15 Dec DWRB 92: Timely Sown Malt Barley Variety for NWPZ
डी डब्लू आर बी 92: उत्तर पश्चिम मैदानी क्षेत्रो के लिए समय पर बुआई वाली माल्ट जौ की किस्म। Barley is considered as fourth largest cereal crop in the world with a share of 5.5-6% of the global cereal production. It is grown nearly by 100 countries worldwide and during 2012-13, barley occupied 0.69 m ha area in India with 1.75 million tonnes of grain production. Barley is frequently being described as the cosmopolitan of the crops and also considered as industrial crop for malt production. Malt is used in beer, hard liquors, malted milk and flavourings in a variety of foods. Barley malt can also be added to many food stuffs such as biscuits, bread, cakes and desserts. The demand of malt barley varieties is on continuous rise for malting and brewing in recent years. DWRB 92 is a new malt barley variety and was developed at DWR Karnal. It was identified during 52nd AICW & BIP workshop at CSAUA&T, Kanpur and subsequently it was also released and notified by the Central Sub-committee on Crop Standards, Notification and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops (CVRC) vide Gazette Notification S.O. No. 1146 (E) dated on 24th April, 2014 for irrigated timely sown conditions of North Western Plains Zone (NWPZ). Under coordinated evaluation trials, DWRB 92 (DWR 28...