Top 4 Recommended Varieties of Soybean for 2024

12 June 2024, New Delhi: The 54th Annual General Meeting of the All India Coordinated Soybean Research Project implemented by the Indian Soybean Research Institute, Indore was held during March 2024 at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Karnataka. On this occasion, a meeting of the Variety Identification Committee constituted by the Government of India was also organized in which 4 varieties were identified for the whole of India (3 varieties for the central region and 1 for the northern hilly region).

Soybean Variety JS 23-03

JS 23-03 has been developed by Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur, which is also the center for the All India Soybean Research Project. In trials conducted in the central region during the year 2021 to 2023, it achieved 27 percent more production than the prevalent variety at an average rate of 2167 kg/ha in just 93 days.

Soybean Variety JS 23-03 has purple flowers and black hilum and hairless pods. During the trials, it has shown medium resistance to many diseases like charcoal rot, anthracnose, rhizoctonia aerial blight, and yellow mosaic virus. It has purple flowers, pointed-shaped leaves and yellow seeds have black hilum. This variety has been found suitable for the central region that includes the entire Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Bundelkhand region of Central Uttar Pradesh.

Soybean Variety JS 23-09

Like other varieties of the JS 23-09 series, it has also been developed by Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Jabalpur, which is also the center for the All India Soybean Research Project. In trials conducted in the central region during the year 2021 to 2023, it achieved 24 percent more production than the prevalent variety at an average rate of 2104 kg/ha in just 92 days. This variety has purple flowers and black hilum and hairless pods. 

During the trials, Soybean Variety JS 23-09 has shown medium to high resistance to charcoal rot. Apart from this, it was also found to be moderately resistant to anthracnose and yellow mosaic disease. It has shown medium resistance to many diseases like Rhizoctonia Aerial Blight and Yellow Mosaic Virus. Its flowers are purple, and pointed-shaped leaves are seen and yellow seeds have black hilum. This variety has been found suitable for the central region that includes the entire Madhya Pradesh, Marathwada, and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Bundelkhand region of Central Uttar Pradesh.

Soybean Variety RSC 11-42

RSC 11-42 has been developed by Indira Gandhi Agricultural University Raipur which is also the center for the All India Soybean Research Project. In the continuous trials conducted in the eastern region during the year 2021 to 2023, it has achieved 27 percent more production than the competitive variety at an average rate of 2299 kg/ha. This variety has semi-limited growth and purple flowers. 

Soybean Variety RSC 11-42 has moderate resistance to Indian bud blight disease and bacterial pustule while it has moderate resistance to Rhizoctonia aerial blight. It is moderately resistant to girdle beetles. Its average maturity period is 101 days. This variety has been found suitable for the eastern region that includes  Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal

Soybean Variety NRC 197

Soybean Variety NRC 197 has been developed by the Indian Soybean Research Institute through Marker Assisted Selection method. It is the first variety of the northern hilly region which is free from the non-nutritious Kunitz Trypsin Inhibitor and has been found suitable for the hill districts of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand. 

Soybean Variety NRC 197 is an early duration variety maturing in 113 days which is a very suitable option for hilly areas. Its leaves are pointed in shape. Its average productivity was observed to be 1624 kg/ha and a maximum production capacity of 2072 kg/ha was observed in the trials.

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