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New Delhi:
August 25, 2006
In what could prove to be a boon for diabetic patients,
scientists of Indian Council of Agricultural Research have
developed a new wheat variety, which is very beneficial
for such patients. Now, they can look forward to consuming
food products from new ‘Dicoccum’ wheat variety that
controls the sugar as well as cholesterol level in blood.
ICAR has also identified 5 new improved wheat varieties, 2
varieties of barley and one variety of Triticale for
various agro-climatic regions of the country.
ICAR has initiated research work on developing hybrid
wheat in order to improve the productivity as compared to
the conventional varieties. Also, it has been decided to
develop new wheat varieties suited to zero-tillage system,
Furrow Irrigated Raised Bed System (FIRBS) and surface
seeding in network mode. These decisions were taken in the
45th All India Wheat and Barley Research
Workers’ Meet held at
Kanpur
this week.
Developed by All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP)
at Dharwad centre of University of Agricultural Sciences, the food products made from
Dicoccum variety called DDK 1029, slowly dissolve
in the body and releases very less amount of calories. It
takes five to six hours to dissolve in the human blood,
thereby controlling sugar levels.
DDK 1029 has good yield gain of nearly 3q/ha over best
dicoccum check DDK 1009 along with disease resistance. The
average yield of this variety is 40.9 q/ha and has been
identified for Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,
Goa, plains of Tamil Nadu, Hilly areas of Tamil Nadu and
Kerala comprising the Nilgiri and Palni hills of southern
plateau.
Another identified variety called DBW 17 has
yielded 1.2 quintals more than the presently best variety
PBW 343. It is also proven to be resistant to new yellow
rust race for which PBW 343 and PBW 302 are susceptible.
It also has shown better Karnal rust resistance than PBW
343. Besides this, DBW 17 has better chapatti making
quality ( score 7.96 out of 10 ) and gives average yield
of 49.0 quintal per hectare. It has been identified for
Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (except Kota and Udaipur
divisions) and Western UP (except Jhansi division), parts
of J &K (Jammu and Kathua distt.) and parts of HP (Una
dist. and Paonta valley) and Uttaranchal (Tarai region)
under timely sown irrigated conditions.
In order to improve the wheat productivity, it was
recommended that
sowings in the states of Punjab, northern
Rajasthan and western parts of Uttar Pradesh be completed
between 4th
to 11th
November under timely sown, high fertility irrigated
conditions. Also, Intensification of rice-wheat system by
including vegetable pea after rice and before late sown
wheat was found more profitable in north western India.
GW 366
variety has shown
yield gain over of about 3q over the best check, GW 322
along with better disease resistance. The average yield of
this variety is 51.7 q/ha and has been identified for
Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Gujarat, Kota and Udaipur
divisions of Rajasthan and Jhansi division of Uttar
Pradesh.
K0307
variety has been identified for
Eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam
and plains of NE States. Besides having good yield
potential (45.6 q/ha) and disease resistance it also has
better chapatti making quality with score of 7.96 out of
10 and bread with 603 loaf volume than the present best
varieties.
RAJ
4083
variety has been identified for late sown irrigated
conditions in
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, plains of
Tamil Nadu. It has shown yield gain of 1.4 q/ha over best
check, HI 977 along with disease resistance. The average
yield of this variety is 41.5 q/ha.
TL
2942
Triticale (cross of wheat and rye) variety has been
identified for
Western Himalayan regions of J&K (except Jammu and Kathua
distt.); H.P. (except Una and Paonta Valley); Uttaranchal
(except Tarai area); Sikkim and hills of West Bengal and
N.E. States for rainfed/irrigated timely sown conditions.
It was found better in yield as well as had good amber
grains. It yielded 47.2 and 24.5 q/ha under irrigated and
rainfed conditions respectively.
Two varieties of Malt Barley namely
DWRUB 52
(average yield of 45.1 q/ha) and RD 2668 (average
yield of 42.5 q/ha) have been identified for Punjab,
Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (except Kota and Udaipur
divisions) and Western UP (except Jhansi division), parts
of J&K (Jammu and Kathua distt.) and parts of HP (Una
dist. and Paonta valley) and Uttaranchal (Tarai region).
Both are 2-rowed barley having good yield potential and
malting quality with resistance to yellow rust.
Another feed barley variety PL751 with average
yield of 46.8 q/ha and resistant to black rust have been
identified for Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kota
and Udaipur divisions of Rajasthan and Jhansi division of
Uttar Pradesh.
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