Vol. 12, Issue 2 (2023)

Author(s):
Rahmat Gul, Meenakshi Gupta, Rajeev Bharat, BC Sharma, Sarabdeep Kour and Brajeshwar Singh

Abstract:
The experiment was carried to determine the efficacy of soil and foliar application of zinc and iron on wheat yield and productivity during rabi (winter) season 2020-21 at the Research Farm, Division of Agronomy, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu, Chatha. The experiment comprised of three wheat varieties and 6 levels of Zn and Fe as Factor-B arranged in factorial randomized block design with 3 replication. The results revealed that Wheat variety WH 1105 gave the maximum grain, straw, straw yield and harvest index than varieties WB 02 and HD 3086 I comparison whereas application of Rec. NPK + soil application of chelated ZnSO₄ @ 20 kg ha^-1 and foliar application of chelated FeSO₄ @ 1% at pre-anthesis and chelated ZnSO₄ @ 0.5% at grain filling stages (T₆) resulted in maximum grain yield, straw yield and harvest index besides the gross returns, net returns and near to aximum B:C ratio than other treatments in comparison.