Farmer’s variety (Pigeon pea) registration under PPV&FRA

The Pigeon pea Farmer’s variety (Erramachcha kandi), promising with very tall plant habit (235.0 cm), medium maturing, heavy bearing (269 pods/ plant), long green pods (9.4 cm) with brown streaks, seed cream with reddish-brown mottles/ speckles having high seed weight (18.0 g; Protein- 22.0%; high soluble sugars- 23.9%; Low starch- 30.4%) submitted through BMC Jhari Village, Kerameri Mandal, Adilabad District, Telangana completed registration process and awarded a Certificate (65/ 2015) became the first Farmer’s variety for Telangana State and third in the Country for Pigeon pea that have been registered.