Performance of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Cultivars under system of Wheat Intensification and Conventional methods of Sowing on Economics

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted to determine the study of varieties as influenced by system of planting and spacing on wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) during the winter season (Rabi) of 2019. The experiment consists of 9 treatments with 3 replications laid out in a randomized block design. Three cultivars and Methods of sowing i.e. conventional, SWI at 15×15 cm, SWI at 20×20 cm at Crop Research Farm, Department of Agronomy, Faculty of Agriculture, SHUATS, Prayagraj. System of wheat intensification significantly influenced the yield attribute characters, yield and Economics of wheat. The result concluded that the treatment (20×20 cm + PBW343) recorded highest spike length (12.4 cm). However, higher grain yield (5.51 t/ha), straw yield (6.41 t/ha), harvest index (46.26 %), gross return (118669 ₹/ha), net return (86322 ₹/ha) and benefit cost ratio (2.67) was recorded with (15×15 cm + SHIATS W6).