Effect of soil fertility improvement practices on yield of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

A field trial was conducted under On Farm Trial (OFT) at 4 farmers field by Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Bharari, Jhansi, Chandra Shekhar Azad Univ. & Agric. & Tech., Kanpur U.P. during the two consecutive years 2009–10 and 2010–11, respectively to know the effect of various Soil Fertility Improvement Practices like T₁ - Farmers Practice (Control No Recycling of crop residues & Green manuring of Dhaincha), T₂ -Recycling of Green manuring of Dhaincha and T₃ - Recycling of crop residues + Green manuring of Dhaincha on yield of wheat crop. Treatment T₃ was observed to produce highest improvement (0.50 percent) in the OC content of the soil during both the years resulting in highest yield of wheat (67.4 per cent) followed by treatment T₂ (48.7 per cent) as compared to treatment T₁ - Farmers Practice (Control - No Recycling of crop residues+ Green manuring of Dhaincha). The net profit from various treatment (T₁, T₂ and T₃) was Rs. 14070, 23263 and 24842 per ha, respectively.