Pant Sudarshan
A companion GBPUAT Pantnagar release alongside Pant Manohar, also a high-acidity pickle-type selected for consistent green-fruit quality.
Quick facts
- Type
- Open-pollinated
- Season
- Kharif
- Starts bearing
- Bears from year 2–3 (grafted/cutting)
- Expected yield
- Good, pickle-grade fruit
- Suitable soil
- Saline / marginal
- Disease resistance
- No special resistance claimed
- Release
- GBPUAT Pantnagar, Uttarakhand
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
About this variety
Pant Sudarshan is a karonda pickle-type variety released alongside Pant Manohar and Pant Suvarna by GBPUAT Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, part of the same breeding effort to give pickle and chutney processors a green-fruit variety with steady high acidity and low sugar, instead of fruit picked off wild bushes. As with its two companion releases, it is grown and harvested specifically at the unripe green stage, not left to ripen for fresh eating, and its main value to a grower is the predictability it offers a pickle buyer compared to fruit gathered from ungraded wild or seedling bushes.
Should you pick this variety?
Pant Sudarshan is for farmers who sell green karonda to pickle and chutney makers. Its main value is that the fruit is more even in sourness than fruit picked from wild or seedling bushes, so a buyer knows what he is getting. Do not choose it for fresh, sweet fruit; Konkan Bold or CHES-K-II-7 suit that better. It is one of three Pantnagar pickle varieties, with Pant Manohar and Pant Suvarna. These three were released for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, so check with your local agriculture office before planting it in other states.
Sowing & cultivation
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Consistent, high acidity suited to commercial pickle processing.
- Part of a matched three-variety pickle-type release, giving farmers a proven regional option.
Things to consider
- Not suited to a fresh-eating or sweet-processing market — bred purely for the pickle stage.
- Detailed yield-per-plant data not separately published outside GBPUAT variety descriptions.
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Uttar Pradesh
- Uttarakhand
What a pickle buyer checks in your lot
The reason to plant a released pickle variety instead of collecting from wild bushes is evenness. A buyer who gets the same sourness and the same size from you every week can set his salt and masala once; fruit gathered from mixed wild bushes forces him to adjust each batch, and he pays accordingly.
Hold on to that advantage in the way you handle the lot. Keep this variety separate from any other karonda you grow, pick at the hard green stage only, throw out split and insect-bored fruit before weighing, and deliver in the same crates each time. If you supply more than one unit, note down what each one accepted and rejected — that record is what gets you a standing order next season.
How it compares with other varieties
Every Karonda (Carissa) variety with a page on this site, side by side. The row for this page is highlighted.
| Variety | Best for | Yield | States |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHES-K-II-7 | Sweet fresh fruit, juice (vitamin C) | Good; high sugar and vitamin C | Karnataka |
| Konkan Bold | Fresh eating, jam, jelly, juice | High; prolific bearer | Maharashtra |
| Maru Gaurav | Highest yield on hot, dry land | Very high — up to ~40 kg/plant | Rajasthan, Gujarat |
| Pant Manohar | Pickle and chutney (green fruit) | Good, pickle-grade fruit | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| Pant Sudarshanthis page | Pickle and chutney (green fruit) | Good, pickle-grade fruit | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| Pant Suvarna | Pickle and chutney (green fruit) | Good, pickle-grade fruit | Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand |
| Thar Kamal | Red pulp for juice and squash | Good; roughly 13 kg/plant in CIAH evaluation | Rajasthan |
Tools for this crop
The numbers you need next: how much seed to buy, whether the lot germinates, what the fertilizer bill looks like and what Karonda (Carissa) is selling for.
- Seed Rate CalculatorHow much seed your Karonda (Carissa) plot needs, corrected for the germination of the lot you bought.
- Germination CalculatorTest 100 seeds from the bag before sowing and see whether the lot is fit to sow.
- Seed Variety FinderFilter every Karonda (Carissa) variety on this site by state, season, duration and soil.
- Fertilizer CalculatorTurn the NPK recommendation for Karonda (Carissa) into bags of urea, DAP and MOP for your field size.
- Crop CalendarMonth-by-month sowing, weeding, irrigation and harvest dates for Karonda (Carissa) in your state.
- Crop Profit CalculatorPut your seed, labour and input costs against the yield you expect from this variety.
- Mandi Price CheckerToday's Karonda (Carissa) rate in your nearest mandi, before you fix a price with a trader.
Subsidy and government support
Schemes that help with the cost of Karonda (Carissa) seed or planting material. Rules and the application route are on each scheme page.
Frequently asked questions
Why grow a named variety for pickle instead of wild karonda?
Fruit from wild or seedling bushes varies a lot in sourness and size. A selected variety like Pant Sudarshan gives a more even fruit, which is easier to sell to pickle makers.
Should I let Pant Sudarshan fruit ripen?
No, not if you grow it for pickle. It is grown and picked at the green stage. If you want ripe, sweet fruit, choose a sweet-type variety such as Konkan Bold.
Is Pant Sudarshan better than Pant Manohar?
No published figure shows that one is better. Both were released together for the same pickle use. Plant a few of each and compare fruit quality and yield on your own land.
Can I grow Pant Sudarshan in other states?
It was released for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. For other states, check with your local agriculture office first, and plant a few plants before a large area.
Should I plant all three Pant varieties?
You can. Pant Sudarshan, Pant Manohar and Pant Suvarna are three pickle varieties from the same university, and no separate yield figures are published to tell them apart. Plant a few of each and keep the one that does best on your land.