Zero Till Drill – A Suitable Tool for Sowing Wheat in Tal Area

Abstract

The study was conducted in the Rajpur Tal of Bhagalpur district in Bihar through coordinating institution B.A.C., Sabour, Bhagalpur, Bihar. Zero Tillage wheat have shown primarily positive impacts on wheat crop management, particularly through reduced input needs combined with potential yield increases. Zero till drill is very useful implement for sowing wheat crop especially is such area where there is a little time for land preparation. In tal areas, water recedes in October and large area of field get exposed for sowing crop at a time. More in such areas due to high percentage of clay and low permeability of soil, proper tilth is not obtained by ploughing the soil which results poor yield of wheat crop. Studies for the suitability of zero till drill in Tal area recorded better performance of Wheat under the system. The maximum emergence was noted in case of zero till drill due to minimum resistance to germinating seeds. The effective tiller per square meter of field, no. of grains per panicle and 1000 grain weight is found to be more in case of sowing of wheat by zero till drill. The yield of grain has been noted 38q/ha by sowing the seed by zero drill.