Steps:
- Evaluation
- Identification
- Release and Notification
Evaluation
Consists of various trials and tests to determine its superiority over the best existing variety in yield, agronomic traits and its suitability for consumption
Identification
Outstanding cultures are identified for release as new varieties at the Annual workshops of the coordinated projects on the respective crops. Proposals for the identification of cultures may be prepared by the respective breeder in a prescribed format.
Proposals should consist of information on the results of the various centres of AICRP for at least two years, pest and disease reactions and quality parameters. The proposals will be examined by an Identification committee. The criteria for identification as variety may vary form one crop the other. Culture after consideration called as Identified variety
Release and Notification
After identification, the variety is to be tested for at least one year for disease and quality tests. The breeder should submit a proposal for release as a new variety for approval by the Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and release of varieties. After a variety has been released for a zone by the Central Sub-Committee, theDirector, HYV, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, GOI notifies the concerned authorities of the states within that zone for seed multiplication and distribution of variety. This is known as notification of variety.
Release of a variety by a State Variety Release Committee
The breeder concerned should submit Variety Release Proposal (12 copies) in the prescribed format to the Director of Research, TNAU, Coimbatore. They will initially scrutinize the proposals. After scrutinization, it will be examined by State Variety Release Committee consists of the following members
| S.No. |
Officials |
Position |
| 1 |
Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Agrl. Department |
Chairman |
| 2 |
Vice-Chancellor, TNAU, Coimbatore |
Member |
| 3 |
Director of Agriculture |
Member |
| 4 |
Chief Engineer (Agrl.Engg.) |
Member |
| 5 |
Director of Seed Certification, Coimbatore |
Member |
| 6 |
Professor and Head, Dept. of SS&T, TNAU, Coimbatore |
Member |
| 7 |
Joint Director of Horticulture |
Member |
| 8 |
Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram |
Member |
Non-official members |
| 1 |
Leading farmers – 2 Nos. |
| 2 |
President, Tamil Nadu Seed Association, Coimbatore |
The official release of the new varieties will be made by the Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture in Farmers’ Day celebration
Notification
The breeder concerned should submit 70 copies of the notification proposal in the proforma to the State Seed Sub-Committee for onward transmission to Central Sub-Committee. Deposition of seed material to Gene Bank, NBPGR, New Delhi is a pre requisite. The State Seed Sub-Committee is to be constituted by the Central Committee, Ministry of Agriculture, GOI, New Delhi which consists of the following members
| S.No. |
Officials |
Position |
| 1 |
Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Agrl. Department |
Chairman |
| 2 |
Director of Agriculture |
Member |
| 3 |
Director, CPBG, TNAU, Coimbatore |
Member |
| 4 |
Director of Seed Certification, Cbe |
Member |
| 5 |
Addl. Director of Agriculture (Input) |
Member |
| 6 |
Seed Testing Officer, Cbe. |
Member |
| 7 |
Regl. Manager, NSC, Ambattur |
Member |
| 8 |
Director, SFC, Chengam |
Member |
| 9 |
E.I.D. Parry Ltd., Chennai |
Member |
| 10 |
TUCAS, Coimbatore |
Member |
| 11 |
Leading Farmers – 2 Nos. |
Member |
| 12 |
Secretary, TN Seed Assn. Cbe. |
Member |
| 13 |
JDA, (SSF), DA, Chennai |
Co-convener |
| 14 |
Deputy Commissioner (QC), New Delhi |
Co-convener |
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