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