1School of Agricultural Sciences, IIMT University, Meerut-250 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
2School of Sciences, IIMT University, Meerut-250 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
3School of Agriculture, Uttaranchal University, Dehradun-248 007, Uttarakhand, India
4Faculty of Agriculture Shri Ram College, Muzaffarnagar (An Autonomous College), Meerut-250 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
5Computer Science and Engineering, IIMT University, Meerut250 001, Uttar Pradesh, India
*Corresponding Author: Suhal Sardar, School of Agricultural Sciences, IIMT University, Meerut-250 001, Uttar Pradesh, India. Email: suhalsardar696@gmail.com
Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at a world level vital, primitive staple cereal (ranked second after rice) providing essential nutrition to over a billion people. Firstly, used for flour, it contains gluten, which is crucial for bread, pasta and baked goods. India is self-determined in food grain production but with increasing population pressure food grain production as well as quality has to be elongated. Due to increase in cropping density in Indian soil, there is deficiency of primary elements like N, P and K and micronutrients like zinc, which reduces the yield of wheat crop. The deficiency of zinc increase the chlorosis, stunted plant height, reduce the size of leaves, numbers of tillers and dry matter of plants. Therefore a congestive use of zinc and vermicompost may positively improve the crop performance of wheat crop.
The experiment evaluate the impact of soil application of various levels of zinc and vermicompost on soil fertility and productivity of wheat in sandy loam soil in the rabi season 2024-25 at the farming land of IIMT University Meerut. Experiment was conducted on wheat variety PBW-303 in randomized block design with the combinations of 9 treatments and 3 replications and the total plots are 27.
The experimental finding exhibited that the treatment T9 where recommended NPK and vermicompost @ 3t ha-1used with micronutrients mixture @25 kg ha-1 was recorded maximum plant height, number of tillers m-2, dry matter accumulation, yield attributes, grain, straw, biological yield and harvest index among all the other treatments. The maximum availability of N (231.44), P (24.29) and K (249.22) kg ha-1 during experimental year was analysed in T4 where 100% RDF was combined with VC @ 3 t ha-1 and it is similar to the treatment T9 where micronutrients mixture @ 25 kg ha-1was supplied with100% NPK and VC @ 3 t ha-1. The highest value (2.01 ppm) of available zinc was recorded in the treatment T8 where 20 kg Zn ha-1 through ZnSO4 was used with VC.
Micronutrients mixture, Productivity, Soil properties, Vermicomposting, Wheat, Zinc
