Evaluation of Different Levels of Potassium and Zinc Fertilizer on the Growth and Yield of Wheat

Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) is the staple food and second most important food crop after rice in the country, which contributes nearly one-third of the total food grains production. It is consumed mostly in the form of bread as “Chapati”. Wheat straw is used for feeding cattle. Wheat contains more protein than other cereal and has a relatively high content of niacin and thiamine [1]. It is basically concerned in providing the characteristics substance “Glutin” which is very essential for bakers. The production potential of wheat crop is the resultant of a number of interacting factors contributing its shares. Major nutrients (N, P and K) are important for increasing the crop production. However, farmers in this region generally used only nitrogen or nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers. Intensification of cropping system with greater use of potassium free chemical fertilizers and adoption of high yielding varieties have resulted in the mining of soils leading to K deficiency. There is immense scope of increasing productivity through adequate application of [2]. Wheat has proved to have a higher agronomic K efficiency as indicated by a greater relative yield under K deficient conditions [3]. Better growth and yield of wheat crop has been observed with the addition of’ K [4], Potassium content in the plant tissue is crucial to the proper functioning of several important biochemical and physiological processes that directly determine crop productivity. Therefore, for sustaining soil fertility and optimum crop productivity on long term basis, K removal through the crops should be replenished with balanced and adequate K fertilization.