Wheat cultivation under a dual-purpose (DP) system holds great potential to provide additional fodder for livestock with marginal grain reduction. This study explores the potential of wheat as a DP crop for improving both, forage and grain cropping system by finding out optimal sowing dates and cultivars suitable for DP cropping. Field experiments with four cultivars (Saleem-2000, Bathoor-2007, Fakhre Sarhad-99 (FS-99) and Siran-2008), three sowing dates (October 15, October 30 and November 15) and two cutting treatments (cut and no-cut) determines the effects on yield and physiology of wheat. Wheat sown either in mid or end of October resulted in 11% and 8% increase in grain yield while 13% and 9% in biological yield over mid November sowing, respectively. This increase in yield was due to higher grain spike⁻¹, chlorophyll content, transpiration rate and relative water content. The cultivars Siran-2008 and Saleem-2000 had higher biological and grain yields than other cultivars across cutting and sowing dates treatments. Biological and grain yields were reduced by 4% and 3%, respectively under the DP wheat compared with no-cut treatment, but grains N content was unaffected. Conclusively, DP wheat system (cut treatment) had higher profitability (11.2%) than wheat crop sown only for grain purposes.

在双重用途（DP）系统下进行的小麦种植具有很大的潜力，可以为牲畜提供​​额外的饲料，减少谷物的边缘。这项研究通过找出适合DP种植的最佳播种日期和品种，探索了小麦作为DP作物改善草料和谷物种植系统的潜力。四个品种（Saleem-2000，Bathoor-2007，Fakhre Sarhad-99（FS-99）和Siran-2008），三个播种日期（10月15日，10月30日和11月15日）和两种cutting插处理（cut和no）的田间试验-cut）确定对小麦产量和生理的影响。与11月中旬播种相比，在10月中或下旬播种的小麦分别使谷物单产提高11％和8％，而生物学单产分别提高13％和9％。产量的增加归因于较高的晶粒峰值^-1，叶绿素含量，蒸腾速率和相对水含量。Siran-2008和Saleem-2000品种在cutting插和播期处理中具有比其他品种更高的生物学和谷物产量。与未切茬处理相比，DP小麦的生物和谷物单产分别降低了4％和3％，但籽粒N含量未受影响。结论是，DP小麦系统（减产）的收益率（11.2％）高于仅用于谷物目的的小麦作物。