CIARI Rakshak ( Morinda citrifolia L.)

CIARI Rakshak variety is Dwarf, well adaptive to sea water affected lands, consistent yielder, showed high level of phytochemicals and antioxidant activity which is comparable with Noni genotypes grown in normal soils. Fruiting start at 10-12 months. It matures early in about 100 -110 days and can be harvested from fruit setting to full maturity stage. The average yield is 7.0-9.0 t/ha/year. This variety is released by IVRC (ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair) in 2014.

Benefit: It can be grown round the year. Well suited to tropical climatic conditions of Islands. Suitable as intercrop in coconut plantations.

Scientific team : D.R. Singh, Shrawan Singh, Krishna Kumar & Ajanta Birah