Practice Name:

New Variety of Sesame

Details
Category	Crop Production
Crop	Sesame
Crop Family	Pedaliaceae
Scientific Name	Sesamumindicum
Vernacular Name	Til, tila
Scout	HBN
Ingredients
Details of Innovation	Cultivar locally called "zakaliyatal" of sesame (Sesamum indicum) sown.Selection of the plant having highest number of capsules, branches and height is selected. Seeds are harvested separately and resown to collect more amount of seeds. All this process has developed a new variety of sesame. No name has been given to this newly invented variety. But it is in use since last 5 yr.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Premjibhai Becharbhai Seta
City / District	Bhavnagar
KVK District	Krishi Vigyan Kendra, At- Lok Bharati Sanosara, Ta- Sinhor, Dist.-Bhavnagar, Gujarat, India
Address	Bhavnagar ,Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farming
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	364110

PAS_1	"Genetic Potential and Possible Improvement of Sesamum indicum L.."https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/genetic-potential-and-possible-improvement-of-sesamum-indicum-l
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Central Highlands (Malwa), Gujarat Plain (5.1), Agro-Climatic Zone (Planning Commission) Gujarat Plains and hills region (XIII), Agro Climatic Zone (NARP) North Saurashtra, South Saurashtra (GJ-6,GJ-7)
Other Community Practices
Practice ID	DTP0010000000816
Reference	Bhavnagar- 94/7
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/991
Reference	Bhavnagar- 94/7
Scout	HBN