Satabdi (BARI Gom-21)
WHEAT VARIETY: Satabdi (BARI Gom-21)
Main Features of the Variety
| Developed by | Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur, Bangladesh |
| Method of development/origin | CIMMYT, Mexico |
| Year of release | 2000 |
| Main characteristics | It is a semi-dwarf with good tillering habit. Plant height 90-100 cm. Number of tiller /plant 4-6, leaf broad, recurved and light green, flag leaf are also broad, half erect and droopy, lip of lower glum of spikelet tall, approximately 8-10 mm and shoulder high, panicle initiation time 65-69 days, panicle long, grain/ spike 40-45, grain white and large size, 1000 grain weight 46-48 g, In ripening time panicle yellow but leaf sheath and lower panicle stand green, crop duration 105 days. |
| Planting season and time | Rabi: November 15-30 |
| Yield | Yield 3.6-5 t/ha |
| Resistance/tolerance | Leaf rust preventive and leaf spot disease (blight) tolerant, Temperature tolerant, as a result late planting yield are high indeed. |
