SHRI SANT SEEDS LLP Bread Wheat Variety Karan Shivangi (DBW359) For Sowing Farming & Agriculture Seed  (500 per packet)

Climate and area of suitability 1 Bread Wheat variety Karan Shivangi\ (DBW359) has been recommended for release and cultivation in timely sown, restricted irrigated conditions of the Central and Peninsular zones of India by the Central Sub-Committee on Crops Standards, Noti ication and Release of Varieties for Agricultural Crops. The central zone encompasses the states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jhansi division of UP and Kota & Udaipur division of Rajasthan, while Peninsular zone encompasses the states Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Goa and Tamilnadu. 2 Superior Performance in Yield Trials DBW 359 recorded a yield potential of 65.3q/ha and 48.0q/ha under restricted irrigated and timely sown conditions of Central and Peninsular zones, respectively .In Central zone, DBW359 (41.7q/ha) recorded 3.4% yield superiority over best check variety MP3288 and 3.99% superiority over check variety DBW110 and it also out yielded identi ied varieties CG1036 (1.89%) and HI1655 (5.6%). In Peninsular zone, DBW359 (34.54q/ha) recorded yield superiority of 4.93% over best check variety NIAW3170 and 7.47% over check variety HI1605. DBW359 also recorded yield superiority of 4.48% over other qualifying variety HI1665 and 3.23% over NIAW4028. 3 Superior Performance in AgronomicTrials DBW359 is highly water use eficient variety with 40% and 69% yield gain from Zero irrigation and 2 irrigations in Central and Peninsular zones, respectively. Ÿ The highest number of grains per ear was recorded in DBW359 in an agronomic evaluation experiment conducted under different levels of irrigation in Central and Peninsular zones, respectively . Resistance to Biotic stresses Ÿ DBW359 is highly resistant to wheat blast. Ÿ DBW359 showed high levels of ield resistance to leaf rust (Mean ACI: 6.1) and stem rust (Mean ACI: 7.1). Ÿ DBW359 exhibited seedling resistance (all stage resistance) to all the 23 test pathotypes of stem rust except pathotype 42b. Grain Quality DBW359 has high hectolitre weight (80.9 kg/hl), sedimentation value (55.1 ml), iron content and low phenol content.