Golden mosaic virus and Pseudocercospora cruenta tolerant, Identified for UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Maharastra by AICRP-VC.

This F1 hybrid has been developed by crossing PBC-473 x KA-2 at IIVR Varanasi. Plants of are tall (100-110 cm height) without nodal pigmentation on dull green stems and bear pendant fruits. Fruits are long (8-9 x 1.0-1.2 cm), attractive, dark green and turn bright red at physiological maturity, pungent with smooth surface. First picking of the green fruits starts at about 45 days after transplanting.