Assessment of Productivity of Spring and Winter Wheat Accessions from China and Pakistan under Mountainous Badakhshan Conditions

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) belongs to family Gramineae and the tribe Hordeae. It is the third most important cereal crop in the world after rice and maize. Wheat is one of the most consumable cereal crops in Central Asia and almost every meal includes bread which is made of wheat. In Tajikistan in mountains regions such as Pamir (Mountains Badakhshan) wheat is also crucial crop and providing population with food and mainly with its own grain is a key issue in solving food security (Vavilov N.I. 1926). Therefore, is important to identify and select best wheat varieties that can be grown in mountains conditions as well as conduct breeding selection in such environment. This project’s goal was to assess foreign accessions from China and Pakistan that carried traits such as high yield, disease resistance and short stem that would not lodge before harvest.