielding variety AP 03

4

CPH 1 small fruited pumpkin             It is a F1 hybrid of Saras x Pusa Vishwas. Fruits weigh about 1.2 kg with flesh thickness of 3.8 cm. The yield potential of the hybrid was 10.7 kg/plant. The β carotene content of the fruit is 89.6 μg/g which is 4.5 times increase over check hybrid Arjuna (18.53 μg/g).

5

Amaranthus (Red type) The red amaranthus culture A193 belongs to A.tricolor. It is a pureline selection from Mettupatti local. It is a late flowering type suitable for single harvest. It has high amount of anthocyanin (0.653%). It has good cooking quality and is rich in vitamins and minerals.

6

Pole type Lab lab The pole type Lablab DbP 3 is a cluster bearing, photo-insensitive type developed by pureline selection from Nilakottai local yielding 30-35 t/ha. The  pods are 25cm long, fleshy with high market preference. Suitable for round the year cultivation.

GENETIC RESOURCES REPOSITORY

 S.No Name of the crop  No of germplasm

 1

Tomato

 205

 2

Amaranthus

 117

 3

Brinjal

 217

 4

Onion

 60

 5

Vegetable cow pea

 53

 6

Muskmelon

 28

 7

Bitter gourd

 24

 8

 TNAU released hybrids

 14

 9

 Chilli

194

 10

Okra

 43

 11

Ridge gourd

36

 12

Ashgourd

 23

 13

Snake gourd

 9

 14

Pumbkin

 26

 15

Medicinal solanum

 8

 16

Lab lab

 32

 17

Chery tomato

 24

 18

Moringa

 1

 19

Coccinia

 1

 20

Bottle gourd

 2

 21

Cluster bean

 1