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Chickpea variety JG-11 (desi chana)

JG-11 (Jawahar Gram 11) is a short-duration, wilt-resistant desi chickpea variety bred at Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (JNKVV) Jabalpur and notified for release in 1999. Developed jointly with ICRISAT under the AICRP on Chickpea, it became the most widely cultivated desi chana variety in central and southern India by the mid-2000s, replacing older long-duration cultivars such as JG-74 and Annigeri.

Key features

  • Breeder: JNKVV Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) with ICRISAT
  • Notified: 1999, Madhya Pradesh and Central Zone
  • Duration: 95-110 days (short-medium maturity)
  • Yield potential: 1500-2200 kg/ha rainfed; up to 2500 kg/ha with one protective irrigation
  • Grain: medium-bold desi seed, brown-yellow, 100-seed weight 21-23 g
  • Plant type: semi-erect, 45-55 cm tall, suitable for mechanical harvest
  • Disease resistance: resistant to fusarium wilt (Foc races 1, 2, 4), moderately resistant to dry root rot, tolerant to collar rot

Cultivation zones

JG-11 is recommended for the Central Zone (Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Bundelkhand, Maharashtra-Vidarbha) and South Zone (Karnataka — Kalaburagi/Vijayapura/Bidar belt, Andhra Pradesh — Kurnool/Anantapur, Telangana — Vikarabad/Adilabad). It is sown in October-November after kharif soybean or fallow on retentive black or red-loam soils. Seed rate is 60-80 kg/ha at 30 x 10 cm spacing. Phosphorus 50-60 kg P2O5/ha as basal with 15-20 kg N/ha is the standard ICAR-IIPR recommendation. JG-11 is the dominant chana variety in the Kalaburagi-Bidar wilt-prone tract and a major component of the chana procurement basket under NAFED PSS.

Pests and diseases

While JG-11 carries strong wilt resistance, it remains susceptible to the gram pod borer (Helicoverpa armigera), which needs IPM scouting and need-based diamides. Terminal-drought stress in southern peninsular zones favours dry root rot, requiring timely sowing and balanced nutrition.

Usage and adoption

By 2010-12 JG-11 covered an estimated 40-50% of chickpea area in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and was the single most-procured chana cultivar in NAFED's MSP operations. The variety's short duration enabled its expansion into rice-fallow chickpea systems of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and into chickpea + sorghum intercrops in Karnataka. It remains a benchmark check entry in AICRP-Chickpea trials.

See also: Bengalgram crop, Chickpea fusarium wilt, Chickpea pod borer, KAK-2 kabuli, Chickpea MSP procurement.

Sources

  1. Chickpea variety JG-11. ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur.
  2. JG-11 (Jawahar Gram 11). ICRISAT.
  3. JG-11 release notification. Jawaharlal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur.