1M.Sc. (Ag) Student, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
2Professor, Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
3Ph.D. Student, Department of Geophysics
4Professor, Department of Geophysics
5SRF, FASAL Project
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh-221 005
*Corresponding author Email: sksingh_1965@rediffmail.com
Based on M.Sc. (Ag) thesis of first author submitted to BHU, Varanasi (unpublished)
A field experiment was conducted during the winter (rabi) season 2010–11 at Agricultural Research Farm, BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, to study the effect of sowing dates and fertilizer levels on growth and yield of wheat [Triticum aestivum (L.) emend. Fiori & Paol.]. Sowing dates and fertilizer levels significantly affected the number of tillers, plant height, dry-matter accumulation, ear weight, ear length, grains/ear, 1,000-grain weight, grain and straw yield. Grain yield decreased with delay in the sowing dates. Maximum grain yield (3.66 t/ha) was recorded when the crop was sown on 20 November and the minimum (3.17 t/ha) when sown on 23 December.
Crop production, Fertilizer, Sowing dates, Wheat
