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DBW 222 (Karan Narendra): High-Quality Wheat for Timely-Sown Irrigated Conditions

DBW222
Wheat Variety
High Yield
Rust Resistance
Grain Quality
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DBW222 (KARAN NARENDRA) is a high-yielding wheat variety released for irrigated, timely sown conditions of the North Western Plains Zone. It combines strong disease resistance with excellent grain quality, offering high bread loaf volume (648), good chapati score (1.5), superior bread quality (8.24), and a biscuit spread factor of 8.45. Seed will be supplied to licensed firms.

  • 9

    TRL

  • 210

    Number of units currently deployed

  • 7

    No. of days or hours of training required

Key Features

  • High yielding –Average yield 61.3 q/ha; potential yield 82.1 q/ha.
  • Quality grain –Excellent protein with Glu-l score 10 and good test weight (42 g).
  • High processing value –Excellent bread, chapati, and biscuit quality.

Functionality

Contact Us

Director

ICAR- Indian Institute of Wheat and Barley Research, Kunjpura Road, Karnal

director[dot]iiwbr[at]icar[dot]gov[dot]in

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