New wheat variety MACS-6478 in Maharashtra

A new wheat variety MACS-6478 is helping farmers in a village in Maharashtra to double their yield.  The wheat variety was developed by Scientists from Agharkar Research Institute, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology.

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The farmers of the village in Koregaon tehsil of Satara district in Maharashtra are now getting a yield of 45 to 60 quintal per hectare with the new variety as against earlier average yield ranging 25 to 30 quintal per hectare.

The newly developed common wheat or bread wheat, also called high yielding Aestivum, matures in 110 days and is resistant to most races of leaf and stem rust.