Katrain, HP, Feb 11 A new hybrid cabbage seed, developed here at the regional station of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), may be released next month for commercial cultivation, which will boost production by up to 40%. "We have developed the cabbage seed here at temperate climate, which can give a yield of 35 tonne per hectare if grown at an optimum temperature level of 15-20 degree celsius,' head of the regional station SR Sharma told PTI. The current yield of normal cabbage seed is 20-25 tonne per hectare. After its success at field trials, the KCH-5 variety of cabbage is awaiting the approval of the All India Coordinated Trials (AICT), Sharma said. The next meeting of AICT is likely to be held at Hyderabad later this month or early March, agriculture ,ministry sources said. The AICT is the body that approves commercial release of seeds in the country. This regional station of IARI has developed 60 varieties of fruits and vegetables so far and is currently concentrating on developing seeds for cauliflower, cabbage, capsicum, carrot, paprica and tomato. It produces 30-35 quintal of seeds annually in three farms on eight hectares of land. Sharma said the seeds developed here can be grown anywhere in the country at a particular temperature level, and the seeds have to be developed only at temperate climate. The IARI's research station, located on the Kulu-Manali road, deserves to become a national research centre of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research for its achievements and future goals, Sharma said.