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High-yielding dwarf areca nut variety

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Category	Agro-biodiversity and Plant Breeding,New Variety,Improvement over old
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Scout	HBN
Ingredients	Heerehalli dwarf and Tall arecanut variety were used for crossing.
Details of Innovation	Name of Innovator: Narayan Bhatt Title of Innovation: Dwarf, High yielding Arecanut Variety The innovator has used Heerehalli dwarf and Tall variety which yields more as parent lines for crossing. Tall variety: It grows to 50-60 ft, bears 4-5 bunches, yields about 450-500 riped nuts. Heerehalli dwarf: It grows to 20-25 ft, bears one bunch and yields 100-150 riped nuts. He had crossed these two and developed a new variety which is 20-25 ft and yields an average of 400-500 nuts.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Narayan Bhatt
City / District	Barpeta
KVK District	KVK, Barpeta, Assam Agricultural University, Howly, PIN: 781316
Address	Barpeta, Assam
Languages Spoken	Assamese
Vocation	Farming
State	Assam
PIN Code	781301

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Agro Ecological Zone	Assam And Bengal Plain, Hot Subhumid To Humid (Inclusion Of Perhumid) Eco-Region (15.2),Eastern Himalayan Region (II) ,Lower Brahmaputra Valley Zone (AS-4),Kamrup, Nalbari, Baksa, Barpeta, Chirang, Bongaigaon, Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Goalpara
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Practice ID	KNW0020000000277
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/950
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN