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EFFECT OF SEED RATE AND NITROGEN ON CANOLA PRODUCTIVITY

. Basit Ullah, Bismillah Khan, Muhammad Mehran Anjum,Jawad Akbar, Aftab Ahmad and Maaz Ullah


Abstract

A field experiment was conducted at Agricultural research station Swabi during winter 2018-19 to study “the effect of various seed rates and nitrogen levels on the productivity of canola”. The experiment was conducted in randomized complete block design (RCBD) having three replications. Plot size was 6 m2 with rows 40 cm apart and 3 m long having 5 rows. Three seed rates (3, 6 and 9 kg ha-1) and four nitrogen levels (0, 50, 75 and 100 kg ha-1) were used. Canola variety Durr-e-NIFA was used as test variety. Nitrogen as a source of Urea was applied in two equal split doses.  Half of nitrogen was applied during sowing time and half was applied after the first irrigation. Results of the experiment showed that canola seeding rates and N levels showed significant variation for all of the parameters recorded. Higher siliques plant-1(458), grain siliques-1(24), thousand grains weight (3.41 g), grain yield (1873 kg ha-1) and oil content (45%) were maintained during the experiment when seed rate were used at the rate of (6 kg ha-1).  Nitrogen level (75 kg ha-1) performed better and produced more grains silique-1(23), thousand grain weight (3.85 g), biological yield (3969 kg ha-1) and grain yield (2041 kg ha-1). However plots treated with seed rate and N level (6 and 75 kg ha-1), respectively performed better than the rest of the plots while in case of oil content it is recommended that 6 kg seed ha-1 and 50 kg N ha-1 produced more oil content.

Index Terms- Seed rates; Nitrogen, Canola, Yield and yield components

 

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