Growers advised to use approved wheat seed varieties

The Punjab Agriculture Department (PAD) has advised the growers from Barani areas to use only approved varieties of wheat seed for sowing to achieve maximum per acre yield. The department has urged the growers to complete their cultivation by November 15 and use approved varieties of NARC 2009, BARS 2009, Dharabi 2011, Pakistan 2013, Fateh Jang 2016, Ihsan 2016, Barani 2017 and Chakwal 50.
The departmental spokesman further advised the growers to use 40-50 kilograms of wheat seed per acre with germination not less than 85 per cent. He further said that growers from areas with low rain percentage, such as Rajanpur, Layyah, Dera Ghazi Khan, Muzaffargarh, Bhakkar, Mianwali and Khushab, should use one bag of DAP and two-third bag of urea with half bag of SOP or two bags of nitrophos per acre while preparing the land for sowing. While growers should use two bags of DPA and 1.25 bags of urea, half bag of SOP or five bags of single super phosphate (18 percent) and two bags of urea and half bag of SOP per acre in moderate and heavy rain fall areas. The spokesman also stressed the need for eradication of weeds in Barani areas for getting maximum yield.