HD 3086: A new wheat variety for irrigated, timely sown condition of North Western Plains Zone of India


Keywords:
Bread wheat, yield, timely sown irrigated condition, disease resistance and quality traits.Abstract
A new bread wheat variety, HD3086 (Pusa Gautami) has been
released and notifed by the Central Sub- Committee on Crop
Standards, Notifcation and Release of Varieties for Agricultural
Crops, Government of India for commercial cultivation under timely
sown irrigated conditions of North Western Plains Zone (NWPZ)
of the country. HD 3086 has average yield of 5.46 t/ha with yield
potential of 7.1 t/ha under timely sown irrigated conditions and
showed superiority over checks. It is resistant to yellow rust and
brown rust. It has shown superior quality parameters with protein
content (12.5%), a sedimentation value (45 ml), best Glu-1 Score (10/10)
and good extraction rate (70.5%) meeting all the criteria for superior
bread making qualities. This variety has promise for timely sown
irrigated planting areas and thus will contribute to increasing wheat
production and will alleviate the socio-economic status of farmers of
north-western plains in India.