Division of Vegetable Crops

Arka Nishant

Roots long, marble white in colour with crisp texture and mild pungency. Resistant to pithiness, premature bolting, root branching and forking.
Yield 35-40 t/ha.

Arka Chaitra

Tall, mid-season variety, tolerant to high temperature (upto 350 C).  Pods are long and light green coloured. Seeds are light green, round in shape and sweet.Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F6 generation involving (Arka Ajit X Arka Sampoorna) X (Arka Pramodh X Oregon Sugar).
Pod yield:  7.0 t/ha in 90 days.

Arka Uttam

Tall, mid-season variety, tolerant to high temperature (upto 350 C).  Pods are long and dark green coloured. Seeds are dark green, round in shape and sweet.
Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F6 generation involving(Arka Ajit X Arka Sampoorna) X (Arka Pramodh X Oregon Sugar).
Pod yield:  7.0 t/ha in 90 days.

 Arka Tapas

Medium tall, mid-season variety, tolerant to high temperature (upto 350 C). Pods are short and dark green coloured. Seeds are dark green, round in shape and sweet.Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F6 generation involving (Arka Pramodh X Oregon Sugar) X Arka Priya).
Pod yield: 6.0 t/ha in 90 days.

Arka Mayur

Early variety, suitable for both kharif and rabi. Pods are short, straight and oval. Seeds are dark green, bold and sweet. Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F6 generation involving(IIHR 105 X Arka Pramodh) X Oregon Sugar).
Pod yield:  8.0 t/ha in 60 days.

Arka Harini

Early variety, suitable for both kharif and rabi. Pods are straight and round with dark green, bold and sweet seeds.  Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F6 generation involving(IIHR 103 X Arka Pramodh).

Arka Nirmal

Early variety, suitable for both kharif and rabi. Pods are short, round and straight.  Seeds are dark green and bold.Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F6 generation involving (IIHR 103 X Arka Pramodh).
Pod yield: 8.5 t/ha in 60 days.

Arka Apoorva

Mid-season and Whole pod edible pea variety.  Pods are medium long, dark green coloured. Seeds are medium bold, dark green and very sweet, crisp in texture. Resistant to rust and powdery mildew. Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F7 generation involving(Arka Pramodh X Oregon Sugar)
Pod yield: 11.0 t/ha in 90 days.

Arka Pramodh

 Arka Priya

Mid-season variety. Both pods and seeds are round and dark green coloured. Seeds are very sweet and bold.  Resistant to powdery mildew and rust.Developed by Pedigree method of selection from F7 generation involving(Arka Ajit X IIHR 562).
Pod yield: 12.0 t/ha in 90 days.

Identified for National level release during 34th AICRP workshop on vegetable crops for zones I, IV and VIII underPowdery mildewresistance trial & notified for central release.