Varieties Released
Varieties Released/ implements
S.No. | Crop | Name | Year of release | Special features |
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Varieties released | ||||
Agricultural crops | ||||
1. | Paddy | Paiyur 1 | 1981 | Super fine rice with good quality suited to early samba and Navarai. |
2. | Ragi | Paiyur 1 | 1985 | Suited to rainfed, long duration and higher yield. |
3. | Cowpea | Paiyur 1 | 1985 | Drought tolerant, Suitable for rainfed condition |
4. | Green gram | Paiyur 1 | 1986 | Drought tolerant, Suitable for rainfed condition |
5. | Samai | Paiyur 1 | 1987 | Long duration rainfed variety. |
6. | Horsegram | Paiyur 1 | 1988 | Medium duration, high yield. |
7. | Sesame | Paiyur 1 | 1990 | Suitable for irrigated cropping. |
8. | Sorghum | Paiyur 1 | 1991 | Thalaivirichan Cholam |
9. | Cotton | Paiyur 1 | 1991 | Medium staple suitable to rainfed condition |
10. | Sorghum | Paiyur 2 | 1995 | Dual purpose red grain, short duration. |
11. | Niger | Paiyur 1 | 1997 | Early maturity, high oil content-National variety. |
12. | Horse gram | Paiyur 2 | 1998 | Short duration and higher yield. National check |
13 | Samai | Paiyur 2 | 2000 | Early maturity and higher yield. |
14. | Ragi | Paiyur 2 | 2008 | Moderately resistant to blast. |
Horticultural crops | ||||
15. | Tomato | Paiyur 1 | 1988 | Suitable for rainfed condition |
16. | Mango | Paiyur 1 | 1992 | Suitable for dense planting |
Implements released | ||||
17. | Implements | Atuomatic grader | 1994 | Hand operated grader for Black gram and green gram with grading efficiency of225 kg of grain per hour. |
18. | Implements | Iron Plough | 1995 | Bullock drawn plougher with coverage of 1.1 acre per hour for ploughing and 1.05 acre in for puddling |
19 | Implements | Chaff separator | 2002 | Hand operated with efficiency of 200-250 kg per hour |