Ecology, Environment and Conservation Paper

RESPONSE OF WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) TO INM ON GROWTH, YIELD, CONTENT AND SOIL FERTILITY STATUS AFTER HARVEST THE CROP

Ramawatar Meena, P.P. Singh, R.K. Dadhich, A.K. Verma and D.K. Tiwari

Abstract

A pot culture study was conducted to study the response of wheat to poultry manure and nitrogen levels at Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, R.B.S. College, Bichpuri, Agra. Nitrogen-poultry manure interaction has been studied in pot experiments on soil low in fertility with wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The treatments were taken in factorial combination of four levels of N (0, 40, 80 and 120 kg ha-1) and three levels of poultry manures (0, 10 and 20 tones ha-1) applied through urea (NH2-CO-NH2) and poultry manure, respectively. The grain and straw yield increased with the application of N and Poultry manure individually, yield increased when N and Poultry manure were applied in different combinations. The contents of N, P and K were also improved by the crop. Available N, P & K status in soil after harvest of the crop increased with nitrogen and poultry manure application.