A high yielding white seeded sesame variety : VRI 3

  • T. Ezhilarasi, V. Thiruvengadam, A. Mothilal, K. Nilakantapillai, R. Marimuthu, R. S. Purushothaman,
  • C. Harisudan, M. Chandrasekaran, V. Ravichandran, K. Ganesamurthy and S. Geetha

Abstract

Abstract
A high yielding white seeded sesame culture VS 07 023 was developed at Regional Research Station, Vridhachalam and released as VRI 3 during 2017. It is a cross derivative of SVPR 1 and TKG 87. The culture was evaluated for rabi and the summer seasons. The culture VS 07 023 registered overall grain yield of 995 kg/ha which is 22.74 per cent and 17.33 per cent yield increase over the check SVPR 1 (811kg/ha) and TMV (SV) 7 (848 kg/ha), respectively over 95 locations during rabi season. Similarly, the culture VS 07 023 registered remarkably a higher mean seed yield of 1055 kg/ha against the check SVPR 1 (862 kg/ha) and TMV (SV) 7 (928kg/ha). The per cent increase in the mean seed yield over the check was 22.49 (SVPR 1) and 13.77 per cent (TMV (SV) 7). The culture is moderately resistant to Macrophomina root rot disease. The culture VS 07 023 is white seeded containing 50 per cent oil content and exhibited a profuse branching suitable for rabi and the summer irrigated conditions. In view of stable performance of sesame culture VS 07 023, it was released as a new sesame variety VRI 3 during 2017 by Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore for cultivation in major sesame growing districts of Tamil Nadu during rabi and the summer irrigated conditions.

Key words
Sesame, white seeded, new variety,VRI 3

Published
30-06-2021
How to Cite
T. Ezhilarasi, V. Thiruvengadam, A. Mothilal, K. Nilakantapillai, R. Marimuthu, R. S. Purushothaman, C. Harisudan, M. Chandrasekaran, V. Ravichandran, K. Ganesamurthy and S. Geetha
A high yielding white seeded sesame variety : VRI 3. 2021. Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding, 12 2, 272-277. Retrieved from https://ejplantbreeding.org/index.php/EJPB/article/view/3748
Issue
Vol 12 No 2 (2021): EJPB
Section
Research Article

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