Groundnut Varieties

Selection of varieties

The varieties under cultivation fall into three habit groups. They are: bunch (pish/Valencia), semi-spreading (Virginia bunch) and spreading (Virginia runner).
Selection of a suitable variety of a particular area depends on soil type, rainfall distribution, season of cultivation, market preference, resistance to major pests and diseases of the area, etc. Spreading types are preferred under rainfed conditions where the rainy season is longer.
Bunch types are preferred where the rainy season is short and also for irrigated crop in rabi and summer seasons. Where the soils have high clay content and harvesting is a problem, bunch types are preferred.

Groundnut (irrigated) varieties recommended in different parts of Karnataka

Varieties	Duration	Type
pish improved	100-120 days	Bunch type
TMV-2	100-120 days	Bunch type
JL-24 (Bharathi) (kharif only)	90-95 days	Bunch type
S-206	110-115 days	Bunch type
Dh-3-30 (Malnad and Coastal)	100-120 days	Bunch type
KRG-1	105-110 days	Bunch type
Dh-8	105-110 days	Bunch type
ICGS-11 (Summer only)	120-125 days	Bunch type

Area pish improved and TMV-2

are suited to Dharwad, Belgaum, Bijapur and Southern districts of the State.

S-206

Suited to Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar and Bellary districts.

Dh-3-30 and Dh-8

Suitable to Dharwad, Belgaum and Uttar Kannada districts.

KRG-1

Suitable to Raichur, Bellary and Gulbarga for summer cultivation only.

Dh-3-30

Is also recommended for cultivation in rice fallows in Uttara Kannada districts (Malnad and Coastal).

MV-2, JL-24, Dh-3-30 and ICGS-II

Grown in Southern dry zone (zone 3,4,5 & 6), Bijapur, Bellary, Raichur, Dharwad, Belgaum, Chitradurga, Davangere, Tumkur, Hassan, Chickmagalur, Bangalore ® & (U), Kolar, Mandya, Mysore, Chamarajnagar districts.

Groundnut (Rainfed)

Varieties	Duration
pish improved*	100-120 days
TMV-2*	100-120 days
S-206*	100-120 days
Dh-8*	105-110 days
Pondichery-8**	135-140 days
S-230*	135-140 days
Dh-3-30*	100-120 days
JL-24 (Bharathi)*	90-95 days

*Bunch varieties **Spreading varieties Area pish improved TMV-2
Suited to Dharwad, Uttar Kannada, Belgaum and Bijapur districts

S-206

Suited to Raichur, Gulbarga, Bellary and Bidar districts.

S-230

Suited to Gulbarga, Raichur and Bidar districts.

Pondichery-8

Suited to Belgaum, Bijapur, Dharwad, Uttara Kannada and Bellary districts.

TMV-2

Suited to Southern districts (zones 4,5 and 6).

Dh-3-30 and Dh-8d

Are suitable to transitional tract of Dharwad and Belgaum and parts of Bijapur districts.

JL-24 (Bharath)

Suited for only kharif in regions 1,2,6 and zones 4,5,6,7,8,9 and 10.

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