Pusa Prabhat (HI 8823) a high yielding, drought tolerant and biofortified durum wheat variety for central wheat growing zone of India


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Authors

  • Divya Ambati ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad
  • Rahul M Phuke
  • Sai Prasad SV
  • JB Singh
  • Prakasha TL
  • KC Sharma
  • AK Singh
  • DK verma
  • AN Mishra
  • GP Singh
  • JB Sharma
  • PK Singh
  • Harikrishna
  • RK Sharma
  • Naresh Kumar
  • Rajbir Yadav
  • KB Gaikwad
  • SK Jha
  • Sanjay Kumar
  • Prasanth Babu
  • Raghunandan HK
  • Vaibhav Singh
  • M Sivasamy
  • TR Das
  • Dharam Pal
  • vinod
  • Anju M Singh
  • Neelu Jain
  • Manjeet Kumar
  • Niharika M
  • Niranjana M
  • Jaya Prakash P
  • Vikas VK
  • Madhu Patial
  • RN Yadav
  • Prabhu KV

https://doi.org/10.25174/2582-2675/2024/133242

Keywords:

Durum Wheat, Drought tolerance, Central zone, Yield

Abstract

Pusa Prabhat (HI 8823), a high yielding durum wheat variety which was released and notified by Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops, Government of India for commercial cultivation for timely sown, restricted irrigation conditions of central Zone vide notification number S.O. 8 (E) dated 03.01.2022. HI 8823 recorded an average yield of 38.5q/ha and a potential yield of 65.6 q/ha. HI 8823 offers to be a best variety for central zone wheat farmers with good amount of protein (12.1%), yellow pigment (7.2ppm), micro nutrient content(>37ppm), over all pasta acceptability(6) and recorded to be resistant to major pests and diseases. Hence, it can provide excellent raw material for the upcoming semolina-based industries and essential nutrients needed for sound health of the country as a biofortifed durum wheat variety.

Author Biography

  • Divya Ambati, ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad

    Divya Ambati earlier worked on the objective of improvement of Indian durum wheat for abiotic stress conditions and quality parameters. Now she is working on improvement of Indian Linseed for productivity and quality

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Submitted

2023-02-14

Published

2023-12-31

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 3 (2023)

Section

Variety Release

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How to Cite

Ambati, D., M Phuke, R., SV, S. P., Singh, J., TL, P., Sharma, K., Singh, A., verma, D., Mishra, A., Singh, G., Sharma, J., Singh, P., Harikrishna, Sharma, R., Kumar, N., Yadav, R., Gaikwad, K., Jha, S., Kumar, S., … KV, P. (2023). Pusa Prabhat (HI 8823) a high yielding, drought tolerant and biofortified durum wheat variety for central wheat growing zone of India. Journal of Cereal Research, 15(3), 408-412. https://doi.org/10.25174/2582-2675/2024/133242