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ICAR-Central Institute for Arid Horticulture

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Notified Vegetable Varieties for Commercialization
1. 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.
Ridge gourd Thar Karni


2. Crop : Longmelon
Variety : Thar Sheetal

Characteristics : 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.
Longmelon Thar Sheetal


3. Crop : Sponge gourd
Variety : Thar Tapish (AHSG/2015/F5/01)

Characteristics : It is multiple-stress tolerant/ heat tolerant variety. Short duration (110-115 days). It is suitable both for rainy and summer season cultivation. Yield: 1.3 kg/plant (146 q/ha), Fruit weight: 116 g. Gazetted notified on 12-March 2024 (Centre released) Adaption area Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand.
[Notified on 12-March-2024, S.O. 1362 (E)]
Sponge gourd


4. Crop : Snap melon
Variety : Snapmelon (AHS-82)

Characteristics : Very early duration fruit harvest starts 65-70 days, yield 225-248 q/ha. The flesh is light pink, sweet having 4.3-4.9 per cent TSS. No disease and pest occurrence in hot arid climate.
Gazette of India vide S.O. 4917 (E) dated 13-11-2024 for commercial cultivation in Rajasthan.
Snapmelon (AHS-82)


5. Crop : Mateera
Variety : Thar Manak (Mateera F6/a)

Characteristics : It is very early. First marketable harvesting 75-80 DAS. yield potential is 285.2 q/ha. No disease and pest occurrence in hot arid climate.
Gazette of India vide S.O. 4917 (E) dated 13-11-2024 for commercial cultivation in Rajasthan.
Thar Manak (Mateera F6/a)


6. Crop : Mateera
Variety : Thar Madhur (AHW-19)

Characteristics : Early maturing variety, flesh dark pink, solid (firm) with good eating quality and taste having 8.0 to 8.4% TSS. Tolerates high temperature. Yield 298.5 q/ha. No disease and pest occurrence in hot arid climate.
Gazette of India vide S.O. 4917 (E) dated 13-11-2024 for commercial cultivation in Rajasthan.
Thar Madhur (AHW-19)


7. Crop : Muskmelon
Variety : Thar Mahima

Characteristics : Early 75-80 days, Yield 193.7 q/ha. Moderately resistant against Fusarium wilt, moderately resistant against fruit fly
Gazette of India vide S.O. 4917 (E) dated 13-11-2024 for commercial cultivation in Rajasthan.
Thar Mahima


8. Crop : Watermelon
Variety : Thar Tripti

Characteristics : Fruits are attractive and characterized by green stipes and round shape. The fruit weight 2.3-3.4 kg with light red flesh colour. TSS ranges from with 11.5-12.17 oBrix and rind thickness can range from 5.0-1.8 cm; The first harvest of fruits can be carried out 75-80 days after sowing. It is tolerant to mosaic disease and has average yield 400 q/ha.
Gazette of India vide S.O. 4917 (E) dated 13-11-2024 for commercial cultivation in Rajasthan.
Thar Tripti

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