Varieties bred and released by ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research across seven pulse crops — with yield potential, crop duration, recommended area and the special characters that distinguish each one.
69
Varieties released
7
Pulse crops covered
1987–2024
Years of varietal release
15
Chickpea varieties — the largest group
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Chickpea
Special characters: Tolerant to moisture stress and lodging, wilt resistant; yellowish brown seed colour with small seed size (16.0 g/100-seed weight).
Chickpea
Special characters: Kabuli type, creamy white seed colour with large seed size (34.0 g/100-seed weight), moderately resistant to wilt.
Chickpea
Special characters: Kabuli type, creamy white seed colour with large seed size (35 g/100-seed wt.), moderately resistant to fusarium wilt.
Chickpea
Special characters: Resistance to wilt and moderately tolerant to DRR, stunt and collar rot; light brown seed with small seed size (16.5 g/100-seed weight) and higher protein content (>24%).
Chickpea
Special characters: Resistance to wilt; brown seed colour with large seed size (25.8 g/100-seed wt.).
Chickpea
Special characters: Resistance to wilt; brown seed colour with medium seed size (20.2 g/100-seed wt.).
Chickpea
Special characters: Resistance to wilt; brown seed colour with small seed (15.2 g/100-seed weight), higher protein content (>26%).
Chickpea
Special characters: Resistance to wilt; brown seed colour with medium seed size (20.2 g/100-seed wt.).
Chickpea
Special characters: Highly resistant to wilt, tolerant to DRR and collar rot diseases; brown, medium seed size (18.5 g/100-seed wt.).
Chickpea
Special characters: Highly resistant to wilt, moderately tolerant to DRR; brown, medium seed size (23.0 g/100-seed weight).
Chickpea
Special characters: Seed creamy beige colour with large seed size (28.7 g/100-seed weight); moderately resistant to fusarium wilt, dry root rot, collar rot and stunt diseases.
Chickpea
Special characters: Drought tolerant MAS product. Seed light brown colour with small seed size (16.6 g/100-seed weight); resistant to fusarium wilt, collar rot and stunt diseases, moderately tolerant to dry root rot.
Chickpea
Special characters: Seed creamy white Kabuli type with large seed size (32.2 g/100-seed weight); moderately resistant to fusarium wilt. Semi-erect growth habit with medium tall height (55.6 cm), broad leaf size, light green foliage and tolerance to high temperature.
Chickpea
Special characters: Seed brown colour with angular shape and large seed size (29.1 g/100-seed weight); resistant to fusarium wilt and moderately resistant to DRR, ascochyta blight and BGM. Less incidence of pod borer, semi-erect growth habit with tall plant height, green foliage and tolerance to high temperature.
Chickpea
Special characters: Seed brown colour and medium seed size (14.7 g/100-seed wt.) with 20.25% seed protein; resistant to fusarium wilt and tolerant to DRR and collar rot. Tall plants (>65.0 cm height, first podding height >28 cm) with erect growth habit, lodging resistant and suitable for machine harvest.
Pigeonpea
Special characters: Resistant to fusarium wilt; light brown seed colour with medium seed size (12–14 g/100-seed).
Pigeonpea
Special characters: Resistant to wilt and sterility mosaic disease; purple seed colour with medium seed size (10–11 g/100-seed wt.).
Pigeonpea
Special characters: Resistant to fusarium wilt and sterility mosaic; brown seed colour with medium seed size (10–12 g/100-seed).
Pigeonpea
Special characters: Hybrid variety resistant to wilt; brown seed colour with medium seed size (8–8.54 g/100-seed wt.).
Pigeonpea
Special characters: Hybrid variety tolerant to phytophthora blight and sterility mosaic, moderately resistant to wilt; medium seed size (9–9.6 g/100-seed).
Pigeonpea
Special characters: Tolerant to sterility mosaic and phytophthora blight, moderately resistant to wilt; medium brown seed size (9.5–10 g/100-seed).
Mungbean
Special characters: Resistant to yellow mosaic disease.
Mungbean
Special characters: Early maturity, large seeds, multiple disease resistance.
Mungbean
Special characters: Early maturity, MYMV resistance, shining green seed.
Mungbean
Special characters: Early maturity, MYMV resistance.
Mungbean
Special characters: Photo- and thermo-insensitive with high resistance to YMD.
Mungbean
Special characters: Highly resistant to YMD.
Mungbean
Special characters: Highly resistant to YMD, powdery mildew and cercospora leaf spot.
