M. Qasem Obaidi¹ , M. Hashim Azmatyar¹ , Elias Mohmand² , Assadullah Habibi³ , Abdul Qayum² , Rajiv Sharma²

1 Agricultural Research Institute of Afghanistan, Kabul, Afghanistan
2 International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), Kabul, Afghanistan
3 Food and Agriculture Organization, Kabul, Afghanistan
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Triticeae Genomics and Genetics, 2015, Vol. 6, No. 1   doi: 10.5376/tgg.2015.06.0001
Received: 04 Feb., 2015    Accepted: 23 Mar., 2015    Published: 27 Mar., 2015

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Obaidi et al., 2015, Lalmi 04 - A new rainfed wheat variety for Afghanistan, Triticeae Genomics and Genetics, Vol.6, No.1 1-3 (doi: 10.5376/tgg.2015.06.0001)

A new rainfed wheat variety Lalmi 04 has been released in Afghan from out of the genotypes introduced through 14^th Semi-Arid Wheat Yield Trial of CIMMYT in 2006. The variety was tested in a total of eight yield evaluation trials over a period of four years and gave more than 10% higher yield than the check variety Lalmi 02. The released variety showed a yield potential of 6836 kg/ha and an average yield of 3826 kg/ha. Lalmi 04 had an average 1000 grain weight of 44 grams and matured in 179 days. The variety has an erect flag leaf and grew to a height of 88 cm. The variety was resistant to all the rusts in Afghanistan under natural conditions.

Afghanistan; Wheat; Rainfed; Variety