Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
KM Vandana Sahu, Ravikesh Kumar Pal, Naveen Kumar Maurya, Pradeep Kumar Verma and Satyendra Kumar

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at Uttar Pradesh in rural district Mandhana 10 km from Kanpur during Rabi, season of 2022-23 on sandy loam soil, having pH 7.89, EC 0.14 dSm^-1, organic carbon 0.34%, available N, P and K 189.0, 15.0 and 178.0 kg ha^-1 respectively. The experiment was laid out in randomized block design with three replication and 9 treatments viz. T₁. RDF 100% (150:60:40 N:P: K), T₂. RDF 75% + Azotobacter + PSB, T₃. RDF 50% + Azotobacter + PSB + VC 5 t/ha, T₄. RDF 75% + Azotobacter + PSB + FYM 15 t/ha, T₅. RDF 50% + Azotobacter + PSB + FYM 25 t/ha, T₆. RDF 75% + Azotobacter + PSB + Zn 10 kg/ha + Vermicompost (2.5 t ha^-1) + Bentonite S 10 kg/ha, T₇. RDF 50% + Azotobacter + PSB + Zn 15 kg/ha + Vermicompost (5 t ha^-1) + Bentonite S 15 kg/ha, T₈. RDF 50% + Azotobacter + PSB + Zn 15 kg/ha + Vermicompost (7.5 t ha^-1) + Bentonite S 20 kg/ha and T₉ (Control). The highest yield attributes and yield of wheat were produced with application of RDF 50% + Azotobacter culture + PSB culture + Zn 15 kg/ha + Vermicompost (7.5 t ha^-1) + Bentonite S 20 kg ha^-1 was resulted from experiment, but it did not differ significantly with RDF 50% + Azotobacter culture + PSB culture + Zn 15 kg/ha + Vermicompost (5 t ha^-1) + Bentonite S 15 kg ha^-1 while it was significantly performed over RDF 100%, 150:60:40 N:P: K. On the basis of data, T₆ produced 43.54% higher number of effective tillers, 44.26% taller spike length, 31.65% more test weight, 85.24% higher grain yield and 10.71% higher straw yield of wheat over control.