Evaluation of many Bread Wheat Genotypes (Triticum aestivum L.) in the Environmental Conditions of Kafer Yahmool Agricultural Research Station

Abstract

 This research was carried out at Agricultural Scientific Research Center in Idlib (Kafer-yahmool Research Station) during the agronomic season 2020-2021. The aim of this research was to evaluate the characteristics of the wheat yield and some morphological Features of twelve (12) local and introduced cultivars of bread wheat to be parents of a half diallel mating crosses in the following season (2022-2023). The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with three replications. The statistical analysis showed the presence of desirable significant differences in grain yield and most of the studied traits, which indicates the presence of genetic variation between the tested cultivars, so that most of them may stand as a candidate to be the parents of suitable crosses. The cultivars (Doma 4, Douma 2, Sham 10, Sham 12, Wafia, Four Blank, and Jihan 99) were selected to be parents of crosses for significant differences, For most important morphological and productive characteristics, such as (date of sprouts, length of plant, number of sprouts in the main spike, number of cereals in the main spike, height of plant, date of full maturity and grain yield). This may make them hybrids for a half diallel mating programme in the following season.