Optimization of sowing time of different wheat varieties under poplar based agroforestry system

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season of 2015-16 at Experimental site of Agroforestry Research Centre of G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar dist. US Nagar, India to study the performance of different wheat varieties (DPW-621-50, UP-2628, UP-2526 and UP-2565) under open and poplar based agroforestry system on different date of sowing (4th November, 24th November and 14th December). The study indicated that normal date of sowing (24th November) was much suitable for getting higher yield of wheat under open farming as well as under agroforestry systems in the tarai region of Uttarakhand.