Effect of levels of sodic irrigation water on growth and yield attributing characteristics, yield and quality parameters of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

Abstract

A pot experiment was conducted at Net House, Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science, College of Agriculture, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh to assess the effect of different levels of sodic irrigation water on growth and yield attributing characters, yield and quality parameters of wheat crop during the rabi- 2017. The experiment comprising of four levels of sodic irrigation water viz., 5.0, 10.0, 15.0 and 20.0 SAR (one factor) in completely randomized design (Factorial) replicated three times. Application of different levels of sodic irrigation water produced significant effect on days to heading, plant height (cm), number of tillers per plant, number of grains per spike, number of spikelets per spike, grain and straw yield, weight of 1000 grain and protein content (%) and produced non-significant effect on germination percentage, length of main spike (cm), number of grains per spikelet and days to maturity. The highest grain and straw yield of wheat crop was observed with the SAR- 5.0 and found lowest with SAR-20.0.