Vol. 12, Issue 3 (2023)

Author(s):
Balkrishna Namdeo, Dig Vijay Dubey, Anil Kumar Kurchania, Rohit Kumar Gupta, Mahesh Kumar and Munesh Kumar

Abstract:
A field experiment in a split-plot design with three replications was conducted at Agriculture Research Farm, Rabindranath Tagore University, Raisen, Madhya Predesh, during two growing kharif seasons of 2020-21 and 2021-2022 to study the effect of Effect of irrigation level and nutrient management on growth attributes and yield of wheat. The irrigation level N₀ - No irrigation, N₁- One Irrigation at CRI stage, N₂- One Irrigation at CRI & one irrigation before flowering were arranged in main plots whereas other treatments of N₀ – Control, N₁-100% RDF + FYM @ 2.5 t/ha. + Azotobacter, N₂ - 100% RDF + Vermicompost @ 1.5 t/ha + PSB, N₃ - 50% RDF+ FYM @ 5.0 t/ha, N₄ -50% RDF+ Vermicompost @ 2.5 t/ha were used in the sub plots. The results indicated that one Irrigation at CRI & one irrigation before flowering along with application of 50% RDF+ FYM @ 5.0 t/ha found to be best in the terms of growth attributes such as plant height, dry weight, grain yield (28.70 and 29.52 q ha^-1), straw yield (41.88 and 42.13 q ha^-1) and biological yield (70.68 and 71.75 q ha^-1) during 2020-21 and 2021-22, respectively, compared to each other treatment combination.