OS 377–A NEW FORAGE SINGLE-CUT OAT VARIETY FOR THE CENTRAL ZONE OF INDIA
YOGESH JINDAL*, R. N. ARORA, D. S. PHOGAT, S. K. PAHUJA, L. K. MIDHA, S. K. GANDHI AND U. N. JOSHI
Forage Section Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
CCS Haryana Agricultural University,
Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : yjindalhau@gmail.com)
(Received : 30 December 2015; Accepted : 15 March 2016)
SUMMARY
An improved single-cut oat variety, OS 377, was developed under AICRP (Forage Crops & Utilization) and released and notified for cultivation under timely sown, normal fertility and irrigated conditions in the Central Zone of India comprising states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Chhatisgarh. The new variety OS 377 was developed at Forage Research Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar by pedigree method of breeding from a cross between HJ 8 x Kent. This variety gave 13.6 per cent more green fodder yield (537.1 q/ha) and about 12 per cent more dry matter yield (121.7 q/ha) than the best check JHO 822 (472.6 q/ha GFY and 108.6 q/ha DMY) in all India Coordinated Breeding Varietal Evaluation Trials (average of three years over different locations) for Central Zone of the country.
Key words:Single-cut oat variety, OS 377, green fodder yield, dry matter yield