Vol. 11, Special Issue 8 (2022)

Author(s):
Prince, Amrendra Kumar Yadav, Tanisha Gehlot, AK Singh, SR Mishra, AN Mishra and Rajan Choudhary

Abstract:
A field experiment was conducted to study about performance of wheat crop grown under variable weather conditions (Triticum aestivum L) in the year 2020-21. The experiment was comprised of three different dates of sowing viz. (15^th Nov., 25^th Nov. and 5^th Dec.) and three varieties (viz. NW- 5054, DBW-252 and HD-2967). The results revealed that various date of sowing / weather variability and varieties of wheat significantly affected the number of tillers m^-2 at all the stages of crop growth except 15 and 30 DAS. Higher number of tillers m^-2 was recorded with 15^th Nov. date of sowing which was at par with 25^th Nov date of sowing while significantly superior over 05^th Dec. date of sowing at all the stage of crop growth. In case of varieties the higher number of tillers m^-2 was recorded with variety NW-5054 which was at par with DBW-252 while significantly superior over HD- 2967 at all the stages of crop growth. The results revealed that Grain yield of wheat was significantly affected by different date of sowing / weather variability and varieties of wheat. As regard date of sowing / weather variability, higher grains yield was recorded with 15^th Nov. date of sowing which was at par with 25^th Nov date of sowing while significantly superior over 05^th Dec weather variability. In case of varieties the, higher grain yield was recorded with variety NW-5054 which was at par with DBW-252 and significantly superior over HD-2967 variety.