Yield And Quality Of Malt Barley (Hordeum Distichum L.) As  Influenced By Seed Rate, Row Spacing And Nitrogen Levels

Seema Dahiya; Jagdev Singh; Bhagat Singh; Rajbir Singh Khedwal

doi:10.48165/

Authors

Seema Dahiya Department of Agronomy, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana – 141 004, Punjab (India)
Jagdev Singh Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125 004, Haryana (India)
Bhagat Singh Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125 004, Haryana (India)
Rajbir Singh Khedwal Department of Agronomy, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar – 125 004, Haryana (India)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/

Keywords:

Malt recovery, nitrogen, protein, row spacing, seed rate, yield

Abstract

A field experiment was conducted during rabi season 2014-15 at Agronomy Research Farm, CCSHAU, Hisar (India) to assess the effect of seed rate, row spacing and nitrogen on yield and quality of malt barley. The experiment comprised of two seed rates (87.5 and 100 kg ha-1) and three spacings (22, 20 and 18 cm) in main plots and four nitrogen levels (60, 75, 90 and 105 kg N ha-1) in sub-plots, laid out in a split plot design. The application of 100 kg seed ha-1 significantly improved grain, protein and malt yield over 87.5 kg seed ha-1. However, the quality parameters like bold grain, hectoliter weight, starch content, protein content, husk content and malt recovery were at par under both the seed rates. Row spacing of 18 cm gave significantly higher grain and malt yield as compared to 22 cm but was at par with 20 cm spacing. The grain, protein and malt yield increased significantly up to 90 kg N ha-1. It appears that 100 kg ha-1seed rate, 18 or 20 cm row spacing and 90 kg N ha-1 are optimum for most yield and quality parameters for two rowed barley under Haryana conditions.

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