Pantnagar Journal of Research

Abstract

The field experiment was carried out during Rabi season of 2020-2021 at experimental block of School of Agricultural Sciences of the Shri Guru Ram Rai University (SAS-SGRRU), Pathribagh, Dehradun, Uttarakhand to study the effect of various nutrient management approaches on growth, yield, quality and net profit of the wheat crop. The experiment was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with eight treatments viz., Control (T1 ), 100 % RDF (T2 ), 0 % RDF + FYM @ 3 t ha-1 (T3 ), 0 % RDF + FYM @ 3 t ha-1 + PSB (T4 ), 50 % RDF + FYM @ 3 t ha-1 (T5 ), 50 % RDF + FYM @ 3 t ha-1 + PSB (T6 ), 75 % RDF + FYM @ 3 t ha-1 (T7 ) and 75 % RDF + FYM @ 3 t ha-1 + PSB (T8 ) which were replicated three times. The soil of the experimental field was sandy loam with low available nitrogen & organic carbon, medium available phosphorous and available potassium. Application of 50 % RDF + FYM @ 3 t ha-1 recorded 74.3 % more wheat grain yield; 34.2 and 79.7 % more wet and dry gluten per cent respectively, compared to 100 % RDF, which is significantly higher than other nutrient management approaches. Substitution of 50 % inorganic fertilizers with FYM can be adopted for economical viable and sustainable wheat production with improved yield and quality in Western Himalayan region of Uttarakhand.