New wheat release: DBW 88 for irrigated and timely sown condition of north western plains zone of India
2014
Tiwari, Ratan | Tiwari, Vinod | Singh, Rajender | Singh, S K | Chatrath, Ravish | Singh, Gyanendra | Tyagi, Bhudeva Singh | Kumar, Raj | Mishra, Chandra Nath | Saharan, Mahender Singh | Sharma, Indu
DBW 88, a bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) variety has been released in 2014 for commercial cultivation under irrigated and timely sown conditions of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (except Kota and Udaipur divisions), West Uttar Pradesh (except Jhansi division), Tarai region of Uttarakhand, Una district and Paonta valley of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kathua districts of Jammu & Kashmir. The variety DBW 88 has average yield of 53.9 q/ha with yield potential upto 69.9 q/ha. It has seedling resistance against the most prevalent pathotypes of yellow and brown rusts and tolerance to Karnal bunt disease. It has high biomass (straw yield) and high grain protein content.
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