Quality of Bread Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) as Influenced by Different Nutrient Management Approaches under Northern Transitional Zone of Karnataka
Ummesalma Sanadi *
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad- 580 005, Karnataka, India.
K. K. Math
Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad- 580 005, Karnataka, India.
Kumar D. Lamani
Department of Agronomy, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad- 580 005, Karnataka, India.
Uday G. Reddy
Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad- 580 005, Karnataka, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The field experiments were conducted at the Research Farm of AICW&BIP, Main Agricultural Research Station, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during rabi 2020-21 and 2021-22 and was laid out in Randomized Complete Block Design with 15 treatments replicated thrice to evaluate the performance of wheat quality to various nutrient management approaches. The pooled data onto two years indicated that application of 275:40.33:135.2 kg of N:P2O5:K2O ha-1 for yield target of 55 q ha-1 under SSNM practices significantly increased the protein content (13.43 %), wet gluten (34.7 %), dry gluten (11.9 %), gluten index (81.6 %), sedimentation value (46.3 ml) and yellow pigment (5.93 ppm) in wheat grain and it was found on par with yield targets at 50 and 45 q ha-1 under SSNM.
Keywords: Quality, SSNM, STCR, STL, targeted yield, wheat