Vol. 11, Issue 2 (2022)

Author(s):
Naveen Kumar Maurya, NB Singh, Kishan Kumar, Pradeep Kumar Kanaujia, Prithvi Raj and Pushpendra Yadav

Abstract:
A field experiment was carried out at Agronomy Research Farm of Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology, Narendra Nagar (Kumarganj), Faizabad (U.P.) during Rabi season of 2016-17 to study the response of Organic farming packages on growth, yield and quality of wheat. The experiment consisting of 9 treatments viz, T₁ (0% Control), T₂ (50% RDF), T₃ (100% RDF), T₄ (50% RDF + 50% Vermicompost), T₅ (50% RDF + 50% FYM), T₆ (50% RDF+25% poultry manure) T₇ (75% RDF+ 25% Vermicompost), T₈ (75% RDF+ 25% FYM), T₉ (75% RDF + 25% poultry manure). The experiment was conducted in Randomized Block Design (R.B.D.) with three replications on silt loam soil with low in organic carbon (0.34%), nitrogen (161.43kg ha^-1) and medium in phosphorus (14.71kg ha^-1) and potassium (240.33kg ha^-1). The growth characters like plant height, number of tillers, dry matter accumulation, leaf area index were significantly higher with the application of 75% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) through inorganic sources + 25% N through poultry manure (T₉) being at par with T₈, T₇, T₆, T₄, and T₃.The yield components like number of effective tillers, length of spike, number of grains spike^-1 were maximum with the application of 75% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) through inorganic sources + 25% N through poultry manure (T₉) being at par with T₈, T₇, T₆, T₄, and T_3. Grain yield (kg ha^-1) and straw yield (kg ha^-1) were maximum with the application of 75% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) through inorganic sources + 25% N through poultry manure (T₉) being at par with T₈, T₇, T₆, T₄ and T₃. Harvest index and 1000 grain weight (g) were not influenced significantly due to nutrient management practices. Thus, it may be concluded that Organic farming practice of 75% recommended dose of fertilizer (RDF) clubbed with 25% poultry manure proved as the most suitable practice to get more yield and benefit.