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Green Manure

Dhaincha, sunhemp and pillipesara, grown to be ploughed back in before the main crop.

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Dhaincha

CSD-137

A CSSRI Karnal dhaincha for green manure on saline and sodic land. It grows fast, fixes nitrogen and gets ploughed in before paddy.

Seed / acre
20 kg
Plough in
45-50 days
Biomass
80-100 q
₹95 1 kg
Sunhemp

K-12 Yellow

A long-established sunhemp for green manuring on light soils. It will not tolerate waterlogging, which is where dhaincha takes over.

Seed / acre
20-25 kg
Plough in
45 days
Biomass
70-80 q
₹110 1 kg
Dhaincha

Pant Dhaincha-1

A GBPUAT dhaincha with quick early growth, made to fit the short gap between wheat harvest and paddy transplanting.

Seed / acre
20 kg
Plough in
45 days
Biomass
80-90 q
₹120 1 kg
Pillipesara

Phaseolus trilobus Local

A trailing legume sown into standing rice before harvest in the south, so it comes up on residual moisture. Green manure or fodder.

Seed / acre
10-12 kg
Plough in
50-60 days
Biomass
50-60 q
₹125 1 kg
Sunhemp

SH-4

An ICAR-CRIJAF sunhemp. As a green manure it builds soil organic matter fast; grown on to maturity, it also gives bast fibre.

Seed / acre
20-25 kg
Plough in
45-50 days
Biomass
70-90 q
₹105 1 kg