PAU signs pact for maize hybrid seed production
Ludhiana: Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) signed a memorandum of agreement with Krishi Vikas Sahakari Samiti Ltd, Gurugram, Haryana, for hybrid seed production of maize hybrid PMH 12. This PAU-developed hybrid has been notified for release for cultivation in kharif season in zone III of India comprising Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand, parts of UP and Odisha.
The MoA was signed by AS Dhatt, director of research, PAU and Deepa Beniwal, a representative of Krishi Vikas Sahakari Samiti Limited. The incharge of maize research team at PAU, Surinder Sandhu said, “PMH 12 is a uniform, stable and high yielding medium duration single cross hybrid. It exhibits a mean yield of 71.06 q/ha in zone III. It is highly responsive to good management conditions and matures
in about 90 days.” Maize breeder Tosh Garg said this hybrid is moderately tolerant to maydis leaf blight, turcicum leaf blight, banded brown stripe downey mildew and post flowering stalk rot; and has light yellow flint grains.
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