Registration of "NKU Lider" Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Variety

Year 2021, Volume: 7 Issue: 2, 153 - 153, 01.07.2021

Kayıhan Korkut , İsmet Başer , Oğuz Bilgin , Alpay Balkan

Abstract

NKU Lider is a winter bread wheat (Triticum
aestivum L.) variety, developed by Tekirdağ Namık
Kemal University, Agricultural Faculty and registered
in 2016. The spike of the NKU Lider variety is
moderately long and dense, white, and awned. Grain is
oval, semi hard and red color. NKU Lider is a mediumtall
variety, similar to Flamura 85 and Tekirdağ bread
wheat varieties. Plant height is between 85 and 90
cm depending on the growing conditions. NKU Lider
variety is a winter type, medium-early, resistant to
winter hardiness, good tolerant to drought, high ability
of tillering and trashing, and since its wide adaptability,
it can be grown safely not only in the Thrace-Marmara
Region, but also in other wheat production areas of
our country.

Keywords

Bread Wheat, winter, bread

References

• Anonymous (2016). Cool season cereals, variety registration report, 2016, Ankara.https://www. tarimorman.gov.tr/BUGEM/TTSM/Belgeler/ Yayınlar/serin%20iklim%20tah.%tescil%20 rapor. %202016.pdf (in Turkish).,