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Reenu Kumar, RK Naresh, Vivek, SP Singh, M Sharath Chandra, Rajendra Kumar, Akash Kumar, Mohd Shah Alam and Pradeep Kumar Singh

Abstract: A field experiment was conducted on sandy loam soil at Crop Research Centre of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University of Agriculture & Technology, Meerut, U.P. during rabi, 2018-19 in randomised block design with three replications. The treatments comprised of twelve tillage crop establishment methods were used for the experimentation and different observations were recorded during the crop growth period. The results indicated that the water productivity (WP) was remarkably low in conventional tillage (T₁₂) than FIRB, zero and reduced tillage treatments. Increase in water productivity under FIRB based on the fact that the proportionate increases in grain yield with lesser number of irrigation. Wheat grain yield under wide raised beds and zero tillage residue retention were 4.1% and 3.6% higher than conventional practices. Nutrient (N, P, and K) uptake in wheat was also higher in wide raised beds residue retention (T₉) than in the other treatments. Net profit and benefit cost ratio was highest under wide raised bed residue retention and the lowest under conventional tillage wheat.

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