STUDIES ON DIFFERENT TILLAGE TREATMENTS FOR GROWING WHEAT UNDER PADDY-WHEAT ROTATION
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https://doi.org/10.52151/Abstract
The experiment was conducted for growing wheat after paddy harvesting. Five tillage treatments were evaluated with respect to time, fuel consumption, energy use, and energy output-input ratio. Soil parameters such as bulk density, cone index and clod mean weight diameter were recorded. The crop parameters such as germination, tillering and yield under various treatments were also recorded. The total energy comprised of the direct energy for tillage, sowing, fertilizer and weedicide application, irrigation, harvesting, threshing and indirect energy of seed, fertilizer and chemical. For tillage operations emphasis was laid on direct energy. Time, fuel and tillage energy were minimum for T1 treatment comprising of harrow plough+ rotavator x l +planking x 1 and these values were 9.25 h/ha, 38.62 I ha/, and 2192.3 MJ/ha respectively. However, maximum germination, tillering and yield were recorded in Tl treatment comprising of rotavator x 2 + planking x I. On the basis of direct tillage energy and output-input ratio T1 treatment was found most energy efficient system whereas on the basis of total direct\md indirect energy and output-input ratio Tl treatment was found most energy efficient.
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