Package of Practices Followed by Farmers and its Effect on Wheat Yield in District Kapurthala

A survey based study was carried out to observe the effect of different package of practices followed by farmers for wheat cultivation in district Kapurthala. The study revealed that 96 per cent farmers opted for HD 2967 variety of wheat and used seed cum fertilizer drill, zero till drill and broadcasting method of sowing. More than 80 per cent farmers used recommended seed rate of 100 kg/ha whereas plant protection measures such as application of tilt fungicide @500ml/ha and seed treatment was followed by 27 and 15 per cent farmers, respectively. Similarly, adoption of other practices such as application of fertilizers as per soil test report, urea application at the time of sowing and recommended dose of di-ammonium phosphate fertilizer was 2.6, 19.0 and 38.4 per cent, respectively. Due to occurrence of untimely rainfall, a decline in wheat yield up to 36 per cent was recorded as compared to the last year (2013–14).