Rudrapur (Uttarakhand): A team of scientists in Uttarakhand's G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology have developed two new varieties of Soybean to double the farmers' income.
New varieties of soybean to increase farmers' income After a long-term of research, the scientists have developed the two new species of Soybean called Pant 25 and Pant 26, said Dr Kamendra Singh, a researcher of Soybean in Pant University.
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Singh further said that Pant 25 was invented for the farmers of the hills (the Northern Himalayan region) and, Pant 26, developed for the farmers of the plains region (the Northern plains region).
Both the varieties are expected to increase the yield by 10-15%, said Singh.
Sing said the USP (unique selling proposition) of Pant 25 and Pant 26 is that it has more yield per hectare than the traditional varieties and also the immunity of these varieties are more than the usual Soybean.
"The speciality of these seeds are that they are longer than the usual soybean plants, due to which, the crop becomes less prone to be infected. As compared to the traditional varieties of Soybean, farmers may grow 10-15% or 30-35 quintal more Soybeans per hectare, than earlier," Singh said.
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Meanwhile, Singh informed that both the varieties of Soybean have been issued by a central committee after examining the reliability of Pant 25 and Pant 26.
So far as the scientists at Pant University developed 26 new varieties of Soybean. These two new varieties are specially developed for increasing the amount of production of Soybean, Singh added.
