Plantation Crops

Breeding in cashew

Cashew Varieties - for Karnataka
There are many cashew varieties/selections/hybrids suitable for different agro climatic conditions. .
 

Table: Released varieties of Cashew nut for Cultivation in Karnataka

Variety	Yield (Kg/tree)	Nut(g)	Shelling	Kernel wt(g)
--Ullal (UASB Karnataka) --
1. Ullal-1 (8/46 Taliparamba, Kerala)	19(25)	6.6	30.7	2.15
2. Ullal-2 (3/67 Guntur, Andra)	18(25)	6.0	30.7	1.83
3. Ullal-3 (5/37 Manjari, Kerala)	15(20)	6.9	30.0	--
4. Ullal-4 (2/27 Tuni, Andra)	9.5	--	--	--
5. UN – 50(2/27 Neeleshwar, Kerala)	10.5	9.0	32.5	--
--NRCC, PUTTUR (KARNATAKA)--
1. NRCC-1	8.8	9.2	28.6	--
2. NRCC-2	11.5	7.6	28.8	--

• Chintamani Cashew -1: Recommended for Southern Dry region of Karnataka.
• NRCC-1: From National Research Centre on Cashew, Puttur.
• NRCC -2: From National Research Centre on Cashew, Puttur. It produces big sized nut i.e., nut weight of 9.20 g.
• VENGURLA - 4

  Mean nut yield / tree: 17.2 Kg
  Nut weight : 7.7g
  Shelling % : 31
  Export grade : W210
• VENGURLA - 7

  Mean nut yield / tree: 18.5 Kg
  Nut weight : 10g
  Shelling % : 30.5
  Export grade : W180
Varieties of Maharashtra
• Among vengurla varieties V-4 is popular in Khanapur area of Karnataka.
• V-1 is multiplied and not abandoned as it is an early flowering type .
• V-4 is popular in Belgaum District.
• V-7 and V-8 are of bigger nut size.
• V-8: Newly released variety with bigger nut size and apple size
• Vengurla 1 to V-7, V-7 is having bigger sized nut.
• Hybrids: V-3 to V-8 are hybrids
Varieties of Andhra Pradesh

Bapatla 1 to Bapatla -6 (BPP-6)

Varieties of Tamil Nadu

Vridachalam (VRI) – to VRI-4 .

Varieties of Kerala
• Anakkayam -1, Madakkathara -1, Dhana (H-1608), Kanak (H-1598), Amrita, Priyanka (H-1591),Dharashree (H 3-17), Anagha (H8-17), Sulabha, Hybrid Dhara, KGN -1 (i.e., K.G. Nair (ex CEPC Secretary) -1 a dwarf cashew collected from Brazil which can be planted at 3 m x 3m spacing), etc
• Priyanka and Anagha are from Annakayam research station. .
• Cashew varieties with bigger and bold nuts are UN-50 (i.e., 9.2 g), NRCC-2 (i.e., 9.2 g), Vengurla -7 (i.e., 10.0 g), Anagha (i.e., 10.0 g), Priyanka (i.e., 10.2 g), Akshaya.