Performance of wheat genotypes (Triticum aestivum L.) for foliar blight resistant at late sown condition in nepal

Wheat is the third staple food crop of Nepal and it has many constraints for successful production among them time of planting and foliar blight are the major constraints. Previously foliar blight was the problems of only plan region but now days the severity of foliar blight gradually increasing year after year in hills of Nepal also. In order to identify the high yielder, late sown condition foliar blight tolerant wheat genotypes for Terai of Nepal, an experiment was carried out at National Wheat Research Program, Bhairahawa during 2013-2014. The experiment was designed in Alpha Lattice, composed of thirty wheat genotypes with two replication and six sub plots. Each plot was made eight rows of three meter long. Manually harvested middle six rows leaving one row both side as boarder row. Foliar blight was recording was done three time in seven days interval. Area under disease progress curve was calculated AUDPC). The lowest AUDPC was found Standard check (var. Gautam) with the highest yield 1909 kg-ha followed by 478.6 AUDPC of genotype NL 1202 which gave 1771 kg-ha yield.