Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2022)

Author(s):
Amita R Prajapati, KI Patel, Zalak Y Chauhan, CK Patel and PP Chaudhari

Abstract:
A field experiment was carried out at Agronomy Instructional Farm, C.P. College of Agriculture, S.D.A.U., Sardarkrushinagar, Gujarat during the rabi season of the year 2018-19 to study the effect of zinc fertilization on growth, yield, and quality of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Ten treatments viz., T₁: RDF, T₂: RDF + 10 kg ZnSO₄/ha (Soil application), T₃: RDF + Foliar Spray of ZnSO₄ @ 0.5% (at flowering & milking stages), T₄: RDF + Seed priming (1% Zn solution), T₅: RDF + Seed priming (2% Zn solution), T₆:T₂+ Foliar Spray of ZnSO₄ @ 0.5% (at flowering & milking stages), T₇: T₂ + Seed priming (1% Zn solution), T₈: T₂+ Seed priming (2% Zn solution), T₉: T₂+ Foliar Spray of ZnSO₄@ 0.5% (at flowering & milking stages) + Seed priming (1% Zn solution) and T₁₀: T₂ + Foliar Spray of ZnSO₄ @ 0.5% (at flowering & milking stages) + Seed priming (2% Zn solution) were tried in RBD with four replications. Results inferred that wheat GW 451 when fertilized with T₁₀ showed a positive effect on the growth and yield attributes and resulted in maximum yield and higher monetary returns.