Wheat Crop

Wheat

Botanical Name :- Triticum aestivum

Family :- Poaceae

Origin :- Asia Minor (Turkey)

2n :- 42, 28, 14

Seed Rate, Spacing :-

• Normal :- 100 kg/ha (22.5 cm.)
• Late Sowing :- 125-150 kg/ha (15-18 cm.)
• Dibbling Method :- 25-30 kg/ha

• Fruit o wheat is known as :- Caryopsis
• Wheat inflorescence known as :- Ear or Spike
• Wheat is largest staple food crop of world.
• King of cereal is :- Wheat
• All Three rust resistant verity of wheat is :- Larma Roja
• Bio-fertilizer of wheat :- Azotobacter
• Chapatti making / Backing quality of wheat :- Gluten content

The area % in India :-

1. Common Bread (T. Aestivum) :- 87%
2. Emmer (T. Diccocum) :- 1%
3. Macaroni (T. Durum) :- 12%

• Critical growth stage of wheat (Crown Root Initiation) CRI :- 21-25 DAS
• Dwarfing agent in wheat is :- Cycocel
• First man made cereal :- Triticale (Wheat x Rey)
• Gene responsible for dwarfness in wheat :- Rht-1 & Rht-2
• Irrigation Stage of wheat given by :- R.B.L. Bhardwaj
• Method of wheat sowing :- Kera & Pora
• Mimicry weed of wheat is :- Phalaris Minor
• Mn deficiency in wheat field reported from :- Punjab
• Modern / Common bread wheat come from :- CIMMYT, Mexico
• Multiline in wheat are produced by :- Back Cross Breading
• Pollen viability of wheat is related to :- Boron
• Protein (Gluten) content of wheat is :- 8-11 %
• Sorghum halepense in wheat :- Horrible weed
• Test weight of wheat :- 40 gm.
• Test Weight of phalaris minor :- 2 gm
• The ratio of Wheat : Mustard inter cropping is :- 9 : 1
• The spike is held inside by :- Flag Leaf
• Most commonly used hybridization method for wheat is :- Guaja Method
• Wheat is a long day, self pollinated & C₃ Plant.
• Sowing depth of wheat depends on :- Coleoptiles Length
• The best crop rotation for maintaining soil fertility is :- Soybean - Wheat - Green Gram
• Heat tolerant variety of wheat :- Raj-3765 & Raj-4037
• Three gene dwarf variety of wheat :- Heera, Moti, Arjun
• Drought resistance variety of wheat :- K-68,Narmada & NP-890
• Lodging resistance variety of wheat :- RAJ-3765
• Mutant Variety of wheat :- Sharbati, Sonora