Grain quality, soil fertility status and nutrient uptake pattern of emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum L.) under system of wheat intensification

Maintaining sustainable soil fertility level and enhancing emmer wheat production on smallholder farms is a great challenge in the Northern Dry Zone of Karnataka. Therefore, the present investigation on the grain quality, soil fertility status and nutrient uptake pattern of emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccum L.) under System of Wheat Intensification (SWI) in irrigated ecosystem conditions. Field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2022-23 at Research field of Ugar Khurd, Belagavi, Karnataka. The experiment was laid out in a split plot design with four main plots viz., Gokak local and DDK 1029 with and without seed priming and four planting geometries viz., 30 × 15 cm; 45 × 15 cm; 20 × 20 cm and 20 cm (RPP) in sub plots under three replications. The primed seeds sown at 30 × 15 cm planting geometry recoded significantly higher number of effective tillers (463.83 m^-2), grain yield (44.13 q ha^-1), straw yield (70.64 q ha^-1), biological yield (114.77 q ha^-1), grain protein content (12.54 %), nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium content (2.65, 0.54 and 1.78 %) and total nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium uptake (133.63, 28.38 and 112.44 kg ha^-1) as compared to un-primed seeds with other planting geometries.