Last Update: January 14, 2023, 11:12 AM IST
High yielding wheat varieties include DBW 187, DBW 303, DBW 222 and HD 3226.
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan are among the major wheat producing regions in the country.
The country’s wheat production is expected to be 112 million tonnes in the 2022-23 crop year, about five million tonnes higher than last year’s rabi harvesting season, contributed by an increase in area under high-yielding varieties. said Gyanendra Singh, director, Karnal-based ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR).
Singh attributed the expected increase in wheat production to favorable weather conditions, increase in acreage and increase in area under high-yielding crop varieties.
“We have had a good winter. Plantation has been done in time. So far everything is very good,” Singh said when asked about the sowing of the wheat crop.
On the area under wheat cultivation in the country, Singh said the area under the winter crop this season was around 33 million hectares, which is expected to increase by 1.5 million hectares compared to last year.
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan are among the major wheat producing regions in the country.
“I am expecting a wheat crop of 112 million tonnes. This will be 50 lakh tonnes more than last year. There are three reasons for the expected increase in wheat production. The area has increased slightly, favorable weather and third, the area under new varieties has increased,” he said.
High-yielding varieties include DBW 187, DBW 303, DBW 222 and HD 3226, he said, adding that these varieties are mostly sown in Haryana, Punjab, West UP and Rajasthan.
“These varieties are also recommended for eastern UP, Bihar and two of them are also recommended for Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat. DBW 187 and 303 are one of a kind all India varieties and are recommended for large areas,” he added.
Farmers were made aware to adopt new varieties and seeds were also made available for this. That’s why this time the area of new varieties has increased.
“As a result, older, more sensitive varieties, their area is reduced,” he said. When asked how much impact these new varieties have on the yield, the IIWBR director said that with the new varieties the yield increases by more than ten quintals per hectare.
“If farmers are growing old varieties and if they grow new varieties, there is always a profit of 10-15 quintals. Because they (the new varieties) are climate-adapted and will be least affected by the changing climate.”
Singh said that the weather conditions at present are favourable. “Our expectation is that there should be some rain, which is always good at this stage.
“Cool weather conditions help in ripening of the crop and increase in yield,” he added.
He also said that Punjab and Haryana have a good wheat crop and there has been no incidence of yellow rust – a fungal disease.
Singh said that fog is also favorable for the crop.
Dense fog has been observed at many places in the northern region of the country for the last few days.
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