Effect of Foliar Application of Zinc and Boron on Growth and Yield Components of Wheat

Abstract

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is a member of family gramineae. In Pakistan, wheat is used as a staple food. Wheat plays a major role in the world food trade. Wheat provides around 20% of protein and calories consumed around the world. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa it was grown on about 0.746 million hectares with annual production of 1.76 million tones. The average yield was 2359 kg ha-1 [1]. Wheat is the major source of plant-based human nutrition and a part of daily dietary need in one form or the other. A conservative estimate illustrates two and half times low yield in Pakistan than other wheat producing countries of the world including China, India, USA, Russia and France [2].