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MACS 6768: A new high-yielding, disease-resistant, high-protein grain, and micronutrient-rich wheat variety

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Title MACS 6768: A new high-yielding, disease-resistant, high-protein grain, and micronutrient-rich wheat variety
 
Creator J, Yashavanthakumar K
Navathe, Sudhir
Baviskar, Vijendra S
 
Subject Bread wheat
chapati quality
biofortification
Yield
Rust Resistance
 
Description A high-yielding bread wheat cultivar MACS 6768 (MACS SAKAS) has been developed and launched by Agharkar Research Institute (ARI), Pune, India. It was released by CVRC after multilocation testing under high fertility irrigated circumstances of the central zone (CZ) of India. The new variety has a maximum yield potential of 92.4 q/ha with a mean yield of 56.6 q/ha. Central Sub-committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Variety, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, issued notification number S.O. 1056(E) 2023 for cultivation in India's CZ. MACS 6768 (MACS SAKAS) promises to be one of a kind and excellent in yield, chapati-making score, protein, and nutrition (Fe & Zn). Its protein (12.0%), zinc (45.1 ppm), iron (41.2 ppm), and Chapati score are excellent. (8.3). It is a nutritious candidate for "Iron and Zinc bio fortified high yielding bread wheat" for chapati. Our new cultivar will offer nutritional security and better market price, making wheat agriculture more viable and promoting the Kuposhan Mukta Bharat objective.
 
 
 
Publisher Society for Advancement of Wheat and Barley Research
 
Date 2024-01-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JWR/article/view/135631
 
Source Journal of Cereal Research; Vol. 15 No. 2 (2023)
2582-2675
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JWR/article/view/135631/54171
 
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