Introduction Of Wheat Cultivar, Hirmand In Sistan

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Abstract

Hirmand is a bread wheat cultivar derived from progenies of a cross made between Bayat cultivar and (JarxCfn -Cno/Saric 70) Jup"s" line. It is of spring habit and early maturity, 90-100 cm plant height, brown spikes and thousand kernel weight of 37gram. It is tolerant to lodging, shattering and diseases. Hirmand has hard grains of amber colour and good yield stability. All selections and evaluations was made in Zahak Agricultural Research Station in zabol. It was also studied in regional uniform yield trials in warm and dry zones Station for adaptation and yield stability (See Tables 1,2 and 3 in Farsi text).