Studies Of Foliar Application With Zinc And Iron On Growth Yield And Quality Of Wheat Triticum Aestivum L Under Normal And Late Sown Conditions

Abstract

The field experiments were conducted at Student s Instructional Farm, of Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.) India, during Rabi seasons i.e. 2017-18 and 2018-19. The objectives of investigation were to Studies of foliar application with zinc and iron on growth, yield and quality of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) under normal and late sown conditions . It was designed in split plot design with three replications. The two date of sowing i.e. timely (D1) and late sown (D2) conditions were allocated in the main plots and in sub plot that significantly higher yield (kg/ha), (4951 and 5110) significant higher with normal sown condition with both years, Foliar spray application of zinc 200 ppm showed significantly better response both years i.e. (4852 and 5008) and iron level 200 ppm given statistically best response i.e. (4823 and 4978) compare to control. The same results were recorded with morphological traits, physiological traits, phonological traits and biochemical traits. Traits like grain growth rate, number of grain per spike, test weight, harvest index, zinc content in grain, iron content in grain and protein content exhibit same results enhancing to get higher grain yield of wheat with both concerning experimental years. Traits like plant height (0.9979** and 0.9978**) at 120 days after sown, leaf area (0.9821** and 0.9804**) at 90 DAS, leaf area index (0.9832** and 0.9804**) 90 DAS, chlorophyll content (0.9940** and 0.9539**), specific leaf weight (0.9403** newlineand 0.9298**), iron content in grain (0.9192** and 0.9192**), protein content in grain (0.0811 and 0.0524), zinc content in grain (0.9188**), number of grain spike-1 (0.9967** and 0.9833**), harvest index (0.9952** and 0.9646**) and test weight (0.9189** and 0.9158**) can be used to get higher yield in breeding programme as they showed significantly higher positive correlation with grain yield during both corresponding years. newline newline newline