Phule Satwik (NIAW 3170): A soft bread wheat variety for North Western Plains and Peninsular Zone of India

Nilesh Magar^*, Suresh Dodake, Dnyandeo Gadekar, Bhanudas Game, Rajendra Lokhande, Bhalchandra Mhaske and Yogesh Patil

Agricultural Research Station, MPKV, Niphad Dist Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Corresponding Author E-mail: magarnm@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CARJ.12.1.28

Abstract:

Wheat is an important crop that plays major role in a food grain production  in the country.It is a lone source for industries involved in the manufacturing of bread, biscuits, flakes, cakes etc. These industries rely on quality parameters viz.,grain hardness index, biscuit spread factor, bread quality score, and bread loaf volume. Bread wheat variety Phule Satwik (NIAW 3170) is developed at Agricultural Research Station, Niphad has been released and notified by Central Sub Committee on Crop Standards, India for cultivation in North Western Plains Zone and Peninsular Zone under restricted irrigation conditions vide notification number S.O. 3482 (E) dated 7^th October, 2020.  The variety has high yield potential under restricted irrigation conditions along with disease resistance and superior grain quality parameters. It was the softest grain variety among all the genotypes having a biscuit spread factor of more than 10. With good nutritional and quality parameters, it will be  a promising variety for bakery industries.

Keywords:

High yield; Quality parameters and new cultivar; varietal development; Wheat breeding

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