Pant Gobhi 3
From Pantnagar — an early-season release that curds in the autumn heat, before Pusa Snowball K-1 would set a usable head.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Cauliflower
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Kharif
- Maturity period
- 70–80 days from transplanting
- Expected yield
- 120–150 q/ha
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- Released by GBPUAT, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand — exact notification year not found in sources checked this phase
About this variety
Pant Gobhi 3 is GBPUAT Pantnagar's early-season ("katki" group) cauliflower — bred as a synthetic variety combining eight inbred lines so it curds in the autumn heat, well before snowball types like Pusa Snowball K-1 would set a usable head. Two independently-worded WebSearch-corroborated sources (a university agronomy lecture and a farming-guide site, neither directly fetchable this phase — see considerations) both describe the same breeding method, hemispherical creamy-white curds and October harvest window.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
70–80 days from transplanting
Expected yield
120–150 q/ha
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Curds reliably in autumn heat when few other cauliflower varieties can
- Semi-erect, open plant habit suited to close kharif-season spacing
- Hemispherical, creamy-white curds that stay non-ricey (not grainy) at harvest, per sourced descriptions
Things to consider
- Sourced duration is reported as around 110 days to curd development in some write-ups, against this record's 70–80-day (from transplanting) field — most likely reflects total days counted from nursery sowing rather than from transplanting (a roughly 30-day nursery period would reconcile the two), but this is stated as a plausible reading rather than a confirmed reconciliation
- Sourced yield (100–125 q/ha) runs a touch below this record's 120–150 q/ha, within a normal cross-source reporting range
- No primary GBPUAT or ICAR page could be fetched this phase (eagri.org returned an expired-certificate error on every attempt, GBPUAT's own released-varieties PDF was unreadable binary) — the parentage and duration facts above rest on two independently-worded WebSearch-corroborated hits rather than a directly-fetched primary
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Uttarakhand
- Uttar Pradesh
Frequently asked questions
What does "synthetic variety" mean for Pant Gobhi 3?
It means Pant Gobhi 3 was bred by combining eight separate inbred lines of the katki (early-autumn) cauliflower group, rather than crossing just two parent lines — a breeding method used to widen genetic diversity while keeping the early-maturity trait.
Why does the reported maturity time for Pant Gobhi 3 vary between sources?
This record states 70–80 days from transplanting, while some sourced write-ups report about 110 days to curd development — likely because those figures are counted from nursery sowing rather than from the transplanting date this record uses.