International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences | 2019
Screening of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Genotypes for Field Performance and Seed Quality
Abstract
Area, productivity and production of wheat in Karnataka is 0.17 million hectare (0.57 %), 1,012 kg per ha and 0.17 million tonnes (0.19 %) respectively, during 2017-18 and wheat is being cultivated widely in Dharwad, Belgaum, Bijapur, Gulbarga and Bidar districts. In India, second major cereal crop is wheat after rice. The enhancement of productivity is in greater demand in building the country self adequate in food production of food. Under timely sown irrigated condition, semi-dwarf type genotypes are cultivated in a major part of the area (Joshi et al., 2007).