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High yielding wheat variety KARAN VANDANA (DBW 187)

20 October 2022, New Delhi: High yielding wheat variety KARAN VANDANA (DBW 187)

Area Recommendation – NEPZ (Eastern Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam and plains of North Eastern States)

Timely sown, irrigated conditions

Seed yield –  48.8 q/ha

Potential Yield – 64.7q/ha

Plant height – 100 cm

Maturity (days) : 120 (110-140)

Good biscuit spread factor (8.6cm), High Fe content (43.1 ppm), resistance to yellow and brown rust

Area Recommendation –  NWPZ (Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (except Kota and Udaipur divisions) and Western UP (except Jhansi division), parts of J&K (Jammu and Kathua distt.) and parts of HP (Una distt. and Paonta valley) and Uttarakhand (Tarai region))

Timely sown, irrigated conditions

Seed yield –  61.8 q/ha

Potential Yield – 96.6ha

Also Read: 10 new high yielding wheat varieties for Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan

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