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Crop Variety Details for Bread Wheat - HONQOLO (ETBW 5879)

ES Code ES 414:2012
Registered Variety Name HONQOLO (ETBW 5879)
Variety Released in Issue No. 17
Common Name Bread Wheat - HONQOLO (ETBW 5879)
Scientific Name Bread Wheat - HONQOLO (ETBW 5879)
Released For (yield, drought, pest resistance...) Diseases resistance.
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Variety Image No Image
Altitude (m.a.s.l) 2200 - 2600
Rainfall (mm) 750-1500
Soil Type Vertisols
Nutritional Merit Carbohydrate
Year of Release May 1, 2014
Breeder Seed Maintainer KARC/EIAR
Planting Method Both broad casting and row sowing
Seed Rate (kg/ha) 150
Planting Dates Early June to second week of July depending on onset of rainfall
P2O5 Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 46
N Fertilizer Rate (kg/ha) 23
Days to Heading 65
Days to Maturity 110
Panicle Length (cm) -
1000 Seed Weight (g) 39.2
Seed Color White
Flower Color -
Leaf Arrangement -
Crop Pest Reaction moderately resistant to rusts (Stem rust, Yellow rust and Leaf rust) and septoria
On Farm Yield Amount (qt/ha) -
On station Yield Amount (qt/ha) 5.0-6.0
Variety Status
Variety Source Domestic
National Bread Wheat - HONQOLO (ETBW 5879)  Breeder Seed Stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail
National Bread Wheat - HONQOLO (ETBW 5879) Prebasic Seed stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail
National Bread Wheat - HONQOLO (ETBW 5879)  Basic Seed Stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail
National Bread Wheat - HONQOLO (ETBW 5879)  Certified Seed Stock =0 Quintal View Stock Detail