SIDS13: A NEW BREAD WHEAT CULTIVAR

The new bread wheat cultivar Sids 13 has been developed by Wheat Research Department, Field Crops Research Institute, Agriculture Research Center, Egypt and selected from one of the advanced lines among ICARDA collections grown in wheat breeding program at Sids Agricultural Research Station. The grain yield of the new cultivar Sids 13 was evaluated through 66 experiments at two different levels of yield trials (11 preliminary and 55 advanced yield trials) in the three successive seasons 2004/2005, 2005/2006 and 2006/2007, respectively. The obtained results proved the superiority of the new cultivar Sids 13 as compared to the local commercial cultivars, Giza 168, Sakha 93 and Gemmiza 9 in the main five regions of Egypt, i.e. North Delta, South Delta, Middle Egypt, Upper Egypt and Out Valley. Moreover, stability parameters for grain yield cleared that the newly bread wheat cultivar Sids 13 has better stability parameters in both South Delta and Upper Egypt regions and could be recommended for planting in those regions. Also, the results of rust diseases reactions proved that Sids 13 has high resistance to all tested pathotypes of the three rust diseases under local conditions.