The Indian Agricultural Research Institute has introduced a new high yielding variety of wheat seed variety.

❖ The new seed variant – HD 3386 was recently approved by the central seed committee.

❖ It is resistant to yellow, and leaf rust diseases mostly reported in the key wheat growing region of northwest region – Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.

❖ It is aimed at replacing the currently used seed HD2967 also developed by IARI in 2010.

❖ In terms of yield, the existing variety has productivity of around 22 quintal/acre while the new variant has productivity of 25 quintal/acre.