Research
Title : | Utilizing winter wheat for spring wheat improvement |
Area of research : | Agricultural Sciences |
Focus area : | Plant breeding |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Vinod Tiwari, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal |
Contact info : | ChanDr.a.Mishra@icar.gov.in; Rajender.Singh2@icar.gov.in |
Details
Executive Summary : | Generating variability through hybridization between winter and spring wheats, sharing seeds of segregating materials with cooperating centres for evaluation under diverse agroecological conditions, and selecting desirable recombinants from segregating generations leading to development of new genotypes for commercial cultivation particularly suitable for early sowing during end of October. |
Co-PI: | Ds. C N Mishra, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, Dr. Rajender Singh, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, Dr. Lakshmi Kant, Scientist, CIndian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal |
Achievements : | A total of 265 crosses involving spring and winter wheats were produced; usefulness of winter wheats in spring wheat improvement; develop new genotypes giving higher grain yield to the tune of 7-8 t/ha; enhanced the chances of desired segregants in the breeding populations. |
Organizations involved
Implementing Agency : | Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, Haryana 132001 Funding Agency :Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi | |