Abstract
During the last two years, 31 wheat and 5 barley varieties have been notified by the CSCSN&R for commercial cultivation. Of which, 13 wheat and 3 barley varieties were central released and 18 wheat and 2 barley varieties were state released. Amongst the central released varieties, 6 varieties were released for NWPZ, 4 for PZ and 3 for NEPZ. Similarly among the state released varieties, six wheat varieties were released for Uttarakhand, four for Uttar Pradesh, two for Chhattisgarh and one each for Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Tamilnadu. Special features of each variety is given in the paper
Keywords
wheat, barley, new varieties