Influence of tillage and nutrient management on productivity and profitability of wheat (Triticum aestivum)

ANIKET KALHAPURE; VIJAY PAL SINGH; RAJEEW KUMAR; D.S. PANDEY; SOBARAN SINGH

doi:10.59797/ija.v65i1.2969

Authors

ANIKET KALHAPURE
VIJAY PAL SINGH
RAJEEW KUMAR
D.S. PANDEY
SOBARAN SINGH

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59797/ija.v65i1.2969

Keywords:

Growth and yield, Nutrient management, Soil properties, Tillage, Wheat

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during the winter (rabi) seasons of 201213 to 201516 at Pantnagar, Uttarakhand, to study the effects of tillage and nutrient management on performance of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The experiment was laid out in a strip-plot design with 3 tillage treatments, conventional tillage (CT) without chiseling, chiseling followed by CT and chiseling followed by rotavator) and 3 nutrient-management options [100% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF), combined application of 100% RDF along with FYM @ 15 tonnes/ha and 125% RDF combined with FYM). Results showed that, inclusion of chiseling either before disk harrowing or rotavator in tillage along with application of 125% RDF of nutrients and FYM efficiently improved the soil proper- ties, viz. decrease in bulk density (by 0.14 Mg/m3), penetration resistance (by 1.05 MPa) and pH (by 0.15) and in- crease in infiltration rate (by 0.8 cm/h), organic carbon (by 0.06%), available P O and K O content (by 3.2 kg/ha 2 5 2 and 45.8 kg/ha and dehydrogenage activity (by 116 units) compared with the initial status. This tillage and nutrient management combination resulted in superior growth attributes, viz. plant height, dry-matter, leaf-area index (LAI), crop-growth rate (CGR), leaf chlorophyll content, tillering along with higher grain yield (5.4 t/ha). Similarly, treat- ments 100% RDF + FYM and 125% RDF + FYM recorded 114 and 128% higher grain yield, respectively, over ap- plication of only RDF.

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