3 new varieties of wheat and barley

With the efforts of the young researchers of the
Gonbad-e-Kavos Agricultural Research Station for 10 years, two new barley
cultivars named Fardan and Behdan and a new wheat cultivar, named Aseman were
introduced to the farmers.

In the ceremony of introducing these new cultivars at
Gonbad-e-Kavos Agricultural Research Station, on the occasion of the farm’s
day, leading farmers and field experts from wheat and barley fields of the East
of Golestan became familiar with these figures and features.

The new wheat and barley varieties, which are special for
dry lands, are premature and resistant to drought stress and pests and
diseases, and from other cultivars, they produce more than 200-500 kilograms of
wheat per hectare.

The researcher at the Agricultural Research Station in
Gonbad-Kavoos and a member of the Golestan Agricultural Research Center, who
scored new barley figures, said: “These figures are the result of 10 years
of research work that began cultivating since the previous year.”

Rahmatollah Mohammadi added: Premature, resistant to drought
stresses and pests and diseases, especially in countering end-of-season
tensions, is one of the characteristics of these figures.

He added: “Behdan is the earliest, and will grow one to
two weeks earlier than the current cultivars, and therefore the possible
tensions of the end of the growing season will be safe.”

He mentioned the increase in weight of 1000 seeds compared
to other cultivars and increased production from 200 to 300 kg per hectare, and
high tolerance to dehydration, and pests and diseases were among the most
important features of Behdan.

The researcher at the Agricultural Research Station of
Gonbad-e-Kavus, on the characteristics of Fardan cultivar, also said that in
addition to its early characteristics, it has the advantage of being resistant
to pests and diseases and the stem elongation (between 100 and 105 cm).

Mohammadi added: The use of stored food in the stem would
increase the weight of the seeds and thus increase the production to 500
kilograms more than two varieties of Mahoor and Khorram per hectare.

Hassan Qawjq, another researcher at the Gonbad-e-Kavus
Agricultural Research Station, who spent 10 years on a new wheat cultivar,
said: “The new heavier variety is suitable for rainy land with an annual
rainfall of at least 200 mm, especially low-yielding areas of the northern
areas of this city.”

He has a high stem height (95 to 130 cm) to store
photosynthetic food for use in drought stress conditions at the end of the
growing season. During grazing, grain weight stabilization, early clustering
and cluster lengths with a capacity of 45 seeds are the most important features
of the new variety called Aseman. In addition, the resistance to drought
stresses, especially at the end of the growing season, is one of the other
benefits of the Aseman, adding that the average harvest of this figure in areas
with 200 mm of annual rainfall is at least 3 tons in other areas with rainfall
of up to 400 mm in a year above 5 tons.

Director of Agricultural Jihad, Gonbad Kavoas, said:
“These three cultivars will be cultivated in the coming years.”

Gholamali Noora added: Golestan Agricultural Research
Station in the past 40 years has introduced 79 wheat products, which has been
welcomed and used by farmers.