The "Taner" and "Selçuklu" wheat seeds, developed for arid lands by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry's Bahri Dağdaş International Agricultural Research Institute Directorate, were planted for the first time in Çal Belevi Neighborhood in Konya.
The investigations conducted revealed that the seeds have adapted to the region.
The "Taner" and "Selçuklu" wheat seeds were first sown in December using a seed drill on a 10-decare field owned by Hasan Durna in Çal Belevi Neighborhood. It has been observed that the seeds that have achieved desired seed emergence, stem height, and ear length have adapted well to the region. The harvest of these wheat varieties, which are constantly monitored by the teams of the Denizli Provincial Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry and the Çal District Directorate of Agriculture and Forestry, will take place in approximately 15 days.
Mustafa Yanık, headman of Belevi Neighborhood in Çal District, who visited the field where the "Taner" and "Selçuklu" wheat seeds developed for arid lands were planted, stated, "These wheat crops we have seen were developed by the Konya state. We expect a yield of approximately 400 to 450 kilograms per decare from our Taner and Selçuklu wheat varieties."
