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Arka Sanjeevini is an improved variety of Medicinal solanum.
'Arka Sanjeevini' and 'Arka Mahima' are the two diploid and tetraploid varieties of this crop developed at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Hessarghatta, Bangalore and released for cultivation.
Medicinal solanum is used as raw materials for the production of steroidal drugs, steroid-bearing solanum holds an important place due to its quick growth and low initial investment in its commercial cultivation.
It yields a glycoalkaloid, solasodine, a nitrogen analogue of diosgenine. These steroidal compounds have anti-inflammatory, anabolic and anti-fertility properties, due to which they find large-scale use in health and family planning programmes all over the world.

Preservatives are added to foods for preventing rancidity, mould growth and spoilage. There are natural and synthetic preventives, which are widely used for preventing foods from getting spoilt.
Class I preservative belongs to natural sources which also exhibit preservative effects in foods. Examples of Class I preservatives are sugar, salt, vinegar, honey, spices, edible oils, etc. Class 1 preservatives are not dangerous to health.
Class I preservatives are Sugar, Salt and Spices.

C. F. T. R. I. is located in Mysore.
CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore is a constituent laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi came into existence in 1950 with the great vision of its founders, and a network of inspiring as well as dedicated scientists who had a fascination to pursue in-depth research and development in the areas of food science and technology.

Cashew nut is one among the following is a rich source of protein.
It is a tropical evergreen tree that produces the cashew seed and the cashew apple accessory fruit. They're not only high in protein but also contain several important vitamins and minerals.
Raw cashews are 5% water, 30% carbohydrates, 44% fat and 18% protein. Cashews are rich sources of dietary minerals, including particularly copper, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, and of thiamin, vitamin B6 and vitamin K. Iron, potassium, zinc, and selenium are also present in significant content.

CH-1 variety of chilli is developed at PAU.
It is developed by PAU (Punjab Agricultural University), Ludhiana. Plants are medium tall with medium size light green fruits turning deep red on ripening. Fruits are highly pungent and attractive. Tolerant to fruit rot and wet rot. It gives an average yield of 96 qtl of red chilli/acre.

The male sterile variety of peach is J. H. Hale.
The best known male-sterile peach cultivar is 'J. H. Hale', which was used in many old breeding programs, transmitting the male sterility allele to a large number of cultivars. Male sterility in peach is a monofactorial recessive trait.

Fruits of cabbage are known as Siliqua.
Siliqua is the type of fruit present in the mustard family Brassicaceae. It is a type of dry fruit that separates into two or three segments at maturity. These segments are called valves. An example of siliqua is cabbage.

Litchi is commercially propagated by Air layering.
Air-layering or 'Gootee' is a widely accepted method of propagation in India. In this method, a healthy and vigorous, upright twig of about one year old and 2.5 to 4 cm in diameter is selected. A circular strip of bark about 2 cm wide just below a bud is completely removed from the selected twig.
The most commonly used commercial method of propagation of litchi is air layering. Litchis can also be propagated by seeds, grafting or cuttings. The highly heterozygotic characteristic of this species prevents the commercial propagation by seeds.

Sulphur-containing food is stored in SR cans.
SR cans are sulphur resistant cans. The sulfur-resistant lacquer is also of golden colour and the cans coated with it are called C-enamel cans or SR cans.
Sulphur-containing foods are peas, beans, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, potatoes, swedes and turnips, meat and meat products, poultry products, fish and mushrooms.

Pusa Mukta, an improved variety of cabbage is resistant to Black rot.
This is a new variety developed by the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Katrain, by hybridization between EC 24855 x EC 10109.
The light green foliage with wavy margins is a distinguishing characteristic of the variety.
The heads are compact and slightly flattish round with loose wrapper leaves at the top.
The average head weight is 1.5 - 2.0 kg.
The average yield is 25 - 30 t/ha.
It is resistant to black rot.