A NEW VARIETY OF WINTER WHEAT – A FACTOR OF QUALITY AND YIELD

  • D. MANDIĆ
  • S.KIKIĆ
  • G. ÐURAŠINOVIĆ
  • SAVIĆ BOJANA

Abstract

Highly viable, early maturing, excellent technological quality, resistent to lodging, optimal seed size, excellent indirect indicators of quality, good resistance to plant diseases are all characteristics of a new variety of winter crop created by crossing the genetically divergent parents varieties BL 1-94 x Proteinka incured for a new variety of winter wheat under the code name BL 168-2. According to the overall three-year average, the variety BL 168-2 achieved an average yield of 6918 kg/ha which is 479,3 kg or 7,45 % more than the standard variety – Tina. The three-year average of raw protein content was 12,8%, water absorption 59%, energy of dough 100cm2, belongs to B1 quality class. By the trait of resintance to lodging it is at the level of the standard.

Cuvinte cheie

wheat breeding lines yield quality