Sri Vijaya Puram, March 21: A meeting on UT Seed Sub Committee for Agricultural & Horticultural Crops was held under the Chairmanship of Ms. Pallavi Sarkar, IAS, Secretary (Agriculture.), A & N Administration at Secretariat yesterday to consider the release of 18 new varieties of crops for the UT, which was developed by the Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (CIARI).The proposal of crop varieties submitted for consideration in the UT Seed Sub-Committee includes: Rice (Six varieties), Green gram (Five varieties), Black gram (Two varieties), Brinjal (Two varieties), Malabar Tamarind (Two varieties), and Bayleaf (One variety).