Brazil: Wheat in the Cerrado of Roraima has its potential demonstrated for the first time at Embrapa Roraima

Published 2022년 1월 31일

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Embrapa Roraima is conducting trials on wheat cultivation in the Cerrado of Roraima, testing three cultivars and evaluating their adaptability, grain quality, and potential as an off-season crop between soybeans and corn with irrigation. The research, funded by a parliamentary amendment and in partnership with Embrapa Cerrados and Embrapa Wheat, aims to recommend at least one adapted cultivar within two years, with initial results exceeding expectations. The project also includes health and flour quality studies, with the possibility of expansion into Venezuela and Guyana.

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Embrapa Roraima's pioneering spirit shows the potential of wheat production in the Cerrado of Roraima. An Observation Unit was installed in the field at the Embrapa Roraima Technological Showcase, where three wheat cultivars (BRS 264, BRS 394 and BRS 404) are being tested, sown on December 6, 2021, for the conditions of the Cerrado de Roraima. Such cultivars were previously selected by Embrapa Cerrados, for Cerrado conditions in the Midwest of Brazil. Also in January 2022, tests began in the Água Boa Experimental Field (CEAB), a larger area that is being prepared to receive planting with the same cultivars tested in the Technological Showcase. The adaptability of wheat cultivars to the edaphoclimatic conditions of the Cerrado de Roraima will be evaluated, as well as the quality of the grains produced, soybean/corn off-season with the use of irrigation, evaluation of productivity, sowing density, fertilization levels, health studies and quality of the flour produced, which may be ...

Source: Portal Do Agronegocio