14 May Quality seed production of wheat
गेहूं के गुणवत्तायुकत बीज का उत्पादन करें। Wheat is a one of the important cereal crop and India is the second largest producer of wheat in the world after China. Seed has played a crucial role in agriculture since ancient times. In modern agriculture also quality seed is an essential input that helps in exploiting the full potential of a variety. The seed that reaches to the farmers should have high genetic purity as well as high physical, physiological and health quality. In India farmers select and save the seed for next year sowing so therefore the seed supplied to the farmers should be of best quality. Therefore best practice to produce quality seed should be followed. Climate for wheat: Wheat is grown over a wide range of latitudes ranging between 600 N to 600S and altitudes ranging from sea level to an elevation up to 3,500 m in the tropics and sub tropics. The ideal condition for vegetative period is cool and moist weather and during grain formation warm and dry weather. The optimum temperature for germination is between 20-22o C and for vegetative growth ranges from 16-22OC. During the grain development period wheat requires a mean maximum temperature of about 25OC for at least 4-5weeks. Land selection: Selection of appropriate site is very...