When someone says lady’s finger, green is the colour that comes to the mind. But the scientists at Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) have come up with a purple variety of the vegetable.
The purple hybrid, which is yet to be named, is currently on display at the three-day National Horticulture Fair, which is taking place at IIHR. The variety looks exactly similar to the green lady’s finge
Pitchaimuthu M., principal scientist in the Division of Vegetable Crops, IIHR, said: “In general, people think of only green bhindis (lady’s finger). We developed a variant which was resistant to yellow vein mosaic virus 30 years ago. With changing consumer preferences, we wanted to come up with a niche product.”
