Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: The study was carried out in the field during the rabi seasons of 2020-21 and 2021-22 under irrigated conditions on loam soil to assess the growth attributes of wheat as impacted by tillage practices and residue mulch application.The treatments comprised of two tillage methods viz., T 1 : conventional tillage and T 2 : Minimum tillage, five residue mulch application viz., M 1 : No residue, M 2 : soybean residue, M 3 : maize residue, M 4 : groundnut residue and M 5 : glyricidia mulch and control (weed free check).The study was organized using a split plot design with 10 treatment combinations, incorporating a randomized complete block design for comparison between control and treatments.The findings showed that conventional tillage exhibited notably higher growth parameter viz., plant height (31.0, 70.5 and 83.6 cm), number of tillers/m 2 (220.9,372.4 and 427.4), plant dry weight (9.9, 25.1 and 104.5 g) at 30, 60 DAS and at harvest, respectively, SPAD value (45.5, 47.3 and 38.6 at 30, 60 and 90 DAS, respectively) and grain yield (33.01 q/ha) as compared to minimum tillage.Among residue mulch, application of glyricidia mulch showed increased plant height (31.9, 71.4 and 84.8 cm), number of tillers/m 2 (231.9,375.1 and 436.5), plant dry weight (11.3, 25.8 and 105.9 g) at 30, 60 DAS and at harvest, respectively, SPAD value (46.1, 47.8 and 39.8 at 30, 60 and 90 DAS, respectively) and grain yield (35.02 q/ha) compared to no residue, groundnut, soybean and maize residue.The combination of conventional tillage with glyricidia residue registered higher plant height, plant dry weight, number of tillers/m 2 , SPAD value and grain yield compared to other treatment combinations.
Source: PLANT ARCHIVES
Language: English
Subfield: Soil Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4409298917