Punjab: Pau launched wheat diversity for nutritious ‘Etah’ biscuits

Punjab: In various varieties launched by Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) this year, PBW Biscuits 1 (Wheat) aims to promote agricultural-based industries. In addition to PBW Biscuit 1, other new crop varieties released by the university are J1008 (fodder maize), PCB 167 (fodder), Punjab Chena 1 (Proose Milllet), OL 17 (Oats), PGSH 2155 (Canola-Type Gobi Sarsan) . , The PBW Biscuit 1 variety has been loved by love for ‘Atta’ biscuits in Punjab. To ensure that they are soft and crispy, special variety promises to increase the quality of biscuits and increase the income of farmers when farming for the food processing industry. This year, PAU has developed a breeder seed and will be sold to farmers from the next Rabi season. “PBW biscuit 1 is not for regular use, but can be grown if wheat is used for the production of biscuits.
Increasing such varieties is a step towards developing the agricultural industry, ”Dr. Satbir Singh, VC, Pau said. With enhancing the importance of millets in recent times, PAU has developed a short -term variety of Punjab Chena 1 (Proso Mistet). It contains good amounts of protein, starch-resistant calcium, iron, low-glosemic index and low-glosemic load. Another variety developed by PAU for the Rabi season is Ol 17 (Oats). Mainly a fodder crop, oats are usually used as breakfast grains. In the first year of development of OL 17 and Punjab Chena 1, Pau sold 213 quintals of seed of oats and 1.5 quintal of millet. Gurbaksha Singh, a farmer of Malakpur village, who is growing millet, said that the best part was that they can be grown on all types of land and less water requirement, insect flexibility and profitability due to more sustainable options for rice Were.