Characteristics and cultivation techniques of the E'ma 12 wheat variety

Variety source 750025-12/E'ma 6

Breeding institution: Institute of Food Crops, Hubei Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Characteristics Semi-winter tending toward spring, growth period 202 days. Seedlings semi-prostrate, moderate tillering ability, plant height 90cm. Spike spindle-shaped, long awns, white glumes. White kernels, floury texture, 1000-grain weight 36-38g. Protein content 13.1%, wet gluten content 27%, sedimentation value 26.2ml, stability time 2 minutes. Moderately susceptible to fusarium head blight, lightly susceptible to stripe rust.

Yield performance In the national screening trial for the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, the average yield in 1996 was 314.89kg per mu, an increase of 9.62% over the control E'ma 5, with an extremely significant difference; in 1997 the average yield was 301.4kg per mu, an increase of 8.66% over the control Yangmai 5, with a significant difference. In the production trial, at 3 sites in Hunan in 1998, the yield was 207-316kg per mu, an increase of 7.3% over the local control Xiangmai 13 and an increase of 12.9% over Yangmai 158.

Cultivation points The suitable sowing period is mid to late October; the sowing rate per mu is 120,000 basic seedlings for high-water-and-fertilizer land and 150,000 basic seedlings for medium-water-and-fertilizer land.

Suitable region This variety is suitable for planting in medium-to-upper fertility irrigated land in Hubei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other provinces in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. Attention should be paid to appropriately early sowing, with the sowing period about 5 days earlier than that of E'ma 1.