Comparing the Dibbling and Drilling Techniques in Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Based on the Plants' Reproductive and Vegetative Growth

Abstract

Compared to the conventional way of sowing, drilling and dibbling assure a uniform distribution of seeds at the right depth, which improves germination, maximizes plant spacing, and eventually increases agricultural yields. So, current investigation was carried out in the Wheat Research Unit's research farm, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola, during the 2017–2018 Rabi seasons to evaluate the impacts of drilling and dibbling, the planting technique to assess the growth and reproductive characteristics and eventually, the yield of the wheat varieties being studied. Ten treatments were used in the Factorial Randomized Block design (FRBD) experiment, which was triple-replicated. First factors are varieties V1 (AKAW 4210-6) and V2 (AKAW 4627). Five different sowing techniques were used in the treatments: S1 (drilling at 20 cm @ 100 kg ha-1), S2 (drilling at 20 cm @ 50 kg ha-1), S3 (dibbling at 15 x 15 cm), S4 (dibbling at 15 x 20 cm), and S5 (dibbling at 20 x 20 cm) as the second component. In comparison to the other type chosen for the study, variety AKAW 4210-6 fared to be better in terms of in almost all the growth and reproductive traits and observed profitable. In the study comparatively, dibbling method of sowing at 20 × 20 cm possibly helped to improve the grain yield more than 10 percent because it significantly increased the growth attributes, such as number of leaves plant-1, leaf area plant-1, number of effective tillers m-2, chlorophyll content index (%), and dry matter accumulation plant-1 (g), when compared to the drilling technique of sowing.