ADT 6 - A high yielding blackgram variety suitable for rice fallow condition of cauvery Delta Zone

ADT 6 - A high yielding blackgram variety suitable for rice fallow condition of cauvery Delta Zone

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A high yielding blackgram variety ADT 6 suitable for rice fallow season of Cauvery Delta Zone was released during 2017.The variety ADT 6 (ADBG 13004) is a cross derivative of VBN 1 x VBG 04-006 and matures in Fossils 65-70 days.The plant type is semi erect and determinate.The seeds are bold, black oval in shape with dull lustre and the mean 100 seed weight is 4.

7 g.The variety manifests good battering and recorded an average of 21.6 per cent protein and 5.7 % arabinose content.

The average yield of ADT 6 is 741 kg/ha PEANUT BUTTER PWD CHOCOLATE which is 13.8 per cent increased yield over ADT 3(651 kg/ha).The culture possesses moderate resistance to Mungbean Yellow Mosaic Virus (MYMV), leaf crinkle and powdery mildew diseases.The variety is fast spreading among the farmers of Cauvery Delta as a rice fallow blackgram variety.