PUMMY KUMARI*, S. ARYA, S. K. PAHUJA, N. K. THAKRAL, D. S. PHOGAT, SATPAL, J. TOKAS, H. KUMAR, V. KUMAR AND S. DEVI
Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding
CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar-125 004 (Haryana), India
*(e-mail : pummy.hau@gmail.com)
(Received: 02 November 2020; Accepted : 22 December 2020)

SUMMARY

An improved single-cut forage sorghum variety, ‘CSV 44F’ was developed by pedigree method of breeding by Forage Section, Department of Genetics & Plant Breeding, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar. It was identified under AICRP on Sorghum and further released & notified for cultivation in kharif season in Zone II of India comprising states Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. In the Zone II ‘CSV 44F’ produced 407.0 q/ha green fodder yield (average of three years in Coordinated trials) which was 7.44% and 5.80% higher than the checks CSV 21F (378.8 q/ha) and CSV 30F (384.7 q/ha), respectively. Dry fodder yield of CS V44F was 4.18 % and 2.27% higher than the checks CSV 21F (109.83 q/ha) and CSV 30F (111.87 q/ha), respectively in Zone II of India. As far as quality was concerned, it has high total soluble solids (TSS%) i.e. 10.96%; low HCN (79.82 µg/g on fresh wt. basis) which is less than permissible limit 200 µg/g; CP% was 7.45 and IVDMD% was 52.17 and was tolerant to stem borer and foliar diseases. CSV 44F showed 8.39% and 28.06% increase for green fodder yield over CSV 21F and CSV 30F at 100% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), respectively.

Key words:CSV 44F, Forage sorghum, single-cut, green fodder, dry matter, quality, tolerance

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D. S. PHOGAT*, R. N. ARORA, YOGESH JINDAL 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 : dsphogatccshau@gmail.com)
(Received : 10 November 2020; Accepted : 26 December 2020)

SUMMARY

An improved single-cut oat variety, Central oat OS 405, was developed under AICRP on Forage Crops & Utilization and released and notified for cultivation under timely sown, normal fertility and irrigated conditions in the Central Zone of India. The new variety Central Oat OS 405 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 × Kent. This variety gave 454.2 q/ha green fodder yield in Central Zone which was 10.0% and 11.7% higher than the national checks Kent and OS 6, respectively. It also showed superiority of 31%, 20% and 52% green fodder yield than the zonal check SKO – 90 (HZ), JHO – 99-2 (NEZ) and JHO 2000-4 (ZC-SZ), respectively in All India Coordinated Breeding Varietal Evaluation Trials (average of three years over different locations) in Central Zone of the country.

Key words:Central Oat OS 405, green fodder, dry matter, crude protein, IVDMD

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