Wheat productivity and its profitability as influenced by targeted yield approach versus nutrient management practices

Field experiments were conducted on wheat cv. HD-2967 at farmer’s field during 2015-16 and 2016-17 to evaluate fertilizer management practices vis-a-vis farmer’s practice on wheat productivity and its profitability in Rajpura village of Aligarh, (U.P.) wherein three trials for each site were studied. Results indicated that, maximum average yield of wheat was 4.58 and 4.60 t ha-1 at site I and II, respectively under targeted yield approach for 5.5 tonne (TY5.5t) which were higher by 39.5% at site-I and 41.8% at site-II over farmer’s practice (FP). The application of nutrients under soil test based targeted yield approach; nearly 39-42% wheat yield could be increased over FP. Moreover, the higher net profit was recorded as Rs. 32,110 ha-1 and 28,400 ha-1 at site-I and II, respectively with targeted yield approach fertilizer management. The improvement in available nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium was noticed at both sites (I and II) under targeted yield based fertilizer management approach in post-harvest soil after two years of trials.