Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Vinay Kumar Yadav, Naveen Kumar Maurya, Ravikesh Kumar Pal, Jaykar Singh, Krishna Kumar Singh, Kapil Kumar Yadav and Gyan Prakash Dwivedi

Abstract:
An experiment comprising 9 treatments viz., 75% RDF (T₁), 100% RDF (T₂), 125% RDF (T₃), 75% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 FYM (T₄), 75% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 Vermicompost (T₅), 100% RDF s+ 5 t ha^-1 FYM (T₆), 100% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 Vermicompost (T₇), 125% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 FYM (T₈), 125% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 Vermicompost (T₉) were tested on a wheat crop of the variety K-1317 at the university's research farm during Rabi 2022–2023 using a randomized block design with three replications. 125% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 Vermicompost (T₉) was found to be most effective treatment on growth parameters viz., initial plant population (138), plant height 23.33, 54.23, 89.74 and 93.51 cm, number of tillers per m^-2 276, 368, 414 and 460 at 30, 60, 90 DAS and harvest, leaf area index 1.5, 4.58 and 6.81, dry matter accumulation 10.18, 59.42, 68.96 at 30, 60, 90 DAS respectively and yield attributes i.e., spike length (9.23 cm), number of spikes per m^-2 (346.78), Number of Spikelet’s ear^-1 (17.47), No. of grain per spike (44.77) and test weight (42.66 g). maximum biological yield (107.57 q ha^-1), grain yield (46.17 q ha^-1) and straw yield (61.40 q ha^-1) and maximum harvest index (42.92%) are also recorded with 125% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 Vermicompost (T₉). Maximum net return 77,439.71 Rs. Ha^-1 was observed with 125% RDF + 5 t ha^-1 FYM (T₈) and in case of B:C ratio treatment 100% RDF (T₂) was recorded highest B:C ratio (1.88).