KBSH 44
From UAS Bangalore (GKVK) — a few days longer than DRSH 1 for a slightly higher yield ceiling.
Quick facts
- Crop
- Sunflower
- Type
- Hybrid
- Season
- Kharif
- Maturity period
- 95–100 days
- Expected yield
- 20–24 q/ha
- Suitable soil
- Loam
- Release
- Released 2002 (national level) by the AICRP (Sunflower) Centre, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (GKVK)
About this variety
KBSH-44 is a single-cross sunflower hybrid (CMS-17A female line × RHA-95-C-1 restorer line, per a molecular-marker hybrid-purity study) released in 2002 at national level by the AICRP (Sunflower) Centre at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore (GKVK) — the same programme that released India's first heterosis-bred sunflower hybrid, KBSH-1, a decade earlier in 1992. KBSH-44 has stayed commercially relevant long after release: it was licensed for seed production to Mahyco Pvt Ltd in 2018, sixteen years after its original release.
Key characteristics
Yield & maturity
Maturity period
95–100 days
Expected yield
20–24 q/ha
Actual yield depends on sowing time, soil, irrigation, weather, seed quality and crop management.
Pest & disease considerations
Advantages & considerations
Why farmers may choose it
- Part of UAS Bangalore's long-running KBSH hybrid series (KBSH-1 in 1992 through newer entries like KBSH-78 in 2018), giving it a well-documented breeding lineage compared to many single-release hybrids
- Still being licensed for commercial seed production (Mahyco, 2018) more than a decade and a half after its original release — a sign of lasting field performance
Suitable regions
States this variety is recommended for — check locally, since a state can have more than one recommended zone.
- Karnataka
- Maharashtra
- Tamil Nadu
Frequently asked questions
Is KBSH-44 from UAS Dharwad or UAS Bangalore?
UAS Bangalore's GKVK campus — every source found in this research, including UAS Bangalore's own AICRP Sunflower programme page, attributes KBSH-44 and the whole KBSH series to GKVK. The "KB" in KBSH is reported to stand for Karnataka/Bangalore.
Sourced from: All India Coordinated Research Project on Sunflower, GKVK, Bangalore — UAS Bangalore. editorial policy.