Author(s):

Harishankar, GP Pali, GS Tomar, Vijay Kumar and Anjum Ahmad

Abstract: A field experiment was conducted at the Instructional Cum Research Farm of the Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh during winter seasons of 2015-16 and 2016-17 to study the effect of method of sowing and seed rate on soil physico-chemical properties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The treatment combination of 3 methods of sowing viz. Broadcast methods of sowing (M₁), Line sowing (M₂) and Criss cross methods of sowing (M₃) as main plot and 5 seed rates based on 100 kg ha^-1 (SR₁), 125 kg ha^-1 (SR₂), 150 kg ha^-1 (SR₃), 175 kg ha^-1(SR₄) and 200 kg ha^-1 (SR₅) sub-plot was laid out in split plot design with three replications. Results revealed that NPK content in grain and straw was obtained non-significant under methods of sowing and seed rates. However, maximum NPK content was observed in broadcast methods of sowing and seed rates 100 kg per ha^-1. Different methods of sowing and seed rates were also found non-significant in available NPK in soil after harvest.

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