Type of corn: Popcorn
Parent: JP-8 × Dpcl 292
Year of release: 2020
Gazette Notification: Gazette Notification Details : S.O. 3482 (E)S.N.43, Dated 7th October, 2020
Season: Kharif; but also can does well during rabi
Yield: 3.0 t/ha (in Kharif)
Maturity: Early (80-85 days)
Recommended for cultivation in: Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh & Gujarat
Reaction to major diseases and insects: Moderately Resistant (MR) to Charcoal rot, Fusarium stalk rot and Curvularia leaf spot under artificial epiphytotic conditions at hot spots.
Special features: LPCH2 showed significant overall grain yield superiority of 15.9% over the best check during the three years of testing in AICRP trials. Highest Popping percentage is reported (up to 95 %) with a mean of 86.1 in AICRP trial. It has shown 7.6% superiority in Poppiness to the best check in AICRP trials. The highest Popping expansion (PE) is reported up to 1:23 in AICRP trial with mean of 1: 16.6 in the AICRP testing.