Punjab Agricultural University’s (PAU) wheat variety PBW 826 has once again emerged as the country’s highest-yielding wheat variety, securing the top position in the All India Coordinated Varietal Trials (AICVT) for the 2024-25 crop season. The results, announced at All-India Wheat Research Workers Meeting held in Gwalior, reaffirmed PBW 826’s dominance across both the North Western Plains Zone (NWPZ) and North Eastern Plains Zone (NEPZ).

The NWPZ covers Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan (excluding certain divisions), Western Uttar Pradesh, parts of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand. The NEPZ includes Eastern UP, Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha, West Bengal, Assam, and the plains of the North Eastern states.

In trials conducted across seven states in the NWPZ, PBW 826 recorded

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