Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar, has developed two new high yielding and disease resistant varieties of wheat and barley for cultivation in different states of the country.
The Central Varietal Identification Committee has identified varsity’s wheat variety WH 1142 for release in North Western Plain Zone for timely sown restricted irrigation conditions. The zone comprises the states of Haryana, Delhi, Punjab, Rajasthan, UP, Jammu region of J&K and foothills of Himachal Pradesh and Uttrakhand.
Similarly, a barley variety BH 959 had been identified by the committee for timely sown irrigated conditions in the Central Zone comprising MP, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Kota and Udaipur divisions of Rajasthan.