Title: Effect of nutrient management practices on wheat grain quality under<i>Basmati</i>Rice-wheat system
Abstract: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of nutrient management practices on wheat grain quality in basmati rice-wheat system. Wheat grain samples were taken from a long term fertilizer experiment which is in progress since rabi 2006–07, after harvest of wheat crop in 2014. Ten treatments applied to wheat crop included unfertilized, recommended fertilizer (RF), integrated nutrient management [75 percent RF + 200 kg N ha−1 from FYM (INM1) and RF + 200 kg N ha−1 from FYM (INM2)] and N applied at 300 and 400 kg N ha−1 through FYM, vermicompost and rice straw compost. The results indicated that grain yield of wheat was maximum in integrated nutrient management and recommended fertilizer treatments. Maximum value of quality parameters viz grain appearance score, grain hardness, thousand grain weight, hectoliter weight and sedimentation rate were achieved in treatments receiving organic sources either alone or in combination with chemical fertilizers while protein content was maximum under recommended fertilizer treatment. Minimum value of these quality attributes was achieved in unfertilized plot i.e. control. The results suggested that use of organic manures either alone or in combination with fertilizers improved all wheat grain quality parameters except the protein content which was more in treatment receiving chemical fertilizers.
Publication Year: 2015
Publication Date: 2015-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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