Biology:Kharchia wheat
Kharchia local is an Indian tall[1] landrace[2] wheat cultivar. It is native to sodic-saline soils of Kharchia tehsil of the Pali district of Rajasthan,[3] and is a line developed from selections from farmer's fields. It is the most salt tolerant wheat genotype found in India. Kharchia is red grained,[4] and is highly susceptible to rust, making it unpopular with many farmers.
Kharchia 65 is a derived cultivar of Kharchia local developed through back cross breeding with a rust-resistant type. In India most of the improved salinity-resistant varieties have been developed using Kharchia 65 as base material and is used as a standard for the salt tolerance test of wheat worldwide. Yield of about 10-20 Q/ha. have been reported for Kharchia irrigated with waters having less than 10 mmhos/cm (=6400 ppm or 6400 mg/l approx).
See also
References
- ↑ "Incremental crop tolerance to weeds". http://www.springerlink.com/index/30241q5288347271.pdf.
- ↑ "Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of salt-tolerant wheat". http://www.akademiai.com/index/e1v6880858152374.pdf.
- ↑ "Approaches to increasing the salt tolerance of wheat and other ...". http://www.jxb.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/57/5/1025.
- ↑ "CHAPTER 18 PARTICIPATORY BREEDING FOR DROUGHT AND SALT TOLERANT CROPS...". http://www.springerlink.com/index/g7307w053g326877.pdf.
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