Crop |
Variety |
Trait/ Utilization |
Fruit crops |
Kinnow |
PAU Kinnow 1 |
Low seeded (av. 3 seeds per fruit), suitable for juice |
Guava |
Punjab Kiran, Punjab Pink |
Pink fleshed, suitable for juice |
Pear |
Punjab Nectar, Punjab Gold, Punjab Soft |
Ready to serve drink, nectar and squash |
Peach |
Shan-i-Punjab |
Canning, ready to serve drink, nectar |
Grapes |
Punjab MACS Purple |
Red vine |
Plum |
Kala Amritsari |
Jam making |
Satluj Purple |
Non-alcoholic carbonated beverage |
Vegetable crops |
Tomato |
Punjab Ratta |
High lycopene content, suitable for paste |
Pea |
Punjab 89 |
Suitable for freezing |
Chinese cabbage |
Saag Sarson |
Low in oxalates and rich in vitamin C, suitable for saag preparation. |
Onion |
PWO 35 |
White coloured , suitable for flakes |
Carrot |
Punjab Black Beauty |
High anthocyanin and phenol content, suitable for Juice |
Turmeric |
Punjab Haldi 1 |
High curcumin content, suitable for powder making |
Punjab Haldi 2 |
Suitable for oil extraction |
Field crops |
Rapeseed |
GSC 6, GSC 7 |
Low erucic acid in oil and glucosinolates in oil cake, Canola type oil |
Mustard |
RLC 3 |
Low erucic acid in oil and glucosinolates in oil cake, Canola type oil |
Barley |
PL 891 (Hulless) |
High beta glucan content, suitable for Sattu and Dalia preparation |
Maize |
Punjab Sweet Corn 1 |
High sucrose content, suitable for soup preparation |
Parkash |
Suitable for babycorn |
Wheat |
PBW 1 Zn |
Suitable for Dalia preparation |
Unnat PBW 550 |
Good milling and chapatti quality |
PBW 660 |
Superior Chapatti quality |