Abstract
A two-year study was carried out at Karnal to compare the performance of zero tillage in wheat [Triticum aestivum (L.) emend. Fiori & Paol.] under different methods of rice (Oryza sativa L.) transplanting viz. broadcast in puddled condition, transplanting, and dry seeding. Transplanting of rice (Pusa basmafi- 370) recorded 14% higher yield as compared to dry seeding of rice in kharif season. In wheat (UP 2338), zero and conventional tillage recorded comparable yield irrespective of different rice seedingltransplanting methods. Zero tillage under dry seeding of rice gave significantly higher yield (49.6 qlha) than conventionally tilled plot of transplanted rice (43.3 qlha). The study reveals that -., zero tillage in dry seeding of rice wc.s similar to that of puddled rice but better than conventional tillage. Zero tillage saved more than 16% cost of cultivation. Even total tonnage of rice and wheat in dry seeded and transplanted condition was similar.
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