IMPACT OF NPK APPLICATIONS ON THE NUMBER OF PRODUCTIVE TILLERS AND COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF WHEAT IN HILL–TORRENT IRRIGATED AREA OF
D. I. KHAN DIVISION, KHYBER PAKHTOONKHWA
M. Niamatullah, M. Khan, M. Q. Khan, M. Sadiq, K. U. Zaman*, C.S. Hayat*** and S. Rehman**
Faculty of Agriculture, *Department of Economics, Gomal University, D. I. Khan, Pakistan, **Agricultural Research Institute, D. I. Khan, Pakistan, ****Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Baha-ud-Din Zakaria University, Multan, Pakistan.
Corresponding author email: niamatullahbabar@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
An experimental trial was carried out on two variable textured soils of farmer fields in the hill- torrent irrigated area of Dera Ismail Khan Division (Khyber Pakhtoonkhwa) Pakistan during the years 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 with wheat variety (Daman-98) to observe the result of impact factor of NPK Kg ha-1 viz T1 0-0-0, T2 20-0-0, T3 40-20-0, T4 40-20-10, T5 60-30-20, T6 80-40-30 and T7 100-50-40 in terms of number of productive tillers- m-2 and cost benefit analysis of fertilizer applications on wheat in Randomized Block Design with three repeats. The results revealed that treatment T6 (NPK @ 80-40-30 kg ha-1) proved most economical NPK dose yielding Rs. 7358.54 ha-1 for wheat under hill- torrent irrigated area of D.I.Khan (Pakistan).
Key words: Irrigated area, NPK, productive tillers, length of ear, wheat, cost benefit.
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