Breeding and Characteristics of New Wheat Variety Ningzimai No.1 with Purple Grain
YANG Xueming
YAO Jinbao
ZHOU Miaoping
Abstract：Ningzimai No.1 is a hard purple-grained spring wheat variety developed by Institute of Food Crops,Jiangsu Academy of Agricultural Sciences using the pedigree breeding method.Ningzimai No.1 was derived from the cross of Ningmai No.8/Ning 0726,and the maternal parent Ning 0726 is a purple-grained wheat germplasm.It was approved by Jiangsu Crop Variety Approval Committee in 2020 and is the first approved colour-grained wheat variety in Jiangsu Province,suitable for planting in the southern wheat region of Huai River.Ningzimai No.1 is middle to early maturing,and rich in anthocyanins and essential trace mineral elements for the human body.It's yield exceeded 6 750 kg/hm2 in regional test and production trial of Jiangsu Province,with 4.4 million spikes per hectare,37.8 grains per spike,and 44.0 g of 1 000-grain weight.Ningzimai No.1 is moderately resistant to Fusarium head blight and stripe rust,moderately susceptible to yellow mosaic virus,and resistant to pre-harvest sprouting.
Keywords：Ningzimai No.1Colored wheatAnthocyaninsFusarium head blightPre-harvest sprouting
Publication Date：2025-04-28
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 74-78 )