Crop enhancement: High-yielding seeds produced
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The Ministry of National Food Security and Research has produced over 120 tons of high-yielding seeds of different wheat varieties in order to enhance per-acre yield.
The high-yielding seed varieties were developed under the Crop Enhancement Programme of Prime Minister’s Agriculture Emergency Programme in fiscal year 2019-20, said Ministry of National Food Security and Research spokesman Dr Javed Hammayun.
Talking to APP, he said the development of high-yielding wheat seed varieties would help in achieving sustainable growth in the staple food crop and ensuring food security.
“Blocks of current varieties of National Agricultural Research Centre have been selected for breeder nucleus seed (BNS) and pre-basic seed production,” he stated. He pointed out that on-farm demonstrations, improved variety, production technology, bed or ridge planting, zero tillage and cropping system were tested at 125 locations in Potohar areas.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 5th, 2020.
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