Impact of Different Planting Techniques on Yield and its Component of Six Bread Wheat Cultivars

Abstract

Agronomic practices must be continuously reevaluated to enhance crop performance and the sustainability of bread wheat production, especially in light of changing genetic and climatic conditions. The bread wheat planting techniques and cultivars recommended for typical climatic conditions might not be appropriate in the current era of increased climate variability. As a result, a field study was carried out at El-Gemmeiza Agricultural Research Station, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt, during the two succeeding growing seasons, 2021–2022, and 2022–2023. The objective of this study was to explore the impact of three different planting techniques, broadcasting, drilling, and raised beds, on six bread wheat cultivars: Giza 171, Misr 3, Misr 4, Sakha 95, Nubaria 2, and Sids 14, by yield and yield components. The wheat cultivar Misr 3 produced the highest grain yield (10.51 and10.29 t/ha), surpassing other studied cultivars. In comparison to the drilling technique (9.94 and 9.30 t/ha) and the broadcasting technique (9.49 and 8.72 t/ha), the raised beds technique (10.59 and 10.59 t/ha) proved to be the most effective planting technique respectively. In terms of interaction, the Misr 4 wheat cultivar with the raised beds technique yielded the highest grain yield (11.67 and 11.45 t/ha). However, when using the broadcasting technique, the wheat cultivar Nubaria 2 produced the lowest grain yield (8.27 and 8.11 t/ha) in the consecutive year.