Wheat

Varieties

Introduction

  • The choice of the correct variety plays a very important role in achieving optimum yield. For deciding on a variety for cultivation under irrigated conditions, the following are very important considerations:

    • i. Disease resistance
    ii. Fertilizer responsiveness
    iii. Lodging and shattering resistance and
    iv. Desired maturity

  • Under rain-fed conditions, the ability to withstand soil and atmospheric drought is most needed. If the right variety is not present, production technologies cannot be applied effectively

    • Timely sown Irrigated conditions:


    Variety
    Duration (Days)
    Yield qtls/ acre
    Grain Quality
    Special Features
    PBW 502 150 20.4 Grains are bold, amber, hard and lustrous.
  • It is a double dwarf variety with an average plant height of 95cm.
  • It tillers profusely.
  • The ears are dense and tapering in shape.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts, less susceptible to Kernel bunt and susceptible to loose smut diseases.
    • PBW 343 155 22.5 Its grains are bold, amber, hard and lustrous.
  • It is a double dwarf variety with an average plant height of 100cm.
  • It tillers profusely and has stiff straw thus is resistant to lodging.
  • The ears are dense, fully bearded with white smooth glumes.
  • It is resistant is yellow and brown rusts and leaf blight, susceptible to Kernel bunt and loose smut diseases .
    • WH 542 155 21.3 It has medium bold, hard, lustrous amber grains.
  • It is a double-dwarf variety with an average plant height of 90 cm.
  • It tillers profusely. The ears are dense, fully beared with white smooth glumes.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts but susceptible to Kernel bunt and loose smut diseases.
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    PDW 291 (Durum) 155 19.4 Its grains are amber, hard, bold, uniform and lustrous with low incidence of yellow berry. It possesses desirable quality charact-eristics and suitability for pasta making.
  • It is a double-dwarf variety of durum wheat (Wadanak) with an average plant height of 83 cm.
  • It tillers profusely and has stiff straw thus is resistant to lodgingIt tillers profusely. Its leaves are dark green and ears are dense, fully awned, tapering with white smooth glumes.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts, loose smut and flag smut and less susceptible to PDWdery mildew, leaf blight and head scab diseases.
  • It possesses field resistance to Kernel bunt disease. It has high degree of lodging resistance.
    • PDW 274 (Durum) 153 20.9 Its grains are bold, hard and lustrous having low yellow berry and desirable quality charact-eristics.
  • It is a double-dwarf variety of durum (wadanak) wheat with an average plant height of 90 cm.
  • Its leaves are dark green in colour and ears are medium, dense and fully bearded with white smooth glumes and blackish awns.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts and Kernel bunt diseases. It is also resistant to loose smut under field conditions.
    • PDW 233 (Durum) 150 19.5 It has bold, uniform lustrous grains. It is superior in quality parameters especially carotene content and sedime-ntation value and has low incidence of yellow berry. It is suitable for export.
  • It is a double-dwarf variety of durum wheat ( Wadanak) with an average plant height of 98 cm.
  • Its ears are medium, dense and fully bearded.
  • It has erect leaves with partially hairy white glumes.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts, Kernel bunt and loose smut diseases.
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    TL 2908 (Triticale) 153 16.4 Its grains are amber, medium hard and bold.
  • It is a single-dwarf variety of triticale with an average height of 113 cm.
  • It has long fully awned drooping spikes with red glumes and awns.
  • It is highly resistant to yellow and brown rusts, Kernel bunt, loose smut and PDWdery mildew diseases.
  • Triticale has been found suitable for poultry feed and can replace maize and wheat for this purpose.
  • Good quality biscuits, satisfactory breads and chapaties can be prepared from the flour of this variety particularly if blended with wheat to the extent of 50 per cent.
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Late Sown Irrigated Conditions :

Variety
Duration (Days)
Yield qtls/ acre
Grain Quality
Special Features
PBW 509 130 15.8 Its grains are bold, amber, hard and lustrous.
  • It is a double-dwarf variety with an average plant height of 85 cm.
  • It has dark green foliage. The ears are medium dense.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts and susceptible to Kernel bunt and loose smut diseases.
  • It is recommended for cultivation in the Punjab state except submontaneous regions.
    • PBW 373 140 16.5 Its grains are bold, amber, hard and lustrous.
  • It is a double-dwarf variety with an average plant height of 90 cm.
  • It has profuse tillering, erect leaves and dark green foliage. The ears are dense, fully bearded with white smooth glumes.
  • It is highly resistant to yellow and brown rusts and leaf blight but susceptible to loose smut disease.
    • TL 1210 (Triticale) 135 18 Its grains are light reddish, medium hard and medium bold.
  • It is a single-dwarf variety of triticale with good tillering.
  • It has long and fully awned drooping ears with dull white glumes.
  • It resists lodging. It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts, Kernel bunt, loose smut, flag smut and PDWdery mildew diseases.
  • Triticale has been found suitable for poultry feed and can replace maize and wheat for this purpose.
  • Good quality biscuits, satisfactory breads and Chapatis can be prepared from the flour of this variety particularly if blended with wheat to the extent of 50 per cent.

    • Timely Sown Rain fed Conditions

    Variety
    Duration (Days)
    Yield qtls/ acre
    Grain Quality
    Special Features
    PBW 527 160 13.7 Its grains are amber, medium bold, hard and lustrous.
  • It is a double dwarf variety with an average plant height of 100 cm. It has profuse tillering.
  • The ears are medium dense and tapering in shape with white glumes.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts and susceptible to Kernel bunt and loose smut diseases.
    • PBW 175 165 12.5 Its grains are very bold, amber and hard.
  • It is a single-dwarf variety with an average plant height of 110 cm.
  • It tillers profusely and bears narrow and dark green leaves.
  • The glumes are white and the spikes are of medium size.
  • It is resistant to yellow and brown rusts and Kernel bunt but susceptible to loose smut disease.

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