Kiran

Kiran is a linseed variety carried in Indian recommendations for rainfed cultivation, mainly in the central belt, and noted for a bolder seed than the old small-seeded T-397 check. It matures in roughly 120–135 days. This record does not restate a precise release centre, year, yield-trial figure or disease rating for Kiran, because those details vary between sources and could not be tied to a single primary reference — so it is presented as a rainfed-situation variety in cultivation rather than with a full release history. Its practical niche is the same low-input, moisture-conserving rabi land that most Indian linseed occupies, where its bolder seed can be an advantage in the local market. Confirm current availability and the up-to-date recommendation with your KVK before planting at scale.

Plant typeOpen-pollinated
Maturity120–135 days
Yield potentialMedium, for rainfed situations; a bolder seed than T-397
Disease resistanceModerate — confirm locally
SoilClay / black soil
SeasonRabi

• Sowing timeMid-October to mid-November as a rainfed line crop; earlier where possible to reduce rust and bud-fly exposure
• Seed rate25–30 kg/ha (10–12 kg/acre) for line sowing, a little more for a bolder seed; 35–40 kg/ha for broadcast and rice-fallow sowing
• FertilizerRainfed: about 30–40 kg N and 20 kg P2O5 per hectare, all basal, since there is no irrigation to carry a top-dressing
• HarvestingHarvest at about 120–135 days when the capsules are brown, dry and rattle but still closed; cure in a stack, then thresh gently.

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

• Madhya Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh

• T-397

  The old national check variety, released around 1960 — a small brown-seeded, spreading type still grown across Bundelkhand, Bihar, Assam, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan for its wide adaptation and tolerance to rust, wilt and drought.

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• Neelam

  A variety carried in state recommendations for its combined rust and wilt resistance, grown mainly in the central and eastern tracts. Treat the specific release centre and year as not independently confirmed for this record — its standing rests on the disease-resistance trait it is listed for.

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• Shekhar (KL-223)

  A high-yielding variety from CSAUAT, Kanpur, widely grown in Uttar Pradesh — including in black-gram–linseed and rice-fallow systems — and moderately resistant to rust and Alternaria blight.

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• JLS 9

  A JNKVV, Jabalpur release for Madhya Pradesh, grown as a rainfed and utera crop across the state; a medium-duration line with moderate wilt and rust tolerance. Exact yield and oil figures are not independently confirmed for this record.

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• JLS 73

  A newer Jabalpur (RARS Sagar) line developed under the AICRP on Linseed, noted for a very high alpha-linolenic (omega-3) fraction in its oil — of interest where the crop is grown for the health-food market rather than only for total oil.

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• RLC 153

  An IGKV, Raipur release for Chhattisgarh, bred for the state's rice-fallow and utera situations. Treat its exact duration, yield and disease figures as not independently confirmed for this record — its fit is the eastern relay system it was developed for.

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