Characteristics of new spring-wheat cultivars released in Iran
1998
Amiri, A | Mahfoozi, S. | Hosseini, K. | Hosseinipour, M.H. | Mohamedi, M. (Dryland Agricultural Research Inst., Maragheh (Iran)) | Tahir, M. (ICARDA/AREEO, Tehran (Iran))
The predominant wheat (Triticum aestivum L. subsp. aestivum) variety cultivated by farmers in Iran is Maroon, which is high yielding and widely adapted. The large-scale cultivation of a single genotype has placed wheat production at high risk. This became evident in 1993/94 and 1994/95 with the breakdown of Maroon under new races of yellow rust, which resulted in the acceleration of wheat-breeding efforts to release more cultivars with diverse genetic make-up to overcome the yellow-rust problem. In addition to a new wheat cultivar, Zagros, released earlier, two improved wheat varieties, Niknegad and Gaher, were released for cool and medium-warm areas with moderate rainfall for general cultivation. The mean agronomic characteristics of these two newly released cultivars are summarized in this paper
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