Hisar, May 7- Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar has developed an improved variety of sesame (Til) possessing high yield potential and resistance against diseases.
While stating this today, Dr. K.S. Khokhar, Vice-Chancellor of CCSHAU, said that improved variety of sesame (Til) named HT 9713 (HT 2) would benefit not only the farmers of Haryana but also the farmers of neighbouring states of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the variety had been identified for release in Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir states at the annual group meeting of the All India Coordinated Research Project on sunflower, sesame and niger held at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore recently.
Dr. Khokhar said that HT 9713 (HT 2) variety had recorded 15 to 25 per cent more seed yield than the check variety. The team of scientists credited for developing this variety includes Dr. R.K. Sheoran, Dr. Dhiraj Singh, Dr. A.S. Rathi, Dr. R.S. Banga, Dr. S.P. Singh and Dr. Kamal Dhawan.
Enumerating another characteristic of the variety, Dr. R.P. Narwal, Director of Research said that its seeds are white, while plants supported dark green narrow leaves and long hairy capsules. This variety possessed 48.2 per cent oil content, he said, adding that resistance against leaf curl virus and phyllody diseases was its another feature.