BARI,
CHAKWAL
RESEARCH PROJECTS IN HAND = 195
RESEARCH AREAS
• High yielding crop varieties tolerant to environmental stresses
i.e. Drought, High Temperature
• Efficient technology for water harvesting, moisture conservation
and restoration of soil fertility
• Deep ploughing, Green manuring, Crop rotations.
• Appropriate cropping systems for different ecological regions
in barani tract according to rainfall pattern.
• Intercropping studies on cereals, food legumes and oilseed
crops.
• Development of more efficient technology for moisture conservation
through different tillage implements.
ACHIEVEMENTS
| Varieties evolved
(Nos) |
Varieties under cultivation
|
|
| |
(Kg/ha) |
(Kg/ha) |
Name/No. |
(Kg/ha) |
| Wheat = 6 |
Chakwal-86 |
4000 |
1212 |
98C017 |
5500 |
| Rawal-87 |
5000 |
2KC050 |
6000 |
| Pothwar-93 |
5000 |
MAW-1 |
5800 |
| Kohsar-95 |
5500 |
| Chakwal-97 |
5500 |
| GA-2002 |
5800 |
| Mash = 1 |
Chakwal Mash |
1600 |
450 |
98CM525 |
1600 |
| Groundnut = 4 |
Chakori |
4000 |
925 |
2KCG020 |
4000 |
| Bari-89 |
3600 |
2KCG009 |
4000 |
| Bari-2000 |
4200 |
| Golden |
4000 |
| Mung = 1 |
Chakwal Mung-97 |
2000 |
306 |
98CMG003 |
2000 |
| 98CMG016 |
1950 |
| Brassica = 2 |
Chakwal Raya |
3400 |
681 |
99CBN006 |
3000 |
| Chakwal Sarson |
3000 |
99CBN011 |
2900 |
| Chickpea = 2 |
Balkassar-2000 |
3000 |
549 |
99CC005 |
3000 |
| Wanhar-2000 |
3100 |
99CC015 |
2850 |
Technologies developed
• Wheat crop, in barani areas, usually
faces drought stress resulting in severe foot rot and termite attack.
It causes drastic seeding mortality and yield reduction. Pre-sowing
seed treatment with confidor 70 ws @ 7g kg-1 of seed significantly
reduced seedling mortality (0.012%) over the untreated seed (27.56%).
• Deep cultivation with mouldboard plough prior to monsoon
for wheat and in winter for groundnut showed 27 and 37% increase
in yield of wheat and groundnut respectively over conventional tillage
practices in the area. Now the deep tillage is gaining popularity
in the rainfed region.
CANDIDATE VARIETIES/PROMISING
STRAINS:
FIELD CROPS:
| Crop
|
Promising Strains
|
Potential Yield
|
Salient Characters
|
| Wheat |
98C017 |
5800 kg/ha |
Suitable
for barani areas, tolerant to rust and other diseases. |
| 97C045 |
5800 kg/ha
|
-do-
|
| Chickpea
|
99CC005 |
3000 kg/ha |
High yielding, bold-seeded
and disease tolerant. |
| Lentil
|
98CL008 |
1400 kg/ha
|
Tolerant to disease and high
yielding. |
| Rapeseed & Mustard
|
99CBN011 |
3000 kg/ha |
Good quality oil with low
erucic acid, tolerant to insect pests and diseases.
|
| 6008 |
2900 kg/ha |
-do- |
| Groundnut |
2KCG020
2KCG009 |
4000 kg/ha
4000 kg/ha |
Bunch type, med. seeded, med.
maturity and gives more pod yield than Chakori |
| Mung |
98CMG003 |
2000 kg/ha
|
Medium seed size, early &
uniform maturity, tolerant to disease. |
| 98CMG016 |
1950 kg/ha |
Bold seeded, uniform maturity.
|
| Mash |
98CM-525 |
1600 kg/ha |
Early maturity, tolerant to
diseases. |
FRUIT CROPS
| CITRUS |
SUCCARI, MUSAMBI, BLOOD RED, SALUSTIANA, FEUTRELL’S
EARLY, FAIR CHILD, MARSH, SHAMBER, RED BLUSH, PALESTINE AND
EUSTIS LIME) |
| ALMOND |
NON-PARIEL, JORDONOWALA, NE PLUS ULTRA, VESTA |
| APPLE |
ANNA
|
| OLIVE |
CORATINO, OTTOBRATICA, FRONTOIO, LECCINO |
| PEACH |
FLORIDA KING, EARLY GRAND |
| APRICOT |
TREVETTE
|
| PLUM |
FAZAL-E-MANANI, METHLEY
|
| PEAR |
LECONTE. |
New Vistas
• Development of crop varieties with minimal
water requirements to harmonize with the changing climatic conditions.
• Development of varieties of horticultural and vegetable
crops with less water requirement.
• Exploitation of essential oil plants, medicinal plants and
flowers in barani areas.
• Exploitation of high value edible and industrial oil plants
in barani areas.
• Site specific research in micro ecologies to realize the
maximum potential of the area.
• Participatory research with the farming community to develop
rapid and sustainable technologies
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