Introduction to the 2019 Nationally Approved Wheat Varieties: What Farmers Should Note When Choosing Seed
Entering late September, the annual autumn harvest work begins on schedule. Alongside the autumn harvest, farmers are also preparing for autumn sowing, and wheat is one of them. In order to grow high-yielding wheat varieties with strong disease resistance, you must choose the right wheat variety. Different varieties are suited to different planting regions and times. Let's take a look at several relatively high-yielding nationally approved wheat varieties.
1. Variety name: Sui 1216
Characteristics: Semi-winter type, the full growth period takes 230 days, plant height 85.9 cm. Growers should pay particular attention to the control of stripe rust, Fusarium head blight, leaf rust and powdery mildew, and it is moderately susceptible to sheath blight.
Yield performance: Through the regional trials of winter water group varieties in the southern part of the Huang-Huai winter wheat region, the average yield per mu is generally 540-580 kg, an astonishing yield.
Approval opinion: Suitable for mid-crop planting in high and medium fertility plots in the plain irrigation areas of the southern part of the Huang-Huai winter wheat region in Henan Province, except for Xinyang City and parts of the southern area of Nanyang City, in the irrigation areas of Xi'an, Weinan, Xianyang, Tongchuan and Baoji Cities in Shaanxi Province, and in areas north of the Huai River in Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces.
2. Variety name: Ruihua Wheat 516
Characteristics: Weak spring type, the full growth period takes 228 days, plant height 79.2 cm. Particular attention should be paid to the control of leaf rust and powdery mildew; it is moderately susceptible to Fusarium head blight, stripe rust and sheath blight.
Yield performance: Through the regional trials of early sowing group varieties in the southern part of the Huang-Huai winter wheat region, the average yield per mu is generally 540 kg--560 kg, an astonishing yield.
Approval opinion: Suitable for mid-to-late crop planting in high and medium fertility plots in the plain irrigation areas of the southern part of the Huang-Huai winter wheat region in Henan Province, except for Xinyang City and parts of the southern area of Nanyang City, in the irrigation areas of Xi'an, Weinan, Xianyang, Tongchuan and Baoji Cities in Shaanxi Province, and in areas north of the Huai River in Jiangsu and Anhui Provinces.
3. Variety name: Kechun No. 14
Characteristics: Spring type, the full growth period takes 89 days, plant height 92 cm, good lodging resistance. Highly susceptible to Fusarium head blight and powdery mildew, moderately susceptible to root rot, moderately resistant to leaf rust, highly resistant to stem rust.
Yield performance: Through the regional trials of late-maturing group varieties of northeast spring wheat, the average yield per mu is generally 300-390 kg.
Approval opinion: Suitable for planting in northern Heilongjiang Province and the Hulunbuir City area of Inner Mongolia in the northeast spring wheat region.
4. Variety name: Chang 6990
Characteristics: Semi-winter type, the full growth period takes 246 days, plant height 78.1 cm, semi-compact plant type, average lodging resistance. It is a variety relatively suitable for manual planting. When planting, pay attention to the control of stripe rust, powdery mildew and yellow dwarf virus; it is highly resistant to leaf rust.
Yield performance: Through the regional trials of dry and thin land group varieties in the Huang-Huai winter wheat region, the average yield per mu is generally 325-360 kg.
Approval opinion: Suitable for planting in dry and thin land in southern Shanxi Province, Tianshui in Gansu Province, Baoji, Xianyang and Tongchuan in Shaanxi Province, Henan Province, and Cangzhou in Hebei Province.
In summary, that is all for the introduction to the 2019 nationally approved wheat varieties and their suitable planting regions. If farmers want to learn more about wheat planting methods, they can visit Nongxun Net.
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