Varieties

Varieties

    Some of the promising, less spiny strains developed in this crop are the Glaxo strain, BARC Strain, Pusa-1, RRL 20-2 RRL-G and L-6 which is said to be less-spiny. 'Arka Sanjeevini' and 'Arka Mahima' are the two varieties developed at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore and released for cultivation as high yielding types. ‘Arka Mahima’ is tetraploid variety with solasodine content of 2.5%.

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