First Variety/Hybrid Varieties of Important Crops

 Cereals & Millets

First Maize Hybrid (1961): Ganga-1
First Sorghum Hybrid (1964): CSH-1
First Bajra (Pearl Millet) Hybrid (1965): HB-1
First Sorghum High Yielding Variety: CSV-1
First Sorghum Rabi Hybrid: CSH-7R
First Sweet Sorghum Variety: SSV-84
First Sweet Sorghum Hybrid Variety: CSH-22SS (NSSH 104)
First Rice Hybrid (1994): APHR-1
First Wheat Hybrid (2002): Pratham 7070
First Basmati Rice Hybrid (2002): PRH-10

Pulses
First Arhar (Pigeonpea) Hybrid (1993): ICPH-8 / ICPH 82008
First Variety of Green Gram (1948): T-1
First Variety of Black Gram (1948): T-9

Oilseeds
First Sunflower Hybrid: BSH-1
First Mustard Hybrid: Pusa Jai Kisan (BIO 902)
First Safflower Hybrid: DSH-129

Commercial Crops
First Cotton Hybrid (1970): H-4
First Coloured Cotton (1999): JCC-1 / KC 94-2
First Bt Cotton Variety in World (1996): Bollgard-I
First Egyptian Variety of Cotton in India: Sujata
First Interspecific Variety of Cotton: Varalaxmi
First Tobacco Hybrid: GTH-1

Sugarcane
First Sugarcane Hybrid in the World: POJ 2875
First Sugarcane Hybrid in India: CO-205
First Wondercane Variety: CO-617

Horticulture
First Mango Hybrid: Mallika (Neelam × Dashehri)

Forage Crops
Public Sector Hybrid of Forage Sorghum: Pusa Chari Hybrid 106
Sorghum × Sudan Grass Hybrid: Sudan Chari No.1
Napier Grass × Bajra Hybrid: Pusa Giant
First Autopolyploid Variety Released for Commercial Cultivation in India: Pusa Giant (Berseem)
First Pureline Variety of Oat: Princess

Genetic Resources

First Male Sterile Line of Bajra: Tift 23 A
First Single Cross Maize Hybrid: Paras