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Abstract

Quality forage availability in winter is a serious problem all over the world. The basic demand of quality food and feed for increasing human and livestock population can be met from the same field by growing wheat for both forage and grain purpose providing perfect management practices. A field experiment was designed in a randomized complete block design during winter 2011-12 to study growth and yield components of wheat varieties as affected by dual purpose practices. Two wheat varieties (Siran-2010 & Atta-Habib) and dual purpose practice (cutting, grazing and control) were tested in the experiment. Grazing and cutting was done by goats and sickles 70 days after sowing in respective plots. Results evaluated that maximum spikes m-2 (350), grains spike-1 (51.0) and thousand grains weight (38.87 g) was produced by Siran-2010. Less days to anthesis (139) and maturity (165) and tallest plants (98 cm) were maintained by Atta-Habib. No cut plots resulted in highest spikes m-2 (388), grains spike-1 (53.2), plant height (101 cm) and thousand grains weight (39.43 g). While delayed anthesis (140 days) and physiological maturity (167 days) was observed in cut and grazed plots.
Keywords: Wheat; Varieties; Dual purpose practices; Growth and yield components
http://dx.doi.org/10.19045/bspab.2015.44006