A field experiment on wheat variety PBW343 was conducted under poplar plantation and in open field with four fertility levels of N0 P0K0, N100P40K20, N120P60K40 and N140P80K60 kg/ha at Allahabad (U.P.) during 2011–12 and 2012–13. The results revealed that growth, yield attributes, yield and monetary returns were recorded higher in sole wheat grown in open field. Sole wheat produced 36.99 and 37.11 q/ha grain yield and earned Rs 33494 and 34119/ha net return against 30.42 and 27.06 q/ha yield and Rs 23086 and 16726/ha net return of wheat under poplar plantation during 2011–12 and 2012–13, respectively. Fertility of N100P80K60 kg/ha produced highest of 36.75 and 32.68 q/ha grain yield under poplar plantation and 47.50 and 47.60 q/ha in sole wheat and earned Rs 30951 and 21675/ha net return under poplar plantation and Rs 47923 and 48857/ha in sole wheat during 2011–12 and 2012–13, respectively. Thus, wheat under poplar reduced grain yield by 17.8 and 27.1% and net return by 31.1 and 51.0% during 201112 and 2012–13, respectively.
Wheat, Poplar, Fertility, Yield, Economics
