EFFECT OF ROW ORIENTATION AND NITROGEN ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE L.) UNDER IRRIGATED CONDITIONS OF PUNJAB

P. SINGH¹*, M. LAL², S. SINGH³, T. SINGH^4
1PG Department of Agriculture, GSSDGS Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjab, India
²PG Department of Agriculture, GSSDGS Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjab, India
³PG Department of Agriculture, GSSDGS Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjab, India
⁴PG Department of Agriculture, GSSDGS Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjab, India
* Corresponding Author : brarpawanpreet12@gmail.com

Received : 30-08-2019     Accepted : 13-09-2019     Published : 15-09-2019
Volume : 11     Issue : 17       Pages : 9011 - 9013
Int J Agr Sci 11.17 (2019):9011-9013

Keywords : Row orientation, Nitrogen levels, Plant height, Dry matter production, Grain yield, Straw yield and Harvest index
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to Department of Agriculture, GSSDGS Khalsa College, Patiala, 147001, Punjab, India
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The field experiment was conduct during rabi season of 2016-17 at “Campus for Research and Advance Studies” G.S.S.D.G.S. Khalsa College, Dhablan, Patiala. A set of 12 treatment combinations including four method of row orientation (Broadcasting (S1), East- West (S2), North- South (S3), Bi- directional (S4)) in main plot and three levels of nitrogen (30, 45, 60 kg ha-1) in sub plots. Treatments were replicated four times as per split- plot design of experimentation. Crop sown with Bi- directional (S4) method of sowing resulted better growth (plant height (92.04 cm), dry matter production (86.88 q ha-1) parameters and yield attributes (ear length (12.50 cm), Number of grains per spikes (35.28) and test weight (38.74 g), grain yield (39.91 q ha-1) and harvest index (40.24 %) than other method of sowing like Broadcasting (S1), East- West (S2), North- South (S3), Application of 60 kg N per hectare resulted in improvement in most of the growth parameter (plant height (92.46 cm), dry matter production (86.88 q ha-1)and yield attributes (ear length (12.12 cm), No. of grains per ear (35.79), test weight (36.20 g), grain yield (38.33 q ha-1) and harvest index (40.80 %) and protein content (11.43 %) in grain.

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