Vegetables

Crop

Variety/Hybrid

Sowing time

Year of release

Yield Potential (kg/ha)

Recommended Areas

Salient Features

Watermelon

T-14

Feb-March

1963

37000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Old variety

Sugar baby

1969

15000

• Round black rind
• TSS 11
• Deep red flesh

Tomato

T-10

1. Nursery sowing: last fortnight of October

Transplanting: last fortnight of November

1. Nursery sowing: mid-November

Transplanting : 1^st-7^th Feb 

1964

45000

 All irrigated areas of Punjab

Old varieties of tomato

T-43

1964

45000

Roma

1969

45000

Red top

1969

45000

Nagina

1991

40000

Pakit

1992

30000

Salar F1

2011

178800

Naqeeb

2011

53300

Sandal F1

2013

165000

Sundar F1

2016

147160

Ahmar F1

2016

41970

Nadir

2016

55240

Surkhail F1

2017

133170

Sahara F1

2021

129210

Muskmelon

T-96

Feb-March

1963

9000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Ravi

2011

13500

Peas

H-57

1. Early: last week of September to 1^st week of October
2. Late : last week of October to 1^st week of November 

1964

4000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

• Late segment
• outdated variety

Pea-8

1964

4500

• Early segment
• Outdated variety

Samrinazard

1990

6000

• Early segment
• pale coloured pods
• Market outdated variety

Climax improved

1990

10000

• Late segment
• High yielding
• Disease tolerant
• Suitable for terracing Areas

Meteor Fsd

2008

12250

• Early segment
• Medium sized pods
• Good yielder

Pea-2009

2009

14570

• Early/late segment
• Sword shaped pods
• Long pods
• Bold seeded

Sarsabz

2016

11300

• Early/late segment
• Bold pods
• Bold seeded
• Resistant to collar root disease

Supreme

2019

9890

• Early segment variety
• Sword shaped pods
• 9-10 seeds/pod
• High yielding
• Early bearing variety

Chilies

Gola pashori

Nursery sowing: last week of October to November

Transplanting: Feb

1969

4000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

• Small size with good pungency
• Important from industrial point of view as red chili powder

Tatapuri

1969

5000

Old variety

Garlic

GS-1

1^st fortnight of October

1971

11500

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Old variety

Lehsan gulabi

1976

12000

• Pinkish Cloves
• 3-4 t/acre average yield
• Longer shelf life

Radish

40- days

July-August

1990

80000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

• Resistant to heat
• Early harvesting of fruit

Mino

September-October

1992

100000

• High yielding
• Familiar variety among farmers

Lalpari

October-November

1996

80000

• Used for salad purpose
• Cold tolerant

Onion

Phulkara

Nursery sowing: mid-October to November

Transplanting: December- January

1990

25000-35000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

• Better shelf life
• Suitable for both seasons (winter &autumn)

Sultan

2019

40000

• High yielding
• Suitable for both seasons (winter &autumn)
• Good shelf life

White pearl

2019

25000-30000

• Suitable for salad and soup purpose
• Low pungency
• Good shelf life

Brinjal

Nirala

Nursery sowing: mid-Feb and end of June

Transplanting: April and July-August

1992

52000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Baymisal

2000

54000

Dilnasheen

2000

52000

Coriander

Dilpazir

Sep-October

1992

12000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Spinach

Desi-Palak

July-August

1992

35000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Okra

Sabzpari

1^st crop: Feb-March

2^nd crop: June-July

1996

30000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

• Dark green fruit colour
• Moderately resistant to diseases

Tinda gourd

Dilpasand

Early crop: March-April

Late Crop: Mid-June to Mid-July 

1963

15000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Bitter gourd

Fsd long

Mid-Feb to April

2008

17000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

• Light green coloured fruit
• Long fruit with smooth ridges
• Tolerant to yellow mosaic virus
• Heat tolerant

Safeena

June-July

2016

31500

Aswad

Mid-Feb to April

2017

23400

Bottle gourd

Fsd round

2008

30000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Carrot

T-29

September-October

2006

68000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Turnip

Golden

October

2006

48000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Purple top

September

2013

50000

Fenugreek

Methi qasori

October

1975

20000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Cucumber

Kheera local

1^st Crop: Feb-March

2^nd Crop: July

2017

18000

All irrigated areas of Punjab

Turmeric

Mehak

Last fortnight of March

2018

20000

All irrigated areas of Punjab