Scientists of Indian Council of Agricultural Research have developed a new wheat variety that is beneficial for diabetic patients for its low calorie level.

Diabetic patients can now look forward to consuming food products from new 'Dicoccum' wheat variety that controls the sugar as well as cholesterol level in blood, an ICAR statement said.

Developed by All India Coordinated Research Project (AICRP) at Dharwad centre of University of Agricultural Sciences, the food products made from Dicoccum variety called DDK 1029, slowly dissolve in the body and releases very less amount of calories.

It takes five to six hours to dissolve in human blood, thereby controlling the sugar levels.

DDK 1029 has good yield gain of nearly three quintal per hectare over best dicoccum check DDK 1009 along with disease resistance.

The average yield of this variety is 40.9 quintal per hectare and has been identified for Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, plains of Tamil Nadu, Hilly areas of Tamil Nadu and Kerala comprising the Nilgiri and Palni hills of southern plateau.