Abstract
New high yielding and disease resistant wheat genotypes were introduced in 2008-09 crop season through 4th Elite Bread Wheat yield Trial (EBYT) as well as 2nd Stem Rust Resistance Screening Nursery (STEMRRSN). One genotype from EBYT performed 15% higher than commercial variety, Mazar 99 during five years of testing at over eight locations in Afghanistan and was therefore recommended for release for commercial cultivation. Another genotype, Wafer-15 from STEMRRSN showed superior performance (11 to 33% higher yield) than commercial varieties during three years of testing at six locations in Afghanistan and was therefore released in 2015 for commercial cultivation. Both varieties were found resistant to prevalent rust diseases as well as to Ug99 race of stem rust. Key words: Wheat, Afghanistan, yield, variety, rust.
Highlights
Afghanistan is a land locked country with an agrarian economy with 23 million population living in rural areas (FAO, 2016)
New high yielding and disease resistant wheat genotypes were introduced in 2008-09 crop season through 4th Elite Bread Wheat yield Trial (EBYT) as well as 2nd Stem Rust Resistance Screening Nursery (STEMRRSN)
The present paper reports identification and release of two new high yielding, disease resistant wheat varieties for
Summary
Afghanistan is a land locked country with an agrarian economy with 23 million (over 70%) population living in rural areas (FAO, 2016). New high yielding and disease resistant wheat genotypes were introduced in 2008-09 crop season through 4th Elite Bread Wheat yield Trial (EBYT) as well as 2nd Stem Rust Resistance Screening Nursery (STEMRRSN). One genotype from EBYT performed 15% higher than commercial variety, Mazar 99 during five years of testing at over eight locations in Afghanistan and was recommended for release for commercial cultivation. Wafer-15 from STEMRRSN showed superior performance (11 to 33% higher yield) than commercial varieties during three years of testing at six locations in Afghanistan and was released in 2015 for commercial cultivation.
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