Productive and Quality Characterisrtic of Some Kragujevac Soft Wheat Cultivars in Skopje Region

Abstract

Eight soft wheat cultivars were investigated, six of which are breedsfrom the Center for Small Grains-Kragujevac (Kg-56, Kg-100, Takovchanka,Vizija, Matica and Lazarica) and two of them are breeds from the Agriculturalinstitute - Skopje (Milenka and Bistra). The cultivar Milenka was used as astandard. The productive (yield) and quality characteristics (hectoliter weight,protein content and sedimentation value) were investigated. The highest yieldsin both years had cultivars Kg-56 (5670 kg/ha and 5033 kg/ha) and Matica(5330 kg/ha and 4833 kg/ha).Hectoliter weight had values from 76 kg/hl (Milenka, Kg-100,Takovchanka and Matica) to 79 kg/hl (Vizija). Cultivars Kg-56 (16,5%) andMatica (16,1%) had the highest protein content, while cultivars Vizija (41 ml)and Kg-56 (40 ml) had the highest sedimentation value. The classification ofthe cultivars in quality classes was made according to the protein content andsedimentation value. The cultivars Kg-56, Lazarica and Vizija belong to the Iquality class, the cultivars Takovchanka, Matica and Bistra belong to the I/IIquality class and the cultivars Kg-100 and Milenka to the II quality class.The cultivar Kg-56, which belongs to the I quality class, and at thesame time had the highest yields in both investigation years (5670 kg/ha and5033 kg/ha) is recommended for future wheat production in R. of Macedonia.