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FIBRE CROPS

Cotton

Varieties/ Hybrids Parentage Season Irrigated/ Rainfed Mean yield of seed (kg/ha) Special features
MCU 5

Multiple cross

Aug-Oct
Feb-Mar

Irrigated 1850

Extra long staple (29 mm MHL), 
Can spun upto 70s, ginning 34%

MCU 7

X ray irradiation of X L 1143 EE

Jan-Feb 

Rice fallows 1330

Medium staple (23.7 mm MHL), Can spun upto 30s, early maturing with 33.2% ginning outturn. Tolerant to Black arm

MCU 12

Derivative from the cross LRA 5166 x MCU 11

Aug-Oct

Irrigated 2000

Shorter in duration than MCU 5, GOT 34.8%
Can spun upto 50s

MCU 13

It is a multiple cross derivative involving the parents of [(TCH 665 x LS 149) x (TCH 665 x TCH 21)] x (TCH 21 x EECH) x (TCH 92-7 x EECH)

Aug- Oct

Jan-Feb

Irrigated 2200

Early duration
Can spun upto 50s

LRA 5166

Laxmi x Reba B.50 x AC 122

Aug-Oct Jan –Feb

Irrigated Rainfed 1800
725

Medium staple (29 mm), Can spun upto 40s, ginning 36.2%

MCU 5 VT

Reselection from MCU 5

Aug-Oct   Jan –Feb

Irrigated 2000

Extra long staple,Verticillium wilt tolerant

Supriya

MCU 5 x C 1998

Aug-Oct  Jan-Feb

Irrigated 2000

White fly tolerant

Anjali

LRA 5166 x (Khandwa 2 x Reba B 50) BC 2

Jan –Feb

Irrigated 
(Rice fallows)
1800

Dwarf, semi compact plant type

Surabhi

MCU 5 VT
(MCU 5 x G.mexicanum)

Aug-Oct 

Irrigated 2200

Exta long staple,Verticillium wilt resistant

Sumangala

CW 134 x Reba B 50 x Khandwa 2

Sept-Oct Jan –Feb

Irrigated 
Rainfed
2000
1200

Suitable for rainfed tract

Sruthi

70 E x RSP 4

Sept-Oct Jan –Feb

Irrigated 2500

Early duration

K 11

(0794-1-DX H 876) x (0794-1-DX H 450) Multiple Hybrid derivative

Sept – Oct

Rainfed 1100

Better fibre properties with lesser pest incidence than K10

Suvin

Hybrid derivative from the cross Sujatha x St. Vincent

Aug-Oct

Irrigated 1020

Extra long staple cotton with 28% ginning outturn and 32 mm MHL, spins 100s

 

Varieties/ Hybrids Parentage Season Irrigated/ Rainfed Mean yield of seed (kg/ha) Special features
TCHB 213 Interspecific Hybrid of TCH 1218 (G.hirsutum)
and TCB 209 (G.barbadense)
Aug-Sep Irrigated 2215 High yielding, early maturing, Tolerant to leaf spot diseases
SVPR 2 TSDT 22 x JR 36 Feb - Mar 
Sep-Oct
Irrigated 
Rainfed
2000 High ginning out turn of 36.4%, medium staple (24.3 mm), can spin 30's, suited to summer irrigated, winter rainfed and tankfed rice fallow tracts of Tamil Nadu.
SVPR 3 Selection from L.H 900 x 1301 D.D Jan-Feb Rice fallows 1800 Suitable for rice fallow tract.
early duration (135-140 days). Tolerant to drought,
leafhopper, alternaria spot,  black arm disease.
KC 2 MCU 10 x KC 1 Sep - Oct Rainfed 1000 High ginning out turn of 37.5%, medium staple cotton - 24.4 mm, Suited for rainfed black cotton soil of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi and Virudhunagar Districts.


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