OS 346 – A NEW FORAGE SINGLE-CUT OAT VARIETY UNDER TIMELY SOWN, NORMAL FERTILITY AND IRRIGATED CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL ZONE OF INDIA
R. N. ARORA*, B. S. JHORAR, C. KISHOR, R. S. SHEORAN, A. S. RATHI, P. P. GUPTA AND U. N. JOSHI
Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
CCS Haryana Agriculturl University,
Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : arora15@rediffmail.com)
(Received : 12 September 2014; Accepted : 30 January 2015)
SUMMARY
An improved single-cut oat variety, OS 346 was developed under AICRP (Forage Crops) 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 346 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 OS 6 x Kent. This variety gave about 11.0 per cent more green fodder yield (534.7 q/ha) and 13.3 per cent more dry matter yield (110.8 q/ha) than the best check JHO 822 (481.6 q/ha GFY and 97.8 q/ha DMY) in all India Coordinated Breeding Varietal Evaluation Trials for Central Zone.
Key words:Single-cut oat variety, OS 346, green fodder yield, dry matter yield