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Odisha launches groundnut variety tolerant to drought, foliar fungal disease

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Kalinga Groundnut-101 has superior haulm quality

Odisha has officially released a new groundnut variety ‘Kalinga Groundnut-101’ as an alternative to ‘Devi’, the ruling variety after a gap of 14 years. Both the varieties are of ICRISAT origin. The new variety has a pod yield and kernel yield advantage of 12.1 per cent and 20.7 per cent respectively. Kalinga Groundnut-101 is tolerant to drought, foliar fungal diseases, late leaf spots and rust. Studies show that superior haulm quality has the potential to increase milk yield in cattle by 11 per cent.

 

Kalinga Groundnut-101 (ICGV 02266) was released by the Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) at the State Varietal Release Committee (SVRC) at a recently held meeting in Bhubaneshwar. The state releases its groundnut variety after 14 years. It released Devi (ICGV 91114) in 2007, which is now a popular variety in the state.

 

Kalinga Groundnut-101 is suitable for cultivation under residual soil moisture in the post-rainy season, irrigated conditions of the summer season, and can be grown in rainfed uplands during the rainy season for Odisha. 

 

For on-farm testing, 45 ’minikit’ traits were conducted at Bargarh, Bolangir, Kalahandi and Ganjam districts of Odisha during the rainy season. In these trials, Kalinga Groundnut-101 recorded a mean pod yield of 1,726 kg/ha. The pod yield range across the 45 minikits is 1,450-2,120 kg/ha).

 

Groundnut haulms are considered valuable for livestock in Asia and Africa. Research by ICRISAT and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) has confirmed that one of the most important drivers for adoption is its contribution to milk production – on-farm trials showed cattle fed on ICGV91114 fodder gave an average of 11 per cent more milk per day than those fed fodder from local cultivars. Yet another study at ILRI showed, the weight gain in sheep for different groundnut cultivars varied from 65 to 137 g/day indicating the value of groundnut fodder quality on livestock productivity.

 

Dr Janila Pasupuleti, Principal Scientist (Groundnut Breeding) and Flagship Leader of CRP-Grain Legumes and Dryland Cereals (CRP-GLDC) noted that the collaborative work between ICRISAT and ILRI resulted in the identification of groundnut lines with better haulm quality. The haulm quality assessment is now streamlined in breeding pipelines of ICRISAT’s mandate crops with the joint efforts of the two CRPs GLDC and livestock.

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