Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology & Environmental Sciences Paper

Vol. 24, Issue 4, 2022 ; Page No.(646-649)

EFFECT OF FYM AND ZINC ON GROWTH, YIELD ATTRIBUTES AND PRODUCTIVITY PARAMETERS OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.)

ADITYA KUMAR, SUSHIL DIMREE, RAVINDRA SACHAN, CHANDRA SHEKHAR, KRITAGYA GANGWAR AND MANDEEP KUMAR

Abstract

The present field experiment was conducted at pot house of the Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry of C.S.A.U.A & T Kanpur (campus) under the Central Plain zone of Uttar Pradesh, during Rabi season of 2019-20. The experiment comprised of 9 treatment combinations in randomized block design with three replications consisted of T1: Control, T2: RDF + FYM (50%), T3: RDF + FYM (100%), T4: RDF + Zn (50%), T5: 2 RDF + Zn (100%), T6: RDF + FYM (50%) + Zn (50%), T7: RDF + FYM (100%) + Zn (50%), T8: RDF + FYM (50%) + Zn (100%), T9: RDF + FYM (100%) + Zn (100%). On the basis of the results emanated from the present investigation, it could be concluded that application of RDF + FYM (100%) + Zn (100%) applied in wheat to significantly increases growth parameter, i.e. plant height and yield attributes, i.e. no. of tiller plant-1, no. of ear plant-1, no. of seeds ear-1, weight of ear (g), grain weight ear-1 (g), 1000 seed weight (g), spike length (cm) and no. of spikelets spike-1. Results showed that among the different fertility levels, application of RDF + FYM (100%) + Zn (100%) significantly enhanced productivity parameters, i.e. grain yield, straw yield, biomass yield and harvest index over the control.