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1 1. Foundation seeds Crop Seed Centre Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Seed Stock Position as on distributed Paddy ADT * 32 ADT ( R ) * 32 IW Ponni Co * 32 CR The Professor & Head, ARS The Professor & Head, VRS, Palur (Ph.: ) Total Blackgram ADT The Professor & Head, VRS, Palur (Ph.: ) * Unprocessed Seeds 2.Certified Seeds Crop Distributed Paddy ADT ADT ( R ) Total 3060 The Professor & Head, ARS 2. TNAU Labelled Seeds Crop Distributed from Paddy ADT ADT ADT The Professor & Head, ARS IW Ponni CO (R) * 26 CO (R) * 26 ADT The Professor and Head, RRS, Paiyur * Unprocessed Seeds 1

2 Crop Paddy distributed TPS The Professor and Head, ARS, Thirupathisaram ADT (R) * 26 IW Ponni CR * 24 Co (R ) ADT ADT * 26 ADT ADT * 26 Anna (R) CO (R) TKM ( R ) 13 The Professor & Head, SWMRI, Kattuthottam, Thanjavur (Ph: ) The Professor and Head, ARS, Vaigaidam (Ph.: ) The Professor and Head, ARS, Pattukkottai.Phone: The Professor and Head, RRS,Tirur Anna (R) TPS MDU ADT MDU CO CO The Professor and Head, Dept. of Farm Management, AC&RI, Madurai ADT The Professor & Head, VRS, Palur Anna (R) The Professor and Head, PMK(R) ARS, Paramakudi Phone: ADT (R) The Programme Coordinator, KVK,Sikkal TOTAL *Unprocessed 2

3 Crop distributed availabl e Pulses VBN(Bg) The Professor & Head, ARS, Blackgram ADT * 130 The Professor & Head, SWMRI, Kattuthottam, Thanjavur Total Greengram VRM (Gg) The Professor and Head, ORS, Tindivanam Phone: The Professor and Head, ARS, Redgram CO GG CO * 130 Virinjipuram The Professor & Head, ARS, Co The Professor & Head, ARS, Pattukottai Total BSR The Professor & Head, ARS, LRG The Professor & Head, ARS, Virinjipuram Total Cowpea CO(Cp) The Professor & Head, NPRC, Sugarcane Research Station, Melalathur Vellore Dt. Ph: Horsegram Paiyur The Professor and Head, RRS, Paiyur The Professor and Head, ARS, Virinjipuram TOTAL * Unprocessed 3

4 Crop Maize COHM The Professor and Head, ARS, Virinjipuram Ragi Paiyur The Professor and Head, RRS, Paiyur Phone: CO (Ra) The Professor and Head, CO (Ra) CEM, Athiyandal Mobile: The Professor and Head, ARS, Kovilpatti Phone: Sorghum CO Cumbu CO (CU) Kuthiraivali CO (KU) The Professor and Head, CEM, Athiyandal Mobile: Thenai CO (Te) The Professor and Head, CEM, Athiyandal Ph: Tenai Co The Professor and Head, ARS, Virinjipuram Varagu CO The Professor and Head, CEM, Athiyandal Ph: Total 1087 Oilseeds Sesame TMV (Sv) ORS, Tindivanam SVPR The Professor and Head, CRS, Srivilliputtur Total 145 4

5 Crop Vegetables Bhendi A.Anamika Tomato PKM Brinjal CO Tomato PKM Snakegourd PLR Amaranthus PLR Pumpkin CO Ashgourd PLR Onion CO (On) Chilli K Clusterbean PNB Bittergourd CO Tomato PKM Brinjal PLR Brinjal Annamalai Bhendi A.Anamika Snakegourd PLR(SG) Snakegourd PLR(SG) Ribbedgroud PKM Bittergourd CO Tomato PKM Chilli Hyrbrid CO Brinjal CO Cluster bean PNB Bitter gourd CO Bottle gourd Hy. CO Bhendi Hy. COBH H Amaranthus CO CO Moringa PKM Lab lab CO(GB) Cowpea PKM Onion CO (On) Ridgegourd CO The Professor & Head, ARS, Bhavanisagar The Professor and Head, ARS, Vaigaidam (Ph.: ) The Professor & Head, VRS, Palur (Ph.: ) The Professor & Head, Dept. of Vegetable Crops, TNAU, Coimbatore 3. (Ph.: ) 5

6 Bittergourd CO Ribbedgourd CO Ribbed gourd MDU Brinjal KKM Kitchen garden Pkt Vegetable seeds TOTAL 1279 TOTAL The Professor and Head, RRS, Paiyur The Professor & Head, Dept. of Vegetable Crops, AC&RI, Madurai No. The Professor and Head, RRS, Paiyur Nos. The Professor & Head, VRS, Palur (Ph.: ) 4560 Nos. Green manure crop seeds Crop Sunnhemp Local KVK, Vamban NPRC, Vamban CO VRS, Palur Daincha Local ORS, Tindivanam Total 9200 Abstract Crop Class distributed(kg) Paddy FS CS TFL Millets Pulses FS TFL Oilseeds TFL Vegetables TFL Greenmanure TFL

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