Crop varieties

Rama Tulsi is the cultivar of Tulsi. Rama Tulsi is also called Bright Tulsi. It is a broader leaf variety and can be found in parts of China, Nepal, India, and Southern South America. Rama Tulsi is mainly used to promote healthy digestion and has a milder flavor. The leaves of these plants are light green in color and a little asymmetric. This plant variety grows well in pots and cultivated for its medicinal and religious purposes.

Arka Kanchan is the cultivar of Grapes. Arka Kanchan is a cross between Anab-e-Shahi and. Queen of the Vineyard. Vine is of medium vigour, seeded, medium yielder, bunch medium large, loose, berries, golden yellow, medium oval, pulp meaty; good quality, muscat flavour, very late maturity.

Arka Shyam is the cultivar of Grapes. It is a cross between Bangalore Blue and Black Champa. Vine is moderately vigorous, medium yielder, bunch is small well-filled to compact winged, cylindrical, berries blackish blue, medium, spherical, pulp soft, good I quality, mid to late maturity, suitable for double cropping, good for juice and vine.

Arka Hans is the cultivar of Grapes. It is a cross between Bangalore Blue and Anab-e-Shahi. Vine is vigorous, seeded, medium yielder, bunch small, well filled, berries greenish white, medium, spherical pulp soft, good quality, mid maturity, suitable for white wines but not suitable for distant transportation due to poor pedicel attachment.

Surya is the cultivar of Papaya. It is the offspring of Sunrise Solo x Pink Flesh Sweet. It was selected from F14 generation. Hence, seeds can be produced by bagging the hermaphrodite flowers or by crossing the female flowers with hermaphrodite flowers. The plant is gynodioecious in nature with no male plants. Fruits resemble Sunrise Solo in shape. The plants are shorter compared to Solo. Surya skin is smooth, becomes uniformly yellow in colour on ripening. Fruits are medium in size of about 600 to 800 g with a small fruit cavity. Pulp is about 3 & 3.5 cm thick, deep red in colour and sweet with a TSS of 13.5 & 15 Brix. It does not have the odd flavour. Keeping quality of fruits is good. Yield per plant is approximately 55 & 65 kg (60 & 65 t/acre).

Arka Prabhath is the cultivar of Papaya. It is from the cross (Surya x Tainung-1) x Local Dwarf. It is gynodioecious in nature. The plants are semi-vigorous and bearing starts at a lower height (60-70 cm). Since the variety is gynodioecious, seed production is easy, as bagging of bisexual flowers ensures true to type plants. The pulp is firm (5.9 kg/cm2) and colour is deep pink. The fruit weight on an average is 900-1200 g, the TSS is 13-14 & Brix and yield per plant is 90-100 kg. The keeping quality is good.

Arka Mridula is the cultivar of Guava. It is a selection from open pollinated seedlings of Allahabad Safeda. Plants are semi-vigorous in nature and spreading. Fruits are round in shape and weigh about 180 g. Skin is yellow in colour and smooth. Flesh is white in colour. TSS is around 12 & Brix. Fruits are soft seeded, weight of 100 seeds is 1.60 g. Keeping quality is good. The pectin content is 1.041%. It is good for jelly making.

Arka Amulya is the cultivar of Guava. It is a progeny from the cross Allahabad Safeda x Triploid. Plants are medium in vigor and spreading type. Fruits are round in shape. Skin is smooth and yellow in colour. Fruits on an average weigh about 180 – 200 g, flesh is white in colour and firm. TSS is around 12 Brix, soft seeded, weight of 100 seeds is 1.80 g. Keeping quality is good.

Arka Kiran is the cultivar of Guava. It is a pink pulp variety with average fruit weight of 200-220g with medium soft seeds (9 kg/cm²). Fruits have TSS of 11-12⁰ brix and lycopene content of 7.14 mg/100g. Crop will come to harvest after two years of planting. Economic yield starts after five years with average fruit yield of 20 t/acre in a spacing of 4m x 3m.

Arka Sahan is the cultivar of Custard Apple.It is a progeny of Island gem (Annona atemoya Hort.) X Mammoth (A. squomosa L.). Arka Sahan fruits come to harvest in September-October and mature fruits (210 g) take about 6-7 days to ripe. The skin has a waxy bloom, light green in colour, moderately thick (0.5 cm) with large, flat eyes. The creamy white colour flesh is juicy with mild pleasant aroma and tender with scarce seeds (9/100 g) and large segments. The edible pulp is remarkable for its sweetness with 22.8% total sugars and measures more than 30 B as against 24 B in Mammoth. A 100 g pulp of Arka Sahan contains 2.49 g of crude protein, 42.29 mg P and 225 mg Ca against 1.33 g, 17.05 mg and 159 mg respectively in Mammoth. On an average, 12 tonnes of fruits can be harvested / ha. and resistant to drought.

On an average, 12 tonnes of fruits can be harvested / ha. It requires assisted pollination for fruit set. (70.0%) and good shelf life (6days).  (9seeds per 100g pulp), high pulp recovery (30.0°B), fewer seeds. Average fruit weight is 410.0g, High TSS.