Practice Name:

A New Variety of Brinjal(Niranjan)

Details
Category	Agriculture
Crop	Brinjal
Crop Family	Solaneceae
Scientific Name	(Solanum melengona)
Vernacular Name	Ringan
Scout	HBN
Ingredients
Details of Innovation	He developed this variety by mass selection from a traditional variety conserved by his forefathers. He has been cultivating the conserved variety from the last 27 years. He intentionally started selection and developed this variety based on its fruit length, yield and tolerance to major insect-pests and diseases. • Spine on stem and calyx • More number of fruits per plant (average 30 fruits) • Long fruit size (45 – 60 cm) • Green purple stripped fruit • Soft pulp and sweet in taste, less seed • Tolerant to major diseases and pest

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Leelaram Sahu
City / District	Dhamtari
KVK District	Department of Agrometeorology, College of Agriculture, IGKV, Raipur (C.G.)
Address	Dhamtari , Chattisgarh
Languages Spoken	Hindi
Vocation	Farming
State	Chattisgarh
PIN Code	493773

PAS_1	"Niranjan Bhata: A longer and sweeter variety of brinjal developed by a grassroots innovator."https://nif.org.in/Innovationofday/Niranjan-Bhata-A-longer-sweeter-variety-of-brinjal-developed/1
PAS_2	"New Varieties of Brinjal."http://indiaagronet.com/New%20Product/contents/new_varieties_of_brinjal.htm
Agro Ecological Zone	Chhattisgarh/Mahanadi Basin Agro-eco region (11.0) (J3(Cd/Cm)5
Other Community Practices
Practice ID
Reference	HBN database
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/2601
Reference	HBN database
Scout	HBN