Development of Flood and Drought Resistant Seeds
The National Agricultural Research System (NARS) comprising Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and State Agricultural Universities has developed flood/drought tolerant crop varieties for different regions of the country. The details are given below.
Important flood and drought tolerant varieties/hybrids of different crops
Crop | Varieties/hybrids |
Deep water/submergence/ water logging tolerance | |
Rice | Swarna Sub-1, Sambha Mahsuri Sub-1, Varshadhan, Gayatri, Sarla, Pooja, Prateeksha, Durga, JalaMani, CR Dhan 505, CR Dhan 502, Jalnidhi, Neerja, Jaladhi 1, Jaladhi 2, Hemavathi |
Maize | HM-5, Seed Tech-2324, HM-10, PMH-2 |
Sugarcane | Co 98014 (Karan-1), Co 0239, Co 0118, Co 0238, Co 0233, Co 05009 |
Jute | JRO 7835, JRO 878, JRC 321, JRC 7447, JRC 532, JRC-517, Bidhan Pat-1 |
Drought tolerance | |
Rice | Sahabhagi Dhan, Vandana, Anjali, Satyabhama, DRR Dhan 42 (IR64 Drt 1), DRR Dhan 43, Birsa Vikas Dhan 203, Birsa Vikas Dhan 111, Rajendra Bhagwati, Jaldi Dhan 6 |
Wheat | PBW 527, HI 1531, HI 8627, HD 2888, HPW 349, PBW 644, WH 1080, HD 3043, PBW 396, K 9465, K 8962, MP 3288, HD 4672, NIAW 1415, HD 2987 |
Maize | Pusa Hybrid Makka 1, HM 4, Pusa Hybrid Makka 5, DHM 121, Buland, |
Sorghum | CSH 19 R, CSV 18, CSH 15R |
Pearl Millet | HHB 67 improved, GHB 757, GHB 719, Dhanshakti, HHB 234, Mandor Bajra Composite 2, HHB-226, RHB-177, Pusa Composite 443, |
Barley | RD 2660, K603 |
Chickpea | Vijay, Vikas, RSG 14, RSG 888, ICCV 10, Pusa 362, Vijay |
Groundnut | Ajaya, Girnar 1, TAG-24, Kadiri 6, ICGV 91114 |
Soybean | NRC 7, JS 95-60 |
Sugarcane | Co 98014 (Karan-1), Co 0239, Co 0118, Co 0238, Co 06927, Co 0403, Co 86032 |
Cotton | HD 324, CICR-1, Raj DH 7, Jawahar Tapti, Pratap Kapi, Suraj, Surabhi, Veena, AK 235, |
Jute | JBO 1 (Sudhangsu), JRO 204, JRO 524, JRC 80 |
The seeds of flood/drought tolerant varieties of different crops are made available to the farmers in the area/state/region of recommendation. Besides, under technology demonstration component of National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture some of these varieties are also demonstrated to farmers in various flood/drought prone regions of the country.