37. Impact of harvesting timing and drying methods on yield attributes of wheat variety tj-83

Abstract

The study was carried out during the year 2015-16 to investigate the impact of harvesting times and drying methods on yield attributes of promising wheat TJ-83. Eight parameters of economic importance were studied which included: moisture content (%), plant height (cm), grains spikes m^-2, spikelets spike^-1, spike length (cm), harvesting index (%), biological yield (kg ha^-1) and grain yield (kg ha^-1). The results showed that wheat crop harvested on 130 (DAS) resulted in maximum 11.87% moisture content, 83.33 cm plant height, 54.33 grains spikes m^-2, 12.11 spikelets spike^-1, 19.33 cm spike length, 48.18% harvest index, 9946.67 kg biological yield ha^-1 and 4792.00 kg grain yield ha^-1. In case of drying methods, bag store resulted in highest 11.78% moisture content, 81.25 cm plant height, 51.75 grains spikes m^-2, 10.91 spikelets spike^-1, 18.66 cm spike length, 47.39% harvest index, 9693.8 kg biological yield ha^-1 and 4453.8 kg grain yield ha^-1 followed by bag (open). Lease figure yield ha^-1 and 4372.7 kg grain yield ha^-1.

Keywords: Drying methods; Harvesting time; Wheat variety; Yield attributes

http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2023.120043