Soybean - Durga (JS 72-280)

Crops Season : Kharif Season 

Name of Variety : Durga (JS 72-280)

Yield : 20-22  (क्विं. प्रति हे.)

Duration : 102-105 दिनों में

Water requirement : Water is not required in kharif season, but it is necessary to require 1 or 2 irrigation as per requirement.

Area of Cultivation (State) : Central Zone

Specialty : Tolerant to bacterial pustules.

Shape and type : White flowers, tawny pubescence, yellow seed coat, black hilum, tall and indeterminate, fast growing.

Description : Varieties of JNKVV received 92.24 % indent at national level. It shows the popularity and wide acceptability of JNKVV bred varieties in most of the soybean growing regions of country.

Breaking of mono-culturing :- Previously JS 335 alone was a ruling variety. JS 93-05 released in 2002 became very popular among farmers and started replacing JS 335. JS 95-60 released in 2007, which has become very popular among farmers of low rainfall and upland areas. JS 97-52 a multiple resistant high yielding cultivar, recently released in 2008, is also becoming popular among farmers. These all varieties have served the purpose in breaking monoculturing.