Notified Vegetable Varieties for Commercialization

Crop: Ridge gourd

Variety: Thar Karni

Characteristics: Early in harvesting and take 51-55 days to first picking from sowing. Fruits 20-25 cm long weighing 90-110 g and cylindrical with 10 longitudinal shallow ridges. Plants bear short internodes and profusely branched. Yield potential is 180-240 q/ ha depending upon sowing season and climatic conditions. It is suitable for cultivation during spring-summer and kharif seasons. It is tolerant to mosaic disease under field conditions. Recommended for cultivation in Rajasthan vide gazette notification number S.O. 3254 (E) dated 20-07-2022.

Crop: Longmelon

Variety: Thar Sheetal

Characterstics: Early in harvesting and took 45-50 days in first harvesting from sowing. It produced 25-30 cm long fruits which are light green at tender and edible stage. The fruits are free from bitterness. It is equally suitable for cultivation in spring-summer and kharif seasons under open field conditions. Also suitable for cultivation under low tunnels for off-season cultivation. Yield potential varied from 150-200 q/ ha depending upon sowing season, prevailing climatic conditions, management practices, harvesting stage, etc. It is able to set fruits at high temperature (upto 42oC) during summer season under hot arid conditions. Recommended for cultivation in Rajasthan vide gazette notification number S.O. 3254 (E) dated 20-07-2022.