To assess the accomplishment of new wheat varieties (Triticum aestivum L.) under various dates of sowing and agro-ecosystem of northern part of Madhya Pradesh

Author: Rajesh Jadav, S.P.S. Tomar, Kiran Makwana*, Akhilesh Parmar and M.L. Jadav

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Abstract

The present experiment was conducted at Research Farm, All India Coordinated Wheat Improvement Project, RVSKVV, College of Agriculture, Gwalior (M.P.) during the year 2017- 2018, to evaluate the new varieties of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) in various dates of sowing under irrigated condition. For this research in total six wheat varieties namely- HS 562, HD 2967, HD 3086, HI 1544, MACS 6222, WR 544 were taken and the same were evaluated under two dates of sowing dates viz 10 November and 15 December 2017. The pooled data professed that crop sown on 10 November showed promising results in terms of grain yield i.e. 5720 kg/ha while the crop sown on 15 December results in reduced grain yield (5292 kg/ha). Out of six wheat varieties, Variety HD 2967 resulted in significantly highest grain and straw yield per hectare.

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Triticum aestivum, different sowing dates, grain yield, irrigated conditions

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