Fakhar-E-Bhkkar - a High Yielding, Temperature Stress Tolerant and Rust Resistant Spring Bread Wheat Variety
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Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2018). 5(8): 36-45 International Journal of Advanced Research in Biological Sciences ISSN: 2348-8069 www.ijarbs.com DOI: 10.22192/ijarbs Coden: IJARQG(USA) Volume 5, Issue 8 - 2018 Research Article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.22192/ijarbs.2018.05.08.006 Fakhar-E-Bhkkar - A high yielding, temperature stress tolerant and rust resistant spring bread wheat variety Muhammad Irshad*, Zubeda Parveen, Abdul Ghaffar, Niaz Hussain, Muneer Abbas Muhammad Aslam and Khalid Hussain. Arid Zone Research Institute, Bhakkar, Punjab, Pakistan. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract A new wheat variety (Fakhar-E-Bhakkar), high yielding, temperature stress tolerant and disease resistant was developed by hybridization between strain 93T347 and commercial cultivar Auqab-2000 at Arid Zone Research Institute, Bhakkar, Pakistan. F2 to F6 generations of this cross were advanced by modified bulk pedigree method from 2004 to 2010. Flag leaf attitude is semi erect and auricle color is white. This variety has tapering head shape with 13-14 cm length having 21-22spikelet per spike. It has high tillering capacity (145tillers per meter row).Fakhar-E-Bhakkar has good yield potential in poor sandy soil, early & terminal heat stress environments and characterized with morphological marker of anthocyanin pigmentation at peduncle and awns during grain filling stage. One thousand kernel weight ranges from 40.00 to 45.00 g. Seed is ovate, medium and amber in color having protein content 15.00%. It has good chapatti making quality. New wheat variety Fakhar-E-Bhakkar is resistant to prevailing races of leaf and yellow rusts along with desirable tolerance against local race of stem rust. It was approved for commercial cultivation in hot irrigated dry climate of Punjab, Pakistan. Keywords: Triticum aestivum; crossbreeding; new cultivar; disease resistance; anthocyanin; Pakistan. Introduction Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is staple food grain of diseases, water shortage and Insect pests etc. Pakistan, supplying 72% of calories and protein in the Enshrined aim of wheat breeding is to change the average diet. It occupies 70% of Rabi and 37% of the hereditary to combat with the potential problems being total cropped area in the country. Per capita wheat faced by the farmers of southern Punjab. consumption per year is 125 kg. The wheat straw is also very important as livestock feed(Anonymous, Farmers prefer wheat varieties with high yield 2010-17).Wheat crop is mostly planted in irrigated potential. Fakhar-e-Bhakkar displayed maximum yield condition that shares 91 % of the total area under 6.7 tons per hectare during the course of cultivation of the Punjab. However, 9% wheat crop experimentation. The new variety was developed at area of Punjab is cultivated in rainfed condition. Arid Zone Research Institute Bhakkar working under Irrigation sources are canal water and underground the overall patronage of AARI Faisalabad. This water (tube wells) for good crop yield in irrigated variety also displayed better yield performance in areas(Anonymous, 2015-16). Farmers are facing many sandy and poor soil condition. Disease incidences problems like heat stress (Early and terminal), especially yellow and brown are live problems, which 36 Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2018). 5(8): 36-45 alter time to time rapidly. This strain also showed trials using RCBD. The selected line was tested in resistance against major diseases of wheat i.e. Yellow micro wheat yield trials (timely & late planting) Rust (Puccinia striiformis), Leaf Rust (Puccinia during 2013-14. It was planted over 19 different triticina) and Stem Rust (Puccinia graminis). locations throughout the Punjab province. The sowing of timely planting trial was done during the first Fakhar-e-Bhakkar was also tested in sandy soil and fortnight of November and the sowing of late planting early planting environment and exhibited encouraging trials was done in the first fortnight of December. The results. As concerned quality, protein % is high as plot size was 6 m2 keeping four rows 25 cm apart. All upto 15% with desirable gluten. Resultantly the agronomic practices were kept constant. The commercial cultivation of this variety will enhance the variety later was further tested at national level for two existing wheat yield potential at farmer’s field level of consecutive years from 2014-16. At maturity, Punjab. individual plots were harvested and the yield per plot was recorded. The data were analyzed through computer software MSTAT (Steel and Torrie, 1984). Materials and Methods Beside this, the variety Fakhar-E-Bhakkar was also tested in local as well as in national disease screening A new variety (Fakhar-E-Bhakkar) was developed by nurseries during