IPL 316 (Pusa Ageti Masoor)

IPL 316, released as Pusa Ageti Masoor, is a short-duration small-seeded lentil from ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur, recommended for the Central Zone (Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and adjoining tracts). At about 110–120 days it is one of the earliest lentils in wide cultivation, and that early maturity is its main purpose: it lets pod-fill finish before the terminal heat that shrivels a late lentil crop, and it fits into the short gap after a kharif rice or soybean crop, including as a rice-fallow (utera) crop. It is listed as resistant to Fusarium wilt and tolerant to rust, and in trials has shown high seed yield for its duration class — around 11 q/ha in the evaluations cited, with more possible under good management.

Plant typeOpen-pollinated
Maturity110–120 days
Yield potentialHigh for a short-duration lentil — around 11–13 q/ha in trials, more under good management
Disease resistanceResistant to Fusarium wilt, tolerant to rust
SoilBlack soil and well-drained loam; bred for the Central Zone
SeasonRabi

• Sowing timeMid-October to mid-November; its short duration also makes it the preferred choice for a deliberately late or rice-fallow sowing where a normal-duration lentil would run out of season
• Seed rate30–40 kg/ha (12–16 kg/acre) for line sowing; broadcast a little thicker for a rice-fallow crop
• FertilizerAbout 15–20 kg N and 40–50 kg P2O5 per hectare basal, plus 20 kg S on light soils; no nitrogen top-dressing. Rhizobium and PSB seed inoculation
• HarvestingHarvest at about 110–120 days — earlier than most lentils — when plants yellow and lower pods dry brown.

Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.

• Madhya Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh
• Chhattisgarh

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