Table 3 Growth, yield component and yield of wheat as influenced by conservation practices in cultivated lands of Bashe micro-watershed, 2018
Conservation practices | Plant height (cm) | Total tiller (No.m−2) | Productive tiller (No.m−2) | Biomass yield (t ha−1) | Straw (t ha−1) | Spike length (cm) | Grain yield (t ha−1) | Thousand seed weight (g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-conserved | 67.20c | 348.17c | 309.87c | 5.93c | 3.30c | 4.20c | 2.47b | 27.56c |
Physical SWC-2 year | 72.10b | 396.30bc | 365.40b | 6.67bc | 4.16b | 4.66bc | 2.67b | 34.10b |
Integrated SWC-2 year | 72.56b | 451.87ab | 419.77ab | 7.63b | 4.83b | 5.66b | 2.78b | 36.50b |
Physical SWC-5 year | 71.33bc | 482.73a | 464.23a | 7.53b | 4.16b | 5.23bc | 3.33b | 34.60b |
Integrated SWC-5 year | 89.90a | 476.53a | 469.13a | 11.00a | 6.73a | 8.56a | 4.27a | 49.73a |
LSD0.05 | 4.17 | 56.014 | 55.383 | 1.3451 | 0.815 | 1.16 | 0.87 | 2.93 |
CV (%) | 3.07 | 7.14 | 7.5 | 9.54 | 9.65 | 11.25 | 15.45 | 4.42 |