| Crop |
New Variety |
Extant Variety |
Farmers’ Variety |
Total |
Share |
| Maize |
14 |
80 |
- |
94 |
19.30 |
| Bread wheat |
2 |
72 |
2 |
76 |
15.60 |
| Cotton |
11 |
50 |
- |
61 |
12.52 |
| Rice |
1 |
53 |
4 |
58 |
11.90 |
| Pearl millet |
5 |
36 |
- |
41 |
8.41 |
| Sorghum |
5 |
29 |
- |
34 |
6.98 |
| Chick pea |
- |
21 |
- |
21 |
4.31 |
| Green gram |
- |
21 |
- |
21 |
4.31 |
| Pigeon pea |
- |
16 |
- |
16 |
3.28 |
| Field pea |
- |
15 |
- |
15 |
3.08 |
| Black gram |
- |
10 |
- |
10 |
2.05 |
| Jute |
- |
10 |
- |
10 |
2.05 |
| Lentil |
- |
10 |
- |
10 |
2.05 |
| Garden pea |
- |
5 |
- |
5 |
1.02 |
| Sesame |
- |
3 |
- |
3 |
0.61 |
| Castor |
- |
3 |
- |
3 |
0.61 |
| Kidney bean |
- |
3 |
- |
3 |
0.61 |
| French bean |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
0.41 |
| Rapeseed |
- |
2 |
- |
2 |
0.41 |
| Black gram |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
0.20 |
| Small cardamom |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
0.20 |
| Total |
38 |
443 |
6 |
487 |
100 |
Source: Compiled by the authors from PVPFRA annual reports for the year 2008-
09, 2009-10, 2010-11, minutes of the meeting, issues of Plant Variety Journal of
India and website |
