Five years of research on dwarf wheats
Five years of research on dwarf wheats
- New Delhi (India) : IARI, 1968.
- 52 pages
The cultivation of dwarf wheats in India dates back to a very ancient period, that of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Kernels of Triticum spherococcum, populary know as the Indian dwarf wheats, have been recovered excavations in Mohenjodaro. Due to its low yield potential and high susceptibility to rusts, its cultivation generally dwindled the species is now maintained only in research institutions.
Text in English
Wheat
Dwarf varieties
Agricultural development
Agricultural extension
Agricultural research
Agricultural products
India
633.11 IAR
The cultivation of dwarf wheats in India dates back to a very ancient period, that of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Kernels of Triticum spherococcum, populary know as the Indian dwarf wheats, have been recovered excavations in Mohenjodaro. Due to its low yield potential and high susceptibility to rusts, its cultivation generally dwindled the species is now maintained only in research institutions.
Text in English
Wheat
Dwarf varieties
Agricultural development
Agricultural extension
Agricultural research
Agricultural products
India
633.11 IAR