Introduction to the characteristics and traits of the Jinmai 62 wheat variety
Jinmai 62 was approved by the Shanxi Province Crop Variety Approval Committee in 1999.
Characteristics and traits: purple coleoptile, creeping seedlings. Dark green leaves, short and upward-pointing blades. Compact plant type, thick and sturdy stems, plant height 75 cm. Spike rectangular, long awns, spike length 8--9 cm, medium spikelet density, 17--20 fertile spikelets, 30 grains per spike. White glumes, glumes without pubescence. Outer glumes ovate, sloped shoulders, beak bird-beak shaped, keel prominent. White grain, ovate, hard texture, 1000-grain weight about 40 g.
Winter type, medium maturity, strong tillering capacity, high spike-forming rate, good yielding ability, with super-high-yield potential. Stable yield, cold resistant, lodging resistant. Disease resistant, aphid resistant, heat tolerant, widely adaptable. Good stay-green at maturity, fast grain filling, good yellowing. Crude protein content 14.76%, dry gluten 8.3%, wet gluten 25.8%.
Adaptation range: irrigated land and fertile dryland with plastic film mulching in the medium-late maturing winter wheat region of Shanxi Province.