Table 3.

Classification of wheat cultivars into different hardness groups according to Sharma et al. 2012 (System-II)

Group no.	Proposed classification	Hardness group	No./frequency of cultivars	Cultivar names
I	Very soft	>34	6/7.3%	CHOTTI LERMA, DLRRL35, GW89, H867, NAPHAL, SAFED LERMA
II	Soft	35–54	1/1.2%	HS 490
III	Medium hard	55–74	15/18.2%	AKW318, DHT23, HS113, NARBADA4, NARMADA112, NARMADA195, NP809, NP818, SARBATI SONARA, SONALIKA, UP215, VL401, VL934, VL935, WH1061
IV	Hard	75–89	53/64.6%	A115, AGRALOCAL, DBW17, DBW39, DBW46, HB208, HD2135, HD2967, HD3002, HD3014, HPW251, HPW296, HS1138, HS277, HS295, HS505, HS508, HS512, HS513, HUWI2, HUW612, HW5210, HYB11, HYB65, K53, K816, KO307, KO607, KSML3, LOK1, NI5643, NP824, NP825, NP715, NP852, PBW343, PBW550, PBW613, PBW621, PBW628, RAJ4120, UAS315, UP2771, UP2772, VL616, VL829, VL921, VL924, VL925, WH1062, WH1073, WH1081, WWONIR205
V	Very hard	90 or more	7/8.5%	A90, C306, DHT12, K65, KO710, MACS6222, VL916