Rajendra Jamun-1
A Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour release bred and evaluated for Bihar's growing conditions, a regionally adapted option for the eastern jamun belt.
Quick facts
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Kharif
- Maturity period
- Bears from year 4–5 (grafted)
- Expected yield
- Good under Bihar conditions
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, Bihar
About this variety
Rajendra Jamun-1 is a variety released by Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour, bred and evaluated specifically for Bihar's growing conditions. It gives growers in the state's jamun belt a regionally developed, university-backed alternative to the Maharashtra and Gujarat releases (Konkan Bahadoli, Goma Priyanka) more commonly cited in national comparative studies, on the reasoning that a cultivar evaluated under local Bihar conditions is more directly relevant to a grower in that state than one selected and tested primarily in western India.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
Bears from year 4–5 (grafted)
Expected yield
Good under Bihar conditions
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Major diseases
- Not separately documented
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Bred and evaluated specifically under Bihar's local growing conditions, unlike the more widely cited Maharashtra and Gujarat releases.
- A university-backed source of grafted planting material within the eastern jamun belt.
Things to consider
- Less represented in national comparative trial literature than Konkan Bahadoli, Goma Priyanka or the CISH selections, so cross-cultivar yield comparisons are harder to verify.
- No specific seedlessness or sodicity-tolerance trait documented, unlike CISH J-42 or CISH J-37.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Bihar