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Surasa, new ginger variety 

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ICAR has declared the new ideally suited for commercial purposes variety of ginger namely IISR Surasa.

  • Surasa has been developed through a participatory breeding programme for farmers, is non-pungent, and has very good organoleptic properties.
  • Organoleptic properties:
    • They are important in the food and pharmaceutical industries for evaluating product quality.
  • Farmer John Joseph discovered the variety from the Kodancherry locality in Kozhikode.
  • First ginger variety developed in India exclusively for vegetable use.
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