Vol. 11, Issue 7 (2022)

Author(s):
Ashutosh Tripathi, Rajnish, Ram Niwas and AS Yadav

Abstract:
An agronomic investigation to study the response of integrated nutrient management (INM) in wheat crop. Experiment was conducted during Rabi season of year 2020-21 an agricultural Farm at Rama University, Kanpur 209217 (U.P) India. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. 13 treatments viz. T0 – Control, T1 – 100% RDF, T2 – 75% RDF, T3 – 50% RDF, T4– 100% RDF + Vermicompost@ 5 t ha-1, T5– 75% RDF + Vermicompost@ 5 t ha-1, T6 – 50% RDF + Vermicompost@ 5 t ha-1, T7– 100% RDF + Poultry manure@ 5 t ha-1, T8– 75% RDF + Poultry manure@ 5 t ha-1, T9 – 50%RDF + Poultry manure @ 5t ha-1, T10 – 100%RDF+Azotobacter(seed treatment), T11 – 100% RDF + PSB, T12– 100%RDF+Azotobacter(seed treatment)+PSB. Higher growth attributing characters at different crop stages and yield attributing characters at harvest viz. plant height, number of tillers, leaf area index, plant dry matter, length of ear, number of ear, number of grains per ear and test weight were produced with T4– 100% RDF + Vermicompost@ 5 t ha-1treatment. Similarly, higher grain yield, straw yield, biological yield and harvest index & Protein, N, P and K (%) along with gross return, net return and B: C ratio was recorded with T4– 100% RDF + Vermicompost@ 5 t ha-1treatment as compared to all the other treatments in wheat crop.