Interactive effect of Gibberellic Acid and Nitrogen Sources on Quality and Yield of Wheat under Different Tillage Systems | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Soil Science | ||
| Article 11, Volume 65, Issue 1, March 2025, Pages 149-162 PDF (612.77 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejss.2024.326112.1873 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Farad Farad1; Abdul Basir1; Fazli Wahid1; Muhammad Adnan1; Mushtaq Ahmad Khan1; Farahat S. Moghanm2; Adel Ghoneim* 3 | ||
| 1Department of Agriculture, University of Swabi, Anbar-23561, Swabi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | ||
| 2Soil and Water Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Kafr Elsheikh University, Kafr El-Sheikh 33516, Egypt | ||
| 3Field Crops Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza 12112, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The injudicious application of synthetic nitrogen (N) fertilizer has adversely affected soil quality and the overall ecosystem. In this scenario, a two-year field experiments were carried out at the Agriculture Research Station (ARS) Swabi to evaluate the role of various sources of nitrogen (120 kg N ha-1) together with gibberellic acid (GA applied at the rate of100 mg L-1 as foliar spray) for achieving quality wheat production under different tillage systems (conventional and deep tillage system). The maximum thousand-grain weight (53.2 g), grain yield (3915 kg ha-1), biological yield (11668 kg ha-1), and harvest index (32.3%), were observed in plots where N was applied 50% each as farmyard and poultry manure along with gibberellic acid (FYM+PM+GR). Similarly, plots treated with FYM+PM+GR resulted highest grain and straw N content, and grain protein which were 61.1, 51.9 and 39.8% higher than control, respectively. Deep tillage system was found better than conventional tillage with respect to all tested traits. The integrated application of organic manures along with gibberellic acid improved wheat yield and quality under deep tillage system (once in five years) and should be adopted by farmers for obtaining quality yield of wheat. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Chemical fertilizers; Grain yield; Gibberellic acid; Poultry manure; Tillage system | ||
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