Mash 338

Mash 338 is an older Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), Ludhiana kharif urad release — a dwarf, short-duration plant type reaching harvest in about 90 days, with bold black seeds (6–7 per pod) and reported resistance to both mosaic virus and leaf spot, in addition to this page's existing yellow-mosaic-virus tolerance note. Its average reported yield of around 3.5 quintals/acre (roughly 8.6–8.7 q/ha) is respectable for an older release but is now being overtaken: a 2006 PAU report comparing it as a check variety found the newer Mash 114 outyielding it by about 45% in breeding trials and 20% in agronomic trials, and PAU has since released further Mash-series varieties (including Mash 878, developed jointly with the Regional Research Station, Gurdaspur, for the North West Plain Zone). No exact release year for Mash 338 itself was found in the sources checked — it functions today mainly as an older, still-grown reference variety rather than PAU's current recommendation.

Plant typeOpen-pollinated
Maturity85–90 days
Yield potentialMedium (~8.6–8.7 q/ha)
Disease resistanceTolerant to yellow mosaic virus and leaf spot
SoilLoam
SeasonKharif

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

• Punjab

• Pant U 31

  From Pantnagar — the standard kharif urad across the eastern Gangetic plain.

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• TAU 1 (Taru)

  From CCS HAU Hisar — a wider disease-resistance stack than Pant U 31, at a few days more duration.

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• IPU 02-43

  From ICAR-IIPR Kanpur — a South Zone release with a wider resistance stack (MYMV plus powdery mildew) than most northern urad varieties, at a shorter 70–72 day duration.

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• IPU 94-1 (Uttara)

  From ICAR-IIPR Kanpur — an older (1999), widely-adopted release for the North West and North East Plain Zones, with black seed, an attractive plant type and a 100-seed weight of about 3.6 g.

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• T-9

  An old, widely adapted variety — high-yielding but susceptible to YMV, so best where whitefly pressure is low. Not yet individually researched for a detail page.

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• Shekhar-3

  An improved variety with resistance to YMV and leaf crinkle, for eastern UP. Not yet individually researched for a detail page.

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