Wheat in India. Its production, varieties and improvement

Howard, Albert; Gabrielle,

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“…In India, emmer wheat was reported to be grown in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka (Howard and Howard 1910;Bhatia 1938;Mithal and Kopper 1990) and Rajasthan (Damania 1998). Today, emmer accounts for 2% of the total wheat area and production is around 250,000 tons, with the main regions of production being northern Karnataka, southern Maharashtra, the Saurashtra region of coastal Gujarat, and parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh .…”

Section: Present Cultivationmentioning

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Cultivated emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccon Schrank), an old crop with promising future: a review

Zaharieva

Ayana

Hakimi

et al. 2010

Genet Resour Crop Evol

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Cultivated emmer wheat, Triticum dicoccon Schrank, a tetraploid species with hulled grain, has been largely cultivated during seven millennia in the Middle-East, Central and West Asia, and Europe. It has been largely replaced by hulless species and is now a minor crop, with the exception of some countries like India, Ethiopia and Yemen, where its grain is used for preparing traditional foods. Nutritional qualities and specific taste and flavor of emmer wheat products have led to a recent development of the cultivation in some European countries. Emmer wheat also possesses valuable traits of resistance to pests and diseases and tolerance to abiotic stresses and is increasingly used as a reservoir of useful genes in wheat breeding. In the present article, a review concerning taxonomy, diversity and history of cultivation of emmer wheat is reported. Grain characteristics and valuable agronomic traits are described. Some successful examples of emmer wheat utilization for the development of durum or bread wheat cultivars are examined, and the perspectives in using emmer wheat as health food and for the development of new breeding germplasm are discussed.

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Section: Present Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 97%

Cultivated emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccon Schrank), an old crop with promising future: a review

Zaharieva

Ayana

Hakimi

et al. 2010

Genet Resour Crop Evol

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“…He was later pivotal in the effort to acclimatize “Pusa wheat,” which was developed at the Imperial Agricultural Institute, for dissemination in the province. He also actively collaborated with Albert and Gabrielle Howard in conducting breeding experiments so that milling and baking qualities of wheat produced in India could be enhanced (Howard and Howard 1912, 28, 31; 1928; Leake 1912b, 1910–14). Within the decade, he rose to the pinnacle of agriculture pedagogy and administration, first serving as the principal of Cawnpore Agricultural College and then as Director of Agriculture.…”

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“Modernization” and Agrarian Development in India, 1912–52

Kumar

2020

J of Asian Stud

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India's agrarian history has for the most part been cast within colonial and nationalist frameworks or in analyses of modernity and development in the South Asian historiography on both sides of the independence divide. This leaves plenty of space to discuss both the vast engagement of American actors with Indian elite formations and modifications to the agrarian projects contingent upon those interactions. A focus on the Americanist drive for agrarian modernization in India allows for exploring the distinct cultural location of modernization in a long-term perspective and its engagement with colonial “development.” A study of their mutual interaction gives insights into modernization's somewhat distinct itinerary on the subcontinent and provides specificity to the history of the otherwise spatially wider American intervention in global and inter-Asian contexts.

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“…In India, the process of identifying, assessing and augmenting landrace diversity of amber wheat and other crops, especially in the Indo-Gangetic plains (Howard and Howard, 1911), had started a century ago, mainly by economic botanists, resulting in single plant selections of best amber grain quality Pusa wheat varieties (Pusa 4, 6, 12 etc. ), which served a useful cause subsequently as donors for grain quality.…”

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Reorienting Indian agriculture: challenges and opportunities

Paroda¹

2018

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Revitalizing the Indian Agricultural Education System 30. A Strategy for Doubling Farmers' Income 31. Future Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture 32. Change We Must -But Change is Difficult Index vii ForewordThe agriculture sector is and will remain central to India's economic development in the foreseeable future. Being the largest private enterprise (sustaining around 138 million farm families), it contributes around 17.4% of GDP and engages around 55% of the workforce. Hence, advancement in agriculture and the allied sectors is a 'necessary condition' for inclusive economic growth at the national level. The role of the agricultural sector in alleviating poverty and ensuring household food and nutritional security is very well established. Indian agricultural systems are predominantly mixed crop-livestock farming systems; the livestock segment supplements farm income (30-40%) by providing employment, draught animals, milk, manure etc. Over the years, agriculture has become increasingly knowledge-intensive and market-driven. Accordingly, far more innovative research, more enabling policies, and more effective delivery of services, supplies and markets are essential prerequisites for accelerating agricultural growth. Since science and technology are the key drivers of change, agricultural growth has to be knowledge-technology-and resource-driven.Indian agriculture is on a path of high growth and structural transformation that needs to be sustained. Higher investment and improved markets and flow of technology are necessary to sustain this growth. Since all these developments would need more capital, both from the public and the private sectors, access to financial institutions and enhanced allocation of public funds becomes a dire necessity. There is a need for more focus on rural infrastructure, health and education, since developments in these areas would enhance rural connectivity, inclusiveness and better human capital, which will ensure sustainable agricultural growth.This publication, comprising 32 chapters, covers most of the above-stated aspects: agricultural scenarios, revolutions in agriculture, reorienting agricultural research for innovation, improving production and productivity, harnessing biotechnology, managing plant genetic resources, integrated natural resource management, impact of climate change, innovations in extension, the role of women and youth, policy reforms etc. A world-renowned agricultural scientist with vast experience and remarkable achievements at national, regional and global levels, Dr R.S. Paroda's efforts in attempting this book are indeed commendable. I am sure that the wealth of knowledge covered in this book will provide much-needed guidance for all those concerned with agricultural research and innovation for development (ARI4D) aimed at achieving sustainable development goals. I also commend CABI in bringing out this important publication. I am sure that it will be immensely useful to all policy planners, researchers, extension workers, educationalists, students an...

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Wheat in India. Its production, varieties and improvement

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Cultivated emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccon Schrank), an old crop with promising future: a review

Cultivated emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccon Schrank), an old crop with promising future: a review

“Modernization” and Agrarian Development in India, 1912–52

Reorienting Indian agriculture: challenges and opportunities

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