Varietal led ecological resilience through KRL 210 in salt stressed wheat


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Authors

  • Parvender Sheoran ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • Paras Kamboj ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • Arvind Kumar ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • Kailash Parjapat ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • Arijit Barmana ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • Ashwani Kumar ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • Ranjay K Singh ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • Subhasis Mandal ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • P P Rohilla ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • S K Singh ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • V P Chahal ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001
  • P C Sharma ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, Haryana 132 001

Keywords:

Salt tolerant variety, Sodic agroecosystems, Wheat

Abstract

The intervention through inclusion of tolerant varieties can be an important strategy to counter yield reduction under salty ecology. Significant change in farmers’ perception has been noted towards cultivating salt tolerant wheat variety KRL 210 in problematic areas
dominated by sodic soils and high RSC waters. This enhanced ecological resilience has helped to stabilize wheat production and generate additional income to the farmers under the existing levels of sodicity stress. The fields’ insights will certainly help convincing
the developmental agencies and receive government attention while formulating the policy guidelines for wheat developmental programme in salt-affected ecologies.

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Submitted

2022-09-16

Published

2022-09-16

How to Cite

Sheoran, P., Kamboj, P., Kumar, A., Parjapat, K., Barmana, A., Kumar, A., Singh, R. K., Mandal, S., Rohilla, P. P., Singh, S. K., Chahal, V. P., & Sharma, P. C. (2022). Varietal led ecological resilience through KRL 210 in salt stressed wheat. Indian Farming, 72(8), 47-49. https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/IndFarm/article/view/128066