Harvesting & Threshing
Harvesting of high yielding dwarf varieties is carried out when leaves and stems turn yellow and become fairly dry. To avoid loss in yield crop should be harvested before it is dead ripe. Timely harvesting is needed for optimum quality and consumer acceptance.
The right stage for harvesting is when moisture in grain reaches to 25-30%. For manual harvesting use serrated edge sickles. Combines harvesters are also available which can do harvesting, threshing and winnowing of wheat crop in single operation.
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