Characteristics and Cultivation Key Points of the Xinmai No. 9 Wheat Variety

Xinmai No. 9 ranked first in the production demonstration trial in Henan Province, second in the provincial super-high-yield regional trial, and first in the prefectural regional trial, with an average yield increase of 11%. In May 1997 it passed the crop variety approval of Xinxiang City, in November 1998 it won a gold award at the 5th China Yangling Agricultural Science and Technology @#@119@#@, and in the autumn sowing of 1999 it was designated by Henan Province as a key demonstration variety; the demonstration area has already reached more than 4 million mu, and it was designated as the preferred super-high-yield variety for the province's eighth variety renewal.

Outstanding advantages: (1) super-high yield, with a per-mu yield of 500 kg and a yield-increasing potential of more than 600 kg. (2) Excellent quality, which testing has shown to have reached the standard for high-quality wheat. (3) Tolerant of fertilizer and water, and resistant to lodging. (4) Highly resistant to stripe rust, moderately resistant to sheath blight and fusarium head blight. Resistant to winter cold, tolerant of spring freezing, tolerant of waterlogging, does not shatter, and does not break at the rachis. (5) Wide flexibility in sowing date and broad adaptability. Suitable for early and middle-season planting in high-yield and super-high-yield areas north of the Huai River, south of Handan, northern Anhui and Jiangsu, and southwestern Shandong.