Four vegetable varieties of PAU identified for cultivation at the national level

Four vegetable varieties of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) have been identified for cultivation at the national level during the 38th Annual Group Meeting of All India Coordinated Research Project (Vegetables Crops), held on September 25 and 26, 2020 through online mode. Varieties include PBL-234 of brinjal for zone IV (Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand) and zone VI (Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat); Punjab Sona Cherry of tomato for zone III (Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman and the Nicobar Islands), zone IV and zone VI; Punjab Barkat of bottle gourd for zone V (Chhatisgarh, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh), zone VII (Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Goa) and zone VIII (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry); and PP 225 of pumpkin for zone VI. Variety PBL-234 is an early maturing long fruited variety of brinjal which is suitable for planting throughout the year and gives an average yield of 216 quintals/acre. Punjab Sona Cherry is yellow colored indeterminate variety of cherry segment of tomato which is suitable for protected cultivation with an average yield of 425 quintals/acre. Punjab Barkat is a long fruited tendered skin variety of bottle gourd, having an average yield of 226 quintals/acre. PP-225 is big sized (5-6 Kg), thick golden-yellow fleshed variety of pumpkin with an average yield of 182 q/acre.
Dr BS Dhillon, Vice-Chancellor, PAU and Dr NS Bains, Director of Research, PAU congratulated Dr AS Dhatt, Additional Director Research (Horticulture and Food Science)-cum-Head, Department of Vegetable Science and his team for bringing glory to the University at national level.