Haryana
Agreement for Availability of Wheat Variety WH1270
- 27 Oct 2022
- 2 min read
Why in News?
- On October 26, 2022, Vice-Chancellor of Haryana Agricultural University (HAU), Hisar, Prof. Mr. B.R. Kamboj said that the University has tied up with nine major seed companies in the private sector, promoting technical commercialization under public private partnership to provide plenty of seeds in the next season.
Key Points
- Vice-Chancellor Prof. BR Kamboj said that in view of the yield and immunity of this variety, its demand is continuously increasing in other states as well. In view of this, the university has tied up with these private sector seed companies to provide plenty of seeds in the next season.
- The University has identified Uttam Seeds (Hisar), Model Agritech India Private Limited (Karnal), Kurukshetra Agritech Private Limited (Indri), Shiv Ganga Hybrid Seeds Private Limited (Hisar), Haryana Seeds Company (Karnal) for seed production and marketing of WH 1270 . Quality Hybrid Seeds Company (Hisar), Cultivator Seeds Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh), Unnat Seed Company (Sirsa) and Shaktivardhaka Hybrid Seeds Private Limited (Hisar) have been tied up.
- It is known that the wheat variety WH 1270 developed by the university has been notified for early sowing cultivation in the irrigated area of the north-western plains of the country. It covers parts of Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, western Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
- According to the recommendations of the university, if proper fertilizer and water are given by sowing this variety, then its average yield can be 75.8 quintals per hectare and the maximum yield can be taken up to 91.5 quintals per hectare. The special thing about this variety is that it is resistant to the main diseases of wheat yellow rust and brown rust.
