Wheat and all about it,,

2. ASSIGNMENT TOPIC
IRRIGATED WHEAT

3. 1- Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its
seeds cereal grain which is a worldwide staple
food.
2- We locally call it Gandum in Urdu , Ghanum in
Pashtu , Kanak in Punjabi and Botanically Triticum
aestivum L.
3- It belongs to the family of Graminaea.
4- Its root system is Shallow.
5- Average plan population of wheat plant is
1,80,000 to 2,00,000
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

4. NUMBER OF CHROMOSOMES
Wheat is a hexaploid with
2n=6x=42

5. ORIGIN OF WHEAT
The cultivation of wheat was started some 10,000
years ago,with its origin tracked back to South
east Turkey.
Some of the earliest remain of crop have been
found in Syria,Jorda and Turkey.
It was called Einkorn (T. monococcum) and
genetically is described as a diploid, containing
two sets of chromosomes.
Wheat was first grown in the United State in 1602
on an Island off the Massachusttes coast.

6. SOWING TIME
Wheat is Rabi crop that is grown from mid
November to mid December.

7. SOWING AREAS OF PUNJAB
Sahiwal
Khanewal
Vehari
Lodhran
Muzaffargarh
Rajanpur
D.G.Khan
Bahawalpur
Bahawalnagar
Rahimyar Khan

8. SEED RATE
Seed rate from 10 to 30 November is 40-
50 kg/acr
Seed rate from 1 to 15 December is 50-60
kg/acre

9. PREPARATION OF LAND
• Ploughing
• Rotavating
• Leveling of land
• Plancking

10. PLOUGHING

11. ROTAVATING

12. LAND LEVELING

13. PLANCKING

14. SOWING METHODS
• Broadcasting
• Drilling
• Ridges

15. BROADCASTING

16. DRILLING
• Row to row distance is 12 to 18 cm.
• Seed depth varies from 6 to 12 cm.

17. RIDGES

18. IRRIGATION
• 1st Irrigation 20-
25 days after
sowing
• 2nd Irrigation at
boot stage.
• 3rd Irrigation at
milk stages of
grain
development.

19. FERTILIZERS
N P K
75kg 50kg 25kg
Zink Iron Magnesium
.5kg 200gm 2kg
Calcium Copper
4kg 500gm

20. PESTS OF WHEAT
• Aphids
• Grasshopper
• Black ant
• White ant
• Cricket
• Army worm
• Cut worm
• Mites

21. GRASSHOPPER

22. APHIDS

23. CRICKET

24. STINK BUG

25. ARMY WORM

29. Leaf rust
Karnal bunt
Loose smut
Foot root
Earcockle
Flag smut
Powdery mildew
Leaf blight
Wheat blast

38. WEEDS
Bathu
Dhanak
Jangli jai
Matri
Jangli palak
Kanderi
Lheli

39. BATH
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40. Dhanak

41. Dhela

42. Kendari

43. Matri