PJB-2011-270
PERFORMANCE OF HIGH YIELDING WHEAT AND BARLEY CULTIVARS UNDER MOISTURE STRESS
AMANULLAH1*, SHITAB KHAN1, SHAD KHAN KHALIL1, AMANULLAH JAN1, AMIR ZAMAN KHAN1 AND KHALID NAWAB2,
Abstract
The performance of six high yielding wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and two barley (Hordeum vulgare) cultivars was studied under moisture stress. The experiment was undertaken at the Agricultural Research Farm of Agricultural University Peshawar, during winter 2003-04 on six wheat cultivars: BARS-II, Saleem-2000, Haider-2000, Kohat-2002, Suleman-96 and Takbeer and two barley cultivars: Sorab-96 and Awaran-2002. Sorab-96 produced the highest (296 m-2) number of tillers while Haider-2000 and BARS-II each produced the lowest (185 m-2) number of tillers. Plant height ranged between 77 (Sorab-96) to 117 cm (Sulaman-96). Takbeer produced the highest (73) number of grains spike-1 in comparison with Awaran-2002 which produced only 45 grains spike-1. The 1000-seed weight was highest (43.13 g) in Awaran-2002 and lowest in Kohat-2002 (23.21 g/1000-seeds). Saleem-2000 produced the highest grain yield (3875 kg ha-1) as well as biological yield (8833 kg ha-1). Both barely cultivars performed better, though Awaran-2002 displayed slightly superior results than Sorab-96. The harvest-index was maximum (53.7%) for Kohat-2002 and lowest for Sorab-96 (20.9%). The average grain yield of six wheat cultivars was higher than the average grain yield of the two barley cultivars. In this investigation, wheat cultivars: Saleem-2000, Haider-2000 and Kohat-2002, produced higher (3875, 3525, 3225 kg ha-1) grain yields, respectively and are therefore, recommended for cultivation in dryland areas.
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