In an effort to boost agri sector, the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University in Coimbatore has released 10 new crops for 2007.
According to the university, a medium fine white rice variety with 9,625 kg per hectare yield is one among the 10 crop varieties released recently.
The new crop releases include blackgram (VBN(BG)5, groundnut-VRI (Gn)6, Bhendi hybrid A (COGhH1) and a jack fruit variety (PLR(J)2.
The university has also released three new farm equipment (power tiller operated slasher-cum-insitu shredder), sugarcane detrasher and a sub-soil attachment for stump removal
Among