Pant Shubhra
A mid-group variety with compact white curds for the main season. Not yet individually researched for a detail page.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Cauliflower
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Rabi
- Maturity period
- 75–90 days
- Expected yield
- Medium–high
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- Identified 1981 (AICVIP), released by UP state committee 1983 and central variety release committee 1984 — GBPUAT, Pantnagar
About this variety
Pant Shubhra is a December-January maturity group cauliflower developed at G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, through simple recurrent selection in the germplasm line PI 272775. It was identified for release by the All India Coordinated Vegetable Improvement Project in 1981, then formally released by the Uttar Pradesh state variety release committee in 1983 and the central variety release committee in 1984 — all per corroborated secondary sources, cross-checked against GBPUAT's own list of released crop varieties. Outer leaves are semi-erect and partially cover the curds, which are compact, slightly conical, non-ricey, and a retentive creamish-white colour. It takes about 120 days from nursery sowing to marketable curd, with a reported net yield potential around 200 q/ha (secondary sources also cite roughly 20 t/ha, the same figure in different units).
Key characteristics
Sowing & cultivation
- HarvestingAbout 120 days from nursery sowing to marketable curd
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
75–90 days
Expected yield
Medium–high
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- Moderate
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Long-validated variety — identified by the national AICVIP trial network before separate state and central release, a more thorough vetting path than many single-institute releases
- Compact, non-ricey, creamish-white curds that hold their colour well (described as "retentive")
Things to consider
- This record's own yieldPotential field says "Medium-high" — broadly consistent with the sourced ~200 q/ha (20 t/ha) figure, not a conflict, just a qualitative-vs-numeric difference
- No source checked this phase was independently fetched and read in full (all facts rest on corroborated WebSearch summaries cross-checked against a GBPUAT variety-list reference); none contradicted this record's own duration or states fields
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Uttarakhand
Frequently asked questions
Who developed Pant Shubhra cauliflower?
G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, through simple recurrent selection in germplasm line PI 272775.
When was Pant Shubhra released?
Identified for release by the AICVIP in 1981, then formally released by the UP state committee in 1983 and the central variety release committee in 1984.
What does a Pant Shubhra curd look like?
Compact, slightly conical, non-ricey, and a retentive creamish-white colour, with semi-erect outer leaves that partially cover the curd.
How long does Pant Shubhra take from nursery to harvest?
About 120 days from nursery sowing to marketable curd.
What yield does Pant Shubhra give?
Reported net yield potential around 200 q/ha (about 20 t/ha), consistent with this record's own "Medium-high" yieldPotential field.