Pusa Sheetal (BHS 400) – a new barley variety for Northern hills of India
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Authors
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Dharam Pal
INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE RS SHIMLA
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Sanjay Kumar
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Mohinder Prashar
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K Vinod
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Anju Mehendru Singh
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Ram Niwas Yadav
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M Sivasamy
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U D Singh
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D K Bhatnagar
Keywords:
Barley, New variety, Hulled, 6-rowed, Stripe rust resistanceAbstract
A new barley variety ‘PUSA SHEETAL’ (BHS 400), is released by the Central Sub-Committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops for commercial cultivation under timely sown rainfed condition of Northern Hills Zone. The variety BHS 400 recorded average grain yield of 32.7 qtls/ha (on the basis of weighted mean of 26 trials over 03 years). It has shown significant grain yield superiority over the checks viz., BHS 352, UPB 1008, HBL 113 and VLB 113. This variety combines resistance against leaf and stripe rusts. Cultivation of newly released variety Pusa Sheetal (BHS 400) in Northern hills would prove boon for meeting food requirements of the hilly people for sustaining their livelihood and stabilizing productivity of barley in this region.
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