Dwarf, eariy maturing and high yielding varieties have made revolu-tion in grain yield production of wheat crop in India with a view to test the performance of such varieties at Pune an experiment was conducted at the college of Agriculture Farm. Pune 411 005 In F ^ * division on 591 to 593 plots in 1977-78.There were in all 25 varieties under study. They were replicated for six times in the Randomised block design. The gross plot size was 6m * 2.76 mand net plot size was 5m * 2.3 m. The spacing in between rows was 22.5 m. The sowing was done with the seedrill on 5th December 1977. The harvesting was done as per matu-rity. The soil from the experimental plot was well drained and medium black in type. Fertilizer 100 kg N/ha 60 kg PxO/ha and 40 kg K₂O/ha was applied to the crop. Half dose of nitrogen and full dose of phosphate and potash were applied at the time of sowing remaining dose of nitrogen was applied at 28 days after sowing.
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