Evaluation of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genotypes under irrigated and rainfed conditions in intermediate zone of Jammu and Kashmir

Abstract

Field experiments were carried out at the research farm of Regional Agricultural Research Station, Rajouri, SKUAST-Jammu during 2013 – 2016 rabi season under irrigated (IC) and rainfed conditions (RC) of inter-mediate zone of UT of Jammu & Kashmir in order to determine the high adaptive yielding with high quality bread wheat genotypes.The experiments were laid out in a randomized block design with 4 replications and six varieties of wheat. Genotypes were significantly different among themselves for all the phenological traits under irrigated and rainfed conditions. The pooled results of three years revealed that wheat genotypes VL 804 and HS 562 performed better in terms of growth, yield attributes and yield under irrigated condition compared to genotypes cultivated under rainfed condition. However, genotypes VL 907 and HS 507 ‘Improved’ found better in growth and yield than other genotypes under rainfed condition. The highest net returns of Rs. 76924 ha-1 and B:C ratio of 2.86 was recorded with in genotype VL 804 under irrigated condition and net returns of Rs. 39903 ha-1 and B:C ratio (2.78) in genotype VL 907 under rainfed condition.