GK
SOIL AND AGRICULTURE
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Question
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Rice
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Maize
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Wheat
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Mustered
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Detailed explanation-1: -HD-2967 took hardly five years to reach 10 mh, beating all records for a single variety or hybrid of any crop to cover such a large area in as short a time. The combined area under the two varieties is currently estimated at 12 mh, which is 40% of India’s total annual wheat acreage of 30 mh.
Detailed explanation-2: -Among of varieties HD-2967 (V1) gave significantly maximum yield (41.5q ha-1) while minimum yield (39.1q ha-1) was obtained by PBW-154 (V3).
Detailed explanation-3: -High yielding wheat variety DBW 296 (Karan Aishwarya) This variety is found to be tolerant to drought stress.
Detailed explanation-4: -ICAR scientists have developed a new climate-smart variety of wheat, amenable to early sowing and escaping the impact of temperature spikes in March. This new variety is named HD-3385.