Evaluation of Biofortified Wheat Varieties in District Bijnor (Uttar Pradesh) with the Special Reference to the Yield Performance, Yield Gap and their Adoption in District

Four biofortified wheat varieties—WB-02, HPBW-01, DBW-187, DBW-303, and one Non Biofortified (DBW-17)—were evaluated for their yield performance, yield gap, and acceptance in the rice-wheat cropping system from 2019–20 to 2022-23. The analysis of the data indicated that there was considerable yield increase ranging from 18.00 to 47.19 percent between biofortified wheat varieties over farmers practice. Biofortified Variety DBW-187 yielded 65.50 qt / ha with the net return of Rs. 175825.00 and benefit cost ratio of 3.60.