Topic : Wheat Crop
Commonly cultivated wheat sp
There are 7 in the world, only 4 is important in India, they are:
1. Common wheat {Asked in BHU AG & IBPS AFO }
2. Duram wheat {Asked in JRF Agronomy 2016, BHU AG & IBPS AFO }
3. Emmer wheat [Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/]
4. Indian dwarf wheat (T sphaerococcum) {Asked in JRF Agronomy 2016, BHU AG & IBPS AFO }
Commonly cultivated wheat sp
There are 7 in the world, only 4 is important in India, they are:
1. Common wheat {Asked in BHU AG & IBPS AFO }
- Another name : Bread wheat
- Botanical name : T vulgare / aestivum
- Cultivated throughout India
- Most suited for chapati and bakery
- [Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/]
- Another name : Macroni wheat
- Botanical name : T durum
- Cultivated in Central & Southern India
- Best suited for noodles, vermicelli
- [Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/]
- Botanical name : T dicoccum
- Winter / spring wheat
- Wheat suitable for Maharastra, AP & TN {Asked in JRF Agronomy 2016}
- [Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/]
4. Indian dwarf wheat (T sphaerococcum) {Asked in JRF Agronomy 2016, BHU AG & IBPS AFO }
- Another name : Shot wheat
- Practically gone out of cultivation due to low productivity
[Source: https://www.agricoachingdelhi.in/]