TABLE 3.

Yield performance and rust score of PBW683 in AVT at different locations across Punjab during 2012–2013.

Yield performance (quintals/hectare) at five locations in Punjab								Rust (Leaf rust: mixture of races 77-5 and 104-2) and (Stripe rust: mixture of races 78S84 and 46S119) reaction at two locations in Punjab
Locations ⇒	Ludhiana	Bathinda	Rauni	Gurdaspur	Kapurthala	State mean (Punjab)	Zonal Mean (NWPZ)
								Ludhiana		Gurdaspur
Genotypes ⇓								Br	Yr	Br	Yr
PBW683 (PBW343 + Lr76/Yr70)	46	49.1	49.7	41.9	49.6	47.3	50.6	0	40S	0	40S
DPW621 –50	64.8	52.5	57.1	53.1	52	55.9	53	0	20S	0	20S
HD2967	72.7	53.8	56.5	57.1	54.7	59	53.3	0	10S	0	20S
DBW17	62.1	55.7	55.2	34.7	52.8	52.1	50.6	0	60S	0	60S
WH1105	75.6	50.3	57.5	58.1	60.6	60.4	53.9	0	10S	0	5S
GM	62.6	52.3	54.8	48.4	55.5
CD	6.2	4.7	3.3	2.6	2	2	1

G.M, general mean of trial; C.D., critical difference/least significant difference; NWPZ, North Western Plain Zone; Br, brown rust; Yr, yellow rust.