Released Varieties

The Institute has made outstanding contribution to improve the crop production in N-W Himalayas region, by developing 80 improved varieties of 18 crops.

RICE
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION

VL Dhan 8*	1969 SVRC	Lower & mid hills of Uttaranchal
VLK Dhan 39	1980 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills (Irrigated)
VL Dhan 206	1983 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills (Spring sown)
VL Dhan 16	1984 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Dhan 163	1987 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Dhan 221	1992 CVRC	N.W. Hills, (especially Uttaranchal and H.P. Hills, rainfed areas)
VL Dhan 61	1997 CVRC	Uttaranchal Hills and H.P. (Irrigated)
VL Dhan 81	1999 CVRC	Uttaranchal, H.P. and Meghalaya hills (up to 1300 m amsl)
Vivek Dhan 62	2000 CVRC	Uttaranchal, H.P., Manipur and West Bengal (up to 1200 m amsl)
Vivek Dhan 82	2001 CVRC	Uttaranchal, H.P. and Meghalaya hills
Vivek Dhan 84	2004 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills (Irrigated) (up to 1500 m amsl)
Vivek Dhan 154	2004 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills (Rainfed) (up to 1500 m amsl)

MAIZE
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Makka 54*	1962 CVRC	Himalayan Hills
VL Makka 42	1972 SVRC	Himalayan Hills
-do-	1988 CVRC	Peninsular India
VL Makka 1*	1973 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
Him 128*	1979 CVRC	Hills of Uttaranchal & H.P.
VL Makka 16	1980 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Amber popcorn	1981 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Makka 41	1986 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Makka 88	1 988 CVRC	Himalayan Hills
Him 129	1997 CVRC	N.W. Hills, Uttaranchal plains, Bihar, Rajasthan, MP, & Gujrat
Vivek Hybrid 4	1999 CVRC	Gujrat, M.P. and Rajasthan (Rainfed)
Vivek Hybrid 5	1999 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
Vivek Hybrid 9	2000 CVRC	Himalayan Region, A.P., Maharastra, Tamilnadu and Karnataka
Vivek Sankul Makka 11	2003 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

WHEAT
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Gehun 401*	1973 SVRC	Mid Hills of Uttaranchal
VL Gehun 404*	1973 SVRC	Higher Hills of Uttaranchal
VL Gehun 421	1978 SVRC & 1979 CVRC	N.W. Hills
VL Gehun 616	1986 CVRC & 1986 SVRC	N.W. Hills
VL Gehun 719	1994 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Gehun 738	1996 CVRC	N.W. Hills
VL Gehun 804	2002 CVRC	Uttaranchal, H.P., J & K, Manipur and W.B.
VL Gehun 829	2003 CVRC	Uttaranchal, H.P. and J&K
VL Gehun 802	2003 CVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

BARLEY
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Barley 1	1984 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Barley 56	2003 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

FINGER MILLET
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Mandua 101*	1974 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Mandua 204	1978 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Mandua 124	1989 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Mandua 149	1991 CVRC	Uttaranchal Hills & all millet growing areas except Tamitnadu & A.P.
VL Mandua 146	1997 CVRC	Uttaranchal Hills and Karnataka
VL Mandua 315	2004 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

BARNYARD MILLET
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Madira 8*	1978 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Madira 29	1988 CVRC	All India except T.N. & A.P.
VL Madira 21	1989 SVRC	Uttaranchal
VL Madira 172	2000 CVRC	U.P., Gujrat and Karnataka
VL Madira 181	2001 CVRC	Bihar, Karnataka, M.P. and Tamilnadu

JOWAR
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Jowar 1*	1973 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

PEA
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Matar 1	1978 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
GC 141	1981 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Matar 3	1989 CVRC	N.W. Hills, Uttaranchal Plains, South Bihar & Haryana
VL Ageti Matar 7	1993 SVRC	Uttaranchal
-do-	1994 CVRC	Bihar
Vivek 6	1997 CVRC	Uttaranchal Hills, H.P., Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan
Vivek Matar 8	2001 CVRC	Uttaranchal, H.P. and J&K
VL Matar 40	2003 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
Vivek Matar 9	2003 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

LENTIL
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Masoor 1	1981 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Masoor 4	1991 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Masoor 103	1999 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

HORSE GRAM
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Gahat 1	1983 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills

ADZUKI BEAN
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Gruns 5	1978 SVRC	Uttaranchal. Hills

SOYBEAN
VARIETY	YEAR OF RELEASE	AREA OF ADAPTATION
VL Soya 1	1982 SVRC	Uttaranchal Hills
VL Soya 2	1989 CVRC