Research

Agricultural Sciences

Title :

Improvement of wheat for grain quality

Area of research :

Agricultural Sciences

Focus area :

Plant breeding

Principal Investigator :

Dr. D Mohan, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal

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Executive Summary :

Development of high yielding bread wheat genotypes for high protein content and superior end-products quality, development of high yielding durum wheat genotypes having resistance to rusts and high yellow pigment content, development of high yielding, shorter duration dicoccum wheat genotypes having resistance to rusts and easy threshability and improving aestivum, durum wheat for high yield, rust resistance and quality attributes; and dicoccum for threshability

Co-PI:

Dr. K Venkatesh, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnai, Dr. Gopalareddy K, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, Dr. B S Tyagi, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, and others

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