Varietal release


Varietal release

    Before a variety is released and reaches to the farmer, the All India Co-ordinated Crop Improvement Project identifies the variety for release in its workshop as per the established norms for testing for its value for cultivation.
    Presently, All India Co-ordinated Crop Improvement (AICCPs) Projects have been created for almost for all the crops or groups of crops (Paroda, 1992).
    AICCIPs follow a three tier system of multilocation evaluation spread over a minimum of three years involving the following stages:

    • First year - (IET, Initial evaluation trial)
    • Second year — Advance varietal trial — I (AVT - 1)
    • Third year — Advance varietal trial — II (AVT-II)

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