High yielding varieties of wheat have been developed by hybridization between different cultivars of wheat. American scientist Norman Earnest Borlaug won the Nobel Prize in 1970 for the invention of high yielding wheat. Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) in collaboration with Mexico’s research institute CIMMIT has developed 17 varieties of wheat. High yielding wheat varieties are – Balaka, Akbar, Kanchan, Barkat and Saugat. Besides, BR-27 and BR-28 wheat are more improved.