• M. Abdullah, Aziz-ur-Rehman, Nadeem Ahmad and Ijaz Rasul

• M. Abdullah

• Aziz-ur-Rehman

• Nadeem Ahmad

• Ijaz Rasul

Abstract

To study the effect of planting time on quality characteristics of spring wheat varieties, Inqilab-91 and AS-2002, an experiment was conducted at Wheat Research Institute, Faisalabad from 2002-03 to 2004-05. The crop was sown from 25th Oct. to 10th Jan. with 15 days interval. At harvest, samples were taken from each plot and analyzed qualitatively. Characters such as 1000-grain weight, test weight and flour yield declined progressively with delayed sowing. These had shown maximum value in first planting date i.e.25th Oct. and minimum value in the last planting date i.e. 10th Jan. Protein content and bread quality improved by delayed sowing. Best chapati quality was obtained in mid and late sowings, however in case of AS-2002, chapati quality was adversely affected in last sowing date. Inqilab-91 proved superior for protein content, chapati and bread quality while AS-2002 was superior for rest of the characters. Year effects were non significant for all the characteristics

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