Hashim-8: A short duration, high yielding and disease resistant water variety for rain-fed areas of Pakistan

• Published in: International journal of agriculture and biology 2011-11, Vol.13 (6), p.956-960
• Main Authors: Khan, M.H. (Agricultural Research Inst., Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan)), Nasir-ud-Din (Agricultural Research Inst., Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan)), Khakwani, A.A. (Agricultural Research Inst., Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan)), Baloch, M.S. (Agricultural Research Inst., Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan)), Zubair, M. (Bahauddin Zakariya Univ., Multan (Pakistan). Dept. of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Management), Khan, S. (Arid Zone Research Inst., Quetta (Pakistan)), Khan, A.W. (National Agricultural Research Centre, Islamabad (Pakistan). Rice Program)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: ASH CONTENT; CROP YIELD; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; GLUTELINS; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH YIELDING VARIETIES; PAKISTAN; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAINFED FARMING; RUSTS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; VARIETY TRIALS; YIELD COMPONENTS
• ISSN: 1560-8530; 1814-9596

To boost the yield per unit area, continuous release of high yielding and widely adapted wheat varieties resistant to both biotic and abiotic stresses is the key factor. With this in view, a new wheat variety "Hashim-8" was developed at the Agricultural Research institute, Dera Ismail Khan in 2008. This variety was selected from wheat observation nursery (WON) received from ICARDA during the year 1997-1998 and was evaluated under the name of DN-44. Hashim-8 was released after 10 years of vigorous research and experiments at different research stations and farmer's fields coordinated by National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) Islamabad. Preliminary and advance yield trials showed outstanding performance of DN-44 (Hashim-8) across domains containing a number of international entries and local approved varieties grown as check. This variety out yielded in national uniform wheat yield trials (NUWYT) for two successive years in Pakistan. It ranked 3rd during 2004-2005 and 1st during 2005-2006 across the country including Azad Jammu and Kashmir. It is early maturing, high yielding, disease resistant, heat and drought tolerant wheat variety best suited under the agro-ecology of Dera Ismail Khan. It falls under acceptable Relative Resistance Index (RRI) for yellow rust (YR) at various locations. The Provincial Seed Council (PSC), KPK approved this variety in 2009 for general cultivation in rainfed areas.