Author(s):

Praveen KM, B Mehera, Madhu BM and Amith G

Abstract: The present study was conducted at the nursery of school of forestry, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad to study the effect of different dates of sowing on growth and yield attributes of different cultivars of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under Allahabad region during Rabi season 2016-17. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Block Design with three replications. The experiment consists of three dates of sowing D₁=5^th November, D₂= 15^th November and D₃=25^th November. The varieties used were V₁=HD-2967, V₂=PBW-502 & V₃=PBW-154. Sowing dates and varieties both significantly affected the plant height, number of tillers, Number of spikelets per spike, test weight, straw yield and grain yield. In case of sowing dates significantly maximum grain yield (41.7q ha^-1) was obtained when crop was sown on 15^th November (D₂) against the minimum grain yield (39.6q ha^-1) in case of late sowing i.e. 5^th November (D₁). Among of varieties HD-2967 (V₁) gave significantly maximum yield (41.5q ha^-1) while minimum yield (39.1q ha^-1) was obtained by PBW-154 (V₃).

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