PERFORMANCE OF NEWLY WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L.) VARIETIES UNDER LOW FERTILITY AND LIMITED IRRIGATED CONDITIONS

A field experiment was conducted under low fertility and limited irrigated conditions during rabi 2011 at Wheat Breeding Farm, Central Research Farm, Shiats-Allahabad (U.P.), India. The experiment consisted of 9 varieties of wheat, which were laid out three replicated in randomized block design to study response of wheat under low fertility and limited irrigation condition having 9 varieties tired, 6 varieties i.e. [AAI-W1, (16)], [AAI-W3-(23)], [AAI-W4-(28)], [AAI-W5-(347)], [AAI-W6-(344)] and [AAI-W7(15)] have been recently put in state level trials, along with 3 standard check varieties i.e. K-9533, HD-2733 PBW502.The study showed that AAI-W 4 -(28) Variety gave highest grain yield (5.06. tha -1 ), harvest index (46.33),highest PBW -502 variety, highest net income (Rs. 56804.5) and highest Benefit: cost ratio (2.87) K-.9533(C) among the other varieties tried.