VL Gehun 967: A high yielding, rust-resistant wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) variety, suitable for rainfed organic conditions of Uttarakhand hills of India
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Authors
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Lakshmi Kant
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Cereal Research (Formerly J.Wheat Res.)
SAWBAR
ICAR-Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Karnal- 132001 (Haryana), INDIA
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Sanjay Kumar Jain
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Borehalli Rangaswamy Raghu
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Dibakar Mahanta
Keywords:
Stripe and leaf rust, chapati quality, VL Gehun 967, winter x spring wheat derivativeAbstract
VL Gehun 967 is a rust resistant high yielding variety, released by Uttarakhand seed Sub-Committee and
further notified by Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Variety. It has been
recommended for cultivation under rainfed organic timely sown production conditions of Uttarakhand hills. VL
Gehun 967 recorded an average grain yield of is 1.97 t ha-1, which is 12.71% higher than the best check VL Gehun
907. This variety has recorded maximum average coefficient of infection (ACI) of 17.4 for stripe rust and 4.0 for
leaf rust under artificial inoculation conditions indicating that it is resistant to both stripe and brown rust. It
possesses 9.78 to 10.07% average protein, 76.37 to 79.73 kg/hl-1 hectoliter weight and 7.63 to 7.56 very good chapatti
quality score, therefore, possessing very good quality for chapatti making and good flour recovery. The large
scale cultivation of this variety in Uttarakhand hills under organic conditions would enhance wheat productivity
and also help in reducing the inoculum load of rusts in hills of Uttarakhand due to its better resistance.
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