Author(s):

Anshu Sharan Singh, Richa Sharma, Shivam Dubey and Vikram Kumar P

Abstract: Drought often causes serious problems in wheat production areas, it is one of the environmental stresses, is the most significant factor restricting plant production in the majority of agricultural fields of the world. Wheat is generally grown on arid-agricultural fields. A field study was conducted on Central Agricultural field, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, U.P on wheat variety (HD-2967). Hydrogel and Chitosan were in use under different concentration to estimate the effect of hydrogel and chitosan on growth and yield of wheat under water deficit condition as hydrogel can retain large quantity of water and chitosan can reduce transpirational loss of water. In a twenty-one treatments and three replications along with control were laid out in randomized block design where Hydrogel (100%, 75%, 50% and 25%) and Chitosan (100%, 75% and 50%) were used. Growth, yield, physiological and biochemical parameters were observed. Result on crop growth and yield under water deficit condition was observed. Treatment T₉ (100% PH and 100% CHT) showed best results, however T₁₀ was statistically at par with T_9, while T₁₁ was found non-significant with T_0.

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