Wheat,its types ,importance,characteristics

Wheat and all about it,,

1. Assignment topic Irrigated wheat

2. 1- Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seeds cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. 2- We locally call it Gandum in Urdu , Ghanum in Pashtu , Kanak in Punjabi and Botanically Triticum aestivum L. 3- It belongs to the family of Graminaea . 4- Its root system is Shallow . 5- Average plan population of wheat plant is 1,80,000 to 2,00,000 GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

3. Number of chromosomes Wheat is a hexaploid with 2n=6x=42

4. Origin of wheat The cultivation of wheat was started some 10,000 years ago,with its origin tracked back to South east Turkey . Some of the earliest remain of crop have been found in Syria,Jorda and Turkey. It was called Einkorn (T. monococcum ) and genetically is described as a diploid, containing two sets of chromosomes. Wheat was first grown in the United State in 1602 on an Island off the Massachusttes coast.

5. Sowing time Wheat is Rabi crop that is grown from mid November to mid December.

6. Sowing areas of punjab Sahiwal Khanewal Vehari Lodhran Muzaffargarh Rajanpur D.G.Khan Bahawalpur Bahawalnagar Rahimyar Khan

7. Seed rate Seed rate from 10 to 30 November is 40-50 kg/ acr Seed rate from 1 to 15 December is 50-60 kg/acre

8. Preparation of land Ploughing Rotavating Leveling of land Plancking

9. Ploughing

10. rotavating

11. Land leveling

12. plancking

13. Sowing methods Broadcasting Drilling Ridges

14. broadcasting

15. drilling Row to row distance is 12 to 18 cm. Seed depth varies from 6 to 12 cm.

16. ridges

17. irrigation 1 st Irrigation 20-25 days after sowing 2 nd Irrigation at boot stage. 3 rd Irrigation at milk stages of grain development.

18. fertilizers N P K 75kg 50kg 25kg Zink Iron Magnesium .5kg 200gm 2kg Calcium Copper 4kg 500gm

19. Pests of wheat Aphids Grasshopper Black ant White ant Cricket Army worm Cut worm Mites

20. grasshopper

21. aphids

22. cricket

23. Stink bug

24. Army worm

25. Leaf rust Karnal bunt Loose smut Foot root Earcockle Flag smut Powdery mildew Leaf blight Wheat blast

26. WEEDS Bathu Dhanak Jangli jai Matri Jangli palak Kanderi Lheli

27. BATHU

28. Dhanak

29. Dhela

30. Kendari

31. Matri