Performance of Wheat with Different Sowing Techniques under Rice-Wheat Cropping System

The present study aims at investigating the impacts of different planting methods on the growth and yield of wheat. The five different agronomic sowing methods covers Broadcasting of seed and cross ploughing by cultivator (T1), sowing of wheat by zero tilled seed drill (T2), two cross ploughing by cultivator than broadcasting of seed (T3), two cross ploughing by cultivator than sowing behind the plough (T4) and two cross ploughing by cultivator than sowing of wheat by zero tilled seed drill (T5) were applied to check the performance of growth and yield of wheat. Sowing methods of wheat recorded statistically significant difference in growth as well as yield attributing characters of wheat and it was produced maximum in treatment T2, where sowing of wheat was done by zero tillage. Grain yield (35.6 q/ha) and straw yield (44.9 q/ha) of wheat were also produced maximum when wheat was sown by method of zero tillage. The treatments T1 was recorded significantly lower grain and straw yield of wheat.