Effect Of Gypsum and Zinc on Performance and Nutrient Content of Wheat Crop under Sodic Water Irrigation
Effect of gypsum and zinc on wheat irrigating with sodic water
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Rajpaul Yadav
Department of Soil Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
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Kapil Kumar
Department of Soil Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
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Kiran Kumari
Department of Soil Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
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Ram Prakash
Department of Soil Science, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India
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Ajay Singh
Regional Research Station of CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Rohtak, Haryana, India
Keywords:
Grain yield, Gypsum, Nutrient content, Residual sodium carbonate, Sodification, ZincAbstract
Irrigation using ground water having high residual sodium carbonate (RSC) is a serious problem as it causes soil sodification adversely affecting crop production. Gypsum application is frequently advised to counteract the negative effects of sodic water on soil. With the intensive cropping of high yielding varieties of rice and wheat in the state, deficiency of zinc in rice and manganese in wheat emerged as threats to sustaining high level of food grain production. Therefore, the present investigation was conducted to evaluate the effect of gypsum and zinc on growth, yield and nutrient content of wheat (Triticum aestivum) under sodic water irrigation. The experiment was conducted under field conditions during Rabi 2021-22 at farmers’ field in Mahendergarh district of Haryana. The experiment was laid out in a randomized block design with three replications. The treatments comprised four levels of gypsum [0 kg ha-1 (G0), 50 kg ha-1(G50), 75 kg ha-1(G75) and 100 kg ha-1 (G100)] and four levels of zinc (0, 5, 10 and 25 kg Zn ha-1). The results revealed that different levels of gypsum and zinc application had significant effect on growth, yield and nutrient content in grain of wheat. Among different levels of gypsum, application of 100 kg gypsum ha-1recorded the highest yield attributes, grain yield and nutrient content in wheat. The highest value of these parameters was recorded with 25 kg Zn ha-1 among different zinc treatments. From the present study it was concluded that application of gypsum to 100% neutralization of RSC of irrigation water and zinc at 25 kg ha-1 was found optimum in situations where irrigation water is sodic and soil is deficient in zinc.
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