{"id":971667,"date":"2026-09-15T09:46:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nenow.in\/?p=536012"},"modified":"2026-09-15T09:46:49","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:46:49","slug":"manipurs-indigenous-chiru-maroi-onion-scientifically-documented-as-new-variety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2026\/09\/15\/manipurs-indigenous-chiru-maroi-onion-scientifically-documented-as-new-variety\/","title":{"rendered":"Manipur\u2019s indigenous \u2018Chiru Maroi\u2019 onion scientifically documented as new variety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-rss-image-size size-rss-image-size wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=400%2C267&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?resize=150%2C100&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nenow.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Chiru-Maroi-Onion-scientific-breakthrough-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1&amp;w=370 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>Imphal: Manipur\u2019s indigenous bunching onion, locally known as \u2018Chiru Maroi\u2019, has been scientifically documented as a novel variety following more than eight years of research by the Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal, and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The crop has been classified as Allium fistulosum var. Chiru Maroi, with the findings published [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipurs-indigenous-chiru-maroi-onion-scientifically-documented-as-new-variety.html\">Manipur\u2019s indigenous \u2018Chiru Maroi\u2019 onion scientifically documented as new variety<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/\">NorthEast Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipurs-indigenous-chiru-maroi-onion-scientifically-documented-as-new-variety.html\">https:\/\/nenow.in\/north-east-news\/manipur\/manipurs-indigenous-chiru-maroi-onion-scientifically-documented-as-new-variety.html<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imphal: Manipur\u2019s indigenous bunching onion, locally known as \u2018Chiru Maroi\u2019, has been scientifically documented as a novel variety following more than eight years of research by the Central Agricultural University (CAU), Imphal, and the Indian Counci&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,20380],"tags":[34,319,20383,20381,20384,20382],"class_list":["post-971667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nenow","tag-manipur","tag-manipur-news","tag-nenow","tag-northeast-news","tag-northeastnow","tag-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=971667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":971675,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971667\/revisions\/971675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}