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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Biosciences (IJPAB)
Year : 2020, Volume : 8, Issue : 3
First page : (64) Last page : (69)
Article doi: : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8102

Assessment of Unnat PBW 343 (Rust Resistant Wheat Variety) in Mohali, Punjab

Priyanka Suryavanshi^1* and Yashwant Singh^2
1Scientist, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
²Deputy Director, Krishi Vigyan Kendra, S.A.S. Nagar (Mohali), Punjab, India
*Corresponding Author E-mail: priyanka@cimap.res.in
Received: 9.04.2020  |  Revised: 13.05.2020   |  Accepted: 18.05.2020 

 ABSTRACT

The present study was conducted to assess the productivity and profitability of new wheat variety Unnat PBW 343, released in 2017 by Punjab Agricultural University. It is a new rust resistant version of PBW 343, since earlier variety was widely popular among farmers, it was essential for the extension scientists to conduct frontline demonstration of this variety in order to assess its productivity and profitability in farmer’s field of district S.A.S Nagar (Mohali), Punjab. The demonstrations were conducted at 10 farmers fields to demonstrate production potential and economic benefit of improved technologies under irrigated conditions during rabi season of 2017-18 and 2018-19.  Its seed was also inoculated with new biofertilisers consortium and Azo-S produced by Punjab Agricultural University itself for wheat. Results revealed that due to increased yield, less lodging and decreased input cost of  agrochemicals, frontline demonstration plots recorded 24.8 to 30.11 % higher net returns than check plots. Also, farmers were much satisfied with performance of this variety and biofertilisers.

Keywords: Unnat PBW 343, Frontline demonstrations, Biofertilisers, Yield, Profitabilty

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Cite this article: Suryavanshi, P., & Singh, Y. (2020). Assessment of Unnat PBW 343 (Rust Resistant Wheat Variety) in Mohali, Punjab, Ind. J. Pure App. Biosci. 8(3), 64-69. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2582-2845.8102