HI 1633 (Pusa Vani): A bio-fortified bread wheat variety for late sown, irrigated conditions of Peninsular Zone of India
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Bread wheat, late sown, biofortifed wheat, rust resistance, quality traitsAbstract
A new bread wheat variety HI 1633 (Pusa Vani) has been released and notified by the Central Sub-Committee on
Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops, Government of India for commercial
cultivation under irrigated and late sown conditions of Peninsular Zone of India. HI 1633 has average yield of
41.7 q ha-1 and showed superiority over checks. The potential yield of HI 1633 is 65.8 q ha-1 and found resistant
to black and brown rusts. HI 1633 found to have excellent chapati quality (7.63), biscuit quality (7.08), high grain
hardness (>80.0), test weight (80.3 kg hl-1) and sedimentation value (45.0 ml). It has high protein content (12.4 %)
and presence of 5+10 subunit of Glu-D1 reflecting higher gluten strength. It has good amount of micronutrients
viz., iron (41.6 ppm) and zinc (41.1 ppm) content making it rich in nutritional qualities. This variety has been
recommended for irrigated late sown conditions and would contribute to increasing wheat production and
alleviate the socio-economic status of farmers of Peninsular zone in India.
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