Studies on Irrigation Scheduling, Moisture Conservation Practices and Nutrient Management on Performance of Wheat (Triticum Aestivum L.)

A field experiment was conducted during two consecutive Rabi seasons 2020-21 and 2021-22 at Students’ Instructional Farm of Chandra Shekhar Azad University Agriculture Technology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. The allocated three irrigation scheduling namely: I1: irrigations CRI (crown root initiation) Jointing stage, I2: CRI, Booting stage I3: Four Tillering, Milking moisture conservation practices viz: M0: without mulching M1: Organic mulch the rate 10 t ha-1 + Kaolin 6% spray nutrient management N1: 100% Recommended dose fertilizers (RDF) (150:60:40 kg NPK), N2: 85% RDF yard manure (FYM) @ 5.0 N3: 75% FYM 10.0 ha-1. laid out in double split plot design with replications. On pooled basis years experimentation results indicated that, four recorded significantly highest value crop growth (CGR) (13.15 19.28 g m-2 day-1 30-60 60-90 days after sowing (DAS), respectively), grain yield (4381.60 ha-1) consumptive use water (457.39 mm) while, efficiency (11.97 received under over rest schedules. In respect practices, organic (11.41 compared to treatment (380.72 mulching. Integration maximum (10.99 other treatments (381.41 RDF.