Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 17, No 1 (2004)

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Grain Yield,Dry Matter Production and Its Partitioning in Wheat Var. DWR-195 as Influenced by Organics, Macro, Micronutrients and Methods of Application

K. Chandrakumar, A.S. Halepyati, B.K. Desai, B.T. Pujari

Abstract


Response of "DWR195' wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to organics, macro and micronutrients under irrigation was studied at the Agricultural College Farm, Raichur on deep black clay soil during the rabi season of 2001-02, to investigate the  efficiency of dry matter production  and its  partitioning in wheat. The results showed  that the application of RDF+FYM@ 10 t ha-1 recorded significantly higher dry matter  production (256.01 g m-1 row length), accumulation in leaves, stem and spikes and grain yield over only RDF at harvest. Among  micronutrient treatments, soil application of  ZnSO4@ 10 kg ha-1 recorded significantly higher DMP (237.62 g m-1 row length) and  also  accumulated significantly higher dry matter in leaves (61.14 g m-1 row length), stem (66.00 g m-1 row length), spikes (110.48 g m-1 row length) and  grain yield  (30.19  q/ha) over rest of the treatments. However, combined application of RDF+ FYM @10 1 ha-1 +Soil application of ZnSO4 @ 10  kg ha-1 accumulated significantly higer dry matter  in leaves, stem and spikes and also recorded significantly higher dry matter  production ( 297.10 g m-1  row  length) and grain yield (38.65 q/ha).

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