COMMERCIAL VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS IN GARDEN PEA

GARDEN PEA

1.   Botanical name : Pisum sativum 2n : 14 Family : Leguminaceae Origin : Central Asia DESCRIPTION OF COMMERCIAL VARIETIES AND HYBRIDS IN PEA

2. It is winter vegetable in plains and summer vegetable in hills Based on growth habit, there are three types 1)Bush type 2) Medium Tall type 3) Tall type(pole type) The tender fully developed seeds are the economic part

3. Based on the seed, the pea varieties are grouped into two types 1) Round Seeded or Smooth Seeded 2 ) Wrinkled Seeded Round seeded varieties are more tolerant to high temperature than wrinkled seeded varieties The pods are harvested and used for either fresh market or freezing, canning or dehydration

4. Ooty 1 Arkel Bonneville Harbhajan Fc 1 Jawahar Matar 1 Jawahar Matar 2 Jawahar Matar 3 Jawahar Matar4 Jawahar Matar5 Jawahar Matar 83 V arieties growing in India Jp 4 (JM 6) Jp 19 Lincoln Mattar Ageta 6 Pantnagar Matar 2 Pant Uphar (IP 3) P 88 PRS 4 VL 3 Pusa Pragati Arka Apoorva Pusa Shree Arka Priya

5. Early badger Little marvel Perfection New line Ooty-1 Azad Arkel Sylvia- Appearance as French bean. Suitable for late sowing Dwarf, early wrinkled seeded variety

6. Ooty 1 It is a pureline selection (PS-33-1) among 40 germplasm types maintained at Horticultural Research Station, Ooty The crop duration is 90 days The plants are dwarf with dark green , long and smooth pods with 9 seeds The crop yields 11.1 t/ha under rainfed conditions and 12.9 t/ha under irrigation R esistant to white fly

7. Arkel It is a popular and widely cultivated variety The green pod yield is about 100q/ha. The crop matures in 100 days giving a seed yield (sole crop) of 15q/ha The seeds are wrinkled, green having a 100 seed weight of 17g Being early, it escapes the attack of powdery mildew , but under late planting, it is highly susceptible

8. Jawahar Matar 1 The yield of green pods is around 110q/ha. The crop matures in 130–135 days. The seed yield is about 11q/ha. This is highly susceptible to powdery mildew. Jawahar Matar 2 This is a large pods-bearing variety. sickle-shaped pods the green pod yield being 100q/ha. seed yield is 10q/ha. This is highly susceptible to powdery mildew . Jawahar Matar 3 The green pod yield is 50q/ha. It is susceptible to powdery mildew but may escape due to earliness.

9. Jawahar Matar 4 The green pod yield is about 80q/ha It matures in 125 days, The seed yield is 8q/ha The variety escapes from powdery mildew due to earliness

10. Jawahar Matar 5 A powdery mildew resistant garden pea The green pods yield is 110q/ha It matures in 130–140 days. The seeds are wrinkled and yellow The seed yield is 12q/ha

11. Jawahar Peas 83 This is resistant to powdery mildew The green pod yield is 125–130q/ha The crop matures in 125–130 days The seeds are wrinkled, yellow and medium-sized The seed yield is 13–16q/ha

12. Pantnagar Matar 2 G reen pod yield is bout 50q/ha The crop matures in 110 days The seed yield is about 5q/ha The seeds are wrinkled , green and medium-sized This variety suffers badly due to powdery mildew attack.

13. Pusa Pragati Pods are long (10 cm ) F irst picking in 60-65 days Resistent to powdery mildew Y ield 70 q/ha Pusa Himlata Its plants are vine type Its beans are long , fleshy, light green string less and straight Its seeds can be used as rajmash Yield is 17-20 t/ha

14. Asauji From IARI, New Delhi Early variety, Bush type pods are ready for harvest in 60 DAS Bonneville It is a medium tall, mid season variety Seeds are light green and wrinkled Alaska E arly , heat tolerant, canning variety

15. Lincoln I ntroduced from France Early season variety Mature seeds wrinkled Yield – 8-10 t / ha ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resistant to rust and powdery mildew: Arka Karthik and Arka Sampoorna

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