Research

Agricultural Sciences

Title :

Breeding wheat genotypes for North-Western plains

Area of research :

Agricultural Sciences

Focus area :

Plant breeding

Principal Investigator :

Dr. Ravish Chatrath, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal

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Executive Summary :

This is a long term wheat improvement program and aims to develop wheat genotypes with high yield and stability across the north western plains of India. At the same time focus is on identifying the stripe rust resistant lines with tolerance to lodging and terminal heat stress.

Co-PI:

Dr. GP Singh, Director, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, Dr. Satish Kumar, Scientist, CIndian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, Dr. Poonam Jasrotia, Scientist, Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research (IIWBR), Karnal, and others

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