Mungbean
Special characters: Highly resistant to YMD, powdery mildew and cercospora leaf spot.
Mungbean
Special characters: Highly resistant to YMD and powdery mildew, moderately resistant to cercospora leaf spot.
Mungbean
Special characters: Highly resistant to YMD and powdery mildew, resistant to leaf curl.
Mungbean
Special characters: Resistant to YMD, powdery mildew and cercospora leaf spot.
Mungbean
Special characters: Resistant to YMD, powdery mildew and cercospora leaf spot.
Mungbean
Special characters: Highly resistant to YMD, cercospora leaf spot and anthracnose.
Urdbean
Special characters: MYMV tolerant, good plant type.
Urdbean
Special characters: MYMV resistant, attractive plant type.
Urdbean
Special characters: MYMV and powdery mildew resistant.
Urdbean
Special characters: Dull black colour with medium-large seed (4.3 g/100-seed wt.) and high protein content (26%); resistant to MYMV, ULCV, powdery mildew, anthracnose and cercospora leaf spot.
Urdbean
Special characters: Shining black seed colour, medium-large seed (3.82 g/100-seed wt.) with high protein content (25%); highly resistant to MYMV and cercospora leaf spots, resistant to ULCV, stem necrosis, web blight, BLB, anthracnose and powdery mildew.
Lentil
Special characters: Resistant to rust and tolerant to wilt.
Lentil
Special characters: Resistant to rust and tolerant to wilt, with large seeds.
Lentil
Special characters: Tolerant to rust and wilt, medium size seeds.
Lentil
Special characters: Tolerant to rust and wilt, extra-large seeds.
Lentil
Special characters: Resistance to wilt and rust. Seed brown with red cotyledons and large (3.1 g/100-seed wt.).
Lentil
Special characters: Tolerance to wilt and rust diseases; seed attractive with large size (3.0 g/100 seeds) and red cotyledons.
Lentil
Special characters: Resistance to rust, wilt and stemphylium blight; brown seed coat with orange cotyledon, small seeded (2.4 g/100-seed wt.), high zinc and iron content.
Lentil
Special characters: Resistant to wilt, large seeded.
Lentil
Special characters: Resistant to rust and tolerant to wilt. Seed brown colour with orange cotyledons and large size (2.9 g/100-seed weight).
Lentil
Special characters: Early maturing; resistance to rust, wilt and stemphylium blight. Seed brown with red cotyledons and large size (3.2 g/100-seed wt.).
Lentil
Special characters: Highly resistant to rust and wilt diseases; small seeded (2.1 g/100 seeds), brown dotted seed coat and red cotyledons.
Lentil
Special characters: Resistance to rust and wilt diseases; large seeds (2.9 g/100 seeds) with brown dotted seed coat and red cotyledons.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Tall type with powdery mildew resistance.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Dwarf type with powdery mildew resistance.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Large seeds with powdery mildew resistance.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Powdery mildew resistance, tolerant to rust.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Powdery mildew resistance, tolerant to rust.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Resistant to powdery mildew; dwarf type with green seeds.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Creamy white round seeded; resistant to powdery mildew disease and moderately tolerant to pod borer.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Round seeded with creamy white seed coat colour; resistant to powdery mildew, tolerant to rust.
Fieldpea
Special characters: White and round seeded; resistant to powdery mildew disease and pod borer, moderately resistant to aphids and leaf miner.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Tan colour mottled seed; resistant to powdery mildew.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Round and green seeded variety; resistant to powdery mildew disease.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Round, creamish white seed; resistant to powdery mildew disease.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Resistant to powdery mildew and rust disease; dwarf and leafy type with medium creamish white round seed.
Fieldpea
Special characters: Resistant to powdery mildew, downy mildew and rust disease; medium seed size, round, smooth and white seed colour.
Rajmash
Special characters: Tolerance to BCMV and variegated red seeds.
Rajmash
Special characters: Resistant to BCMV and leaf crinkle.
Rajmash
Special characters: Tolerance to BCMV, cold tolerance, attractive seed colour.
Rajmash
Special characters: Tolerance to BCMV, attractive dark red medium seeds.
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Registration with PPV&FR
Many of these varieties carry a certificate of registration from the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority, which establishes the institute’s breeder’s rights. See the PPV&FR register for the full list of registrations.
Seed licensing
Registered varieties are licensed to seed companies for multiplication and sale through the Institute Technology Management Unit. See Licensing for the companies holding those agreements, and Technology for the institute’s postharvest machinery and processes offered for transfer.