the study period for four consecutive local cross between wheat advance line 93T347 and years (2012-13, 2015-16). Auqab-2000. Hybridization was done during 2003- 2004 at Arid Zone Research Institute, Bhakkar Test entries were planted in a single row of 2 meter (Punjab), Pakistan. After passing successive including Fakhar-E-Bhakkar. Morocco was planted as generations, it became homogeneous in F6 generation susceptible check. Artificial inoculation was done with (Table 1, 2). On the basis of its plant type, number of a mixture of prevailing rust races. The data were tillers, spike length, number of grains per spike and recorded for leaf and yellow rusts as percent infection resistant type reaction to yellow rust (YR) and leaf rust on plants according to the modified Cobbs scale (LR), this inbred was selected for testing in replicated (Peterson et al., 1948). Table:1. Development history of Fakhar-E-Bhakkar. Sr. Year Generation/ Trial No. 1. 2003-04 Hybridization 2. 2004-05 F1 3. 2005-06 F2 4. 2006-07 F3 5. 2007-08 F4 6. 2008-09 F5 7. 2009-10 F6 8. 2010-11 A-TRIAL 9. 2011-12 B-TRIAL 10. 2012-13 RWYT 11. 2013-14 PUWYT 12. 2014-15 NUWYT 13. 2015-16 NUWYT 37 Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2018). 5(8): 36-45 Results and Discussion E-Bhakkar on an average basis produced 7 and 12 percent higher yield respectively in comparison with check varieties Punjab-11 and FSD-08. Similarly in 1. On station and regional level testing: regional wheat yield trial (Table 3) percent increase in yield over the check varieties was 7 and 4.5 percent. The data represented in (Table 2) revealed that in the Therefore, it was promoted to the Micro/regional preliminary and regular yield trials the variety Fakhar- Trialsduring 2013-14. Table: 2. Yield performance of Fakhar-E-Bhakkar in station yield trials. Yield (Kg ha-1) Year of Name of Trial Fakhar-E- testing Punjab-11 FSD-08 Bkr 2010-11 A-Trial 5794 - 5238 2011-12 B-Trial 5917 5472 - Average 5855 5472 5238 % Increase over check 7 12 Table: 3.Yield performance of Fakhar-E-Bhakkar in Regional Wheat Yield Trials (2012-13) Yield Kg/ha Location Fakhar-E- Punjab FSD-08(Check) Bkr 11(Check) ARS Karor 4625 4395 4415 PSC Farm Piplan 4815 4550 4535 AZRI Bhakkar 5506 4950 5310 GRSS. Kallurkot 4800 4625 4640 Mean 4941 4630 4725 % Increase over 7 4.5 check 2. Provencial level testing: comparison with check varieties Millat-11 and Lasani- 08 respectively. Fakhar-E-Bhakkar produced 5272 and The wheat variety Fakhar-E-Bhakkar was planted at 5226 kg ha-1 at Khanewal and Lodhran, in timely 33 different locations in timely (15 locations) and late planting while it produced 4841 and 4617kg ha-1 at (18 locations) planting regimes in all over Punjab Bahawalnagar and ARS, Karor, respectively in late during 2013-14. It produced 7 & 4percent higher yield planting. Due to its better performance in the zonal (4179 kg ha-1) than check varietiesPunjab-11 and trials, it was promoted to NUWYT trials for its testing FSD-08 in timely planting while in late planting it at Pakistan level for adaptability and other agronomic produced 6 & 3 percent higher yield(3622kg ha-1) in characteristics. 38 Int. J. Adv. Res. Biol. Sci. (2018). 5(8): 36-45 Table: 4. Yield performance of wheat variety Fakhar-E-Bhakkar in PUWYT(Timely&Late Planting) during 2013-14. Timely Planting (Kg/ha) Late Planting (Kg/ha) Sr. No. Location Punjab- Fakhar-E-Bkr FSD-08 Fakhar-E-Bkr Millat-11 Lasani-08 11 1 AZRI, Bhakkar 3633 3033 3567 3667 3567 2667 2 GRSS Piplan. 4594 4462 4263 3708 3317 4487 3 ARF Karor 3836 3384 3778 4617 4951 4595 4 Alipur, M. Garh 4300 4200 3267 3167 3000 3167 5 Feroza.R.Y. Khan 3500 3300 2800 2633 2957 2533 6 RARI BWP 2947 2563 3133 2907 2443 2910 7 Bahawalnagar 3987 3853 3874 4841 4478 4346 8 Lodhran 5226 4648 5323 4484 3881 4637 9 ARF Vehari 4559 4116 4356 4300 3575 4011 10 Multan 4826 4751 4700 3678 3366 3674 11 PSCFarmKhanewal 5272 5051 5258 2953 2979 2564 12 AARI, FSD 4444 4094 3722 3750 3172 3506 13 Okara 3696 3661 4260 - - - 14 MMRI, Sahiwal 3903 3393 3729 4290 4574 4271 15 Dhakkar 3967 3778 4248 3528 3350 3471 16 RRI KSK - - - 4459 4111 4966 17 ARS, Gujranwala - - - 2346 1868 2107 18 Kotnaina - - - 2596 2787 2130 19 FRI,Sargodha - - - 3263 3206 3039 Mean 4179 3886 4019 3622 3421 3505 % Increase Over Check 7 4 6 3 3. National level testing (2014-15): 11, FSD-08, Jouhar-16 and Ehsan-16 at 7 locations in rainfed condition (Table 5.2)during 2014-15 The data indicated that Fakhar-E-Bhakkar produced respectively. Fakhar-E-Bhakkar produced maximum 6.0, 4.0, 5.0, 10 and 5.0 percent higher yield than grain yield (5222 kg ha-1) at Fort Abbas and minimum FSD-08, Galaxy, Pak-13, Ehsan-16 and Jouhar-16 in (3012 kg ha-1) at ARF, Gujranwala in irrigated irrigated condition in 19 different locations (Table 5.1) conditions and maximum yield (6667 kg/ha) at BARS, while it gave 1.0, 8.0, 9.0, 4.0 and 5.0 percent higher Fathejang and minimum (2938 kg ha-1) at AZRI, yield than four check varieties viz Pak-13, Dharrabi- Bahawalpur in rainfed condition.