TITLE:
Effect of row spacing and direction of sowing on yield and yield attributing characters of wheat cultivated in Western Chitwan, Nepal
AUTHORS:
Bisheshwor Prasad Pandey, Komal Bahadur Basnet, Madan Raj Bhatta, Shrawan Kumar Sah, Resham Bahadur Thapa, Tanka Prasad Kandel
KEYWORDS:
Grain Yield; Row Direction; Row Spacing; Triticum Aestivum; Wheat Variety
JOURNAL NAME:
Agricultural Sciences,
Vol.4 No.7,
July
1,
2013
ABSTRACT: A field experiment was conducted to
study the growth and productivity of wheat as affected by row spacing and
direction of sowing at Rampur, Chitwan, Nepal during the 2007-2008 wheat growing
season. The experiment was carried out in 3-factors factorial randomized
complete block design comprising two varieties (Gautam and BL-2800), three row
spacings (15, 20 and25 cm)
and two row directions of sowing (east-west and north-south). The effects of
variety and row direction of sowing on grain yield were significant (p -1) as compared to Gautam (3.11 t·ha-1). Both wheat varieties yielded about 11% higher (p