Vol. 11, Issue 12 (2022)

A field experiment was carried out during Rabi season of 2018-19 and 2019-20 in the Instructional-cum-Research Farm, I.G.K.V, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, to study the effect of integrated nutrient management on physico-chemical properties and yield of wheat crop under Inceptisol. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replications and consisted fourteen treatments namely Control (T₁), 25% RDN (T₂), 50% RDN (T₃), 75% RDN (T₄), 100% RDN (T₅), 25% N –RDN + 75% N through vermicompost (T₆), 25% N-RDN + 75% N through FYM (T₇), 25% N-RDN+75% N through poultry manure (T₈), 50% RDF+50% N through vermicompost (T₉), 50% RDN+50% N through FYM (T₁₀), 50% RDN+50% N through poultry manure (T₁₁), 75% RDN+25% N through vermicompost (T₁₂), 75% RDN+25% N through FYM (T₁₃) and 75% RDN+25% N through poultry manure (T₁₄). Recommended dose of P and K where applied as basal in all treatments. Various soil physical, chemical and biological properties were observed at various depths and different stages of wheat crop. The result revealed that different INM treatments could not produce any significant difference in pH and EC of soil after wheat harvest. The integration of organic and inorganic fertilizers had significantly increased soil organic carbon from its initial value. The higher grain and straw yield of wheat was recorded in treatment 75% N - RDN + 25% N through vermicompost (T₁₂), during both the years.